Inflation in the eurozone increased from 2.7% in March to 2.8% in April, with prices driven higher by soaring commodity costs. Overall, th...

June saw the International Monetary Fund (IMF) highlighting the increasing risks that face the global economy, including the continuing debt...

Share prices in the US fell during May, dragged down by confirmation of disappointing economic growth, worries over a sluggish labour market...

The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) updated its forecasts for UK economic growth at the end of November. Although the eco...

Although share prices in general dropped around the world during November, US stockmarkets fell less heavily than many European ones. The Do...

The major ‘Bric’ markets of Brazil, Russia, India and China fell by 3.6% in US dollar terms, pulled lower by India and Brazil. After gener...

Positive economic data from the US provided a much-needed boost for investor sentiment in Japan during November. The Nikkei 225 Stock Averag...

The MSCI Europe ex UK index fell by 4% in euro terms during November as Ireland’s debt crisis dominated the news. Nevertheless some markets ...

Equity prices in the US rose during October, with those increases broadly in line with that of the MSCI World index. The S&P 500 index r...

October saw share prices in the UK reach their highest levels since April. By the end of the month, the FTSE 100 index had risen by 2.3% alt...

This week the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released data and forecasts predicating that the global economy will grow at approximately 4...

Global equity markets resumed their rally in September that helped the FTSE gain an impressive 6.27%. The main cause of this upward movement...

This is also the first rule of investing but worth reaffirming. Different asset classes perform well or poorly at different times. If your p...

Advances in medicine and in living standards mean we are now living longer than ever before. Indeed, according to New Scientist magazine, ha...

policymakers at the Bank of England (BoE), and their headache is unlikely to abate. Their dilemma centres on the need to bring inflation und...

Share prices performed strongly over September as a whole as the MSCI World index rose by 9.1% in US dollar terms over the month, and by 13....

According to figures released by the Investment Management Association during September, investors’ appetite for Global Emerging Markets fun...

Share prices in Japan ended September on a positive note and the Nikkei 225 index rose by 6.2% over the month as a whole. Even so, the index...

Investor sentiment recovered over the third quarter of 2010, leading to a renewed appetite for risk, and so many equity markets demonstrated...

In the UK, gains were fuelled by a renewed appetite for medium-sized and smaller companies during September as investors became a little mor...

US equities performed strongly during September. Medium-sized and smaller companies performed better than larger companies, suggesting inves...

The MSCI Europe ex-UK index rose 4.8% over the month and by 6.6% during the third quarter of 2010. Across the Continent as a whole, medium...

The Investment Management Association only launched a dedicated grouping for absolute return funds in April 2008 and yet, by its second anni...

Structured products sometimes known as Future Value Products are investment vehicles designed for investors who wish to combine the potentia...

The Bank of England pervades the very fabric of our everyday lives. Barely noticeable to many, evidence of its activities confronts us doze...

There are now over 2,000 UK domiciled funds available to investors, plus an array of offshore funds. Few of these funds' managers are go...

When equity and bond markets become increasingly unpredictable, the thought of a fund that might deliver positive returns year after year be...

In the world of investment, timing is everything. However, no matter how much hype we hear to the contrary, it is a fact that no one can pre...

With the global economy still facing strong economic headwinds from the likes of high unemployment, sovereign debt, weak international trade...

The economic revolution that has occurred in China over the last 20 years is nothing short of a miracle. This was built on the back of cheap...

The US economy is the largest and most influential economy in the world. The old saying “if the American economy sneezes the rest of the wor...

Until the banking issues and recession changed our economic outlook in 2007, the performance of property as an asset class had been robust, ...

Since the onset of the “great recession” the British pound has been under pressure and against a basket of currencies and has devalued by ap...

August saw the MSCI Europe excluding UK index decline by 2.2% in euro terms although there was a marked divergence in the performance of ind...