Your money · 3 min
Where does my first payslip go?
Gross pay, income tax, National Insurance and pension, explained line by line, so the first one isn't a shock.
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Explainers
The things the weekly news assumes you already know. Every title is a question, every answer takes a few minutes, and every one ends with its sources.
Investing · 3 min
What is an index fund?
Over 15 years, 90% of professionally picked funds investing in large US companies did worse than the S&P 500. Here is why picking winners is so hard.
Economy · 2 min
What is inflation?
Why 3% inflation turns a £10 lunch into £13.44 in ten years, and what that means for your savings.
Markets · 4 min
What is a short squeeze?
In January 2021 GameStop's share price rose about 2,700% in three weeks. Here is the mechanism, and why the US regulator says a squeeze was only part of the story.
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