Opinion

With so many complex issues to deal with and so much uncertainty can anyone blame businesses for treading carefully?

Western economies face years of slow growth

How the evolution of sector funds could boost thematic investing

Diversified Energy epitomises the conflict between ethical and impact investing

Political uncertainty is bad for the economy and for cyclical stocks, which is why we should worry if it rises

Most companies and workers lack market power, which means inflation is localized and temporary.

The watered down COP deal increases the need for investors to hold up their portfolios to the climate change light

The economic costs of corruption are sometimes small. It is bad institutions, more than bad individuals, that ruin economies.

Investors must step back from their beliefs and criticise them objectively

An ETF demonstrates the difficulty of momentum investing