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In such a feverish political atmosphere on both sides of the Atlantic, it can be tempting to make rash moves. Paras Anand says take a deep breath, turn off the news and leave your portfolios alone.

A key risk of investing in smaller companies is that they may be harder to sell at times than might be the case with larger, more established and better-known companies. This ‘liquidity’ risk is something that the managers of the Artemis UK Smaller Companies Fund give much attention to.

The government hopes that by providing additional tax breaks, the UK ISA will increase the capital available to domestic businesses. But Paras Anand says the main reason for Britons to invest more in the FTSE is their own prosperity.

Will Tamworth, co-manager of the Artemis UK Smaller Companies Fund, says the high level of M&A in UK small caps allows investors to reinvest the proceeds in under valued businesses for future returns.

Mark Niznik says the steady de-rating of smaller companies is not a sign of something breaking, but of valuations becoming stretched – and like a piece of elastic, they will eventually snap back.

With the world’s largest population and currently the fastest growing economy, India offers impressive growth characteristics. But this comes at a price. In Shiller P/E terms, India is the world’s most expensive stock market. Raheel Altaf explains where he is finding opportunities in India at a reasonable price.

Do companies listed in the UK deserve to trade on a historically wide discount to their global peers? Five charts help to explain why investors who ignore the UK risk missing out on profits that are staring them right in the face…

About 30% of John Crane’s sales now come from products and services that provide decarbonisation benefits, but unlike many companies in the renewable energy sector, it has powerful barriers to entry that should allow it to defend and increase its profits over the coming decades.