FT News Briefing: How to spend wisely this holiday season with Claer Barrett
The holiday season is the most wonderful time of the year, but it's also the most expensive. Between gifts, food and travel, people can end...
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FT Money Show
The Financial Times Money Show brings you engaging insight into personal finance. Claer Barrett, her team and leading industry commentators dissect the week’s news and discuss how it will af...
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The 2025 Budget: what does it mean for your money?
It’s been a rollercoaster week for both UK politics and our personal finances, with chancellor Rachel Reeves setting out tens of billions of...
Investment Clinic: Should I keep betting on Warren Buffett?
Fifty-eight-year-old Margo has amassed a very healthy retirement fund, in part by buying shares in Berkshire Hathaway, the investment compan...
Investment Clinic: I’m 29 – should I still be taking stock tips from my dad?
Matt started investing at just 22 with the help of his financial adviser father. Now, at 29, and with a wedding on the cards, he’s got an ex...
Investment Clinic: I’m almost 50 – is it too late to start investing?
Forty-nine-year-old Jane has always been careful to squirrel money away, and a recent inheritance has boosted her nest egg to £125,000. But...
Investment Clinic: I'm 67 - will US stocks crash my retirement?
Sixty-seven-year-old Paul invests using index funds. Over the years, his exposure to US tech stocks has helped him build up a sizeable retir...
Investment Clinic: I’m an ethical investor – but I can’t kick crypto
Software engineer Stephan has a problem. As an early backer of bitcoin, he has made a lot of paper profit from cryptocurrencies, which now m...
Investment Clinic: the high earner taking stock tips from ChatGPT
Twenty-nine-year-old Faye has made some sensible investing decisions and … some more outlandish ones. Should this high-earning City worker,...
Can Stuart Kirk double his money in eight years?
How does one double a sizeable portfolio in under a decade? The short answer is by taking more investment risk - and in today’s episode one...
Best of Money Clinic: Investment masterclass: The psychology of money
‘If you can tell a good story,’ says Morgan Housel, ‘you’ll get people to line up and listen to you.’ In this episode of Money Clinic, Morga...
How “painful” will the Budget be for your finances?
With a £22bn ‘black hole’ in the public finances, the new chancellor Rachel Reeves has difficult decisions to make ahead of Labour’s autumn...
“How not to lose a million dollars”
In an increasingly cashless society, how can parents ensure children learn healthy financial habits? In this episode, host Claer Barrett spe...
Best of Money Clinic: ‘Sadmin’ – the side-hustle nobody wants
When FT columnist Miranda Green lost her father, she expected the grief to be long-lived. What she didn’t expect was that she would still be...
Best of Money Clinic: The financial advice we’d give to Barbie
Barbie is a big spender and high earner, fast approaching the age of retirement. But after a long and varied career that has seen her build...
Should I get a prenup?
Prenuptial agreements are no longer just for Hollywood power couples such as Jay Z and Beyoncé — they’re on the rise in the UK too. Host Cla...
Money Clinic presents: How to future-proof your career
Isabel Berwick, host and editor of the FT’s Working It podcast and newsletter, has spent the last year writing The Future-Proof Career , a b...
How can I cut the cost of my insurance cover?
The cost of insurance premiums is rising to record highs, but levels of customer service are falling for customers who end up having to make...
Investment Masterclass: The hunt for global growth stocks
When it comes to growth investing, big US tech stocks are the prime example. However, professional investors are looking to diversify into o...
Do sneakers deserve a place in your investment portfolio?
Over the past decade, collectible sneakers have crept to multi-billion dollar market status, but can they really be considered investments?...
Financial regrets? Comedian Lucy Porter’s had a few
It’s easy to harbour regrets about poor financial decisions, but this week’s guest has decided to do what many wouldn’t dare: air her mistak...