The name of the game could be your name. Janae Houghton looks at what the top premium bond prize winners are called
If your name happens to be Matthew, Adam, Daniel or Claire, then congratulations, you have the luckiest names in the country.
According to research by National Savings and Investments (NS&I), people with these four names […]

We would all like to get a slice of profitable stock market action and property is especially hot at the moment, as Mike Collins discovers  
 
The best performing shares of the past decade have been those with a direct connection to the UK’s burgeoning property industry. Builders and estate agents have never had it so good […]

Life begins at 50 for a new breed of greying entrepreneur. Mike Collins (48) takes heart and finds out more.  
 
The expression ‘better late than never’ certainly applies to the 50-something generation that is getting off its collective rear end and starting more businesses than ever before.
According to Barclays Bank, the number of middle-aged people businesses […]

More Britons than ever are buying property abroad and pushing up local house prices as a result. Mike Collins investigates  
 
Britons are exporting their passion for property, with people attracted by cheaper prices, better weather and the prospect of their properties appreciating in value in the coming years.
Birmingham Midshires reports that one in 10 people plans […]

The FTSE100 has broken through the 5000 barrier for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years. Mike Collins shares the jubilation 
 
London’s FTSE100 share index has broken the 5000 barrier for the first time since June 2002 amidst strong trading on the market.
City analyst Colin Perry said: “We are in for a sustained bull market […]

City watchdog the Financial Services Authority (FSA) yesterday saw off any move by Brussels to impose greater oversight on bond markets, stating that the market was sufficiently transparent.
The regulator claimed that domestic secondary bond trading markets were already “efficient and fair”, and it saw no evidence of market failures related to transparency in the UK’s […]

Almost half of investors (42%) are completely unaware of the asset allocation of their investment portfolio, research from Fidelity International has shown.
A survey by the mutual fund manager showed many investors do not know exactly how their savings are divided between equities, bonds, cash and property, despite nearly one in five (18%) having over £50,000 […]

Two of the City of London’s star fund managers have expressed dramatically different views on the recent stock market declines.
Anthony Bolton of Fidelity cautioned that share prices were likely to fall further over “months rather than days”, while Stephen Whittaker of New Star has predicted “double-digit returns by the end of the year”.
Bolton, who manages […]