Latest articles by Marina Gerner
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It’s a great time to buy a ski chalet of your very own
Features Skiing is under threat, with fewer and fewer people doing it. But that’s great news for enthusiasts who want to buy a property, says Marina Gerner.
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Shun the benchmark huggers
Features If you don't want the hassle of stock picking, you have two main options, says Marina Gerner. But whichever you choose, avoid the closet trackers.
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The world’s most bubbly housing markets
Features Swiss bank UBS has compiled an index of the most bubbly housing markets in the world. No prizes for guessing who comes top.
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Aldi and Lidl hit the big boys
News Discount supermarkets Aldi and Lidl have reached an unprecedented combined grocery market share of 10%.
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Merger creates upmarket giant in the hotel sector
News Together, Marriott International and Starwood Hotels will form the world’s biggest hotel company with over 5,500 hotels.
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Don’t ignore the risks of retail bonds
Features The price crash of a London-listed bond should be a salutary reminder that some retail bonds are riskier than investors believe. Marina Gerner explains.
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Lonmin still on life support
News South African platinum producer Lonmin has launched a third rights issue in seven years.
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Lithium use set to soar
News Lithium plays a growing role in the global economy, but new mining concessions can be hard to find.
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Chart of the week: Britain’s neolithic statistics
Charts It’s no surprise official statistics are subject to substantial revisions many years after they were first published.
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The end of corporate tax havens?
News Corporate tax havens are slowly heading for extinction after the EU officials ruled them unfair.
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Economy loses momentum
News Britain's economic recovery may have lost momentum in the third quarter figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest.
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Exchange-traded products: A simple and cheap way to trade online
Tutorials Exchange-traded products (ETPs) are an increasingly popular choice with traders because of the wide variety of assets and markets they offer. Marina Gerner explains what they are and how to trade them.
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Fund managers rebel against lower fees
Features A rebellion by fund managers shows just whose interests they're serving, says Marina Gerner.
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Japan’s lesson in "people's QE" for Jeremy Corbyn
Features The idea of people’s QE has reignited interest in radical monetary policy. Marina Gerner looks at the lessons from Japan’s version of people’s QE: the voucher schemes of the 1990s.
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If your VW was rigged, here’s what to do next
Features If yours is one of the Volkswagen cars caught up in the emissions scandal, Marina Gerner explains what steps you can take.
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Lloyds returns to private sector
News The government will sell off Lloyds shares worth at least £2bn next spring, and members of the public will be able to buy them.
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Scandal at Volkswagen
News Volkswagen’s shares tumbled by around a third following revelations by the US Environmental Protection Agency that the German car giant cheated on emissions tests in America.
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