Bringing a return of confidence

The prolonged global stockmarket gloom that has brought about a global reluctance to invest has now been exacerbated by the conflict in Iraq to the extent that it would be understandable if that reluctance was superceded by a loss of interest in the whole question of investment. In these days of low inflation and low interest rates in many developed economies, there is now a clear understanding that double-digit investment returns are a thing of the past unless you want to play a high-risk game ' and many investors with a higher risk/reward approach have adjusted their sights firmly down...