3 h. ago Top 5 investment tips for 2025 as Gen Z investors have nearly doubled yearly

The number of Gen Z investors has nearly doubled year-on-year – as savvy young adults look to grow their money and even think ahead to their retirement.

Economics

6 h. ago China’s retaliatory tariffs on US farm goods kick in, as trade war escalates – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsChina’s stock markets have dropped today, as the double-whammy of trade war fears and deflation weighed on investors.The CSI 300 index dropped by 0.4%, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng index slid by 1.8%.The week starts on a sharp negative note for the Chinese stocks, as the latest inflation update showed that consumer prices in China fell the most in more than a year .Overall, the week is expected to bring more tariffs the Chinese tariffs on US agricultural and some Canadian products will start today, while the US steel and aluminium tariffs will be live from Wednesday.Monday kicks off with the same old deflationary drumbeat as China’s consumer inflation took a deeper dive than expected, slipping below zero for the first time in over a year. The data only reinforces what’s been clear for months—deflationary pressures remain firmly entrenched in the world’s second-largest economy.The property sector remains stuck in the mud, ...

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6 h. ago Are you fur real? Gone is the social stigma around wearing animal skins | Ellie Violet Bramley

From gen Z’s interest in ‘natural’ materials to the darker ‘boom boom’ aesthetic of the Trump era, the trend wheel has turned back to peltsI’ll admit it, Carrie Bradshaw in aviators and a fur coat, smoking and drinking beer while watching baseball, spoke to me. It was season two of Sex and the City, 1999. She was bruised from a recently ended relationship but on the brink of dating “the new Yankee” and I was a teenager, probably home from playing racketball and on the brink of Quorn sausages for dinner.While it wasn’t the whole equation, the fur coat was certainly part of it. The way she could shrink into it and appear nonchalantly, breezily beautiful despite unwashed hair and an aching heart. I’m not proud, but I was young, and this to me then looked like something I wanted a piece of.Ellie Violet Bramley is the Guardian’s acting fashion and lifestyle editor Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Expert tips on how to invest your money in 2025 as number of young investors doubles

A new report shows Gen Z are investing through crypto, collectibles and ISAs - a finance expert shares his top tips on investing more for 2025.

Economics

3 d. ago It’s the age of regret: gen Z grew up glued to their screens, and missed the joy of being human | Gaby Hinsliff

A generation who came of age online now feel deprived of real connections. The upside is they are doing something about itIt’s the love-hate relationship that defined a generation. We think we know all about teenagers and the phones to which they’re so umbilically tied: sleeping with them under the pillow, panicking at the prospect of ever being denied wifi, so glued to the screen that they’re oblivious to the world unfolding around them. Yet the first generation to have never really known a life without social media – the drug that primarily keeps them coming back to their phones for more – is now grown up enough to reflect on what it may have done to them, and the answers are almost enough to break your heart.Two-thirds of 16- to 24-year-olds think social media does more harm than good and three-quarters want tougher regulation to protect younger people from it, according to polling for the New Britain Project, a thinktank founded by a former teacher, Anna McShane. Half think they...

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3 d. ago ‘You get sucked in’: crypto scam victims on how they lost up to £162,000

Retired NHS doctor and others conned into investing – only to sink larger sums in trying to get cash backRevealed: the scammers who conned savers out of $35mHow call centre scammers duped 6,000 peopleA “sprat to catch a mackerel” is how one victim describes being reeled in by the skameri working from call centres hundreds of miles away in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. It is the local term for scammers and a huge data leak reveals the inner workings of a fraud network that has tricked Britons out of £9m.Like in any call centre, the script is always the same. For the victim it starts by clicking on a (fake) social media ad or news alert. The promotion tips a great crypto investment but it’s a trick, leading only to fraudsters impersonating a real business. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Police investigating 'threats to safety of Madeleine McCann's parents' after tip

American psychologist and medium Dr Fia Johansson claims a man in his 20s who "poses a significant danger" to the McCanns and their children was planning to fly to the UK

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1 week ago Five tips for bidding at auction houses online and bagging bargains: LEE BOYCE

When I used to think of auction houses, images of stuffy men in tweed jackets, monocles and dusty antiques sprung to mind.

Economics

1 week ago Women are more likely than ever to invest. Here’s six tips to get started

New data shows some women are powering ahead as investors

Economics

2 w. ago 6 tips for budding investors – as new research reveals women are closing the ‘investment gap’

With new data showing some women are powering ahead as investors, here are some tips for anyone looking to get started.

Economics

2 w. ago Dissatisfaction among gen Z staff is ‘ticking timebomb’ for NHS

Warning from the Royal College of Nursing is based on Nuffield Trust analysis of NHS England staff surveysThe NHS in England is facing a “ticking timebomb” when it comes to retaining young staff, nursing leaders have warned, after new analysis showed its generation Z workers are becoming more stressed and unhappy over time.A new report by the Nuffield Trust shows soaring dissatisfaction rates among staff in the health service’s youngest cohort, aged 21 to 30 – based on analysis of NHS surveys. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Career catfishing: why gen Z accept job offers – then ghost their new employers

Why would anyone apply for a role, go to an interview, sign a contract, but never turn up to work? The answer probably lies in the punishing jobs market ...Name: Career catfishing.Age: It’s very 2025. Continue reading...

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