From EQUITIES 8:00pm

Bulls charge ahead as stocks lift off

A Cebada Gago ranch fighting bull falls on Estafeta corner during the third Running Of The Bulls at San Fermin festival in Pamplona ©Reuters

Bears fear equities remain over-reliant on quantitative easing

Industry trends

A clearing house ©Bloomberg
The future slowly becomes clearer
– Special report
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Many Americans have no idea how to plan for retirement
– Special report
calculator on top of a business newspaper ©Dreamstime From EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 7:21pm

Time for investors to adjust expectations

Investors have looked to more risky asset classes for income, but there are worries that some are now too costly

The logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse is seen at the company's headquarters in Zurich ©Reuters From EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 7:17pm

Credit Suisse deal may be first of many

A new wave of takeovers could be on the cards, reducing the number of participants in the ETF market

John Authers from COMMENT Feb 1, 2013

Markets dazzled by Goldilocks on Ice

On the basis of rates staying low, the global rally goes on

Visitors view Edouard Manet's 'Music in the Tuileries Gardens' during a press view of 'Manet:Portraying Life', the first major exhibition in the UK to showcase Edouard Manet's portraiture, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. ©PA How to... from PERSONAL FINANCE Feb 1, 2013

How to . . . invest in art

Alternative investments to stocks and bonds

Alchemy
London's Stock Exchange ©Corbis From PERSONAL FINANCE Feb 1, 2013

The trouble with bond yields

Lessons from 300 years of yield data

Feb 1, 2013

IPOs outperform already listed stocks

Initial public offerings on London’s main market have outperformed the FTSE 100

From CAPITAL MARKETS Jan 31, 2013

Shadow banks fill project debt void

Hopes such financing can help global economic recovery

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 30, 2013

US pension fund eyes selling oil holdings

Seattle investor under pressure to divest over climate change

From COMPANIES Jan 29, 2013

Permira eyes €2bn for new buyout fund

Buyout group may be left without cash to invest

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