Nothing says you are an English gentleman with loads of cash quite like buying a 700-year-old British stately home. The jaw-dropping Lymm Hall stately mansion is available to buy for a cool $5 million and will cement your reputation as a lord of the realm. Well, not quite!
Former James Bond actor Sean Connery is said to own a castle in Scotland. Wouldn’t it be nice to be mentioned in the same breath as barons, baronesses, royalty and other dignitaries? Of course!
British Stately Home Lymm Hall for Sale
A British stately home is for sale for a cool $5 million (£3.7) and is the first time it has been on the housing market for over 100 years. If you are rolling in cash and want to make a spectacular splash and a grandiose show of wealth, buying a 700-year-old English country mansion certainly sets out your intentions.
Lymm Hall is a listed national heritage site and is a slice of English history. Located in Cheshire in the northwest of England, the picturesque country house was initially built back in the 14th century when some people thought the world was still flat. Some people still do!
The property was listed with real estate broker Gascoigne Halman back in May but is still on the market at the time of writing.
When initially listed by the real estate agent, they issued a press release that said:
“Lymm Hall is a renowned and highly regarded family-owned estate with an important, rich and diverse history.”
The British stately home Lymm Hall goes back to the reign of British Royal Edward III who ruled England between 1327 and 1377 and was originally called Moat House and then occupied by the then lord of the manor back in the 14th and 15th centuries.
The lord thought that the Moat House was too small and went on to built the main house that we see today, although the 5-bedroom Moat House is still part of the estate. There are also a further three apartments in the West wing of the house that are also part of the deal.
There is a further two-acre piece of land that has planning permission for five houses also available to purchase for a further $2,27 million, so if you are looking to expand or looking for a business opportunity, there might be more to the British stately home Lymm Hall than meets the eye.
Japan has more of the Asia-Pacific region’s wealthy than any other country. China, however, is quickly catching up and India is beginning to make its mark in the region’s richest wealth statistics.
The latest Asia-Pacific Wealth Report from Capgemini reveals where the Asia-Pacific region’s richest people’s wealth lies, and which countries are leading in the latest figures.
The wealth of Japan’s high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) grew from $4.1 trillion in 2010, to $7.7 trillion in 2017, that’s growth of 87%. China is chipping away at Japan’s lead with growth of 144% since 2010 taking the wealth of its richest from $2.7 trillion, to $6.5 trillion in 2017.
One of many reasons for China’s wealth growth is the volume of “unicorn” companies, startups that have achieved a value of $1 billion or more. The number of “unicorns” in China has reached at 181, surpassing the U.S with 138. Overall economic growth in China has, however, hit a ten-year low and the number of billionaires in the country dropped below 2,000 in October 2018, for the first time since 2015.
Asia Pacific Wealth Source: Capgemini
Capgemini expects the rapid wealth growth of the Asia-Pacific region’s high-net-worth individuals to continue to grow. In 2017 the combined value of the region’s richest was $21.6 trillion, this could be as high as $42 trillion by 2025.
The value of South Korea’s wealthy grew by 18% in the period 2010 to 2017, Hong Kong’s richest by 16.3% due to a thriving real estate market, and Singapore had 13% growth. Capgemini says:
“Mature markets like South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore also saw double digital HNWI population growth, adding 88.2 thousand HNWIs collectively in 2017.”
All in all, the Asia-Pacific region now contributes over 41% of all new high-net-worth individuals globally.
India’s Wealth is Also Growing Fast
“Emerging markets drove more than half (52.9 percent) of regional new wealth growth, with India’s growth of more than 20 percent in both wealth and population, making it the fastest growing region.”
As also the world’s fastest-growing economy India will significantly contribute to the Asia-Pacific region’s wealth growth. It’s richest were valued at $0.6 trillion in 2010, in 2017 that rose by 22% to $1.1 trillion.
A Harvard University report recently predicted that India will continue to be one of the fastest growing economies in the world for the next decade, ahead of China and the U.S.
Growth for 2018 is expected to be around 7.3%. India is proving that it is able to diversify its industrial, agricultural, and manufacturing base to quickly take advantage of new sectors. There are a number of major growth areas for India, all sectors to watch for entrepreneurs and investors inside and outside of the region.
The Forbes India Leadership Awards (FILA) 2018 just a week ago honored some of India’s millionaires and billionaires. Again, a significant theme for the event and its winners was the ability to change and adapt long-standing industries and companies to survive in the 21st Century.
Forget fluctuating FAANG stocks, here are five emerging technology markets valued in the billions that investors and entrepreneurs should take note of.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) says we are entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution, an age characterized by the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, virtual reality (VR), and blockchain technology.
