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Confidence in UK drops

ANALYSIS: Sterling's dreadful week need not herald disaster

House prices set for a pounding?

PROPERTY: A serious fall in the pound would probably be accompanied by a fall in house prices

Not so gilt-edged

BOND OF THE WEEK: Gilts lose their lustre as the UK imitates Greece, but without the sunshine

5 easy wins

FEATURE: Simon Thompson shows how savvy investors in the know can make bumper profits in March

Principality Pibs: bread of heaven

BOND OF THE WEEK: Bond-holders hope for some Welsh wizardry with Principality's PIBS

The 'true cost' of active management

Active funds in the UK All Companies sector have a TER of nearly four times the average All Share ETF tracker - and yet the average active fund in this sector achieved a return of 5.2 per cent per annum over the last five calendar years, substantially less than the 6.5 per cent return of the FTSE All Share index.

New oil finds

FEATURE: Profit from the oil and gas exploration boom by investing in companies on the brink of success. Daniel O'Sullivan and Martin Li report

On the defensive

STRATEGIES: Bonds or shares? We look at the best way to construct a defensive portfolio for today's markets

Bargain shares for 2010

FEATURE: Investors Chronicle's Bargain Shares portfolios have beaten the market in all bar one of the past 11 years. Simon Thompson presents his portfolio of undervalued shares for 2010.

Bargain shares for 2010

FEATURE: Investors Chronicle's Bargain Shares portfolios have beaten the market in all bar one of the past 11 years. Simon Thompson presents his portfolio of undervalued shares for 2010.