Harry Stourton

MoneyWeek talks to investment legend Jim Rogers about oil, the new Federal Reserve chairman - and the price of orange juice...

If you were a dealer or collector of contemporary art in 2005, the chances are you had a very good year. But prices have now pushed past historic high…

More good news from Brazil. The country says it is to pay back $15.5bn to the IMF, marking the “end of a long history of financial turbulence”, says R…

If you had invested in commodities at the start of 2005, you’d be sitting on some handsome gains. The energy sector has had a buoyant year, with oil a…

News of ConocoPhillips’ $36bn acquisition of Burlington Resources has met with a chorus of dismay from investors and analysts alike.

On the face of it, E.on’s decision to walk away from bid talks with Scottish Power after it turned down their modest offer of 570p a share “looks curi…

The fall of P&O into foreign hands is bound to cause regret in some quarters, says The Daily Telegraph.

Emerging markets have been all the rage this year, but, unusually, the rising tide has not lifted all boats.

Chancellor Gordon Brown gives his pre-Budget report on 5 December. With widespread speculation that taxes need to rise, here we take a look at his opt…

Investors in Latin America’s markets have good reason to feel pleased with themselves: the MSCI Latin American Index has risen 86% since 2003 and is u…

Over the past few years, HBOS has been one of the most aggressive banks on the UK high street, says Lex in the FT. But today it “is among the most cau…

What’s wrong with the yen? With the Japan’s economy finally showing signs of life, the stockmarket up over 30% year-to-date, and the bank of Japan hin…

Lead has quite a past. It was used to build the legendary water systems of ancient Rome (one of the many theories about the decline of Rome is that th…