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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…
Crypto-currency: risky as hell but worth a punt
‘I’m up 430 per cent,’ said my friend Mash, boasting about his investments in Bitcoin. I should have known then…
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…
Why buying housebuilders’ shares beats buying houses
Safe as ’ouses, as they say. The housing slump of 2008 seems a long time ago now. Prices across the…
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…
Selling robo-advice just got even tougher
The boss of London’s largest UK ‘robo-advisor’ promised it was going to ‘redefine the UK investment industry’. Now five years…
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…
Spread your bets on Theresa’s majority
Where’s all the unpredictability in politics gone? After the hubbub about a ‘crisis of liberalism’ and the thrills of punting…
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…
Global warnings: Perils of a new age of protectionism
Globalisation has apparently been going too fast. It is blamed for benefiting managers and owners of capital — and emerging-market…
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…
The Speculator: So far so good, but should I quit while I’m ahead?
In Spectator Money last November, I wrote about Equotion, an algorithm gambling service or ‘Sports Betting Disrupter’ which promises customers…
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…
Risks and rewards of investing in freeholds
Is being a buy-to-let investor just a bit too respectable for you? There’s an alternative: become a landlord’s landlord and…
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…
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Table Talk with Tom Parker-Bowles
Lara and Livvy talk to food writer Tom Parker-Bowles about his mother's roast chicken, prep school gruel, and why, as...
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