Accompanying these core sectors are other emerging and arriving technologies like robotics, electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, 3-D printing, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and quantum computing.
The way we work and play is changing, creating even more new avenues for savvy fourth age industrialists like cloud computing, the decentralized web, and even eSports.
For the everyday opportunist here are five emerging technology markets and their potential market values.
The Internet of Things (IoT)
One of the biggest growth markets for emerging technologies, the global IoT market, could reach $1.1 trillion in 2021 and $6.5 trillion by 2024.
The IoT, where all our devices communicate with each other and ourselves using sensors, Wi-Fi, and even blockchain technology is prevalent in our lives already and increasingly so.
Smart products like thermostats, lighting and media systems, as well as systems like Amazon’s Alexa, are already in widescale use. In 2017, 430 million smart home devices were sold.
It’s not just consumer markets here either, the ability of machines to sense, record, deliver, and even act, upon important environmental changes has tremendous application for industry and manufacturing. One sector, automotive fleet management, is expected to be worth $17 billion alone by 2025.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Gartner, earlier this year, put the value of the AI market at $1.2 trillion in 2018, and $3.3 billion by 2022. John-David Lovelock, research vice president at Gartner said:
“AI promises to be the most disruptive class of technologies during the next 10 years due to advances in computational power, volume, velocity and variety of data, as well as advances in deep neural networks (DNNs).”
“Virtual agents” like call center and help desk assistants already account for 46% of the AI-derived business value in 2018, though this falls to 26% by 2022 as more advanced AI technologies come in to play. These more advanced technologies include decision automation and will include the AI needed to effectively power the autonomous vehicle revolution.
Forecast of Global AI Derived Business Value in US Billions Source: Gartner
Virtual Reality (VR)
The consumer virtual reality software and hardware market size by 2021 is predicted to reach $14.5 billion rising from a predicted $3.3 billion in 2018. The entire VR and augmented reality (AR) market is predicted to grow from $27 million in 2018 to $209 billion by 2020. Though other predictions put this figure at a more conservative $170 billion by 2022.
The difference between consumer and industrial value is driven by the benefits VR and AR could have for the manufacturing, healthcare, and retail sectors, amongst others. A study by Hampleton Partners named AR and VR in healthcare the hottest new sector for 2018.
Find more statistics at Statista
The consumer VR market value is driven by gaming and entertainment applications, from virtual meet-ups and social lives to exploring the globe and beyond.
The global gaming industry is expected to reach a value of $180 billion by 2021 off the back of nearly 3 billion “gamers.” The eSports industry alone is expected to make up $1.65 billion of that statistic.
Blockchain Technology
The value of the cryptocurrency market is incredibly difficult to predict with the recent price crash taking tens of billions from the market’s capitalization, now sitting around $122 billion today.
Cryptocurrency’s underlying technology, however, has taken an industry segment all of its own, over and away from cryptocurrencies. Global banks, businesses, and governments seek to take advantage of blockchain’s potential to improve business efficiencies, cybersecurity, and contractual transparency.
Statista predicts blockchain’s market value to reach $2.3 billion by 2021.
Autonomous Vehicles
An immediate comparative figure for 2021 is not apparent for autonomous vehicles. Other statistics reveal the autonomous, or self-driving vehicle market, will already be worth $54.23 billion in 2019 increasing to a massive $556.67 billion by 2026.
Autonomous vehicles will combine electric vehicle technology, AI, and IoT, and potentially even blockchain’s smart contract capabilities to share and secure information. A report by Allied Market Research identified the key drivers of the market’s predicted boom including:
“Elimination of accidents caused due to manual errors, reduced carbon dioxide emission from autonomous vehicle … less battery capacity & less consumption of gas by autonomous vehicle and high penetration in the automotive sector also contribute to the market growth.”
The market is not without barriers though, the general public is nervous about putting their lives in the hands of computers and trusting artificial intelligence to make the right decision under the threat of a road accident. A survey in late 2017, by the AAA found 63% of respondents were untrusting of autonomous vehicles, by early 2018 this had risen to 73%.
Another study by Intel and Strategy Analytics predicts the driverless vehicle industry will generate $7 trillion worth of economic benefits and efficiencies by 2050. This figure could be split into a $4 trillion value for the driverless ride-hailing industry, and $3 trillion for driverless delivery and business logistics.
If you are an avid video gamer, you have no doubt spent the past few weeks playing Rockstar Games’ monumental cowboy sim Red Dead Redemption 2. If you have already completed the game, no worries because Red Dead Redemption Online is finally here and just in time to add a different element to the game-playing experience.
