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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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How to play a short, sharp rise in the Indian rupee
Features India's rupee is down 18% against the US dollar since March. But smart spread betters might want to position themselves for a short-term bounce, says Tim Bennett. Here’s how.
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Revisiting the Barclays share price – how to trade with Fibonacci
Features John Burford looks at using Elliott wave and Fibonacci principals in this short trade on Barclays shares.
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These index-linked gilts look too expensive
Features On the face of it, buying index-linked exchange-traded funds to insure against a revival of inflation seems sensible. But this particular fund is too expensive for a number of reasons, says Paul Amery.
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What went wrong at Lehman Brothers
Features At $639bn, Lehman Brothers is the biggest bankrupt ever. Its collapse was fast followed by the sale of Merrill Lynch. So who’s left standing, and for how long? Cris Sholto Heaton reports.
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How to make money from falling share prices
Tutorials With shares in Northern Rock plummenting, hedge funds have made a fortune from the falling price by 'shorting' their shares. So how did they do it and can you do the same?
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