Five key questions facing investors ahead of 2013

Investors have been left with few options to protect cash and beat inflation, on the whole opting to go for safety over returns by snapping up record amounts of bonds from all over the globe. However, as 2013 approaches, fund managers and economists say investment returns could come from some very different sources next year. Below they highlight the five key investment questions facing investors. 1. Can the US avoid the fiscal cliff? “Markets seem to be predicting Congress and the Obama Administration will be able to engineer some sort of short-term, stop-gap measures that delay...