The Your Money step-by-step guide to tracker funds

Tracker funds are some of the cheapest ways to invest in the stock market since their advent in the 80's. Here we look in detail at the workings of these popular funds.

Monday newspaper round-up

Greek chorus of approval;Barclays under scrutiny again; G4S awaits contract; RPI change could be 'messy'.

What does Obama's win mean for markets?

Barack Obama has led the Democrats to victory in the US election after defeating his Republican opponent Mitt Romney.

3.7m in the dark over their equity ISA performance

Half of those investing in equity ISAs could be losing money to bad performance without even knowing it

Monday newspeper roundup: HSBC, Eurofighter Typhoons, Bank of America

HSBC faces £1.5bn fine; fighting talk from David Cameron; BofA reaps 'peace dividend'

UK stocks fall as Hurricane Sandy hits the US

New York trading suspended;global markets slip; blue-chip index falls

Most investors unwilling to pay fees

More than six in 10 (64%) investors would stop using an independent financial adviser if they started charging hourly fees.

What is the Retail Distribution Review?

Karen Barrett, chief executive of Unbiased.co.uk, explains what consumers can expect from upcoming changes in the financial advice sector...

Monday newspaper round-up: Smaller companies, British mining, ENRC

Small businesses improve, UK mineral mining resurfaces, ENRC takes stand on corruption

BLOG:Does 'the October effect' really impact the markets?

As Mark Twain famously noted, “October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September...

Monday newspaper round-up: UK economy, BAE, eurozone banking

IMF berates Osborne, BAE shifts focus, Cameron to defend the City

Monday newspaper round-up: BAE, Tory conference, Argentina

Concerns dog BAE/EADS deal; Osborne faces challenge; theme park planned in Kent

Top tips for investment

Third anniversary of Standard Life’s European Equity Income Fund

Standard Life Investments’, European Equity Income Fund was three years old at the beginning of April 2012.

ESA derivatives proposals will push up costs

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has responded to the European Supervisory Authorities' (ESA) Joint Discussion Paper on risk mitigation techniques for non-cleared OTC derivatives.