Europe

Don't listen to the scaremongering - with stocks on the rise and an improved macro outlook, Europe offers rich pickings.

Upbeat economic news in the US pushed the Dow Jones through 13,000 on Tuesday, the first time it had been at that level since May 2008.

The eurozone sovereign debt crisis poses the greatest risk to investment returns in 2012, say advisers.

Greece will receive emergency funding of €130bn after a second bailout of the stricken nation was agreed.

The FTSE 100 raced to its highest level in seven months this morning as mounting optimism over a successful Greek deal lifted sentiment.

Rathbone’s David Coombs argues that stuctural changes taking place around the world demand a new way of thinking about investments.

The UK's prized triple-A credit rating was under threat last night after US ratings agency Moody's put it on negative outlook, citing pressures from the eurozone.

Violent protests have broken out in Athens on a day when MPs voted in favour of introducing a package of austerity measures.

Dawn Kendall, multi-manager at Architas, uses historical examples to pinpoint why the European monetary union is bound to fail in its present form.

UK oil leviathan BP today announced its first dividend hike since it resumed payouts a year ago, after revealing profits had soared in the fourth quarter of 2011.