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Fund Manager Says There’s an Easy Way to Make 3% More
There’s not much you can do right now to dramatically improve your personal finances. But there’s at least one thing you can get on top of: cash savi…
3 years ago
How to Get a 7% Return Without Buying Risky Equities
During the Panic of 1907, J.P. Morgan came up with a clever plan to slow the ongoing bank run. He told his tellers to count all the money twice befor…
3 years ago
Capital Had Its Day. Now It’s Labor’s Turn, Troy’s Lyon Says
Sebastian Lyon says he’d been expecting inflation to rise for a long time. So when prices began to tick up, his firm was ready. Now the founder and c…
3 years, 1 month ago
Why You Should Stop Selling UK Equities
British pension funds used to have up to 55% of their assets in UK equities. That might have been too much. Now it’s more like 5% (and 70% in US equi…
3 years, 1 month ago
Why UK Mortgage Rates Aren’t as High as You Think
In an earlier episode of Merryn Talks Money, reporter Neil Callanan joined the podcast to talk house prices. It’s fair to say his outlook for the UK…
3 years, 1 month ago
What the New Cold War Means for the Global Economy with Niall Ferguson
The world has been mired in a new Cold War for at least four years, according to Niall Ferguson, a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion and Milbank Family…
3 years, 1 month ago
Why Inflation May Not Be Heading Back to 2%
Inflation isn’t heading back to 2%, according to Pippa Malmgren, author and former adviser to President George W. Bush. She says it’s more likely to …
3 years, 1 month ago
The Top Takeaways From 300 Years of Investment Advice
The industry of providing people with investment advice has been around for a long time. Just how long is the subject of this week’s Merryn Talks Mon…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Collapse of the UK Housing Market May Be Coming
The UK housing market is not in a good place. Mortgage rates are up, buyers are disappearing and so are sellers. The former don’t want to dump money …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Year of the Value Hunter Has Arrived
For a fund manager with a belief in value, 2021 was as discombobulating a year as they come, says Ben Inker, co-head of GMO’s asset allocation team. …
3 years, 2 months ago