USA

Investors should pay more attention to overlapping economic and political developments which could affect financial markets, urges Standard Life Investments (SLI.)

Several high profile multi-managers are shifting portfolios towards the US at the expense of European weightings in a reversal of recent years.

Significant opportunities are emerging for green investors in the US, according to Charlie Thomas, manager of the Jupiter Ecology fund.

US investors are set to reap the rewards in the run-up to the presidential election, according to new research from T.Bailey.

Inflation in the US hit a 17-year high in July as the high cost of fuel hit consumers' wallets.

US mortgage giant Fannie Mae has made a loss of $2.3bn in the second quarter of 2008 it was revealed today.

Skandia Investment Group (SIG) intends to launch three new US equity funds into the UK market.

Mass-arrests for mortgage fraud like those seen in the US are unlikely to happen in the UK, according to a former FBI employee.

Six of the US's biggest banks have announced a plan to help homeowners struggling with their mortgage payments.

IFAs hold little confidence in the future buoyancy of American equities, with the UK and Asia perceived as more desirable markets over the long term.