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Tory leadership special: Tory tax plans need to be more strategic to tackle the cost of living crisis – here’s why
The cost of living crisis is a key issue for the Conservative leadership candidates hoping to become the next prime minister of the UK. But the taxation strategies suggested by the final two...
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Alternative assets
Books as investments
This article was first published in May 2018. Investing is usually a matter of judgment as well as calculation. What will do well, and what will do best over the period you...

The Economist
No, this is not 1970s-style stagflation
Disappointing GDP growth and high inflation have many commentators talking about stagflation. Advanced estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis suggest real GDP fell for a...

Residential Investor
Never skate on thin ice
Especially in a desert. The rally in Dubai luxury villas has been as swift as it has been spectacular since the autumn of 2020, with anecdotal evidence of 50 to 70% cumulative...

Golden Oldie
Proptech: a walk down memory lane
Kicking off a three-part series on proptech, in its very widest sense, let’s look back first of all to the Stone Age. Originally published December 2020. Urbanisation has been a...

The Analyst
All that glistens?
What’s gold today may be coal tomorrow. It has been 15 years since Apple catapulted the smartphone into the mainstream, with the launch of the iPhone 1. Today there are more than...

Investor's Notebook
Why are gas prices still high despite oil getting cheaper – and what will happen next?
Energy expert Q&A. While thermometers have been well into the red across the northern hemisphere, people are panicking about the cost of energy bills once winter starts to...
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