If you have spare cash lying idle in your bank account and were thinking about investing in shares or funds, don't wait until the end...

Many investors will use bonds as ballast for their portfolio. During their lifetime, these tradable debt securities will provide regular income in the form of...

We see five key themes shaping the macroeconomic landscape and supporting risk assets over the next year. Most notably, we still believe that the full...

The one hundred and forty first running of the Kentucky Derby, may have gone to form when punters' favourite American Pharoah romped home (2 May)...

For this week’s edition this column is indebted to the London Stock Exchange for pointing out that the UK’s first Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) has just...

Equity, bond and currency markets remain in thrall to the General Election as the leading parties' campaigns grind remorselessly toward the actual ballot on 7...

Saint Augustine of Hippo is well-known for works such as Confessions and The City of God but the fourth century AD Christian theologian may be...

Small cap stocks tend to outperform while the good times roll, bulls are in charge and risk appetite is elevated. The chart below shows how...

This month (4 April) marks the second anniversary of Japan launching its own version of Quantitative Easing (QE). When the scheme was first announced by...

One of the tracks for which singer-songwriter Ian Dury was best known was Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll and when it comes to...