Throughout your clients’ investment journey the markets will experience highs and lows in response to social, political and economic events. Timing the markets involves trying to anticipate when these highs and lows will occur, with investors hoping to buy when prices have reached the bottom and sell when they have peaked.

For investors with a medium to long-term investment horizon, investing in high-yield equities (high dividend paying stocks) is certainly something to be considered, writes David Walls.

Equities rallied in October, following a poor run throughout August and September. It remains to be seen if this is the start of a structural upward movement or merely a rebound from oversold levels, writes Ian Slattery.