No, the UK did not “plunge” into recession yesterday
No, the UK did not “plunge” into recession yesterday
That the economy took a massive hit due to Covid-19 should be news to no one, says John Stepek. The real question is what happens now.
13 Aug 2020
The MoneyWeek Podcast: house prices, staycations, and the death of cash
The MoneyWeek Podcast: house prices, staycations, and the death of cash
John and Merryn talk about the rise in UK house prices and the fact that everybody is holidaying in the UK, plus gold's new highs, the death of cash, …
12 Aug 2020
Great frauds in history: Alexander Fordyce and shorting the East India Company
Great frauds in history: Alexander Fordyce and shorting the East India Company
Alexander Fordyce's disastrous shorting of the East India Company led to him bankrupting the private bank in which he was a partner.
12 Aug 2020
If companies have too much power, we need more competition, not higher taxes
If companies have too much power, we need more competition, not higher taxes
Free-market capitalism is breaking down and that is going to lead to higher taxes down the line. John Stepek explains why that matters for investors.
11 Aug 2020
11 August 1942: Screen goddess Hedy Lamarr invents Wi-Fi
11 August 1942: Screen goddess Hedy Lamarr invents Wi-Fi
Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr received a patent in 1942 for her 'frequency hopping communication system' - the basis of much of today's wireless techn…
11 Aug 2020
Five ways to boost the economy
Five ways to boost the economy
Boris Johnson is making a bonfire of planning red tape. Here Matthew Lynn proposes some more rules for the flames.
9 Aug 2020
The charts that matter: precious metals, longevity and a cure for baldness
The charts that matter: precious metals, longevity and a cure for baldness
As the gold price presses on to new highs, John Stepek looks at he charts that matter most to the global economy.
8 Aug 2020
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UK house prices hit a new record high – can it last?
UK house prices hit a new record high – can it last?
Despite the pandemic, UK house prices have hit a new high. John Stepek looks at what’s driving the surge in prices, and what it means for house prices…
7 Aug 2020
South Africa faces a big economic storm
South Africa faces a big economic storm
Recession hit South Africa has been the fifth-worst hit country in the world measured by the number of coronavirus cases. The local stockmarket has so…
7 Aug 2020
Is the bond market wrong about inflation?
Is the bond market wrong about inflation?
The bond rally suggests that markets are sanguine about inflation, but the gold rally suggests inflation is a real threat.
7 Aug 2020
7 August 1978: Love Canal declared a disaster
7 August 1978: Love Canal declared a disaster
On this day in 1978, US president Jimmy Carter declared a Federal Emergency over contamination from toxic waste stored at the defunct Love Canal.
7 Aug 2020
We're all going to have to be a lot more flexible
We're all going to have to be a lot more flexible
As the world gets older, we'll all have to retire later and finance it for longer. That's going to take a major rethink about an awful lot of things, …
6 Aug 2020
The MoneyWeek Podcast: how to age well and profit from the “longevity dividend”
The MoneyWeek Podcast: how to age well and profit from the “longevity dividend”
Merryn talks to economist and author Andrew J Scott and discusses how we can profit from the "longevity dividend" as we live longer; why we need to re…
6 Aug 2020
Great frauds in history: Billy McFarland – the man behind the Fyre Festival
Great frauds in history: Billy McFarland – the man behind the Fyre Festival
Around 5,000 people paid Billy McFarland up to $100,000 each to attend the lavish Fyre Festival on a Caribbean island. They arrived to find accommodat…
5 Aug 2020
5 August 1976: Big Ben breaks down for the first time in 117 years
5 August 1976: Big Ben breaks down for the first time in 117 years
The Great Westminster Clock, AKA Big Ben, ran smoothly for over 100 years until, on this day in 1976, metal fatigue took its toll and the clock broke …
5 Aug 2020
Listed companies are dying out, and that could have serious consequences
Listed companies are dying out, and that could have serious consequences
Private equity is taking over from public stockmarkets as the biggest provider of capital to companies. That’s bad for investors and bad for society a…
3 Aug 2020
Reasons for investors to be cheerful
Reasons for investors to be cheerful
Markets are betting on a V-shaped recovery – and recent data suggests that they may be right.
3 Aug 2020
Will insurers cough up over Covid?
Will insurers cough up over Covid?
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses should hear in September whether their insurers are legally bound to pay out on business interruption polici…
3 Aug 2020
Stuart Wheeler : the granddaddy of spread-betting
Stuart Wheeler : the granddaddy of spread-betting
A lifelong obsession with gambling helped make Stuart Wheeler his fortune. By using that to back the Brexit campaign, he changed the face of British p…
2 Aug 2020
Businesses must be bold if they want to survive
Businesses must be bold if they want to survive
It’s a difficult time for companies, but battening down the hatches is the wrong approach, says Matthew Lynn.
2 Aug 2020
How Russia’s dirty money sullies Britain
How Russia’s dirty money sullies Britain
Russia’s kleptocrats have grown used to laundering their money and reputations in London. The government has promised change, but how serious is it?
1 Aug 2020
The charts that matter: gold finally sets a new record high
The charts that matter: gold finally sets a new record high
As gold surges past its previous high, John Stepek looks at how it's affected the charts that matter most to the global economy.
1 Aug 2020