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Banks and building societies should be rushing to beat each other’s cash Isa rates – instead the only race appears to be to the bottom. Welcome to Isa season 2017, where NatWest genuinely has a countdown clock warning there’s only 21 days, six hours and 26 minutes to get a …

Many people fancy dabbling in the stock market, but feel they are not wealthy enough or are too nervous to take the DIY approach. Others are anxious about the cost of professional advice. High street bank Santander has just launched Digital Investment Adviser, a robo-advice service aimed at removing these …

When investing it often pays to do the opposite of what others are doing. Of course, there are some caveats to this. Most investors will tell you they are a contrarian – and they can’t all be. Meanwhile, adopting a strategy of just buying all the rubbish others are selling …