Oil and gold jump after US missile strikes on Syria
The price of oil and gold has jumped after the US launched a missile attack on a Syrian airfield in response to president Bashar al-Assad's regime's launch of a deadly chemical weapons attack. The...
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If you’re up to your eyeballs in student loans and feeling skint, then someone telling you to save can be pretty irritating. Chances are you’ll clench your teeth and think: ‘Where am I going to get...
View ArticleThe Accumulator: Fed sparks jitters, tension boosts oil
Our exclusive Accumulator data table shows most global markets down this week, as the US Federal Reserve poured cold water on bullish sentiment. Source link
View ArticleInvesco's Barnett cuts stake in troubled Allied Minds
Invesco Perpetual’s Mark Barnett has cut his stake in troubled tech and life sciences ‘incubator’ Allied Minds (ALML). The move follows a painful week for the company, which commercialises...
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Millennials struggle to compare Lisa and pensions
Young people are unable to judge whether the new Lifetime Isa offers a better savings prospect than a pension due to widespread confusion over how the benefits compare, new research shows. The savings...
View Article'New buy-to-let tax will make it harder, not easier, for first-time buyers to...
The Government has estimated the number of landlords who will be affected by the new tax at one in five, but this is meaningless without knowing how many properties will be affected, about which it...
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Trump’s Syria shift confounds foreign policy experts
With his first major military action, President Donald Trump has, once again, confounded experts struggling to interpret his approach to the world. Until now he has refused to show his hand about...
View ArticleOcado slips to 8-month low on slowdown fears
Ocado slid to an eight-month low on Friday after UBS predicted that the online grocer would struggle to fill new warehouse space. The UK online grocery market looks to be plateauing, growth having...
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US jobs miss will not slow the Fed, argue strategists
Just 98,000 new jobs seems like a shockingly low number and represents the weakest pace of hiring in the US since May 2016, when a strike by Verizon workers and patchy weather weighed on job creation....
View ArticleSaturday Papers: EU considering excluding UK from trade talks
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View ArticleOxford academics: 'House prices can keep rising only if the Government backs...
For people born in the 1970s, just over a quarter are now renting privately, exactly the same proportion as 10 years earlier. There appears to be no escape from “generation rent” even for this older...
View Article'I've opened the new Lifetime Isa, but how do I invest my money?'
Ms Wilson should consider exposure to an investment strategy spread across the globe, including emerging and frontier markets as well as exposure to exciting and fast-growing sectors such as robotics...
View ArticleSunday Papers: Eurozone recovery helps Britain beat Brexit blues
And Unilever chief Paul Polman hits out at ‘fast money’ hedge funds as he prepares to meet Government over takeover rules. Source link
View ArticlePension freedoms two years on: Five ways to make them better
2. Bin the ‘age 75 rule’ on pension death taxes The way unused pension savings are taxed on death also changed in April 2015. Before this, “defined contribution” (non final salary) pensions were taxed...
View ArticleChinese box office takings set to fall in 2017
A 7 per cent drop in China’s first-quarter film revenues presages a likely annual fall this year in the country’s box office — the first such decline since the late 1990s. China’s once booming film...
View ArticleConcord Resources eyes listing to fund growth plan
April 9, 2017 by: Neil Hume, Commodities and Mining Editor Concord Resources, a fast-growing metals trader launched during the worst commodity downturn in a generation, is considering a stock market...
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US bank rally sharpens pressure on earnings
America’s largest banks are under pressure to shine as the quarterly earnings season begins this week, with investors questioning the sector’s rally since President Donald Trump’s election. While the...
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Unease grows about bets on market stability
Financial markets have been remarkably tranquil this year, but some money managers and analysts fear that is leading to a build-up of bets on continued stability that could unravel spectacularly when...
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Thai auto industry prospects brightening
Thailand’s auto industry will grow modestly in 2017, primarily due to stronger domestic demand. FTCR’s latest survey suggests auto sales will increase this year. Our Auto Purchase Index rose for a...
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Rainfall set to boost growth in southern Africa
Africa is back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons when it comes to food security. According to the UN, the world is enduring its worst humanitarian disaster since 1945, with 20m people facing...
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