Stocks
Explore our coverage of global finance, markets and investing from commodities to crypto and our Buttonwood column
Finance and economics
Why investors are unwise to bet on elections
Turning a profit from political news is a lot harder than it looks
Leaders
MAGA Republicans are wrong to seek a cheaper dollar
It is hard to cast America as a victim of the global financial system
Business
Can Burberry put its chequered past behind it?
The British label’s new boss has his work cut out
The Americas
Under Lula, Brazil is walking on the financial wild side
Investors have started to worry about deficits and debt
Finance and economics
At last, Wall Street has something to cheer
Consumer banks, on the other hand, are starting to suffer
Finance and economics
Why investors have fallen in love with small American firms
The Russell 2000 puts in a historic performance
Leaders
Euphoric markets are ignoring growing political risks
Investors’ exuberance in the face of political ructions is unlikely to pay off
China
Xi Jinping is trying to love-bomb China’s entrepreneurs
It will take a lot more to win back their broken hearts
Finance and economics
Stocks are on an astonishing run. Yet threats lurk
We assess what could bring the bull market to an end
Finance and economics
The dangerous rise of pension nationalism
Pursuing domestic investment at the expense of returns is reckless
Finance and economics
Betting markets are useful when politics is chaotic
Why, then, are they largely outlawed in America?
Finance and economics
Is coal the new gold?
The world’s dirtiest fuel is a disturbingly safe investment
Finance and economics
American stocks are consuming global markets
That does not necessarily spell trouble
Finance and economics
China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up
State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive
Finance and economics
Want to avoid woke stockmarket rules? List in Texas
The Lone Star State is ready to take on New York