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Wondering how to become a millionaire? It may sound impossible to some people, but it doesn’t have to be an out-of-reach pipe dream. With careful planning, patience, and smart savings, you can easily make a million dollars by the time you retire. Key Takeaways If you want to become a millionaire, the most important thing

Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio stood by his belief that cash is not the place to be despite the volatility in the markets triggered by the new omicron Covid variant. “Cash is not a safe investment, is not a safe place because it will be taxed by inflation,” the founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund

China’s overconfidence and belief in its own anti-western propaganda has put Beijing at risk of “miscalculation” which could threaten international security, the head of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service has warned. Richard Moore said that adapting to a world dominated by the rise of China was now the “single greatest priority” for his spy agency, also

Whenever someone says “hot chocolate”, two images spring to my mind. One is the drink of my childhood, piled high with marshmallows. The other is a tiny cup of weapons-grade chocolate I once had at the Granja M Viader café in Barcelona – so dark and thick you could, pretty much literally, stand a spoon

Selling (also called writing) a put option allows an investor to potentially own the underlying security at a future date and at a more favorable price. In other words, the sale of put options allows market players to gain bullish exposure, with the added benefit of potentially owning the underlying security at a future date and at a

Zara owner Inditex has appointed a new chair and chief executive, as the Spain-based retailer completes a “generational handover process” that it began a decade ago. Shares in the group slid more than 4 per cent in early Madrid trading on Tuesday, trimming the year’s gains to 9.5 per cent. The board approved as chair

Tesla Inc. (TSLA) is an American electric car and power train designer, developer, manufacturer, and distributor headed by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.  Key Takeaways Tesla has several competitors among traditional carmakers, such as Ford and Honda.  Tesla has managed to see success

Charging Bull Statue is seen at the Financial District as snowfall in New York City, United States on December 16, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Investors are about to be besieged with financial soothsayers predicting returns for 2022.   My guess is after the more than 16% in annualized gains from

Naomi Rovnick in London, William Langley in Hong Kong and Nicholas Megaw in New York US stocks partially recovered on Monday after news of the Omicron coronavirus variant triggered a sharp sell-off late last week, as investors settled in for a renewed period of uncertainty over the pandemic. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index gained

SIMPLE IRA vs. Traditional IRA: An Overview A traditional IRA can be set up by any person who has earned income and wants a tax-advantaged way to save for retirement. A SIMPLE IRA is designed to be opened by a small business owner on behalf of up to 100 employees, including the owner if that

Jim Cramer on CNBC’s Halftime Report. Scott Mlyn | CNBC CNBC’s Jim Cramer said he doesn’t feel comfortable buying into Monday’s early stock market bounce, following Friday’s omicron-driven plunge, because the selling could resume in the event of future negative news about the highly mutated Covid variant. The Dow Jones Industrial Average — which had

Inflation in Germany has surged to its highest level since 1992, increasing the pressure on the European Central Bank to explain why it thinks it would be premature to tighten its ultra-loose monetary policy. German inflation rose 6 per cent in November from a year earlier, as measured by the harmonised index of consumer prices.

It may surprise some to learn that the hottest restaurant in Paris right now is not a temple of French cuisine overseen by a Michelin-starred chef but an Italian seafood restaurant without a big-name chef in the kitchen, run by an Italian entrepreneur who used to sell hair products. In September, Langosteria opened at the new

How exactly to categorize Bitcoin is a matter of controversy. Is it a type of currency, a store of value, a payment network, or an asset class? Fortunately, it’s easier to define what Bitcoin actually is. It’s software and a purely digital phenomenon, a set of protocols and processes. It is also the most successful of

Elsewhere on Monday . . .  — Omicron, not for Xi — The technobabble nothingburger — Everything the press said about the economy is wrong — The battle of Graham, North Carolina — Clearinghouses, a love letter — The vultures behind London’s housing crisis — In memory of Janos Kornai — Profit shifting and intangible assets — Song

