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Virtual safari: lions in your living room
Reviews We may not be able to leave our homes, but thanks to the internet, Africa awaits, says Chris Carter.
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How to keep the children busy
Reviews Get the kids out from under your feet with these peace-inducing distractions, says Nicole Garcia Merida
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Properties for around £400,000
Reviews From a ground-floor flat in an A-listed Scots baronial manor in Dunlop, Ayrshire, to a converted former church house in a private gated setting in east London
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Centrica: the only way is up
News Centrica's share price has fallen by nearly 90% over the past few years. New finance director Chris O’Shea will hope to reverse that.
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The oil-price war is not over – it's just on hold
News Both Opec and Russia have agreed to restrict oil output by ten million barrels per day from next month. But the oil price war isn't over yet.
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Saudi Arabia heads for a "lost year"
News The Covid-19 pandemic has frozen Saudi Arabia's economy and left it with lakes of unwanted oil.
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Steve Keen: a modern debt jubilee is vital to keep the global economy alive
Podcasts In a fascinating chat, Merryn talks to economist thinker and author Professor Steve Keen, who says we must put the financial system on "life support" with a modern debt jubilee – a one-off universal bailout of debtors rather than creditors, to deal with the massive levels of private debt that are crippling the global economy.
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Looking on the bright side
Editor's letter The great virus crisis is miserable in many ways. But there are glimmers of positivity, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Why inflation looks set to return in the wake of coronavirus
Cover Story The collapse in the global economy caused by Covid-19 and the measures to avoid it look deflationary, says John Stepek. But politics and demographics point to a very different outcome.
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Here’s why the coronavirus crash is likely to end in inflation
Opinion The coronavirus pandemic has led to deflation as the world sits it out behind closed doors. But that will change, says John Stepek. And inflation will take off in a spectacular way.
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16 April 1797: Royal Navy sailors stage the Spithead mutiny
Features On this day in 1797, sailors on 16 ships anchored at Spithead refused to put to sea and staged a mutiny in pursuit of better pay and conditions.
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How to keep cool in current markets
Advertisement Feature SPONSORED CONTENT - Mark Whitehead, Portfolio Manager, Securities Trust of Scotland, on the importance of calm during turbulent times
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Three investment trust advantages in current markets
Advertisement Feature SPONSORED CONTENT – Mark Whitehead, Portfolio Manager, Securities Trust of Scotland, discusses how investment trusts can help in the current markets
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The uranium price is finally on the rise – here’s the easiest way to bet on a bull market
Tips The uranium price has been quietly creeping up to hit a four-year high. Dominic Frisby explains what’s behind the rise, and picks the best way to invest.
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15 April 1755: Samuel Johnson publishes his Dictionary
Features On this day in 1755, Samuel Johnson published his “Dictionary of the English Language”, after over eight years work, and with the help of six assistants.
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The trials of Temple Bar: an update on the MoneyWeek investment trust portfolio
Tips Most of the funds in our investment trust portfolio have held up brilliantly through the recent market turmoil. But one trust in particular has had a torrid time of it, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Gillian Tett: Life after lockdown and how the world will change
Podcasts Merryn talks to the FT's Gillian Tett on lockdown in New York; debt and the spectre of financial repression; and how the world might look after the pandemic
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Broaden your investment horizons with global trusts
Sponsored Many investment trusts are now managed by teams who look for the best investment ideas from around the world. Here, Max King picks some of the best.
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Make the most of the UK's holiday from debt
Advice Loans and credit card payments may be frozen for three months, but you will still have to cut your borrowing.
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14 April 1931: the first edition of the Highway Code is published
Features On this day in 1931, the Rt Hon Herbert Morrison MP, minister of transport, launched the first edition of the Highway Code
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Gilead's anti-viral expertise will stand it well
Tips There is far more to biotech giant Gilead Sciences than its potential treatment for Covid-19; it has expertise in anti-virals against a wide range of the world’s dangerous diseases.
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Profit from treating peanut allergies
Tips Aimmune Therapeutics has produced the best treatment yet for children who have a peanut allergy.
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Six assets that beat all others
Advice The first three months of this year have been good for safe havens – and bad for almost everything else.
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Smithson Investment Trust: buy now or never
Tips When Fundsmith launched the Smithson investment trust in 2018, scepticism was rife. But it has been a big success, says Max King.
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We’re on the road to a global debt jubilee – that’s if we’re lucky
Analysis Normal market mechanisms have been suspended as the world grapples with the coronavirus crisis. John Stepek looks at where this is all likely to end.
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How Covid-19 will end the post-war era of globalisation
Opinion The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the shift towards protectionism and self-sufficiency, says Edward Chancellor.
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Jim Rogers: big problems lie in wait
Opinion Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings, reckons we're about to see the worst bear market of his lifetime.
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Why we must not retreat into a nationalist bunker
Opinion Globalisation helped us prosper before the crisis – it will help us get out of it too
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Why lockdown makes writing a will almost impossible
Advice The government is exploring ways to relax the rules on writing wills so people can get their affairs in order.
