This is part of a series on the global rise of exchange traded funds Have we reached Peak ETF? And are we therefore at last in a “stockpicker’s market” where active fund managers skilled…
London’s FTSE 100 stands apart as the global laggard among major stock indices with investors giving it a wide berth almost…
Hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand has returned almost 15 per cent this year by betting on a recovery in oil prices…
If you set out to make a positive investment case for Italy 20 years ago, the best hope was to play…
Ouch. Shares in spread-betters have tanked after the Financial Conduct Authority announced a comprehensive series of proposals to tighten up on…
Anyone checking the exchange rate between China’s renminbi and the US dollar would have got a shock early on Tuesday when…
Tuesday 02.00 GMT Overview Stocks across Asia were higher, taking their lead from US and European bourses that shrugged off the…
The great American corporate buyback party was expected to fizzle out next year, leaving a hangover of debt and remorse. Instead,…
December 5, 2016 by: Anjli Raval, Oil and Gas Correspondent Oil rose to its highest level since mid-2015, topping $55 a…
Monday 14.40 GMT Overview Italy’s stock market and much of the country’s banking sector is back under pressure, as investors refine…
This is the first of a series on the global rise of exchange traded funds The supposed death of the stock…
Discuss the law of large numbers with statisticians and they mean using large samples to improve experiments. Analysts take the phrase…
US technology shares faced one of their worst weeks of 2016 as investors shifted their focus to equities that will benefit…
Like Christmas ornaments on Main Streets across America, Wall Street banks’ forecasts for the year ahead keep coming out earlier every…
Opec’s production cut this week to bolster oil prices may strike many as a throwback to an earlier era, but it hinged on…
All of a sudden, it’s executive pay time. Here is The Purposeful Company, the product of a steering group of seven…
Europe’s financial markets are bracing for Italy to reject the government’s constitutional reforms in Sunday’s referendum, with investors warning that an…
At a conference on investing in non-performing loans in Milan last week, attendees were asked to vote on whether an Italian…
An ice storm, an email suggesting regime change and the mechanics of thinly traded futures markets have emerged as central points…
December 2, 2016 by: Mamta Badkar in New York The US economy added 178,000 jobs in November while the unemployment rate…
A head of steam for Italian government bond yields. There are no signs of jitters in the eurozone’s third largest debt…
Friday 06:00 GMT Overview Stock markets across Asia, oil and the dollar have all gone into reverse on Friday, while government…
The pound climbed to its highest level against the euro in almost three months after a rare public comment from the…
When it comes to very large numbers, it can be hard to get the right perspective. If you had to count…
The month that stunned investors with Donald Trump’s US election victory was a record-breaker in markets. The prospect of big tax…
Gold has suffered its worst month since mid-2013, as the election of Donald Trump, the rising dollar and increased expectations of…
Thursday 06:00 GMT Overview Markets across Asia saw a day of solid gains as oil continued to trade higher following Opec’s…
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