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How to invest from scratch and turn £100 a month into £52,000

Today

It has never been easier to start investing in the stock market and put your money to work. Simon Lambert explains how to get started.

Labour have killed buy-to-let - but you can still make HUGE profits renting out a holiday home. TOBY WALNE'S step-by-step guide to the best areas, how much to charge - and the simple feature guests pay 40% more for

Today

The right holiday home could net you a tidy profit, but prospective buyers must choose their property, location and rents carefully if they want to succeed. Here's our step-by-step guide.

Why more midlife women are taking out these taxpayer-funded loans they'll NEVER repay to 'top up' their income: Read their step-by-step process to find out how

Today

For 24 years Sara Thornton has been a weather presenter on the BBC. But, like many people in their 50s who have had a long career, Sara says she has been treading water at work.

Will AI steal our jobs - and what will work be like for those of us left, asks RUTH SUNDERLAND

Today

Our futures are being irrevocably shaped by a handful of stupendously rich tech tycoons.

It's the biggest flotation in stock market history - and poised to make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. Now our financial experts reveal how a SpaceX investment could sky-rocket YOUR savings

Today

It's being billed as the biggest - and most anticipated - flotation in stock market history. And it's set to make founder Elon Musk the world's first dollar trillionaire.

My daughter's employer stopped paying into her pension - so why is it still taking money from her salary? STEVE WEBB investigates

Today

My daughter's pension scheme wrote to say her firm would no longer be paying in. However, her employer has still deducted contributions in every month since.

Investment trusts find a new younger generation of fans

Today

The first investment trust was opened in 1868 on the London Stock Exchange. Now though, the vast majority of people cannot confidently explain what they are, new data reveals.

Labour leadership hopefuls urged to rule out pension tax raid

Yesterday

It is feared that a PM and Chancellor in search of cash ahead of a Budget could target the pension contributions of higher earners and the amount savers can withdraw tax free.

Home-buying reforms 'must not be lost amid Labour turmoil'

Yesterday

Consultations on the government's review of the home buying and selling system closed in December. But fears are mounting that change may be put on the backburner.

Third of UK investors eye up SpaceX shares

Yesterday

A survey of UK investors by research house Norstat found 30 per cent plan to buy the shares - with the youngest cohort most keen to pile in.

How to profit from Labour chaos: Nifty track to guarantee steady income in market turmoil

Yesterday

UK gilts can be bought through all investing platforms, which have made it easy to stash them in your Isa.

The flooding timebomb: As risk soars 66%, here's what to do NOW to protect your home

Yesterday

Homeowners living in previously flooded properties typically pay £254 a year more than average for home insurance. Polly Arrowsmith had her flat devastated by a flood.

Honda's first electric motorcycle could be the game-changer for bikers: We've ridden the WN7

Yesterday

Honda, the biggest and best-known motorcycle manufacturer in the world, has launched its first ever electric motorcycle. Can the £12,999 EV convert bikers? We've ridden it to find out.

Home that is 800 years old and built with stone from Ely cathedral is up for sale for £1.35m

Yesterday

The four-bedroom house is only 137 metres away from Ely Cathedral and dates back to the thirteenth century.

Leaseholders face uphill struggle to sell their homes as typical sale takes MONTHS longer

Yesterday

Leasehold homes take months longer to sell than freehold properties and are more likely to sell for a loss, according to Hamptons and Connells Group.

Pensions Commission could recommend people save harder and wait past their mid-50s to access pots

Yesterday

I'm going to stick my neck out and predict three groups of people will ultimately see big changes as a result of the Commission.

Playing punk rock gigs funded my son's school fees, says ED TUDOR POLE

Saturday

The singer and TV presenter was paid £50,000 a year on the Crystal Maze and also fronted Tenpole Tudor, who had a hit with Swords Of A Thousand Men in 1981.

Any investors from the blistering summer of 1976 will be in the money now

Saturday

An investor who put £50 a month in a diversified portfolio of shares and bonds from then until now might have a nest egg of £274,000, according to Continuum.

Coke bottling boss toasts £78m pay bonanza

Saturday

He's probably the highest-paid blue chip boss you've never heard of. Damian Gammell has led Coke bottler Coca-Cola Europacific Partners for a decade.

EasyJet: We'll cut fares when Strait of Hormuz reopens

Saturday

Boss Kenton Jarvis said that the extended closure meant there was 'a lot of backed up production that will start flowing' when shipments are allowed through the waterway.

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