When I was growing up in the nineties, my dad went bankrupt for 5 million pounds and gambled away our family home. The years we spent fighting in court to keep a roof over my family's head taught me that I never wanted to be financially insecure.
Beginning in the 1960s, a small band of young scientists headed out into the wilderness, driven by an insatiable curiosity about how nature works. Immersed in some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth - from the majestic Serengeti to the Amazon jungle; from the Arctic Ocean to Pacific tide pools - they discovered a single set of rules that govern all life.
Several investors prefer to park their money in assets that can generate passive income. This requires identifying dividend-paying companies and holding them for the long term.
Investors are willing to look through the risks of President Donald Trump's new batch of tariffs set to take effect on Aug. 1 because they just see them as negotiating tactics, experts say.