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Does playing safe cut your losses? No, cautious funds performed WORSE

Worse off: Risk-averse investors have seen up to a fifth wiped from the value of their nest eggs over the past year alone Risk-averse investors have seen up to... read more

Chancellor’s U-turns disastrous for small firms – but we are still battling on

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s U-turns disastrous for some small firms – but we are still battling on By Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published:... read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Dear whoever is our PM… it’s time to stop this chaos

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Dear whoever is our PM… it’s time to stop this chaos – hopefully we will get someone focused on putting economy back on track... read more

MPs move to stop private equity grabs on mutuals

MPs move to stop private equity grabs on mutuals: Bill being pushed through Parliament By Lucy White, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 22 October ... read more

Marks & Spencer draws up blueprint to boost Ocado deliveries

Marks & Spencer draws up blueprint to boost Ocado deliveries: Stuart Machin plans to turbocharge operation as part of escalation in battle with rival grocer... read more

MOBIUS INVESTMENT TRUST: Scans far horizons as China shunned

MOBIUS INVESTMENT TRUST: Mobius scans far horizons as China shunned – manager Carlos Hardenberg says he is facing strong headwinds By Jeff Prestridge, Fin... read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Zoo Digital proves perfect sequel to Netflix

  MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Zoo Digital proves perfect sequel to Netflix: Firm helps streaming giant translate shows into dozens of languages By Joanne Hart, Fi... read more

MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Literacy Capital results good reading for profit hunters

Last year, about 200,000 children left primary school without being able to read or write. The problem was already pretty bad before the pandemic. Now it is muc... read more

UK braces for highest base rate rise in years: Bank of England set to move

UK braces for highest base rate rise in years: Bank of England widely expected to raise rate by 0.75 percentage points early next month By Hugo Duncan, Financia... read more

Ginsters clan feasts on £15m dividend: Samworth Brothers in payout

Ginsters clan feasts on £15m dividend: Samworth Brothers made payment after sales at company rose 11% to £1.2bn, despite claiming furlough cash By Neil Craven... read more

He’s the richest plumber in UK, now Charlie Mullins is going into politics

Seller’s remorse: Charlie Mullins criticises the US firm that bought him out Britain’s richest plumber Charlie Mullins thinks he has the answer to t... read more

Panmure Gordon boss Rich Ricci’s move on FinnCap

He was one of the most colourful characters to emerge from the financial boom and bust. Rich Ricci – a name so perfect for a wealthy, high-flying investment b... read more

TOBY WALNE tests out the latest way to cut your energy bills

With energy bills soaring and inflation raging at 10.1 per cent, Toby Walne heads off to the pub. Not to drown his sorrows, but to assess whether working from t... read more

£32bn profits bonanza spurs call for bank tax

£32bn profits bonanza spurs call for bank tax: Raid on windfall from rising interest rates could be used to fill £40bn hole in public finances Lenders are a t... read more

Water firms’ sewage dumping could cost UK £150bn

Water firms’ sewage dumping could cost UK £150bn: Lord Hollick slams executives and regulators for failing to prevent discharge into rivers By Neil Crave... read more

Can Legal & General escape turmoil that left bond markets near meltdown?

Can Legal & General escape turmoil that left bond markets near meltdown? Asset manager enthusiastically plugged liability-driven investments By John-paul Fo... read more

HAMISH MCRAE: UK facing a slog to rebuild trust

HAMISH MCRAE: UK facing a slog to rebuild trust – fiscal orthodoxy will be norm everywhere – we didn’t know that a few weeks ago, now we do By... read more

My Lisa provider charged a big penalty when I bought a house – is it a mistake?

I have had a Lifetime Isa (Lisa) for the last 5 years, in which I am saving for a deposit on a home.  Over this time, I have saved £12,000, which has been boo... read more

Seraphim: Is it the right time to invest in space at a big discount?

Last year Star Trek’s William Shatner became the oldest human to travel to space as part of Jeff Bezos’ space mission. Rather than feeling elated at the exp... read more

Are online estate agents the best way to sell your home – or are their cheap fees a false economy?

Faced with double-digit inflation, a cost-of-living crisis and soaring mortgage bills, anyone moving home this autumn will want to count the pennies.  So, is a... read more

Selling old fixtures and fittings from your home to a salvage yard can make you thousands

What valuable treasures are hiding in YOUR home? Salvage yards will pay thousands for old taps, floorboards and tubs from period properties Reclamation yards bu... read more

Tenants struggle as average rents climb 11% to £1,162

Average rental asking prices outside London hit a new high of £1,162 a month in the third quarter of this year, jumping 3.2 per cent from the previous three mo... read more

RAY MASSEY: Rakish electric sports car aimed at children aged four to 11

Now here’s something to get young motorists really inspired to learn to drive — a rakish electric sports car aimed at children aged four to 11.  Built ... read more

Barclays fined £50m for secret Qatar payments

Barclays fined £50m for secret Qatar payments: Bank accused of ‘lacking integrity’ over 2008 emergency cash call Barclays paid £322m in ‘adv... read more