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Axa shares look cheap - are they worth buying?...
?brbrbrbrIn 2016, French insurance giant Axa (Paris: CS) had a reputation for being complicated. Most of its earnings came from life insurance and long-term savings, businesses whose results depended heavily on interest...
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Lloyds: House affordability reaches its best level in 11 yea...
The gap between earnings and house prices is now at its smallest in 11 years, yet expensive mortgages continue to put pressure on buyers.brbrNew Lloyds Bank research puts the average UK home at 7.3 times median earnings. Th...
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8 outstanding homes for sale with stables...
h2Pennington House, Lymington, Hampshire/h2 Image 1 of 3 Pennington House in Lymington, Hampshire, is among the houses for sale with stables. Houses for sale with stables: Pennington House, Lymington, Hampshire Houses f...
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What should you do with underperforming investment trusts?...
?brbrbrbrA dud investment trust leaves you with four unappealing choices: sell and risk missing a sharp recovery, hold it while weak performance drags on, invest more and compound the mistake, or cut back only to regret...
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The false promise of private credit...
Private equity - and, increasingly, private credit - present themselves as more exclusive and more rewarding than the public stock and bond markets. In finance, simply placing "private" before an asset class can create an aura ...
Personal Finance
Could raising capital gains tax ease the cost-of-living sque...
?brbr?brbrThe government is reportedly considering higher capital gains tax (CGT) rates to support people with the lowest incomes.brbrThe prime minister, Andy Burnham, and chancellor John Healey are reportedly consi...
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How Dutch start-up ASML came to dominate the world...
ASML (Amsterdam: ASML) is the sole commercial supplier of EUV lithography systems, the machines at the center of advanced semiconductor manufacturing. Each system is about as large as a double-decker bus, weighs roughly 180 ton...
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Three overlooked emerging-market stocks worth considering...
At Fidelity Emerging Markets, we take a flexible approach to selecting emerging-market stocks. We can invest across the entire universe, from large companies to small-cap and off-benchmark names, while using both long and short...
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Why investment trusts can anchor long-term wealth building...
Investment trusts are one of the three main kinds of funds. The others are exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and open-ended investment companies (OEICs), also known as unit trusts, depending on their structure. Each works differentl...
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Oil prices push UK inflation higher...
Rising oil prices have driven UK inflation to its highest level in five months. Consumer prices increased 3.1% in the year to August, while motor fuel costs climbed by almost a quarter. Petrol reached 161.3p per litre and diese...
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