Every so often a reader suggests I pen a book about investing. They’re obviously confusing you with someone else I hear you laugh. Why don’t you call it: “How to miss a fortune in US stocks.” Very funny. Anyway, relax. […]
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My political apathy began 30 years ago. Having just been president of the Cambridge Union — colluding with and back-stabbing many a name in Westminster today — a subsequent lack of giving a damn was a shock. Politics still bores me,
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Anyone who has watched the film Crocodile Dundee knows we don’t have mental health issues in Australia. As Mick explains:
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Like many teenagers, I read The Dice Man because the idea of the novel’s protagonist making decisions based on the
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Never read or post. That is my rule on social media. Always use primary sources. That is my
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Up there with pushing a suitcase with wheels or working in human resources, remembering birthdays (spouse aside) is not for
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One of my close friends has two stocks in his self-managed pension plan, which is roughly the same size as mine. By contrast, adding up the holdings in the four equity funds in my Sipp comes to 1,736. Who’s right?
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While some went gaga this week over the Budget bus fare cap and whether the word “supporters” included an apostrophe, the Lancet published a new Countdown report on health and climate change. It couldn’t be seriouser. Ten of 15 indicators
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My favourite social media meme of the week — as the best ones always do — nailed on the noggin why I have no European stocks in my portfolio. Also why I yearn to invest in US companies once again.
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Seventeen years ago this week, US share prices were as high as they were going to reach before the great
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