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It’s a new era and a big change of direction, insisted excited analysts after July’s election. It’s 1974, not 1979, we said. A cursory glance at the past few days’ headlines suggests that is closer to the mark. Having insisted in its manifesto that i

Is the bitcoin rally distracting attention from precious metals? asks Krysta Escobar for CNBC. Bitcoin pitches itself as “digital gold”, a non-fiat store of wealth for the internet age. But George Milling-Stanley of State Street Global Advisors argue

“Welcome to the crypto bull market,” says Gautam Chhugani of Bernstein. “Buy everything you can.” Bitcoin prices have surged more than a third since Donald Trump’s election victory, which heralds more favourable US regulation for cryptocurrencies. Th

Russia’s rouble has hit a two-year low against the dollar following new US sanctions against Gazprombank, says Reuters. The bank handles the last remaining European energy transactions with Russia, so the sanctions will cut into Russian gas revenue.

Northvolt drained: Swedish battery maker Northvolt has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. It is the latest setback for the European car sector, which finds itself afflicted by falling production, declining markets, low returns and

Changes to agricultural property relief (APR) and business property relief (BPR), announced by chancellor Rachel Reeves in her Budget, have become the subject of fierce debate, one that has not died down since 13,000 farmers protested in London last

Veteran fund manager Nils Taube used to advise people “never to invest in a country where you don’t need a coat in winter”. That view came to seem antiquated when Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs coined the term “Brics” to cover the largest emerging econ

theatlantic.com In the US, from the late 19th century until some time in the 1950s the social ideal of what a superior person looks like was the “Well-Bred Man” – a clubbable, elegant chap who came from the right family and went to the right univers

Andrew: Let’s start with the $64trn yen question: has Japan finally overcome two decades of stagnation and deflation? Masaki: We think so. There is now hard evidence that inflation is coming back. The pace of price rises is meeting or exceeding the B

After Rachel Reeves’ Revenge Budget, many of those who had prematurely heralded a turnaround in the fortunes of the UK stockmarket had second thoughts. They had hoped for some measures, such as a partial lifting of stamp duty, to signal the governmen

The private housing rental market in the UK used to be dominated by small-time landlords, but this has changed over the past decade as large companies have spent billions developing purpose-built rental homes. According to Savills, in 2015 there were

Sometimes certain firms become stockmarket darlings. They generate outstanding and consistent returns for shareholders and are widely owned by professional investors. Often shares in these companies are at their riskiest when they are most popular, a

Hiring a nanny isn’t straightforward. The taxman classes you as their employer – just as they do for cleaners, gardeners and other household help. This means you must pay them through PAYE, ensuring that income tax, national insurance (NI), pension c

Good news and bad on business rates. The positive policy in the Budget was that business-rate reliefs that had been due to end next April will now be extended. Less happily, they will not be so generous, and there is still no detail of Labour’s promi

Whatever else he does in his life, Justin Sun will always be known as the “banana” guy – having outbid six other contenders to secure a prime piece of the fruit for $5.2m (plus $1m in fees) at Sotheby’s New York last week. Of course, it wasn’t just “

The Fifth Avenue Hotel, close to Madison Square Gardens, looks like a “luxurious mansion from the Gilded Age”, says Amanda Harlech in Tatler. “Its windows lit the gloomy night like a party in the Roaring Twenties.” Then again, The Fifth Avenue is “no

Kings John’s Lodge, Etchingham, East Sussex. A Grade II-listed, 16th-century house in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty overlooking a wildflower meadow and the countryside beyond. It has leaded-light windows, beamed ceilings and panelled walls. 7

“The Porsche 911 is the quintessential two-door, four-seat sports car,” says Richard Ingram in Auto Express. Top of the range is the GTS. Earlier this year, the German carmaker gave its “range stalwart a light nip and a tuck in an attempt to keep the

When I tell my students that only three hands out of 100 contain the 4441 shape, they look at me in disbelief. They point at deals such as this, in which both North and South have the dreaded distribution, tricky to bid and often disappointing in the

Will there be a genuine turnaround in the US? Many people expect it. Many hope for it. And many believe Donald Trump is the man to do it. The best case is a solid boom, like the one set off by Ronald Reagan in 1980. But there’s also a worst case. Tru