The age of Trump is almost upon us. The billionaire businessman will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20. Here, The Mail on Sunday explores what America under Donald Trump will mean for British investors. As I stand in the heart of Manhattan surrounded by the bright lights of Broadway and festive bustle of Christmas shoppers, America seems to be in rude health.

Sky bosses Jeremy Darroch and Andrew Griffith are in line to share a bumper £38 million payday if a proposed takeover of the company by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox goes ahead. Under his contract Darroch, chief executive, has rights to just over 2.2 million shares in Sky while chief operating officer Griffith has rights to 1.3 million. 

Tom Cridland, who is loved by celebrities for his sustainable fashion, has started selling £65 Christmas sweatshirts with a 30-year guarantee. The young designer, who founded Tom Cridland in 2014 at the age of 23, said his long-lasting sweatshirt promotes an important ‘buy less, buy better’ ideology. He said: ‘It is a sustainable fashion project designed to lead an industry trend towards protecting our natural resources by making truly durable clothing.’

Britain's luxury goods retailers are booming on the back of the weaker pound, with sales to US and Chinese shoppers soaring in past months. Business services group Colliers International found that there had been a 44 per cent rise in retail sales to non-EU visitors since August. One sector enjoying the boom is watchmaking, according to Giles English. He founded the Bremont Watch Company with his brother Nick in 2002, a few years after their father, an RAF pilot, died in an air crash. 

A survey of more than 2,000 investors who hold online accounts with Hargreaves Lansdown found that just 15 per cent of those aged between 18 and 35 feel lucky or very lucky financially compared with other age groups, while 62 per cent feel their generation is unlucky or very unlucky. Among those aged between 51 and 70, 72 per cent perceive themselves to be lucky or very lucky in the monetary stakes.

Bentley's first diesel, the Bentayga, is also the world's fastest luxury diesel SUV, claims the company. It's no slouch off-road either, managing slippery slopes and rutted tracks with aplomb. With big 21 in wheels and powered by a triple-turbocharged four-litre V8 engine linked to an eight-speed automatic gearbox (with manual paddles for added fun), it accelerates from rest to 60mph in just 4.6 seconds, and has a top speed of 168 mph, yet will still manage 35.8 miles to the gallon with CO2 emissions of 210g/km.

The gold price has endured a rollercoaster ride over the past year, rising to a high of $1,366 (£1,078) per ounce in July before falling back to $1,164 today. Over the past 12 months, it has risen nearly 10 per cent. Yet investors who have put money in to the shares of miners rather than in physical gold have enjoyed a far better year.

The figures from haart, one of London's best known estate agents with branches across England and Wales, follow various tax and mortgage lending changes that have hit small-scale private landlords - including a 3 per cent stamp duty surcharge on buy-to-let purchases introduced in April this year and the removal of certain tax reliefs from April 2017.

Struggling to work out how much your car is worth? You're not alone. One of the most common questions we receive is about accurately valuing a vehicle to buy or sell. We've enlisted an expert who sells used cars to dealerships for the highest price to help.

The next financial crisis is looming and central banks won't be able to handle it. So says Jim Rickards, a New York Times bestselling author, adviser to the US Department of Defence. He explains what it will look like, what can be done to mitigate it and how individuals can prepare - including buying gold, which he believes could increase by almost nine times.

If you have aspirations to buy and extend a historic building, here is what you need to know - with advice from Historic England and Lycetts Insurance Brokers. It is a myth that it is impossible to get an extension on a period building but you may need to compromise on some aspects of your design.

A shortage of properties coming up for sale means Britain's housing market will get off to a slow start next year, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors claim. With few homes coming up for sale and others being snapped up quickly, the housing supply shortage is a 'very dominant feature of the market at present', Rics said. The volume of homes coming up for sale last month created a 'flat supply picture', with the net balance of new instructions coming in at 0 per cent.

Monte dei Paschi di Siena had asked for more time to raise £4.2billion in emergency funds from private investors, but the ECB denied that request today, according to Reuters news agency. That leaves it at the mercy of a state bailout and the report sent shares plunging 14 per cent to €18.73 before trading was suspended.

Yesterday the Polish ministry of justice published draft legislation which suggests changes to the amount that lenders can charge their customers. It follows a cap on non-interest costs that lenders can charge on loans which came into effect in March this year. Currently borrowers cannot be charged more than 100 per cent of the value of their loan.

Millions of Lloyds customers have been warned to be vigilant against a tide of scam letters purporting to be from the bank, but are actually being posted by fraudsters. In the letter, it uses the customer's name, the Lloyds Bank logo and is even signed off by 'Jamie Smith - Customer Relationship Manager' all in a bid to dupe their potential victim into believing the letter is genuine.

