Investment trust investors put money to work with an active fund. So if the fund fails to beat the market or its assigned benchmark, you'll understandably feel aggrieved.The aim of active management is to outperform a benchmark and if the manager to which you entrust your hard earned savings fails to beat the market, then why not just invest in a low-cost passive fund?As a way of trying to spot th

To help with your planning Shares has canvassed the views of a number of independent financial advisers and other experts to identify the ideal funds to fit four popular themes.From seeking the best ways to play global markets, to building up a pot of money for your child or grandchild, we have it covered in this article.Global growthSeeking geographic diversification on a five to 10-year viewScot

Risk and returns are usually closely linked and perhaps nowhere is this investment maxim more apparent than within the debt and fixed income arena.Governments, among the most likely borrowers to repay both interest and principal in full, can issue bonds at low or even negative yields in many countries across the world. Lenders are willing to receive such paltry returns in exchange for the privileg

Dell-EMC's nostalgic tie-upInvestors partial to 1990s nostalgia should note Dell's $67 billion (£43.5 billion) acquisition of computer storage outfit EMC (EMC:NDQ). The deal (12 Oct) is the biggest since AOL's (AOL:NYSE) year 2000 $164 billion purchase of Time Warner (TWX:NYSE) at the height of the tech, media and telco (TMT) boom. In a further nod to the 90s, part of the business will remain lis

Investors who diversify their portfolios can achieve a more stable return because many of the ups and downs in the individual holdings will cancel each other out. The obvious way to do this is to allocate your money across different asset classes and geographic markets, but there are a number of uncorrelated funds that can take the process a stage further.One of the least correlated areas of all a

Cineworld's CFO exit shockThe market didn't like news that Cineworld (CINE) chief financial officer Philip Bowcock has left the business (9 Jun), sending the shares down 2.8% to 494.8p. His temporary replacement is deputy CEO Israel Greidinger, former finance boss of Cinema City before its takeover by Cineworld in February 2014. (DC)Sip on DiageoRumours private equity firm 3G Capital, owned by Bra

This year Christmas came slightly early for those looking to buy property. After revolutionising the pensions industry in April's Budget, Chancellor George Osborne turned his attention to property in the Autumn Statement (3 Dec) cutting the cost of buying a home for the majority of house-hunters in England and Wales.The development prompts Shares to look at the various options available to anyone