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Back to basics
We take you back to the credit basics to review everything you thought you already knew but were too afraid to ask... Michael Thompson of Standard & Poor's looks at factors influencing the credit crisis
Chaos theory - Why a little instability might be no bad thing for the future of the credit market
The recent history of the financial markets has been a story of cheap and widely available credit and advances in risk management techniques that have enabled investors to accurately price - in theory, at least - a book of risks. David Boorer of Northern…
The FX effect
US bond funds that invest in international assets have seen their returns hit by the recent rally in the US dollar. Dalia Fahmy looks at how fund managers are trying to insulate themselves from exchange rate movements and gauges market opinion on which…
Column: Nigel Sillis
Labour costs are rising even though labour is no more scarce. How is this happening?
Profile: David Strachan
The FSA's head of financial stability would seem to have his work cut out for him. He talks to Alexander Campbell about new rules that should safeguard against future bank failures
Don't bet on the bank
The failure of a major investment bank. The bailout of the US mortgage agencies. The rumoured demise of further financial institutions. Now does not seem like the ideal time to be investing in the financials sector. Or does it? Laurence Neville reports