Political risk is keeping many wealthy on the sidelines.

What investors often fail to consider is that outperformance may simply be a remnant of the past, possibly only the result of the economic environment that coincided with it.

Is it good or bad when markets surge without volatility?

They're buying gold.

Equities have risen so much from the depths of the financial crisis that their value is blotting out everything else to an extent not seen since the dot-com bubble.