The Editor

The whole financial services industry is built on the kind of complexity and jargon that has led to the situation at Burford

If investors fear the unknown they shouldn't buy into it

Can new prime minister Boris Johnson resolve the schism that is Brexit?

Investors need to be disciplined about their exit timing or risk losing all the value they've built up

The Office of Tax Simplification's view of Business Property Relief suggests investors in high-risk growth companies have had a lucky escape

Searching for sustainable investing

Is the UK economy too reliant on housing?

Investors should be wary of technology's slowing momentum

The Woodford saga shines the spotlight on Hargreaves Lansdown

The Woodford disaster has given ammunition to active's army of critics

Defining what comes after Brexit is the next prime minister's greatest challenge

Investors need to make sure their eyes are not bigger than their bellies

What can we learn from the success of Games Workshop?

The financial situation faced by many senior GPs is in the spotlight

Are companies really worth what their owners believe?

Planning is essential

Being a landlord isn't as attractive as it used to be

Is the US market better quality than the UK?

Think twice about avoiding the advice industry altogether – not necessarily as customers but as shareholders

It’s always nice to be right – especially when it comes to the stock market

Investors could benefit from slowing down their investment decision-making

A great effort is now required to set the web back on track as a force for good – for users and investors

Uncertainty is a fact of life

Persimmon's financials are eye-catching – and will surely catch the eye of government

Recent academic studies – and fund performance data – suggest the performance gap between ethical and non-ethical investment products is no longer there, if it ever was

The Baltic Dry Index has slumped, which tells us that global economic activity is faltering. China is at the root of the slowdown

Is bigger really better when it comes to investments?

No matter how hard we try, markets will always remain untidy places that cannot be easily compartmentalised or simplified

Fund lists get a lot of flak, but the truth is they are incredibly useful – in more ways than one

Is there a link between a broken society and a broken stock market?

Is it a good time to buy in to the bouncing retail babies that have been thrown out with the bath water?

It's getting tougher and tougher to find good value stocks

The theme for 2019 could be to seek value in the weakness of misplaced fearfulness

President Trump and the denial industry could still find themselves on the wrong side of history

The impulse to sell must be strong right now, but diversifying away from the UK at the wrong time could be a mistake

Political turmoil has set the stage for a recovery in the gold price

Is the airline sector worth investing in?

Change may be afoot at the FRC, but there is no certainty that a new structure will make company reporting any easier to fix

Tempting though bargain hunting may be after October's sell-off, it’s probably not safe to dive in just yet

Why cash may not be the safe haven you think

Does widespread momentum investing lead to bubbles?

The danger of unintended consequences

Is giving employees more ownership of the companies they work for a good idea?

Growth investing still requires a leap of faith, but it is no longer a gamble to believe that we are seeing the beginning of a technological revolution that will shake many industries to their core

Expect the unexpected when it comes to markets