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EUROPE: TIME TO BUY?

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

Martin Weale voiced fears over "persistent" inflation yesterday in a hawkish speech underlining the growing splits at the Bank of England over the path of monetary policy.

US GDP for the fourth quarter of 2011 has been revised up from 2.8% to 3%.

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.

Victor Arakaki, investment director at HSBC Global Asset Management, outlines ten reasons why investors should consider Brazilian equities.