Bitcoin Is Quickly Approaching Its All-Time High
As the stock market continues to strengthen in 2024, so too does the crypto market. Leading the charge is bitcoin,...
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Annual growth in house prices turns positive for first time since January 2023
Annual growth in house prices turned positive for the first time in around a year in February, according to an...
Bank CEO shrugs off U.S. war on ‘woke’ capital, says ESG investing is good for business – NBC Connecticut
Standard Chartered chief executive Bill Winters says environmentally conscious investing can be good for business, dismissing the impact of a...
Newly Revealed Emails of Satoshi Revealed, Bitcoin Creator Says Fiat Currencies Breach People’s Trust
Newly released emails from Satoshi Nakamoto from as early as May 2009 show that the Bitcoin (BTC) creator has long...
Downsizers ‘boost retirement pot by £1,200 a month’, while gazundering starts to run rampant
Where downsizers can unlock the most (and least), why 26% of sellers have been gazundered, and more. Annabel Dixon runs...
Exploring the World of Digital Currency Futures Trading
Cryptocurrency futures trading merges digital currencies with futures trading, enhancing transparency, security, and global market access. Blockchain technology revolutionizes commodity...
our property is no longer our own
CS Lewis, the author and Christian theologian, was, perhaps not surprisingly, a great advocate of reading old books. This, he...
LGIM overhauls UK property fund amid sector liquidity fears
Legal and General Investment Management is set to overhaul its UK property fund amid pushback from investors and the regulator around liquidity issues plaguing...
Target-Date Funds Look to Dampen Volatility in Their Bond Holdings
Target-date funds are meant to be the ultimate set-it-and-forget-it long-term investment vehicle. But for investment managers, there has been a percolating...
Green shoots of recovery for UK house prices
House prices may flounder in the first months of 2024But the stage is set for a recovery in the second half of the year Last year proved difficult for the UK property market. House prices stagnated, falling by around 2 per cent in the year to November, as the chart below shows. Looking at mortgage rates, it's not hard to see why: the average rate for a two-year fix peaked at an eye-watering 6.11 per cent in July last year. Affordability for first-time buyers was stretched, while borrowing more to...