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Christopher DeVocht from British Columbia alleges that RBC didn't acknowledge his limited financial acumen and advised him to donate millions to charities and trade using a margin account via a new holding company to avoid taxes.

Lou, a final-year student working full-time in the tech sector, had to pay off her $16 outstanding BNPL debt and $38,000 in HECS student loans before securing a mortgage.

Burry reduced Scion Asset Management's portfolio size by almost half in Q2 to just over $50 million as part of a reshuffling that involves investments in healthcare and China's tech firms.

Robert Kiyosaki explains why it is time to cash in real estate investments. He sees a major market crash before a long-term bull cycle in late 2025 lifts prices of different assets to record levels.

The Cboe Volatility Index jumped to a three-month high of 18.46 while Warren Buffett's time-tested stock market valuation indicator reached record levels of 200%.

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett's stock market valuation indicator reached an all-time high of 200% last week, implying extreme stock valuations.

Ray Dalio's offensive and defensive investing strategies, combined with diversification across industries and asset classes, have helped him amass a personal fortune of $15.4 billion.

The Nobel laureates think former President Donald Trump's re-election will reignite inflation and have a destabilising effect on the US economy.

Buffett's investing philosophy is buying great companies at a fair price. These five stocks form the pillar of his $340 billion portfolio, poised for future growth.

While recessions of the past, notably during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009, were protracted and severe, indications suggest that this downturn may be milder and short-lived.

A recent study conducted by the EY Item Club, a prominent forecasting body sponsored by EY, suggests that the nation is poised for a resurgence in the latter half of the year.

The report highlights the risk of a vicious cycle, where low interest rates fail to stimulate meaningful economic growth and cause a recession.

The preliminary reading of the S&P Global UK PMI for the services sector, often referred to as the "flash" PMI, fell to 49.2 in October from 49.3 in September.

Initial GDP figures for July show a fall of 0.5 per cent, a worse performance than expected by economists, increasing the fears of a "mild recession".

Year-on-year, existing home prices saw their largest decline since 2012.

Consumer price inflation is expected to drop back to 2.8 percent in 2024, still above the European Central Bank's two percent target.

Markets are looking ahead to Wednesday's release of key consumer price data

U.S. stocks turned sharply lower and benchmark Treasury yields dropped on Tuesday as disappointing earnings and soft economic data stoked recession fears, sending investors fleeing riskier assets for safe havens.

British businesses reported their busiest month in a year and consumers turned more confident.

Markets fear that the monetary tightening by central bankers will tip the economy into recession.

In a bid to retain customers, Tesco is matching the prices of similar goods offered by UK supermarkets run by German discounters Aldi and Lidl.

Analysis from Swiss online leading bank, Swissquote, has provided insight into the US financial markets ahead of the US jobs data coming out on Good Friday.

From ISAs to pensions, VCTs to EISs, Madeleine Ingram, Director at Calculus, shares how UK individuals can make tax-efficient investments amid the fair of a coming recession.

About half of Canadian businesses see a mild recession over the next year, the Bank of Canada said on Monday in a first quarter survey, fewer than in the fourth quarter, and most are bracing for inflation to stay above 2% until at least 2025.

A recent survey reveals that the UK workforce is divided over Jeremy Hunt's Budget announcements, with the CEO of CV-Library stating that "personal finances remain the key driver for the overwhelming majority".

Jobseekers remain optimistic about their job security and career progression prospects, according to the Robert Half Jobs Confidence Index.

Finance minister Jeremy Hunt presented less gloomy forecasts for Britain's economy at his Spring Budget on Wednesday.

Major central banks resumed their quest to ramp up interest rates in February after a tepid start to the year with price pressures proving more sticky than markets and many policy makers had hoped for.

Despite an economic slowdown widely expected to morph into a recession later this year, the labour market remains tight, with upward pressure on wages.

Major stock markets in Europe and Asia mostly fell Tuesday, with investors brushing off positive data ahead of Wall Street's reopening after a long holiday weekend.