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Long on rhetoric, short on detail. Call it the De Gaulle trade - and Europe's leaders are playing it again

Something for nothing

We look to invest in companies that make good margins. But sometimes we need to be prepared to finance those margins ourselves

Of pay and pensions

As three million workers prepare to strike over pensions, both sides need to consider their positions carefully

Time is money

The idea of market timing remains seductive, despite a welter of evidence that much of the time, it doesn't work

Hoodwinked

The most compelling argument against a 'Robin Hood' tax is the one that's received barely any attention

Greek cheek

George Papandreou has thrown a mighty spanner in the works of the eurozone, but he's not the only culprit

Big Bang's Birthday

It's a quarter-century since Cecil Parkinson scrapped demarcation and fixed commissions. The City is vastly bigger and richer - but are investors any better off for it?

Polar opposites

Self discipline is vital, whether you're investing for income or walking to the South Pole

Europe's greenprint

Spain, Portugal and Greece may be looking nervously at their finance costs, but the other 'pig' - Ireland - has some things to teach the rest of Europe

Game, set, match

Just as in the tennis, all the top financial players are foreign - and most of the institutions are now, too