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Fifty-eight-year-old Margo has amassed a very healthy retirement fund, in part by buying shares in Berkshire Hathaway, the investment company run by Warren Buffett. When even the ‘Sage of Omaha’ is reducing his exposure to certain US stocks, Margo wonders if it’s time for her to ... Show More

Matt started investing at just 22 with the help of his financial adviser father. Now, at 29, and with a wedding on the cards, he’s got an extra reason to be diligent about his money. Some of Matt’s stock picks (such as Glencore) haven’t been performing as he might like. Is it tim ... Show More

Forty-nine-year-old Jane has always been careful to squirrel money away, and a recent inheritance has boosted her nest egg to £125,000. But there’s one problem: it’s all in cash. Now, with half an eye on retirement, Jane wants to start investing but is unsure about how to do this ... Show More

A coalition of big American banks said they will deposit $30bn into First Republic Bank, a mid-sized lender, to shore it up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

The rate banks pay on savings accounts hit the headlines earlier this year, when an outflow of deposits contributed to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and other lenders. Suddenly, the mechanics of how banks attract deposits — and what they actually do with them — became a hot ... Show More

A wave of cash flooding bank balance sheets has prompted some US lenders to advise corporate clients to move money out of deposits, and Apollo has bought Verizon’s media assets including Yahoo for $5bn. Plus, the FT’s mergers & acquisitions reporter, Ortenca Aliaj, explains why t ... Show More

Lets say you're thinking about a large purchase...and you don’t have quite enough money. What do you need to think about before you borrow money from a bank? Also how does interest work, what are credit scores and how can you make sure you are getting a good deal? Emirates NBD's ... Show More

Government bonds are considered the world's safest asset, setting the "risk-free rate" against which all other investments are judged. But with rising national debts and dwindling credit ratings, are they really above question? We discuss the implications for investors if governm ... Show More

Last week the Bank of England put up interest rates to 5 per cent - a move that has already meant increased mortgage payments for many. So could this lead to a crash in the housing market? What can the government do to alleviate the pain for homeowners - and is inflation here to ... Show More

When housing inventory is low, where do you go? Foreclosure rates are down, short sales are a hassle, and the open housing market has barely any sellers—is there a better way to find deals? Yes! Enter real estate receivership—the hidden housing inventory that our own James Dainar ... Show More

Property and mortgages, where we live and how we afford to live there. For most of us, buying a home is the most we’ll ever spend, so we called in an expert. Breaking down the information you need is today’s guest Prateek Vahie; Emirates NBD’s SVP and Head of Retail Assets, in th ... Show More

JPMorgan Chase and PNC, two American banks, are among around six said to have been asked by the American government to bid to buy First Republic, a struggling lender. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

After Fox Corp. agreed to a jaw-dropping $787 million payout to settle a defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Systems, one listener thought to ask: Can insurance cover that? We’ll get into it and answer more of your questions about how the re-start of student loan payments ... Show More