Workers who are fired on the spot could lose nearly a fifth of their redundancy payout to the taxman under new rules buried in last month's Autumn statement. Currently, employees do not have to pay income tax or national insurance if their redundancy pay is under £30,000. But from 2018 workers who receive a bigger payout because they've been given no warning that their job is being cut - payment in lieu of notice - will have to pay income tax and national insurance on this award.

Some cars look menacing even when they're standing still. Many of them are Audi estates, and few things short of an incoming missile could look more threatening than the latest RS6 Performance.

We are launching the ninth annual Money Mail Wooden Spoon Awards. This is your chance to vote for the organisation you think provides Britain's most shambolic service. This year, our inbox has been as full as we can remember. There have been catastrophic meltdowns, as well as niggling problems that just won't go away. Some companies are finding more and more ways to mess up the basics. You say it's common for rude staff to trot out 'computer says no' excuses or send you online when all you want is an accurate bill or a simple mistake put right.

I have an Isa and a self-invested personal pension. Am I better off taking out any profit I make on my investments and putting it in a cash savings account, or should I leave it in the fund? I'm 47 and want to stay invested for at least 20 years. H. L., via email

In some cases borrowers are being asked for two forms of I.D. that have been signed by an independent professional. The move primarily affects long-standing customers who applied for a credit card before M&S; Bank introduced tougher identity checks to prevent fraud. But shoppers say the demands are 'way over the top' and fear they could be blacklisted by the firm if they do not comply with the security checks.

Banks are exploiting a boom in customers withdrawing cash on credit cards by hitting them with rip-off fees. Official figures show that borrowers are using credit cards to take out as much as £12 million a day from ATMs. Customers often have to use these to withdraw cash because they have left their debit card at home, had it stolen or cancelled due to fraud.

Over 50,000 homeowners have signed up to receive fraud alerts in a bid to stop scammers stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds by taking bogus loans against their properties. The property alert service, offered free by the Land Registry, helps people detect fraudulent activity on their property by sending them email alerts when, for example, a mortgage is taken out against it. They can then decide whether they think the activity is suspicious and can act quickly to alert the the Land Registry, their lender and the police. 

My mother has recently moved out of her home where she lived with my father, which they jointly own, into a dementia care home permanently. My father still lives in the house. Their wills are arranged so that the house goes to the surviving partner when one of them dies and then is shared between the children when the remaining partner passes. As my mother will never be able to return home dad wants to change his will so that his half of the house goes directly to the children.

Serious antique collectors are willing to pay around £800 to £1,000 for the most iconic mobile phones but you can still make money even if your phone isn't that old, or rare. The Nokia 3310 is selling for £10 - £55 while you could make £455 from re-selling your iPhone 6s.

The Ford Fiesta has been the best-selling car in the UK for some time, but data shows it's not loved at the same level anywhere else in the EU. Do you know what are the most popular cars in other countries? We reveal all, along with where the Fiesta sits in the sales charts.

The list has been compiled by property website Zoopla and includes Bristol's Montpelier, Manchester's Chorlton and London's Dalston. Zoopla identified Dalston as the top hipster hotspot, with property prices having typically increased by nearly 60 per cent during the past five years.

In March, Britain will start to say a slow goodbye to the round £1 coin, as it is replaced with a 12-sided one - and full sets could soar in value in the coming years. They are currently selling for £79 on eBay - but are likely to head higher as the round coins disappear from circulation.

To clear the average national household debt of ?13,000 at 6% interest with a monthly repayment of ?100 will take around 17 years. There are, however, plenty of simple ways to make significant savings on your regular spending that could clear your debt - or boost your savings - in less than a year. This is Money's top 50 - updated - money-saving tips may appear light-hearted but are deadly serious.

Choosing the right DIY platform is crucial but a wealth of choice and changes to charges have left many investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best. We also highlight why investing in an Isa makes sense, as it should protect your hopefully growing investments from tax forever.

Despite endless media coverage of the political wrangling and financial speculation, the average Briton can be forgiven for remaining confused about what 'soft' and 'hard' Brexit really mean. About the difference between the 'Norway model' for the UK's post-Brexit relationship with the UK and the 'Swiss solution'. But a clever table put together by HSBC in a report called 'Is Brexit Getting Harder?' cleaves some clarity from the murk.

An interest rate cut before the end of the year looks less likely following the plunge in the pound. However, the Bank of England has indicated that higher inflation driven by rising import costs won't make it lift rates.

Musicians have seen pay rises averaging nearly 20 per cent in 2015, while cleaners are getting 17.8 per cent more, and window cleaners 12.3 per cent. Artists in general are earning 14.6 per cent more in 2015 than 2014, according to the huge annual data dump of pay scales by the Office For National Statistics highlights.