When Red Dead Redemption 2 was finally released on the 25th October 2018, video games changed forever. Now we are a month in, Red Dead Redemption Online has been released and it really does give the game a completely different feel in both positive and negative ways.
Streamlined Story on Red Dead Redemption Online
Although I personally love the meandering nature of the main Red Dead Redemption 2 story mode that details the hardships of our main protagonist Arthur Morgan and his ragtag Dutch van der Linde Gang, some gamers, mostly those with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, had many qualms about the sometimes slow pace of the story.
Even something close to perfection gets bashed in today’s super entitled and overly sensitive culture. However, the recent launch of Red Dead Redemption Online is something pacier, and less restrictive while retaining the feel that makes the wild west sim such a fascinating experience.
Although there is still a story to play out on Red Dead Redemption Online, it is much more streamlined unlike the 60-hour long story mode in the main game.
Early Days for Red Dead Online
As you would expect with Red Dead Redemption Online only going live this week, it lacks some of the depth of the main game, however, this will surely change in the coming weeks, months and years. It is one of those sorts of games. This will be similar to Rockstar Games’ GTA 5 online version in terms of the ongoing development.
At this moment the online version is not as intricate as the main game. It currently needs a bit more feel and a bit more depth which will no doubt come with time.
If you have been bouncing around the main game rustling cattle, robbing stagecoaches, and generally getting into strife, you can expect more of the same from the Red Dead Redemption Online version.
When it comes to global sports stars, not many shine brighter than the colorful and always controversial UFC fighter Conor McGregor. His profile over the past few years has taken him from an unknown MMA fighter to one of the most marketable brands in the world of sport.
His recent deafest against the unbeaten Khabib Nurmagomedov in October on UFC 229 was expected by most fight aficionados, but as it affected his pulling power in the UFC and will we see the Irish prodigal son return to fighting in 2019?
Conor McGregor Returning to UFC?
Ever since Conor McGregor fought Floyd Mayweather in a boxing bout in late-2017, it was up in the air whether the Irishman would step back in the UFC octagon. He made a supposed $100 million from his fight with Floyd and his profile was at an all-time high. There are not many sports fans who cannot instantly recognize McGregor.
When he finally fought in the UFC this October against the dangerous and unbeaten UFC Lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov, it had been almost 2 years since the Irish star had taken part in an MMA fight. Most UFC fans thought that Khabib would have too much for Conor, and they were right of course.
Ever since his brutal stoppage at the hands of Khabib, rumors have been rife whether or not the UFC star would fight again in the octagon. The answer is a resounding ‘YES’!
Conor McGregor Will Fight in 2019
Earlier this week, Conor took to his Twitter account to not only announce the launch of his ‘Proper’ Irish Whiskey brand across the UK and Australia but also to confirm he will be fighting in UFC again in 2019. Check out McGregor’s Twitter post:
2019 is when we launch in the U.K and Australia! 2019 is when I will also be back inside the OctaRing! We are very excited! Thank you for the support brother 👊 https://t.co/jVm7ujWIvq
McGregor will first have to face the Nevada State Athletic Commission for his brawl with Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team after the fight, but with the earning power of the Irishman, there should be no problems there. Conor is the fourth highest-earning athlete in the world this year earning a total of $99 million.
Conor Mcgregor has recently been linked with a fight with Donald ‘Cowboy’ Cerrone, although there are conflicting reports whether or not this fight is a starter or not.
One thing is for sure. When Conor McGregor fights in the UFC, it attracts casual sports fans to the market, which means big bucks for the fighter and UFC owner Dana White.
A new report has confirmed what most people already knew. The richest people in England live longer than its poorest. What a revelation! It seems that fewer worries and more money in your pocket combine to make you live longer!
It’s hardly surprising that rich people live longer than poor people. Look at the age of some British Royal Family members. They are older than some ancient Egyptian artifacts and three times as worn.
The Life Expectancy of the Richest People in England
A study from researches from the Imperial College London has recently unearthed that the life expectancy of richest people in England has widened to 10-years when compared to its poorest. You needed a research study to tell you that?
The research analyzed the deaths of almost 8 million people between 2001 and 2016 in England and came up with those results. The life expectancy between the richest and poorest men in England was 6.1 years back at the turn of the Millennium, but in 2016 was closer to 9.7.
The actual figures showed that the life expectancy difference between the richest women and poorest women in England back in 2001 was 7.9 years, but by 2016 the gap had widened to 9 years.
