Opinion

Outsize TV screens were showing graphic live footage of the clashes in Cairo's Tahrir Square, but watching the soaring musical fountains at the foot of Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, one banker confidently dismissed doom and...

I just love those press releases that tell you absolutely nothing but the blindingly obvious. This week's contribution to the growing habit comes from wealth manager Heartwood.

The Financial Times columnist Samuel Brittan wrote recently about the current obsession with reviving old economists' work to look for contemporary lessons.

BRAZIL HOUSING SCHEMES SPARK INTEREST

HOW WILL VAT HIKE AFFECT INFLATION?

CONTRARIAN INVESTOR

The EU summit on 4 February passed off with surprisingly little drama. The EU nations for once decided to avoid interesting public rows on the future of the euro.

The investment trust industry, in some corners, finds itself in one of the periods of attacks it seems to face every couple of years. Many generalist trusts are relatively easy prey for so-called arbitrageurs.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

THE ALCHEMIST