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Why do analysts believe emerging markets will perform better?
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Why do analysts believe emerging markets will perform better?

2025 was one of the best years for emerging market stocks in recent memory. The MSCI World Index, which includes global stocks fr...

As a rule change is imminent, pensioners are "running down larger pots" to avoid inheritance tax
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As a rule change is imminent, pensioners are "running down larger pots" to avoid inheritance tax

In an effort to lower potential inheritance tax (IHT) obligations, there is mounting evidence that pensioners with larger defined contrib...

Is investing in energy provider SSE a good idea?
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Is investing in energy provider SSE a good idea?

Here's how to manipulate the price of SSE shares. Utility companies are typically viewed as defensive investments because they su...

Three Indian stocks with potential for growth
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Three Indian stocks with potential for growth

Gaurav Narain, an expert investor with the India Capital Growth Fund, lists three of his favorites here. India's economy is moder...

Tax receipts: Rachel Reeves "should hand back the cash" from her bumper haul
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Tax receipts: Rachel Reeves "should hand back the cash" from her bumper haul

However, what is the source of the funds? The news about tax receipts was better than what we usually hear. January's data appear...

How to lessen the impact of a "double whammy" inheritance tax blow could befall you
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How to lessen the impact of a "double whammy" inheritance tax blow could befall you

Within two years, the double inheritance tax (IHT) will hit thousands more estates, but there are ways to help your loved ones pay less....

And why you should combine gold and bitcoin
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And why you should combine gold and bitcoin

Here's why you ought to own both. I've been and still am bullish about gold and bitcoin. I combined the two on a risk-weighted ba...

Invest in the beauty industry while it is evolving
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Invest in the beauty industry while it is evolving

The global economy is plagued by gloom, but the beauty industry is still booming. According to a joint report by consultancy McKinsey and...

Eight top-rated homes with galleries of minstrels for sale
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Eight top-rated homes with galleries of minstrels for sale

Image 1 of 3: Old Plawhatch House in Sharpthorne, East Grinstead, East Sussex, for sale with a minstrels' gallery. East Grinstead, East S...

AI disruption: Do opportunities for contrarian purchasing arise from the software selloff?
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AI disruption: Do opportunities for contrarian purchasing arise from the software selloff?

Investors fearing an existential threat to their business models are selling off software stocks quickly. Though the technology i...

Has the market miscalculated Relx?
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Has the market miscalculated Relx?

Relx (LSE: REL), an FTSE 100 data and analytics group, was soaring at this time last year as investors embraced the company's AI growth n...

The rare books are fetching thousands of dollars
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The rare books are fetching thousands of dollars

What is the true price at which they are selling? The fact that Emerald Fennell's recent film adaptation of Wuthering Heights hea...