Views on the upcoming European elections
'Obsession with dividends benefits the wealthy'
When he was looking to join the investment management industry, Brian Cullen was keen to avoid being "pigeon-holed" at the very beginning of his career, as he was attracted to the opportunity to pick stocks across a wide variety of sectors.
Michael Sayers, director of research for equities at Fidelity International, discusses the findings of the firm's 2017 Analyst Survey, which comprised responses from 17,000 meetings conducted with CEOs, CFOs and division heads throughout the year.
Trust reports full year results
At its core, investing is about increasing wealth. During a period of cyclical upheaval and mean reversion - generously spiced with global political change - it can be healthy to remind ourselves what drives returns on a fundamental level.
Seen no corporate earnings growth since 2011