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I was having my hair cut when I first heard the term. Roxanne (pierced nose, two years out of ‘uni’)…

We’re all getting older. We’ve just celebrated the Queen’s 90th as a very special occasion, yet by 2027 there will…

Everyone recalls the outstretched finger of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener, who died 100 years ago next month. ‘Your country needs…

Aim — originally the Alternative Investment Market — is a curious entity that understandably excites conflicting responses. Since its launch…

‘Sell in May and go away,’ says an old stock-market maxim. Despite mixed historical evidence, that advice is worth pondering…

The financial markets would appear to have gone mad. One third of all government bonds now trade with a negative…

Now might be a good time to add some silver to your portfolio. Silver is the poor relation of gold…

The Conservative party’s Black and White Ball is a lavish, billionaire-laden affair. Tickets can cost up to £1,500, with guests…

What is there for the bold investor who doesn’t want to get bogged down with Isas or other tax-efficient but…

A collapse in trade. British goods locked out of their biggest export market. Car factories shut down after swingeing new…

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…