Features Archive | August 2019

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August 31st
- Why the Amazon has gone up in flames
- The charts that matter: the dollar strikes back
August 30th
- Currency Corner: the New Zealand dollar vs the Japanese yen
- Share buybacks – the stockmarket’s safety net – are dwindling
- Strong dollar squeezes Asian markets
- Investors batten down the hatches
- More good news from the UK property market – house prices aren’t going anywhere
- Share tips of the week
- Sticking to our guns on value
- Wine of the week: the world’s greatest zinfandel
- Properties for more than £5m
- Corvette guns for the Porsche 911
- Six of the world’s best train journeys
- Money Minute, Friday 30 August: UK house prices and eurozone inflation
August 29th
- How Adam Smith predicted today’s wave of moral outrage
- America's opioid crisis triggers first corporate fine
- 3D printing: a blueprint for the future of manufacturing
- The best thing you can do for your children is to secure your own finances
- What shutting down Parliament means for your money
- The pensions annual allowance debacle spreads beyond the NHS
- Money Minute, Thursday 29 August: German and American employment data
August 28th
- Sir Win Bischoff: City legend hangs up his bowler hat
- Companies cut back on their pensions bills
- Fed up with your kids’ school? Home educating might be easier than you think
- Cash in on change in emerging markets
- Money Minute, Wednesday 28 August: German consumer confidence
August 27th
- Great frauds in history: Ernest Terah Hooley
- How to learn from your fund mistakes
- The US-China decoupling means things will be tough for a generation of investors
- Uber is underpowered
- The US dollar’s days as the world's most important currency are numbered – it’s official
August 26th
- Big Blue promises big gains
- Betting on politics: Brexit bets
- Lord Rothschild: stocks could be on thin ice
August 24th
- What caused Britain’s blackouts?
- The charts that matter: markets hold their breath
August 23rd
- Properties in beachside locations
- Wine of the week: a world-class sparkler from Dorset
- Pagani’s King of the Road
- Chart of the week: America’s corporate debt binge
- Take short sellers seriously
- A perfect spot in the Algarve for golfers
- Currency Corner: this trend looks very promising for the Canadian dollar
- Share tips of the week
- Easy money will keep inflating bond bubble
August 22nd
- Is capitalism doomed?
- How investors can profit from the dawning of a new reality
- It’s getting harder and harder for central banks to bail us out
August 21st
- Strong equity markets and stable dividends
- Coming to terms with Anna Sorokin
- What DIY builders need to know
- How to fund your firm
- Book in the news… the inside story of Spain’s tumultuous crisis
- How the success of the Edinburgh Fringe proves that Adam Smith was right
- Carson Block: the world’s most feared short-seller
August 20th
- An offbeat take on economics
- Great frauds in history: Hannu Kailajärvi
- The benefits of sitting tight with your savings
- Betting on politics: bets for the US presidency
- Investing in the world’s most valuable resource
- Are we about to see an epic splurge of government spending?
- Howard Marks: there's sanity in stocks
August 19th
- The yield curve finally inverts
- Uber hits the brakes
August 18th
- Should we protect national champions?
- 1413 toys - Porsche 911 Targa 4s
August 17th
- The charts that matter: the rush to safety
August 16th
- Share tips of the week
- Currency Corner: hard times are coming for emerging-market currencies
- How the shadow economy moves markets
- Investors are in the grip of panic – don’t join them
- Hit the sofa for the summer with these video games
- The threat to Europe’s banks
- Trade conflict risks igniting currency war
- Wine of the week: an epic Selvapiana with bravado and panache
- The history of trade and economics
August 15th
- Time to review your portfolio
- Navigating the weird world of negative interest rates
- Bag a Brexit bargain in commercial property
- What is a yield curve, and why should I care if it inverts?
August 14th
- Why you need a plan for when the market panics
August 13th
- Great frauds in history: Marc Dreier
- Snap up a bargain at a property auction
- Jeffrey Epstein: the sordid downfall of a plutocrat
- Bausch Health: an ex-sinner to buy now
- Adventurous investors should head for the frontier in Georgia
- David Rosenberg: this is a “Potemkin market”
- Don’t miss the PPI claims deadline
- A beginner’s guide to Adam Smith, part II
August 12th
- Betting on politics: how I've been doing
- Picking winning stocks matters
- Four attractive UK income opportunities
- How negative interest rates could spell the death of cash
- Chart of the week: a new low for value stocks
August 10th
- Central banks turn on the money hose
- The charts that matter: it’s all gone a bit pear-shaped
August 9th
- Forget the other emerging markets, focus on Southeast Asia
- Currency Corner: a frustrating lesson in trend-following from the US dollar
- Silver is set to follow gold
- The bullish and bearish cases for oil prices
- Why you should invest in female artists
- Share tips of the week
- Electrify your palate with this Txakoli
- The rebirth of Raffles, a Singaporean institution
- Can MPs stop a no-deal Brexit?
August 8th
- Trump’s tariffs put pressure on the US Federal Reserve
- The currency war gets serious
- Renault and Nissan: reboot or divorce?
- No relief for RBS investors
- Modi takes control in Kashmir
- Why we need an honest taxation policy
- How to profit as technology transforms the way we learn
- Are trade wars rattling markets, or is it fear of another blow-up in Europe?
- Increasing tailwinds behind renewables
August 7th
- Switching your business bank account made simple
- Great frauds in history: Jordan Belfort and Stratton Oakmont
- A beginner’s guide to Adam Smith, part I
- How to avoid the pitfalls of buying a property abroad
- Why Boeing's shares will regain altitude
August 6th
- Train delayed? Get your money back
- Beware the lure of illiquid debt funds
- China fires a warning shot as the trade war escalates
- James Montier: MMT could be worth a try
August 5th
- Dominic Cummings: the brain behind Boris’s Brexit
- Why it pays to invest in foreign stocks
- Chart of the week: palladium will lose its lustre
- Three undervalued Asian stocks that can ride out the trade war
- Why I have decided to stump up for all the travel extras
- The return of the trade war sparks panic in markets
August 3rd
- Which countries sell citizenship and how much it costs
- How the shipping container created today’s global economy
August 2nd
- Gold, the “anti-dollar”, will rise
- Japanese stocks: when will we see Nikkei 39,000?
- Currency corner: what’s really behind the slide in the pound
- A lively glass full of cricket-pitch cuttings
- Four adventures for foodies
- Lotus Evija: an earth-bound fighter jet
- Properties for around £500,000
August 1st
- China sits out protests in Hong Kong
- The prime minister’s big gamble
- Will the ECB start buying equities?
- Shambles at Sports Direct
- Sterling weakness and a lack of faith in the Bank of England
- Which stocks will shine in the golden age of television?
- Does position size matter?
- The Fed cuts interest rates for the first time since 2008 – but it’s still not enough