Investment trusts

One of the main attractions for putting money into investment trusts is the ability to potentially buy assets for less than they are worth. Hypothetically,...

Like that other great rhetorical saying about ‘crisis and opportunity’ that is invariably attributed to the Chinese, the curse ‘may you live in interesting times’...

Last week this column touched on the issue of the vexed issue of the valuation of the UK stock market, using market capitalisation to GDP...

The scrapping of a proposed $2 billion design for the 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo and a corporate accounting scandal at the giant...

You may well be aware of the extraordinary movement seen over the past month – indeed the past year - in the Chinese equity market....

In a year when we have already seen the Swiss franc rocket, crude oil prices bounce and sovereign bond prices gyrate horribly investors could be...

Whether the reason is concerns over the timing of US interest rate rises, fatigue with the ongoing Greek debt drama or a simply the traditional...

Investors know all too well that following the crowd – the consensus – is usually a quick way to the poor house. Meanwhile, going against...

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.’ Famous...