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Our column on financial markets offers expert analysis and perspectives on global finance, market trends and investing
Finance & economics
Don’t invest through the rearview mirror
Markets are supposed to look forward; plenty of investors look back instead
Finance & economics
The dream scenario for prediction markets
Polymarket and Kalshi are soaring in popularity. With a few tweaks, they could really take off
Finance & economics
European stocks are buoyant. Firms still refuse to list there
Another star prepares to move from London to New York
Finance & economics
Why investors lack a theory of everything
Markets have no fundamental laws, which is why they are so interesting
Finance & economics
Shareholders face a big new problem: currency risk
Analysing it is more important than ever. Mitigating it is a nightmare
Finance & economics
Hong Kong says goodbye to a capitalist crusader
David Webb was an exemplary shareholder
Finance & economics
Poland: the ignored stockmarket superstar
Why the country’s shares are going gangbusters
Finance & economics
How a mortgage transforms your investment portfolio
They turn retail savers into hedge-fund managers
Finance & economics
Should investors spend the trade war in India?
Mumbai may be a haven, but it is not a safe one
Finance & economics
Stockmarkets do not reward firms for investing in Trump’s America
The perils of reshoring
Finance & economics
The American government’s accidental private-credit subsidy
How a Depression-era lending scheme became a trillion-dollar wheeze