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Pensions: the gender gap
It’s a fact of life that women save less for their old age than men do — and it’s the…
The Tigers reawaken
Cast your mind back 20 years, to a very different world. It’s 1997: Bill Clinton is in his second term,…
The ultra-fast broadband race
‘Telecommunications’ is not the perfect name for the transmission of data at speeds that the late Mr Alexander Graham Bell…
Gold is still the safest haven
In times as alarming as these — with Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump waving nuclear weapons at each other…
Can Macron deliver for investors?
An intelligent and driven centrist, young yet politically wise beyond his years — and with a track-record in business too…
Blockchain: an investor’s guide
Blockchain is the hottest bit of jargon in the financial world and potentially the most exciting development since the invention…
Far-flung flings
Looking for something exotic, but wary of investing directly in obscure foreign or small-cap companies? Then investment trusts are your…
Thank you for sharing
How would you like to celebrate your birthday each year at a five-star cottage alongside the Gleneagles golf course? Or…
Changing gear
Factories in the north will be shuttered up. Ports will be clogged with lines of Land Rovers and Minis completing…
Robin Andrews picks automotive stocks for the post-Brexit era
The challenge of finding undervalued, publicly quoted enterprises with interesting prospects in the automotive sector is, as Matthew Lynn says,…
Maximise your winners
Giles Hargreave has been one of the UK’s top small-cap fund managers for more than 20 years, but his stock-market…
Knowing when to sell
Since getting into the business of bringing shares to your attention, it has been frustrating not to have a platform…
A caviar life on a fish-finger budget
DOB: It’s almost five years since I moved to London from Yorkshire; half a decade in which I have done…
Watch out for the Trump slump
So far, so good. Wall Street was among the keenest backers of Hillary Clinton in her doomed attempt to win…
Making the case for Japan
The best investment decisions are almost always those that feel most uncomfortable at the time they are made. George Soros…
Who’s selling the shovels?
Our infrastructure is at breaking point. Most governments of the past hundred years have been able to raise their glasses…
Shopping for gold
When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping. And when the going is seriously tough — as it may…
New year, new opportunities
The new tax year is just a month away and changes are coming that will affect your personal finances. Some…
Buy high
At first glance Europe’s skiing industry, much loved by its aficionados and by far the world’s most advanced, would seem…
How to fit out your Georgian rectory
Ah yes, escaping to the country. There comes a time when every Englishman wants to do it. Astonishing numbers of…
How to start your own bank
How on earth do you ‘start a bank’? It sounds like a nigh-on impossible project. Yet in the past few…
Skin in the game
Terry Smith is in the news again. Not for being a Brexiteer — though he’s been committed to that cause…
Why aren’t we talking about China?
Every year in October, a group of investors, bankers and world leaders gather in Washington to discuss the year that…
Investing with a purpose
Millennials: there are 160 million of them in the US and Europe. They will comprise three quarters of the global…
Perfect pitch
As someone who’s passionate about the power of compelling speech, there is nothing I hate more than watching somebody blow…
Grand designs for retirement
The near-abolition of tax on savings income was one of George Osborne’s less-noticed legacies. A shareholder can now receive £5,000…