According to William H. Gross, markets are reaching the point of low return and diminishing liquidity. Investors may want to begin to take some chips off the table: raise asset quality, reduce duration, and prepare for at least a halt of asset appreciation engineered upon a false central bank premise of artificial yields, QE and the trickling down of faux wealth to the working class...

Risks to Russia's economy in 2015 have been increased by this week's extreme volatility in the rouble and the sharp rise in interest rates, Fitch Ratings says.

We are living and investing in extraordinary times. Investors face a ‘perfect storm' of risks which are correlating and affecting markets. The largest headlines are being generated by the movements in energy markets as Brent crude oil has fallen by 45% so far this year in US dollar terms.

With disinflationary pressures building in India, it may only be a matter of time before interest rates start to fall materially.

Unlike cap-weighted indexes, smart beta strategies are not buy-and-hold: they require trading and rebalancing to maintain their respective exposures. This can have a surprising impact on long-term performance, and may also provide a cause for concern in the shorter term...