Maximum drawdown, a measure of peak to trough drop, is now available on our fund pages. This is a useful risk measure to see how funds performed historically, and is one way to answer the question: how much could I lose?

Australian house prices look set to fall another 10% to 15% over the year ahead. This in turn will put downwards pressure on consumer spending and drive further sharp interest rate cuts from the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Deutsche Asset Management (DeAM) has published a research paper that provides a detailed analytical framework for understanding the opportunities for investing in climate change.

After a two-week rally, Asian equities fell again as companies lowered earnings forecasts amid mounting evidence of an economic slowdown. China bucked the trend as the government’s RMB4trn stimulus package lifted sentiment.

DWS Invest New Resource Fund invests in the "New Resources" sector. This covers technologies of the future, such as wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, bioenergy, fuel cells, and geoenergy.

MSCI Australia was down 22.7% in SGD terms in 3Q 2008 and the AUD has fallen too recently against the SGD. Could this be an opportunity to benefit from a double rally?

Just when it seemed impossible for market turmoil to get any worse, VIX, the “fear index”, shot to 80 on October 16 for the first time in its history. Surely now, this signals we’ve reached market bottom?

When coming to our office don't forget we've moved to Cecil Street! Phone numbers are unchanged. Clients should note the old Suntec office will no longer be in use from 5 September 2008.

Barack Obama’s historic election victory is likely to see the US shift towards more interventionist economic policies, a more progressive approach to the environment and a less unilateralist foreign policy.

China’s manufacturing contracted sharply in October, as the global financial crisis dented export demand. October inflation eased in India, Korea and Indonesia. In turn, Indonesia held interest rates steady at 9.5%.