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Small companies have had a tough year, but could hold the key to future outperformance

Gold may have lost its glister of late, but remains a useful insurance policy

Thanks to exchange traded funds retail investors can now build portfolios every bit as good as the professionals - and the product landscape continues to improve

Is the sell-off over the last month a buying opportunity or a reflection of a real struggle companies and their investors have yet to face up to?

Investors should think ethically to protect their portfolios over the long term

Could the Ebola outbreak prompt a market-toppling panic?

The Misery Index was invented to understand the inflationary shocks of the 1970s - with global debt rising deflation could make us just as unhappy

Retail investors are often warned of the dangers of investing in smaller company shares - they shouldn't ignore the risks of buying big ones, too

Investing is less about predicting the future, more about managing risks of what might happen

Sony's fall from must-have electronics brand to also-ran is an important lesson for would-be investors in Japan