stocks and shares

Barings is overhauling its Latin America fund, reducing the number of holdings to focus on long-term positions.

Internet giant Google saw shares plunge last night after its latest earnings update disappointed investors.

US stocks on the S&P 500 have made their best start to the year for 25 years, according to data from Bloomberg.

Ashcourt Rowan chief executive Jonathan Polin has purchased 200,000 shares in the business as the company lists on AIM.

Margaret Lawson, fund manager of SVM Asset Management's £41m UK Growth fund, reveals her top five stockpicks for growth as she predicts the FTSE 100 will rise 10% by the end of the year.

BP is facing calls from some of its biggest shareholders to sell off up to half its assets as part of a radical restructure.

Oil major BP shares have dived this morning after its planned tie-up with Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft was blocked by the courts.

Blue-chip stocks listed in the developed world could soon become a strategic part of emerging market portfolios, according to managers.

The volatility of the past two months experienced not only by US equities but across the world has been interpreted as evidence last year's so-called ‘dash to trash' is nearing an end.

Although it was only 12 months ago, it is worth recalling the depths of the gloom that enveloped equity markets during the first few months of 2009.