Women Live Longer than Men
The Imperial College data also showed that the life expectancy of the poorest English women in 2016 was 78.8 years, while the richest women live to an average of 86.7 years. The average life expectancy of the poorest English males is 74 years when compared to 83.8 years for the richest men.
As always, the stats show the universal truth that like-for-like women live longer than men. Do you know why women live longer than their male partners? Because they don’t have to live with a woman! Just joking, before I get harangued by the feminazis.
The figures showed that although the richest people in England live much longer than the poorest, the main culprits for male deaths across the board is heart disease, lung and digestive cancers and respiratory issues.
Lots of heart-related diseases and other illnesses are linked to stress, and with more English people being poorer in a relative sense than ever before, the new findings are hardly rocket science. Look after yourself guys and try not to take life so seriously.
Sony owns 900 Marvel characters and has produced several Spider-Man movies in the past. Since these movies weren’t successful enough to compete with Disney’sMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Sony decided to put all their effort into Venom.
Venom Beats Deadpool 2 at the Box Office
The movie cast Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock, Emmy Award winner Riz Ahmed as Carlton Drake, and Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams as Anne Weying. Meanwhile, fans wondered whether the story would do justice to Venom, who is famously known as Spider-Man’s super villain, without Spider-Man making an appearance in the movie. Others simply didn’t trust Sony to make a successful superhero movie, especially after the disappointing portrayal of Eddie Brock as Venom in Spider-Man 3.
To everyone’s surprise, Venom earned a whopping $80 million in its opening weekend. Despite receiving negative reviews from critics, it grossed $822.5 million worldwide. The movie’s global earnings surpassed Mission: Impossible – Fallout, Deadpool 2, and Ready Player One. It has now joined the ranks of the top 5 highest grossing movies of 2018.
Venom has also crossed Wonder Woman and Spider-Man in worldwide earnings, with only $5.8 million left to top Inception.
What Happens to Spider-Man After Venom’s Success?
Sony purchased Spider-Man from Marvel in 1985 for $10 million. Approximately 20 years ago, Marvel also tried to sell some of its other characters including Thor, Iron Man, and Black Panther for $25 million. Luckily, the deal never happened otherwise Marvel wouldn’t have been able to break box office records with Avengers: Infinity War and Black Panther.
In 2015, Sony and Marvel finalized a deal which allowed Spider-Man to appear in the MCU in six movies. Now that Venom has been immensely successful at the box office, Sony will continue to make more Marvel movies under its name Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters (SUMC). The studio is also planning on releasing Morbius and Venom 2 in 2020, with Jared Leto joining the universe as the lead character in the former.
Even though Spider-Man: Homecoming earned $880.2 million worldwide, Sony might bring the superhero into SUMC. Or it might end up renewing the contract with Marvel and allow the superhero to appear in both universes. Sony’s executives have previously said that Venom’s story doesn’t take place in the same universe as the MCU. Jon Watts, Spider-Man: Homecoming director, has also pointed out that the movie is ‘not connected to the Marvel world’.
Until now, only one thing is clear: Spider-Man is the superhero who is responsible for connecting these two universes.
Fancy a GNT? Normally I would say yes, but not if I am expected to pay for the world’s most expensive gin, Morus LXIV, which comes in at a cool $5,000 per bottle.
With Christmas just around the corner, if you are loaded and want to impress your family or friends, the world’s most expensive gin is now available to buy at Harvey Nichols.
Get Your Bottle of Morus LXIV Today!
I once bought a special bottle of Hennessey Cognac that cost me in the region of $100 and that almost gave me a cardiac arrest. Obviously, I wouldn’t last 5-minutes buying up bottles of Cristal in a trendy New York nightclub.
The world’s most expensive gin, Morus LXIV, is now being exclusively sold at the trendy London department store Harvey Nichols for over $5,000 per bottle.
Distilled from the leaves of an ancient Mulberry tree, which is called the Morus Nigra, this exclusive and rare gin is becoming a real collector’s item with spirit connoisseurs the world over. The gin takes over two years to make and enjoys a cask strength of 64%.
You could say the gin is handmade as each mulberry leaf is harvested and dried and handpicked for perfection. The leaf is then gently distilled and balanced with botanicals to give the drink a unique taste.
From the Makers of London Dry Gin
This deluxe edition of Morus LXIV was distilled and concocted by the makers of London Dry Gin and also Jam Jar Gin, who is one of the premier gin makers in the world.
The $5,000 price tag is due to the gin’s unique roots and its exclusivity, alongside its stylish packaging that enjoys a handmade embossed porcelain jar and stirrup cup. This also comes with a beautiful handmade leather hide casing.
