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Richard Thaler’s advice: be a lazy investor — buy and forget

Our hatred of losses — twice as strong as our love of gains — drives risk taking

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Brooke Masters
Class-action claims — gift that keeps on giving

The growing popularity of lawsuits could mean your cheque’s in the post

Caroline Fiennes
Give one charity donation, get one free

Making a big gift to draw other donors only works if the charity is highly effective

UK housebuilding
Sale of new-build leasehold houses banned

Ground rents set to zero as government moves to end ‘feudal practices’

Bitcoin
Bitcoin swings wildly after its biggest reverse of 2017

Mirrored 30% moves cap volatile week of regulatory warnings and problems at exchanges

Childcare
Foster children to gain access to funded care scheme

Government gives in to campaigners and reverses exclusion in policy

FT’s personal finance highlights of 2017
Bitcoin for investors: what the experts think

This year’s stellar gains mask wild swings along the way

Pension automatic enrolment
UK risks lost pension generation

Sharp fall in self-employed savers despite record level of contributions

Claer Barrett
Christmas is coming — and it’s getting more expensive

No wonder the discount supermarkets with their weird brands are coining it in

Merryn Somerset Webb
Books to give to socialists this Christmas

Why do novelists seldom have a good tale to tell about capitalism?

UK banks
Readers respond: Britain’s vanishing bank branches

FT Money readers urge the banks to solve the problem collectively and share branches

Europe Holidays
Prices slide for skiers in European resorts

Switzerland’s Saas Fee cheaper for UK tourists, but Bulgaria remains most competitive

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