Feeling lucky? You’d better be if you play the lottery. Depending on which one you play, you have some pretty long odds. For example, the odds of winning a Powerball drawing was 1 in 292.2 million as of November 2021. To put this in perspective, you have a: One in 1,222,000 chance of being struck by lightning

The South Korean ruling party’s candidate for president has downplayed the prospect of the future reunification of the Korean peninsula, as the country’s voters tire of decades of fruitless diplomacy with the North. Lee Jae-myung of the progressive Democratic party, whose manifesto includes a commitment to “seek unification through peaceful measures”, told reporters on Thursday

Katrina* was a few days into quarantine in a hotel room in Hong Kong when she received a phone call saying her infant child had tested positive for coronavirus at the airport. The pair were plunged into the labyrinthine bureaucracy of the territory’s “zero-Covid” policy, which bounced them from hospital to hotel to government facility.

The home mortgage interest deduction (HMID) is one of the most cherished American tax breaks. Realtors, homeowners, would-be homeowners, and even tax accountants tout its value. In truth, the myth is often better than reality. Key Takeaways The home mortgage interest deduction (HMID) allows itemizing homeowners to deduct mortgage interest paid on up to $750,000

Salesforce signage outside office building in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC With markets up big year-to-date, bulls and bears seem to have completely diverged in their hypotheses on the upcoming end of the fiscal year. Some see a potential for a dot com bubble-esq surge, and others only expect a pullback.   However, it is of

Face masks will be made mandatory in shops and on public transport from Tuesday, the UK health secretary said on Sunday, under fresh measures designed to contain the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant. Sajid Javid said the government was “nowhere near” imposing stricter rules on homeworking and social distancing after the UK detected its first

Some individuals in need of emergency cash may race to the closest car title lender for a quick loan, but this is far from the best option. A car title loan, also called a “pink slip loan,” is a short-term loan that requires borrowers to offer their vehicle as collateral against the outstanding debt. The

Residents in the London constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup will take to the polls on Thursday, in the first electoral test for the ruling UK Conservative party following weeks of negative headlines over sleaze allegations. The by-election, triggered by the death of Conservative MP James Brokenshire, has prompted the arrival of dozens of senior

Winston Churchill once touted Britain’s shipping industry as the envy of the civilised world. Self-styled Churchillian Boris Johnson offered up pink cartoon pig Peppa as a modern equivalent in a rambling speech to the CBI on Monday. The value of mesmerising small children into quiet bliss is hard to quantify. But the prime minister made

The world of business has always been a harsh, survival-of-the-fittest environment. Like any realm that thrives on competition and the threat of losses, the investing world is rife with conflict. So it is not surprising to see so many military terms creeping into the vocabulary of everyday investors or TV analysts. Take a look at

“The important thing is to get something on paper,” Stephen Sondheim told me during a Lunch with the FT interview in 2010. “‘I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.’ OK, it’s a cliché, I’ll fix it tomorrow. You wake up in the morning and there it is. It’s something to

In every great historical rivalry — from military commanders and sporting legends to fizzy drinks and R&B divas — the desire for the rival’s destruction usually conceals a terrible throb of awe. And so, for many hotly-contested years, it was with Sony and Samsung — two of the world’s greatest tech companies, bruisingly and brilliantly

After its launch in 2009, Bitcoin ushered in a new era of blockchain technology and digital currencies. Given all the talk about Bitcoin, you’d think it would be everywhere. Is that really true? How much is Bitcoin worth? Perhaps more importantly, how much of the world’s money is in bitcoins? With the price of BTC

The World Health Organization has called for a balanced global response to the Omicron coronavirus variant, saying countries which report cases of the new strain should not be penalised, as the South African scientists behind its discovery prepare to ship samples to labs worldwide. The discovery of a new, highly mutated coronavirus variant in Botswana

The UK has reported its first cases of the new Omicron coronavirus mutation as the variant continues to spread in Europe and scientists race to assess the level of risk it poses. The UK health department said one case had been identified in Chelmsford and a second in Nottingham. The two cases were linked and