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Is there a genuinely independent go-to guide for anyone who cares about the future of the UK economy but isn’t…

I like to think I’m a rational economist. Of course, like all of us, I make many choices based on…

Buying and selling foreign currency can be a high-stakes gamble, with murky exchange rates and fees making it virtually impossible…

 bitcoin/ n. A type of digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of…

Canvassing friends from a lifetime in the investment business in Europe and in North America, I’m struck by the unanimity…

Whenever I return to England from my home in France I am struck at once by the number of grossly…

Switzerland has always been different: something of a sovereign interloper, the guest in the corner of a party that no…

Britain has the biggest art market in the European Union, but that market has been plagued over the years by…

In a world where we’re heading for driverless cars, drones that deliver groceries to your back garden and smartphones that…

Bert Wiegman places two packages on the polished conference table in a third-floor office off Regent Street and leans back…

The direction of travel for interest rates appears clear. Both the US and UK economies are growing at roughly their…

Just two forces will determine how the ‘storm-tossed barque’ of your portfolio fares in the choppy waters ahead. One of…

During his time as the chairman of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke was notable for taking bold, often controversial…

As the nights draw in and the year-end approaches, we should all take stock of how our finances fared in…

What a curious world we live in. It is now conventional wisdom that we have all embarked on a journey…

Buying a beautiful car that speaks of a bygone era of motoring style is for many people the fulfilment of…

We all know diamonds are a girl’s best friend. But what can they do for your investment portfolio? Jewels have…

Given that the chaos which engulfed China over the summer included the bursting of the stock-market bubble, a double currency…

Investors are pouring into the crowdfunding arena. Barely five years old, the sector is growing in the UK at an…

When you put your money into an actively managed investment fund, it’s as well to remember that you are putting…

You see them in harbours from the Med to the Caribbean: retired British couples sitting on their yachts sipping gin…

The buying, selling and training of the thoroughbred racehorse is a multibillion-pound global concern that tends to be 18 months…

As with vintage wines, there is a finite supply of violins made before 1785 by acknowledged craftsmen such as Antonio…

There is a curious pleasure to be had watching stocks plummet — as long as you don’t own them. It’s…