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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Markets InsightMohamed El-Erian
    Crises facing Biden threaten to create vicious cycles

    New US president must combine agile political manoeuvring with smart economic policy

  • Saturday, 21 November, 2020
    Inside LondonEva Szalay
    Brexit crunch time? Traders say maybe later

    Currency markets are pricing in a deal but no longer believe in deadlines

  • Thursday, 5 November, 2020
    Markets brace for US election
    US election sucks air out of the reflation trade

    Prospect of divided Congress and more modest economic stimulus has had big effect on markets

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    Trump vs Biden: essential reading
    Trump vs Biden: 4 policy plans US stock investors are watching

    Wall Street homes in on taxes, infrastructure spending, tech regulation and energy

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Markets brace for US election
    Investors bet US recovery will force long-term bond yields higher

    Money managers wager ‘blue wave’ in US election and good news on Covid could reduce uncertainty

  • Monday, 19 October, 2020
    Pound Sterling
    Pound steady as investors shrug off warning of no EU-UK trade deal

    Lack of sterling sensitivity displays Brexit fatigue

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Markets brace for US election
    US investors pivot to ‘blue wave’ as odds favour Biden

    Markets shift towards small-cap companies and value shares over growth stocks

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Investments
    The US election and your investment portfolio

    How will the result and the fallout from the fractious 2020 campaign affect your money?

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
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    Investors find new hedges against a US election sell-off

    Fund managers choose other forms of protection as Treasuries ‘parachute’ stops working

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  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
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    Trump diagnosis adds to market nerves over US election

    Investors were braced for post-vote turbulence but diagnosis raises risks in run-up to polling day

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
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    Investors grapple with bizarre US election cycle

    There is rising interest in using political prediction and betting markets to track political risk

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Inside BusinessJohn Reed
    Investors unnerved by rise of political risk in Thailand

    Businesses face increasingly turbulent outlook due to pandemic, student protests and policy drift

  • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
    Fears of a disputed US election fuel market volatility bets

    Vix index futures rise further after Trump indicates he might not concede if he loses November vote

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Retail investors shun bargain Britain

    The UK market has fallen out of favour amid demand for US growth stocks

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    Investing in funds
    Investors exit UK equity funds on pandemic and Brexit fears

    Proportion of assets British retail investors allocate to domestic stocks at record low

  • Wednesday, 23 September, 2020
    Italian politics
    Italian government bonds hit record high after regional vote

    Investors bet that setback for League party has cooled risk of new national elections

  • Tuesday, 8 September, 2020
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The wider risks in SoftBank’s US tech bet

    The Japanese group’s options trade highlights the dangers of the market rally

  • Monday, 7 September, 2020
    Pound Sterling
    ‘Brexit heat’ returns as sterling loses ground against dollar

    UK currency slips almost 1% after plan emerges to override parts of the Brexit withdrawal agreement

  • Friday, 4 September, 2020
    News in-depthThe Big Read
    Donald Trump vs Joe Biden: markets rattled by risk of a messy election result

    Investors have made gains in the past four years, but many of them are worrying about the threat to democratic institutions

  • Tuesday, 9 June, 2020
    Clearing and settlement
    Turkey joins settlement house Euroclear after 8-year talks

    Agreement may help attract investors wary of country’s direction under Erdogan

  • Wednesday, 3 June, 2020
    Market Forces
    Surfing the endless summer for risk sentiment Premium

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

  • Wednesday, 3 June, 2020
    News in-depth
    Brexit is back to rattle UK markets

    Tough EU talks add to ‘wall of worries’ facing sterling assets, say analysts

  • Tuesday, 2 June, 2020
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil’s record outflows underline investors’ fears of Bolsonaro

    Foreign capital flight raises red flags over Latin America’s largest economy

  • Thursday, 28 May, 2020
    Italian economy
    Italian bonds gain on EU’s coronavirus recovery plans

    Proposals help country’s debt narrow gap with its German benchmark

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Market Forces
    Closing the book on a tumultuous quarter Premium

    Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets

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