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Where the hippest city-goers hang out
Features Chris Carter explores three rising districts in Sydney, Paris and Hong Kong.
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Grade II-listed properties for sale
Features From a late medieval cross-winged Wealden house in East Sussex, to a Jacobean mill in Somerset, eight of the best Grade II-listed properties for sale now.
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Electric cars: the milk float comes of age
Features Electric cars are now a viable option for serious motorists. Should you buy one? Stuart Watkins reports.
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Value investing vs momentum investing: watch out for the market's mood swings
Tutorials Value investing and momentum investing strategies both exploit investors’ emotions. But, asks John Stepek, why is value looking so glum?
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A con artist with flair
Features Would you give cash to a German heiress who can speak no German? There are plenty who would.
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Games Workshop: the gaming giant makes a comeback
Features Wargamers love Games Workshop, but investors have had the most fun recently. Richard Beddard explains what behind the company's turnaround in fortunes.
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US workers get a pay rise – and more is on the way
Features Wages are rising slowly in the US – growth should hit 3% later this year. Bbut the prospects for workers continue to improve.
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What Guys and Dolls can teach us about investment
Tutorials Matthew Partridge explains how the musical Guys and Dolls illustrates how there are no “sure things” in investing.
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The profits at Pooh Corner
Features The most famous map in English literature is going under the hammer. Expect a scramble, says Chris Carter.
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Don’t forget your old pension hoards
Features If you’ve lost track of old pensions from previous jobs, you’re not alone. David Prosser explains how to track them down.
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Money makers: Masayoshi Son’s grand bet on tech
Tips SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son embarks on his latest grand project with his Vision Fund. Chris Carter reports.
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Matteo Salvini: the Everyman leader dividing Italy
Profiles Matteo Salvini has helped lead the populists to power in Italy. But does the middle-class ex-communist who has never held a job outside politics have any coherent vision for his country? Jane Lewis reports.
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A stress-free way to switch current accounts
Features Breaking up with your bank shouldn’t be difficult, says Ruth Jackson. If you’re looking to change current accounts, here’s how to do it.
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The top contrarian bets for your money today
Interviews Japan is set to surprise investors, Alasdair McKinnon of the Scottish Investment Trust tells Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Betting on politics: America's mid-term vote
Features Matthew Partridge weighs the odds as the Democrats and Republicans battle it out for control of the House of Representatives.
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Immigrants welcome again
Features Sajid Javid is signalling change on migration policy. Matthew Partridge reports.
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New Spanish PM may be blast of fresh air
Features Pedro Sánchez has become Spain’s new prime minister after pulling off the seemingly impossible.
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The witch hunt in Washington gets messy
Features President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller.
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EU moves to address populist revolts
Features The French want radical reform; the Germans remain cautious. Emily Hohler reports.
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Microsoft changes tack with GitHub purchase
Features The software giant once relied on keeping customers tied to its proprietary software. Now it has joined the open-source insurgency. Alice Gråhns reports.
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Italy: crisis postponed
Features Italy's populist coalition is back on, and a collision between Brussels and Rome has been postponed. But hostility to the euro will grow.
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Trump slaps tariffs on $23bn of trade
Features Donald Trump's tariffs on steel from the EU, Canada and Mexico are bad for the US economy or the global economy, and will lead to retaliatory tariffs that will cause further damage.
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“Last Exit before Brexit” – Bernard-Henri Lévy’s play contributes little to the debate
Features French sage Bernard-Henri Lévy attempts to get to grips with Britain’s decision to leave the EU in this two-hour monologue, but fails to shed much light, says Matthew Partridge.
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How to profit as the world gets fuller, richer and older
Cover Story Doomsayers have for centuries warned of the dangers of overpopulation. The good news is that they’ve been wrong so far, says Alice Gråhns – here’s what you should invest in.
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An imaginative approach to investing
Editor's letter When thinking about how macro trends could shape the world and your portfolio, it pays to think big, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Why it can pay to follow the local press when making investment decisions
Features Keeping an eye on the local news can pay off for investors. Here, a tale of drug gangs, intimidation and the risky business of mining leads Dominic Frisby to an adventurous silver trade.
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Which should you buy – bitcoin or bitcoin cash?
Features Dominic Frisby weighs up the relative merits of bitcoin and its upstart offshoot bitcoin cash, explains how to get into cryptocurrencies, and which one you should buy.
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What Trump’s trade war means for your money
Features Markets aren’t taking the threat of global trade war seriously. But Donald Trump is a man of his word, and investors could be in for a shock.
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Let’s hope the gentle slowdown in house prices continues for a long time
Features UK house prices fell in May and are flat in real terms over the last year. That’s a good thing, says John Stepek - for homebuyers and the wider economy.
