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UK stocks will bounce back – make sure your portfolio is adequately positioned
Opinion UK stocks are more unloved than they’ve ever been. When they recover – and they will – they will move quickly so you need to have positioned your portfolio accordingly. Merryn Somerset Webb explains what to buy.
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Are we really in a stockmarket bubble?
Opinion The rise of “cash shell” companies, sky-high valuations – everything seems to point to a stockmarket bubble. But all may not quite be as it appears, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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How the stamp duty holiday is pushing up house prices
Opinion Stamp duty is an awful tax and should be replaced by something better. But its temporary removal is driving up house prices, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Why the FCA should sit back and do nothing for now
Opinion The Financial Conduct Authority has asked for ideas on how to improve the consumer investment market. But perhaps the best thing to do right now would be nothing, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Why China appeals to good investors
Opinion China is one of the few places left to good investors hoping to make a decent return, says Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Dealing with the debt: big tax rises are not the answer right now
Opinion Tax rises can’t do much to reduce the two-trillion-pound hole in our public finances. And the economy is too fragile for a tax grab now anyway. So where is the money going to come from? asks Merryn Somerset Webb.
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Ordinary investors are missing out as private equity takes over
Opinion Companies are turning their backs on public stockmarkets and raising more and more money from private equity. Merryn Somerset Webb explains why this is a problem for ordinary investors – and perhaps for capitalism itself.
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Europe’s magic works better in the dark
Opinion Europe’s latest fiscal intervention looks like the kind of muddle-through that makes a United States of Europe more likely, says Merryn Somerset Webb. But only if you don’t look too closely.
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Should you take advantage of the UK’s new breed of domestic holidaymakers?
Advice With Britons choosing to holiday in the UK this year, the owners of the country’s holiday cottages are cleaning up. Should you buy in, too? Merryn? Somerset Webb looks at the pros and cons.
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