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“We are driving in the fog, and it is extraordinarily difficult to anticipate what will happen next.” That alarmed voice is coming straight from the top of the economics profession. That’s Anton Korinek, a University of Virginia economics professor and one of the organizers of a statement signed this week by over 200 economists—including 16…

The last few weeks, I’ve been covering my eyes before I look at my investments, and only peeking through my fingers — as if I’m facing Freddy Kruger rather than a series of numbers. It doesn’t help that the financial headlines are full of frightening potential futures: a possible recession, trade wars, and potential market…

World Finance Published: Monday, July 6, 2026, 13:58 [IST] Many mutual fund investors follow the old rule, “don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. New investors often take it literally. They keep adding schemes for more variety. Yet beyond a point, extra funds stop reducing risk. For most retail investors, two or three carefully…

Some of my most memorable vacations have centered around money — and didn’t require spending much of it at all. I had my photo taken next to a $1 million stack of bills at Binion’s on a recent trip to Las Vegas. Another memorable experience was visiting the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington,…

The first major home renovation my husband and I ever undertook was insulating the walls of a 1921 Craftsman bungalow we shared in Columbus, Ohio. This project made the house a great deal more comfortable in the winter and the summer, since the existing insulation was the least expensive option available in the 1920s —…

Since the last time I covered Fuller’s – Fuller, Smith & Turner (LSE: FSTA) – in November 2022, the shares have returned around 51% excluding dividends, outperforming the FTSE All-Share index’s 41% over the same period. The pub group has not been immune to the headwinds facing the wider hospitality sector, but its robust balance…