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News in-depthFrench economy
France’s spending turns into political liability for Macron
...Credit rating reviews from Moody’s on April 26 and S&P on May 31 could result in downgrades....
April 9, 2024
Equities
Small stocks, big problems
...In contrast, the S&P 500’s price-to-book ratio is close to the record 5 times it touched in 2021 and 2000 (the Nasdaq’s P/B ratio is close to 7.5 times)....
April 17, 2024
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Corporate bonds
Corporate defaults at highest rate since global financial crisis, says S&P
...Chemical and healthcare companies may also be at risk over the coming months given the sectors’ high concentration of poorly rated incumbent companies with negative cash flow, she added....
March 14, 2024
News updates from April 17: UK inflation falls less than expected; Boeing engineer says safety concerns are ignored
Ottawa pushes Canadian pension funds to invest domestically
...Canada’s main stock index, the S&P/TSX Composite, has advanced 31 per cent since 2019, compared with a 74 per cent gain for the S&P 500....
April 16, 2024
Unhedged
Are higher rates inflationary? Premium content
...Just how those net out isn’t obvious, but given the structural supply shortage in the housing market, our bet is it would be inflationary....
April 18, 2024
Camilla Cavendish
Employment law is a minefield for bosses and workers
...Some have given up trying: even if that leaves an employee in place — not pulling their weight and demoralising other team members....
April 19, 2024
FT Live
Commodities Asia Summit
Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows
Wednesday, 6 NovemberSingapore
Unhedged
A better bull market? Premium content
...Gold’s underperformance then and rise now are a real puzzle, given that real rates, the gold price’s usual bête noire, were nothing then and are high now....
March 7, 2024
US equities
Narratives rule everything around me
...On the surface, this hasn’t happened (at least in the large-cap world), given the S&P 500 rose by 10.2 per cent in the first quarter while the fed funds futures market went from pricing in nearly seven cuts...
April 9, 2024
Equities
Structured products and the ‘broken Vix’ discourse
...Xu wonders why options-based yield-enhancement funds are growing so quickly, given that the ZIRP era is over and Treasury bills now give you 5 per cent a year....
March 13, 2024
Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: April
Fresh CEOs start at Audemars Piguet and Zenith
...After 25 years in the watch industry, de Clerck’s excitement at being given control of a brand is evident....
April 9, 2024
LexLuxury goods
Gucci’s slump means the end of the luxury megatrend Premium content
...That’s given rise to a predictable slew of luxury concerns. Kering slumped 12 per cent on Wednesday....
March 21, 2024
News updates from December 1: S&P 500 closes at 20-month high and gold hits record despite rate cut pushback from Powell, Israel resumes fighting against Hamas
S&P 500 nears 4-month high on bet Fed will start rate cuts in March
...The prospect of looser monetary policy helped had pushed the S&P 500 about 0.5 per cent around midday in New York to surpass its highest closing level of 2023 that was struck in July....
December 1, 2023
Passive Investing
The US equity market is one of the least concentrated in the world
...But it has given a lot of people the heebie-jeebies....
March 4, 2024
Markets InsightToby Nangle
The hidden power of index providers
...Given the providers look after index methodologies, they are indirectly responsible for directing investment flows....
April 9, 2024
Moral Money
The World Bank’s private capital push Premium content
...“Now that we have expanded the scope, there is nowhere to hide in terms of sources of capital,” said Jean-Francois Coppenolle, sustainable investment director at French insurer Abeille Assurances and a co-author...
April 19, 2024
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
HTSIThe HTSI Paris special
An expert guide to antiques hunting in Paris
...I encourage people to discover François Laffanour’s space as what he has established can only train one’s eye and expand the knowledge on design....
March 22, 2024
LexArtificial intelligence
How ‘open’ is generative AI really? Not very Premium content
...The sector’s share of the S&P 500 is close to a record. It did not reach that size by sharing all of its products for free. elaine.moore@ft.com...
April 17, 2024
Fund management
Once more unto the ‘active comeback’ breach
...That makes it hard for active managers to beat the market in any given year, and almost impossible in the long run....
March 7, 2024
Markets
The quick case for a weird 2024 in stock markets
...As a result of this, there’s a “very decent” correlation between equity volatility in a given year, and the range of forecasts strategists produce for the coming year, writes Société Générale’s Jitesh Kumar...
December 18, 2023
UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
The valuation of the Mag 7, revisited Premium content
...Given the chance to disaggregate the Mag 7, I’d argue that Google and Meta don’t look terribly expensive relative to historical and expected growth; while Nvidia, Microsoft and Tesla do look very pricey....
February 12, 2024
On Wall StreetJennifer Hughes
A boring IPO market is a good one — for now
...Since late October, the S&P 500 is up just over a fifth. Its much easier to lure companies into the public glare when valuations are improving....
April 20, 2024
Oil & Gas industry
Oil and gas firms face virtually no extra borrowing costs, S&P finds
...“As regulation steps up, the money allocation will be given to companies who are making more for the portfolio.”...
November 17, 2023
Stuart Kirk
How to invest without fear or FOMO
...Buffered funds hold a basket of customised options in a manner that limits your losses (say to 15 per cent) over a given period (say a year)....
April 13, 2024
Equity valuation
The interlocking dimensions of stock market concentration
...Japanese stocks traded on a P/E of 67x in 1990. The Nifty 50 traded on a P/E of 34x in 1973....
March 11, 2024
Retail & Consumer industry
Consumer groups look for ways to revive growth as price rises ease
...analysis by Alvarez & Marsal found that almost half of the world’s largest consumer goods companies delivered negative shareholder returns in 2023, while the whole sector significantly underperformed the S&P...
March 3, 2024

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