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To diversify your portfolio, consider these three promising emerging-market stocks
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To diversify your portfolio, consider these three promising emerging-market stocks

Over the course of 2025, emerging markets gained attention against the backdrop of a volatile world. As investors evaluated the possible ...

Coface provides surplus profit in an unpopular industry
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Coface provides surplus profit in an unpopular industry

The majority of people are unaware of trade-credit insurance, but without it, a significant portion of the world economy would cease to e...

How to include cryptocurrency in your investment portfolio
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How to include cryptocurrency in your investment portfolio

Cryptocurrency is not a part of our strategic portfolio, in part because we have not yet come to terms with the idea that it is a fundame...

Last year, self-assessment taxpayers overpaid by Pound 89 billion Do you owe money?
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Last year, self-assessment taxpayers overpaid by Pound 89 billion Do you owe money?

Here are some tips for avoiding overspending and how to get your money back. More than two million British citizens overpaid an...

Are you overpaying for your investments when comparing flat fees and percentage fees?
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Are you overpaying for your investments when comparing flat fees and percentage fees?

Selecting the best investing platform for your money can be challenging. Whether you want a self-invested personal pension (SIP...

Why investing in small investment trusts can yield excellent returns
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Why investing in small investment trusts can yield excellent returns

We discuss why they are worthwhile. While large investment trusts are generally better, some of the smallest investment trusts ...

Shareholders of Edinburgh Worldwide reject Saba's proposals
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Shareholders of Edinburgh Worldwide reject Saba's proposals

Saba Capital Management (Saba), an activist investor hedge fund based in the United States, was unsuccessful in its attempt to replace t...

Before the April inheritance tax relief change, business owners should think about six things
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Before the April inheritance tax relief change, business owners should think about six things

Before the changes, those who want to sell or move their assets into a trust must take immediate action. Entrepreneurs and famil...

Three funds for global income and capital growth
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Three funds for global income and capital growth

We have two portfolios: one that focuses on capital growth and the other that generates income with potential for capital growth. The Sc...

Early 2026 update on the BFIA investment trust portfolio
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Early 2026 update on the BFIA investment trust portfolio

With very different approaches, Scottish Mortgage and Law Debenture were the top performers. The BFIA investment trust portfolio ...

Make money with Rentokil Initial's pest control
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Make money with Rentokil Initial's pest control

One of the recurrent themes in this column is that some of the best opportunities are offered by companies in important but unglamorous ...

Customers are back in the fine art market
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Customers are back in the fine art market

For 2026, what does this mean? The fine-art market saw an exceptionally long winter in 20242025, and it really didn't come out ...