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Bittersweet profits for buy-to-let landlords
Features The government’s determination to make the buy-to-let sector less appealing to investors seems to have worked, with landlords suffering a dismal few years.
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The European elections mattered a lot more than you think
Features The European elections revealed nothing more than that the country is still as divided as ever about Brexit. So, what's changed? Well, says John Stepek – quite a lot actually.
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Equity release: handle with care
Features Make sure you are getting the right equity release product and are choosing from all the available options.
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An investment trust to help you ride Europe’s rebound
Features Fidelity European Values offers exceptional promise at a great price by investing in large-cap European companies.
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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala: Trump's trade war is good news for India
Features Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala is upbeat on the prospects for India.
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Are your dividend payments at risk?
Tutorials Vodafone cut its dividend payment by 40% earlier this month. How can you avoid similar disappointments?
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Time to ditch the monthly payroll
Features Paying people once a month is an outdated hangover from the days of pen and paper. Employers need to get creative or lose out, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Cash in on consumers in emerging markets
Opinion Austin Forey of the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Trust picks three stocks that should benefit from growth in emerging-market consumption.
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Book review: a fascinating take on recent European history
Features Alarums and Excursions A former speechwriter for the European Council president looks at some of the key challenges that the EU has faced over the past decade.
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Africa’s ambitious free-trade deal
Features Populism and trade wars have put globalisation into reverse. African nations are bucking the trend with AfCFTA, a comprehensive agreement that will create a vast new trade bloc.
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The charts that matter: markets start to worry
Features With bond yields sliding this week as investors started to fret about global trade, John Stepek looks at the effect on the charts that matter most to the global economy.
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What are the bookies’ odds on the new Tory leader?
Features After nearly three years in office, Theresa May is set to stand down. Here, Matthew Partridge looks at who the bookies favour as the new Tory leader.
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Julian Richer's crusade to clean up capitalism
Profiles Julian Richer, the entrepreneur who put people before profits, and yet produced plenty of the latter, has been lauded for handing his empire over to his staff. What is his motivation?
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Currency Corner: why we all need to keep a close eye on King Dollar
Features Dominic Frisby looks at the price of the most important currency in the world – the US dollar – and where it’s likely to be by the time Donald Trump’s term as president is up.
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Betting on politics: Australia catches out the bookies
Features The result of the Australian election proved to be an embarrassment for one bookmaker, says Matthew Partridge.
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Reinflating Australia’s housing bubble
Features After 27 years without a recession, Australia's economy has started to wobble. So the authorities are contemplating reinflating the housing bubble.
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Investors are still too gloomy about UK stocks
Features Investors have deserted UK stocks en masse. But the FTSE 100 is one of the most attractive markets in the world for income-seekers.
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Markets don’t think the Fed is sufficiently worried about the trade war
Features Markets took a tumble yesterday. Part of the reason is the escalating trade war. But mostly, says John Stepek, it’s down to the Fed, the US central bank. Here’s why.
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Bond market signals gloom ahead
Features The bond market has a much better record than the stockmarket of predicting economic downturns. And last week, yields on ten-year US Treasury notes dipped as low as 2.37%.
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Share tips of the week
Features MoneyWeek’s comprehensive guide to the best of this week’s share tips from the rest of the UK's financial pages.
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The ultimate tent for glampers
Features With the Lotus Belle, camping enthusiasts need rough it no longer, says Mick Sharp
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Houses with dovecotes or follies
Features Houses with dovecotes or follies – from a Georgian property in Norfolk, with an Asian-style folly, to a Tudor manor house with a circular dovecote in Dorchester.
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A commanding and enchanting syrah from South Africa
Features 2015 Kleinood This dramatic, spicy wine is stuffed with the flavours of mountainside fruit.
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Book in the news: Rees-Mogg's mind-bogglingly banal work of self-promotion
Features Book review: The VictoriansJacob Rees-Mogg makes little effort in this uninteresting and badly written run through of the usual Victorian suspects.
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Death of a Salesman: this classic play is still vital
Features Theatre review: Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller's classic portrayal of the American dream turned bad is as relevant as ever.
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New front in trade war spooks stocks
Features The White House’s move against Huawei, the world’s second-biggest smartphone maker, takes the trade war into uncharted territory.
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Ryanair share price struggles to regain altitude
Features Ever since Ryanair’s dispute with the pilots’ union in September 2017, the airline has been struggling, with the share price down by half from its peak.
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Nationalist right crumbles in Austria
Features Austria’s vice-chancellor and Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache was forced to resign after promising state contracts for cash.
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Does owning an electric car make financial sense?
Features The idea of owning an electric car seems appealing. But what are the financial practicalities of buying and running one?
