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...Global demand for refined copper alone is expected to double to about 50mn tonnes annually by 2035, according to forecasts published by S&P Global and Rio Tinto....
...Since 1990, missing the 30 best days of the S&P 500 cuts your compound returns in half....
...edward.luce@ft.com...
...My column this week looks at 2024’s potential Ralph Nader election spoiler: Robert F Kennedy Jr, who this week made an obscure pick as his third party running mate — Nicole Shanahan, the wealthy ex-wife...
...edward.luce@ft.com Letters in response to this column: Surely one American party must be pro-enterprise?...
...Thankfully for America, FDR replaced Wallace with Harry S Truman just a few months before he passed away. Will explains just how close a call this was. Wallace was a fan of Stalin....
...James Char, a China expert at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, attributed resurgence of interest in PAFDs to the “CCP party-state stressing ‘security’ over ‘development’”, which...
...China’s benchmark stock index, the CSI 300, has lost 32 per cent since the start of 2021; America’s S&P 500 has gained 39 per cent in the same period....
...I am a little late to reading Project 2025’s Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise which was published last April. The 920-page document is a serious blueprint for a Trump administration....
...Harold J Smith White Plains, NY, US...
...The MSCI China index is set to finish the year down more than 17 per cent, compared to a rise of more than 24 per cent for the S&P 500 in the US....
...It opens with a revival of 1955’s dazzling Danses concertantes, the choreographer’s first professional commission....
...Viewpoints Edward Luce imagines the schadenfreude of bailiffs seizing bling at Mar-a-Lago as Trump faces the reality that no one will lend to him....
...Which is why this new report from S&P Dow Jones Indices caught FT Alphaville’s eye....
...Each offers protection against a different tail risk, so a balanced asset mix should replace 2023’s cash focus, with a greater role for duration in portfolios....
...It has been viewed as a blow to India’s prime minister Narendra Modi and highlights disagreements among the G20’s members over Russia’s war in Ukraine and burden-sharing between rich and developing nations...
...fails majority / From Kai L Chan, Abu Dhabi, UAE Ivy League credentials of those ruling on education / From Harold J Smith, White Plains, NY, US...
...In the US, the S&P 500 had its best first quarter since 2019. Fixed income funds reported inflows of $42bn and equity funds received $18bn, for total long-term flows of $76bn....
...Harold M Sklar Chevy Chase, MD, US Letter in response to this letter: Harris remains notable for her lack of distinction / From Alastair Conan, Croydon, UK...
...“It was an unprecedented leak of MI5’s secrets for government advantage,” said Tim Tate, author of an upcoming book on the Spycatcher affair....
...Opinion: Trump’s financial difficulties pose risks for America as well as for himself, argues Edward Luce....
...edward.luce@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Harris will hang on in the hope of becoming Potus /From Harold M Sklar, Chevy Chase, MD, US...
...The S&P 500 has started the year up almost 5 per cent, while the Nasdaq 100 is 6 per cent higher since January 1....
...And on Wall Street, the S&P 500 has hit record highs this year. So what’s going on? Shouldn’t voters love all of this?...
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