If you just want to find out what the world’s most expensive gin tastes like, or want a scaled down present for Christmas, you could buy the 3cl version of the Morus LXIV with the porcelain jar, cup and leather hide for approximately $300.
Only last month, MoneyMakers discussed the most expensive bottle of wine in the world, which was a bottle of 1945 Burgundy wine that sold at Sotheby’s for over $500,000.
However, if you are looking for something more affordable, the world’s most expensive gin, Morus LXIV is a bargain at only $5,000!
You would expect something big and grand for the Woodstock 50th Anniversary, right? It is being rumored that Eminem will headline Woodstock 2019 along with the Foo Fighters and Pearl Jam to celebrate 50 years of the historic music festival.
Plans for the 50th Woodstock Festival have apparently been leaked online, making lots of noise across the internet as music fans lick their lips in anticipation of confirmation.
Will Eminem Play at Woodstock 50th Anniversary?
From Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, to Ozzie Osborne and Snoop Dogg, Woodstock has staged some of the biggest names in music history and has been the world’s leading music festival from the time of the hippies to the modern times of electronic dance music.
The music world went into a frenzy over the weekend as supposed news leaked in regards to the Woodstock 50th Anniversary line-up for 2019. Some of the names apparently being approached to headline the event include Eminem, the Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, and Coldplay.
Other names mentioned on the leaked flyer include newer artists such as Chance The Rapper, Demi Lovato, Kesha, Ariana Grande, Pink, and Lorde. Other famous names that are a who’s who of former music great to play at the festival include Elton John, Neil Young, Bon Jovi, Joan Baez, and The Doobie Brothers.
Plans Confirmed for Special Woodstock 50th Anniversary
The original founder of the Woodstock Festival, Michael Lang, has come out to confirm that plans are definitely in the works for a Woodstock 50th Anniversary special and that he is excited about the ordeal. There are even rumors that the original location of the first ever Woodstock in 1968, Bethel Woods, NY, is seriously being considered.
It will be interesting to see how the event planners will combine some of the older and famous musical artists from the 1960s and 70s with EDM favorites of today who are also rumored to be playing at the event such as Daft Punk, Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Swedish House Mafia, and The Chainsmokers.
Whether the rumors about Eminem headlining the Woodstock 50th Anniversary are true or not, it seems something special is being planned for the event so there is plenty to look forward to in the summer of 2019.
When the new Leonardo DiCaprio Robin Hood movie remake was announced with a star-studded cast, some people were rightly excited. But the film is getting hammered from all quarters by movie critics for its mediocrity.
Robin Hood was famous for stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, but it seems this movie had a rich budget but ended up poor!
Leonardo DiCaprio Robin Hood Fails to Make the Grade
The new Leonardo DiCaprio Robin Hood remake enjoys a massive cast of well-known names such as Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn, and Eve Hewson, but has failed to hit the bullseye. Maybe DiCaprio should have stayed in front of the cameras instead of producing the film from behind the scene.
Whether you visit online movie review sites such as Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb or read the myriad of reviews online from professional film critics, the latest Hollywood adaptation of Robin Hood is getting seriously panned.
Robin Hood remakes can be a bit hit and miss, although the Kevin Costner version, Prince of Thieves, from the 1990s is pretty much seen as the hallmark in the Robin Hood film genre.
This new version has apparently gotten more laughs than Mel Brooks’ spoof Robin Hood movie, Men in Tights, but it wasn’t supposed to be funny.
Poor Robin Hood Movie Reviews
Every generation of people seems to get a new version of this timeless tale that sees our hero Robin going against the establishment run by the Sheriff of Nottingham. The new Leonardo DiCaprio Robin Hood remake is apparently lacking in terms of excitement.
Time Out film critic Joshua Rothkopf went as far as saying:
“Several dueling shades of dull, this umpteenth retooling of the outlaw legend is desperate to convince viewers that Christopher Nolan had something to do with it (he didn’t).”
This is basically the sentiment of the vast majority of film critics in regards to the remake.
Is Hollywood simply regurgitating too many classic films? Have they run out of original ideas or are just being lazy thinking they can turn over a quick buck rehashing classics? Most definitely, and it’s gone too far. Perhaps Leonardo DiCaprio should stick to his vegan clothing line.
When the Disney Robin Hood cartoon from the 1970s has more depth than a modern remake with budgets in the tens of millions, you know the world is going slightly made.
We don’t think that the latest Leonardo DiCaprio Robin Hood movie is going to be claiming any Oscars this year, so don’t hold your breath on that one.
