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Adrian Frost interview

Adrian Frost of Artemis Income, is one of the top managers in the income sector. But with the loss of many bank share dividends and the general battering the sector and the market in general has endured, where are the bargains?

Graham Birch interview

Mark Twain famously said that a mine is a hole in the ground with a liar at the top. It follows then, that if you want to invest in mining you should get someone who knows what they are doing to do it for you.

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Sleeping giant awakens

We are in the midst of a seismic upheaval in the global financial system and a nasty recession looms. The collapse of US bank Lehman Brothers as we went to press last month was dramatic, but it pales into insignificance compared with events over the ensuing five weeks. The law of unintended consequences, a direct result of allowing Lehman Brothers to go to the wall, has been applied to devastating effect, with some savers and all equity investors losing big time.

Top Stories

Can we outrun the financial firestorm?

As the world reels from the stock market meltdown, Iain Murray asks financial experts where the rays of hope for investors are to be found

Time to expand your horizons

Our new £100,000 hypothetical portfolio launches in the eye of the stock market storms. Mick Gilligan, director of 
fund research at private client stockbrokers Killik & Co, explains the thinking behind 
the selections for his proposed portfolio to Helen Pridham

Flight to safety amid turbulance

Fate of Icesave customers concentrates minds on protection, says Sylvia Morris

A crash course in strategy

Barry Riley explains why, of all the asset classes, equities remain the best long-term performers