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Think small to reap large

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

Dull but worthy

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

Levelling the field

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

Buying opportunity?

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?

Good money after bad

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

Panic stations

Could the Ebola outbreak prompt a market-toppling panic?

Uncomfortably glum

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

The bigger they come...

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

Look before you leap

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

Setting Sony

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