For Simon Gergel, cash is king when it comes to assessing a company’s merits. The manager of Merchants Trust tells Iain Murray why satellite operator Inmarsat ticks all his boxes.
Would a shift towards exports and investment cure the chronic indebtedness of Western economies? Iain Murray asks economist Andrew Smithers for answers.
Centuries after its invention cash is still king. According to a study published in the American Journal of Consumer Research, shoppers at supermarkets should avoid using credit cards if they want to put less junk food in their baskets and more fruit and vegetables.
To say economics is an inexact science is only half right. It’s inexact all right, but it’s not a science, it’s more a guessing game, a kind of blind man’s bluff in which the elusive ‘it’, forever wriggling beyond reach, is the truth.
From an early age, our parents, if they are responsible people, strive to instil in us the value of money. It is only when we grow up that we discover that money has not just a single value but a whole variety.
The UK's debt is massive and reducing it must be first priority, but opportunities to help savers and investors await whichever incoming government takes office in May.
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