Recent Features

Exploration Insights by Robert Tyerman

Gold’s crisis-provoked impressive recent spurt from below $780 to above $860 an ounce brought some cheer to a confused resources sector, but institutions remain chary Read

Spread Betting by Vince Stanzione

They say a dog is a man’s best friend, but for investors in these turbulent times, I would say having an exposure to gold is a good equivalent Read

Pick of AIM by James Crux

Unparalleled happenings on the markets remind us that no share price is entirely fail-safe. Yet your best bets are still cash-generative companies operating in non-cyclical sectors Read

New Issues Examined by Oliver Haill

After coughing and spluttering for months, AIM’s IPO procession came close to a halt in August, with just one new arrival – and that was a migration from the Full List Read

Some of the most volatile stock market conditions seen for decades have caused indiscriminate slumps in share prices across the board, hitting even stellar AIM performers. For the astute value investor, therefore, there has never been a better time to shop for bargains among these fallen stars. James Crux investigates Read

Fund Manager Focus

It’s difficult to be bullish about small caps at the moment, when everyone else is so bearish, says Chris St John, manager of the AXA Framlington UK Smaller Companies Fund Read

Exploration Insights

Although the sector is not immune to the wider malaise, worthwhile projects can still find funding and companies with good fundamentals are still likely to do well Read

Spread Betting

People always want to know what shares they should be buying. Nobody ever asks what shares they should be selling short – but in the current bear market this is the most sensible strategy Read

New Issues Examined

As the pessimistic prophets and doom-mongers brayed about an impending recession, it was the serene arrival of the smallest fundraising of the month that caught my eye Read

Pick of AIM

For all the distress created by the credit crunch, investors doing their homework can find companies capitalising on the malaise Read

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