Mark Dampier in The Independent

Each Saturday, Mark Dampier, our Head of Research, writes a fund or sector report for The Independent. These articles will provide a valuable insight into Mark's favourite funds and the outlook for some of the key investment sectors. View Mark's latest articles below.

Investec Sterling Bond Fund
Nov 29, 2008
Perhaps I should apologise to regular readers for sounding like a broken record and constantly banging on about interest rates. The simple reason is that I don’t believe many people realise where interest rates are likely to go over the…

Jupiter Corporate Bond
Nov 22, 2008
A few weeks ago I suggested that interest rates would fall quite sharply. However even I didn’t anticipate they were going to come down a full 1.5%, and now we learn that the Bank of England considered a 2% cut.…

SLI UK Equity High Income
Nov 15, 2008
Markets are again falling; having seen a big snap back of over 20% and the economic news is unremittingly gloomy. Those who haven’t seen a recession before (and you have to be at least 40 years old to remember the…

Act now to stay ahead of rate cuts
Nov 1, 2008
Last weekend, whilst flicking through the best buy tables I was surprised to see rates of 6% still available on instant access accounts. With base rates at 4.5% this seems out of kilter and I am concerned investors assume these…

New Star High Yield Bond
Oct 25, 2008
Several weeks ago in this column, we mentioned the opportunities available in corporate bonds. Like every other asset class, bonds have suffered as a result of the credit crunch. In fact, there have been double digit falls in many bond…

Market Update
Oct 11, 2008
I write this week’s column with some trepidation; financial markets are moving so quickly! We are in uncharted territory. Even those stockbrokers who were around in the last big financial crisis during the 1970s have not seen anything on this…