Opinion

GOSLING'S GROUSE

3D printing, the deposition of successive layers of materials, which are fused to create solid objects, may prove the most disruptive technology to emerge in a century.

EUROPE

While many are hailing the RDR a new dawn for closed-ended funds, John Newlands, head of investment trust research at Brewin Dolphin, warns it could cut both ways.

WOOLNOUGH

Investec portfolio manager Max King explains why, with corporate earnings beginning to catch up to the market, the perfect time to buy equities is now, before monetary policy begins to tighten once more.

One could be forgiven for feeling slightly more optimistic about the future of the investment trust sector after a number of key corporate battles in recent months.

RICHARD JEFFREY

A place incapable of supporting life as we know it - a good description of where ECB monetary policy is leading us.

GOSLING'S GROUSE