The latest Halifax house price index shows the country’s properties just 0.9% more expensive than they were this time last year. The average UK home will now cost you £232,249. “This is the lowest growth …
For more like this, sign up to Money Morning, our free daily email. Over in the eurozone this morning, we get Germany’s trade balance for September. The eurozone’s biggest economy has been struggling this year …
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Equities are attractively priced, but prepare for turbulence“It took three presidents, four finance ministers and countless setbacks,” says Julia Leite on Bloomberg. But Brazil has finally completed a long-awaited overhaul of its pension system. Lawmakers …
Palladium and rhodium have outstripped platinum in the past few years. But thanks to the advent of fuel-cell cars, that could soon change, says Dominic Frisby. The main platinum group metals (PGMs, as they are …
In “one of the most highly anticipated collapses on the high street”, baby-paraphernalia retailer Mothercare is to appoint administrators to its British business, reports Jonathan Eley in the Financial Times. While the listed company will …
Saudi Arabia’s regime wants to diversify the economySaudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil colossus, is set to float on its home market. Are the shares appealing? Matthew Partridge reports. Get set for the “biggest stock …
For more like this, sign up to Money Morning, our free daily email. In the UK today, the Bank of England announces its latest decision on interest rates. We’re right ahead of an election, so …
The growing wealth gap in the US is, says billionaire investor Ray Dalio in the Financial Times, a national emergency. If we don’t do something about it, he says, “we are all going to try …
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