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Why income investors can safely ignore FTSE 100 volatility

Perhaps after all the pundits’ gloomy New Year predictions it was inevitable that the FTSE 100 would come roaring out of the stocks on its first day’s trading in 2012. Rising by 2.3pc on Tuesday, it regained almost half the ground it lost in the previous 12 months during a single session. While such short-term [...]

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I’m claiming the £250,000 Wolfson prize for how to break-up the euro

David Owen of the investment bank Jefferies reminds me that the submissions deadline for the £250,000 Wolfson prize for the most optimal, least traumatic way of achieving breakup of European Monetary Union is upon us – 31 January. Personally I cannot see why it’s necessary to offer such a prize, though I will happily take [...]

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