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Don’t be tempted to buy banks – here are two better options
Features Bank shares might look cheap right now, but don't be tempted. There are better places to put your money, says Ed Bowsher. Here, he picks two stocks to consider instead.
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Is the gold market rigged?
Features Barclays has been fined £26m after one of its traders manipulated the gold fix. Is it time to overhaul the price-fix system and what are the alternatives? Simon Wilson investigates.
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Barclays: bonuses up, profits down
News Despite falling profits at Barclays, the bank has seen fit to raise employee bonuses.
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Barclays looks cheap - but don’t touch it
Features Barclays shares have fallen to the point where they’re now looking cheap. But that doesn’t mean you should buy them. Ed Bowsher explains why, and looks at what to buy instead.
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The FX fixing scandal
Features New allegations suggest that key benchmark rates have been manipulated in the foreign-exchange (FX) markets. Are traders gaming the system? Matthew Partridge reports.
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The online trading revolution
Tutorials Cris Sholto Heaton explains how 15 years ago, the internet made investing accessible to more people than ever before.
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Lloyds wins banking's wooden spoon
Features Tim Bennett rounds up the week's personal finance news, inculding how Lloyds topped the list of customer complaints.
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Barclays guilty of market manipulation
News Barclays Bank is to pay a 290 million pound fine following an investigation by UK and US regulators into manipulation of inter-bank lending rates.
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Gold brushed aside in the dash for cash
Features Gold recently slumped to a five-month low of under $1,600 an ounce as panicky investors ditched assets for cash.
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