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When I first started investing, I was clueless. I was in my mid-twenties living in a rented Cambridge flat and in my first marketing job since university, earning £21,000 a year. With student loans to pay and a desire to have fun (now I finally had some money), saving for the future wasn’t top of my agenda.When you’re young you don’t think about being old (or at least I didn’t). I remember as a child thinking my nan was ancient – she was probably only in her mid-50s – and retirement was just so far away I didn’t even understand…

By ALEX RASKIN and ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 08:50 EST, 16 December 2024 | Updated: 08:59 EST, 16 December 2024 LeBron James’ return from personal issues and a foot injury may not spell the end of the Los Angeles Lakers’ woes.As the four-time MVP told reporters after LA’s 116-110 win over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies, the foot injury hasn’t gone anywhere.’It’s not behind me,’ the 39-year-old James told reporters. ‘It’s an everyday thing.’ In fact, James says, it’s something he’s battled for several years, although he’s continued to play at a high level. For instance, the Akron native is averaging 9.1…

Megyn Kelly already cast her early ballot for Donald Trump  She said Trump will protect women’s sports and uphold the ‘old masculinity’Follow DailyMail.com’s presidential election live blog for all the latest news and updates2024 ELECTION: Ultimate poll reveals state of race between Trump and HarrisLISTEN: Trump expert Michael Wolff reveals ‘he’s on the edge of freaking out!’ over what is shaping up to be one of the closest presidential elections in history. Listen to the full interview on hit Daily Mail podcast – 90 Seconds to MidnightBy Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 22:14 EST, 4 November 2024…

Rugby star Jordan Petaia is chasing his NFL dreamsHe played at two Rugby World Cups for the WallabiesPetaia will attend NFL development camp in FloridaBy MURRAY WENZEL FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: 18:33 EST, 2 December 2024 | Updated: 18:33 EST, 2 December 2024 Jordan Petaia plans to wow NFL scouts with his versatility when the rugby union star takes his first and last chance to scratch an American football itch.As revealed by AAP in September, two-time World Cup Wallaby Petaia has walked away from his Queensland Reds contract to try his luck in the United States.The 24-year-old confirmed on…

Women on social media are coming to the horrifying realisation that a not insignificant portion of the male population frequently urinate in bottles and jars rather than use a toilet.Tales of such disgusting discoveries are plentiful on TikTok and Instagram with wives, girlfriends, sisters and mothers unearthing collections in bedrooms and branding their male loved ones ‘pretty f****** disgusting’.While it’s easy to dismiss the habit as sheer laziness, experts say it can be a sign of serious health conditions.One video that recently attracted viral attention on Instagram, and has been viewed nearly 400,000 times, featured one woman who discovered her…

A woman who murdered her parents then lived alongside their bodies for four years as she stole almost £150,000 of money in their names is facing life in prison today.Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with sleeping pills before beating her 71-year-old mother Lois McCullough and stabbing her to death at their house in Pump Hill, Chelmsford.She would tell doctors and relatives that her parents were unwell, on holiday or away on lengthy trips – all while their bodies rotted away in the home she continued to live in as she cashed in their pension cheques and racked…

Locals in a French town where a depressed mother allegedly stabbed her three children to death before being found dead herself have suggested that she may have acted out of revenge. Deborah Pel, 45, allegedly killed her three children Jules, two, Noe, 11 and Victoria, 13, in their Alpine home in Taninges, southeastern France, on Tuesday, before driving to nearby Switzerland, where she was found dead in her Audi SUV.Now a resident has claimed that Pel ‘wanted revenge by killing the children’ after ‘things weren’t going well with her partner’ and he moved out, according to Le Parisien. The man, who fathered…

By DAILY MAIL REPOTER Published: 20:48 EST, 17 November 2024 | Updated: 21:06 EST, 17 November 2024 Being cynical is bad for your health, a leading psychologist has claimed.Not only are cynics less mentally and physically healthy than positive thinkers – but they also die younger, Dr Jamil Zaki said.The psychologist, who is a professor at Stanford University, claimed pessimists are more likely to suffer from depression and loneliness as they are ‘cut off’ from the ‘nourishment’ of the social world.And, he said that despite popular belief that cynics are better at making better decisions, or spotting liars, this is…

By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 07:58 EST, 11 December 2024 Heathrow Airport is expecting its busiest ever festive period this year, with Christmas Day passenger numbers more than 20 per cent ahead of last year.Britain’s busiest airport saw 141,000 passengers travel through its terminals on 25 December and it expects this to balloon to ‘around 170,000’ passengers this year. Heathrow said on Tuesday it served 6.5million passengers for its busiest ever November, with routes to Singapore, Edinburgh, Lisbon, Abu Dhabi, Chicago, Zurich, Mumbai and Paris proving popular.The eight cities joined Heathrow’s ‘millionaire club’ last month after exceeding one million passengers since the…

The word ‘discount’ is one of the most enticing in the English language.But in the case of private equity investment trusts, discounts are provoking more suspicion than excitement at present.The share prices of many of these trusts – which back the unlisted businesses poised to become tomorrow’s stars – are at a yawning discount of as much as 40 per cent to their net asset value (NAV).These trusts may provide useful exposure to burgeoning enterprises – in financial services, retail and technology in the UK, the US and Europe.But such is the size of the discounts that many are concluding…