Gold tipped to reach $3,500 an ounce amid stock market turmoil

Now gold is tipped to reach $3,500 an ounce as stock market turmoil forces investors to seek out safe havens By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 5 August 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 5 August 2020 Gold prices soared to record highs after breaking through the $2,000 an ounce mark for … Read more

Kim Kardashian shares throwback family photos with North and Saint amid marriage turmoil  

Kim Kardashian shared several family photos as she continues grappling with problems in her marriage to Kanye West.   In her first photos since Kanye’s wild presidential rally last week, Kim posted two snaps which appeared to have been taken at Khloe Kardashian‘s birthday last month, including one of herself with her daughter North, seven, and … Read more

HSBC and Standard Chartered caught in crossfire over Hong Kong turmoil

Banks caught in crossfire over Hong Kong turmoil: HSBC and Standard Chartered facing threat of US sanctions By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 2 July 2020 Pressure is mounting on HSBC and Standard Chartered as the banks find themselves ‘caught in the crossfire’ of … Read more

Scientist published a paper in 2010 predicting economic and social turmoil would peak in 2020

This year’s events may be a surprise to many Americans, but one scientist predicted predicted the current political, economic and social instability a decade ago. Peter Turchin, a researcher at the University of Connecticut, published a paper in 2010 forecasting that these instabilities would peak around the year 2020. He highlights a rise in public … Read more

Emily Lloyd enchanted us in Wish You Were Here – then suffered years of mental turmoil

Tomorrow, Emily Lloyd is taking her five-year-old daughter Arabelle to the park for a picnic. It will be the first time she has seen her little girl for three weeks. Arabelle lives with her father, former musician Christian Jupp, in Brighton where, for the past two-and-a-half years, Emily has travelled from her East London home … Read more

Rolls-Royce in turmoil: Shares plunge 15% on credit downgrade

Rolls-Royce in turmoil: Shares plunge 15% after a cut to company’s credit rating plunges it even deeper into crisis By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 22:21 BST, 29 May 2020 | Updated: 22:26 BST, 29 May 2020 Shares in Rolls-Royce tumbled nearly 15 per cent after a cut to its credit rating plunged … Read more

Have novice investors been spooked by stock market turmoil?

Since the coronavirus lockdown, like many others, I have been listening to far more commercial radio. I prefer rock, my wife likes country – and sometimes we’ll stick on a random radio station to diversify. A common theme across all, however, is that the same formulaic adverts pop up, no matter which station you put … Read more

KPMG pays partners £240k less than rival Deloitte after year of turmoil 

Accountancy firm KPMG pays partners £240k less than rival Deloitte as it bids to rebuild trust after year of turmoil By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 11 December 2019 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 11 December 2019 Partners at accountancy firm KPMG were paid less than their counterparts at rivals after a … Read more