“We’re gonna have growth like we’ve never seen before,” says Donald Trump. Growth! Growth! Growth! More jobs! More income! Abundance! Joy, from coast to coast! We know we’re on the road to joy when we see the GDP numbers. They’ll tell us when we are getting what we want – more of everything. The two … Read more
For too long, people have been made to fear investing. It’s time to stop the fearmongering. We’ve all heard the warnings: ‘it’s too risky’, ‘you’ll lose your money’, ‘crypto is better’. And then there are people who just ask me ‘will it make me rich quick?’ The answer to the last question is no – … Read more
On the evening of Tuesday 15 March, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, delivered her annual Mansion House speech. After announcing several reforms, including reducing regulations to encourage more innovation, we look to industry experts to get their reactions. Following a lot of speculation about what the UK planned to do to bolster … Read more
Your salary is determined by how much your employer is willing to pay you for your work, and this can be affected by a great many things. For example, the job and industry play a huge role, and average salary tends to be lower when you are younger as you are more inexperienced. However, where … Read more
St James’s Place is finally bringing in a new pricing structure next month, which it says will be “simpler to understand”, with most clients benefiting from a lower total ongoing charge. The UK’s largest wealth manager has long been criticised for its “opaque”, “complex” and expensive fees. In October 2023, it said it planned to … Read more
Investing has never been easier. You can buy and sell shares and funds on your phone or tablet while you wait for the kettle to boil or in the back of a taxi on the way to meet friends. But investing isn’t free in most cases. As well as the amount you want to invest, … Read more
DXC Technology, a global technology services provider, is teaming up with Unicaja, one of Spain’s leading banks, to transform and modernise its banking operations. As part of a new 10-year agreement, DXC will help Unicaja drive efficiency, boost productivity and enhance customer experience by sharing its expertise in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI). While accelerating … Read more
Ruchir Sharma, author of What Went Wrong with Capitalism, explains how free enterprise in developed economies has been undermined by continual state interference
What caught my eye this week. With AI chatbots and search overviews now vigorously putting the boot into an online media that was already on its knees, quality independent websites covering investing and money are shrinking faster than violets at an OnlyFans convention. Good news then that the curation site Snippet Finance has started maintaining … Read more
According to the World Bank, the number of adults without access to financial services has dropped from 2.5 billion in 2011 to 1.4 billion in 2021. While this is a great success, there is still a lot that can be done to further make official financial services more accessible, especially in developing economies. Therefore, this … Read more