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Private investing
Investment trust purchases down 28% in 2023
...Purchases totalled £948mn last year, down 28 per cent from 2022’s record high of £1.3bn, according to data from the Association of Investment Companies, a trust industry body....
February 23, 2024
Q&AIsas
Need to Know: the British Isa
...Over the past year the FTSE 100 has gained 1.23 per cent, while the S&P 500 has risen by 31.3 per cent....
March 22, 2024
FT Live
FTWeekend Festival: U.S. edition
Where the Financial Times weekend paper comes to life
Saturday, 4 MayThe REACH, at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, F Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Private investing
Isa investors eye overlooked UK stocks and tech
...The FTSE 100 index is down 4.5 per cent over the past year, compared with 22.96 per cent growth in the US S&P 500....
February 16, 2024
Investing in funds
Sustainable and UK funds fare badly in rankings
...In the latter half of 2023, funds which concentrate on the global sector were well represented among poorly performing funds, with 49 included, more than doubling since mid-2023’s total of 24....
March 1, 2024
UK property
Divorce: do the numbers still add up?
...These have performed poorly, relative to other indices like the S&P 500, since interest rate rises began in December 2021....
December 1, 2023
Investments
Copy trading: a road to riches or risk?
...Since the start of last year, he has underperformed a low-cost S&P 500 tracker. Several other of the most-followed copy traders have also started to lag behind after doing well before the pandemic....
October 13, 2023
FT Live
Commodities Asia Summit
Enabling decarbonisation in a time of disrupted trade flows
Wednesday, 6 NovemberSingapore
Live news updates from April 15: US banks report strong profits, Macron’s retirement plan cleared
European stocks advance as rate fears recede
...In futures markets, the blue-chip S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was set to trade flat....
April 14, 2023
Markets
Wall Street stocks subdued after mixed earnings reports
...The S&P 500 closed up 0.1 per cent, with a 1.8 per cent decline for Goldman Sachs helping to keep gains in check. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended the day flat....
April 18, 2023
Live news updates from April 4: Trump pleads not guilty, Kremlin calls Finland’s Nato entry an ‘aggravation’
US Treasuries rally, stocks fall, after job openings data
...Wall Street’s S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were each down 0.8 per cent as markets weighed the potential impact of a cooling labour market on economic growth and inflation....
April 4, 2023
US equities
US stocks mixed as investors await inflation data and earnings
...The blue-chip S&P 500 ended the day flat, with every sector in positive territory except tech and communications, down 1 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively....
April 11, 2023
Live news updates from March 22: Fed raises rates 25 bps, UK inflation hits 10.4%
European stocks gain ahead of Fed rate decision
...Futures contracts tracking the US benchmark S&P 500 index were flat while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite was trading 0.1 per cent lower....
March 22, 2023
Markets
US stocks jump as investors bet on slowing interest rates
...The blue-chip S&P 500 rose 1.3 per cent in New York, closing at its highest level since February 15. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 1.9 per cent....
April 13, 2023
ETF Hub
AI and ETFs: the machines are coming (but not always winning)
...Over a three-year period to April 19 2023, the conventional index-tracking SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) has delivered returns of 14.8 per cent. QRFT is close behind, with returns of 14.5 per cent....
April 24, 2023
Equities
US stocks end week higher as big banks beat expectations
...Still, the blue-chip S&P 500 declined 0.2 per cent on Friday, but added 0.8 per in the week. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite lost 0.4 per cent on Friday, but gained 0.3 per cent across five sessions....
April 14, 2023
Live news updates from April 13: FBI arrests suspected leaker, China’s March exports surge 15%
US stocks jump as investors bet on slowing interest rates
...The blue-chip S&P 500 rose 1.3 per cent in New York, closing at its highest level since February 15. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 1.9 per cent....
April 13, 2023
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Live news updates from April 15: US banks report strong profits, Macron’s retirement plan cleared
US stocks jump as investors bet on slowing interest rates
...The blue-chip S&P 500 rose 1.3 per cent in New York, closing at its highest level since February 15. The tech-heavy Nasdaq gained 1.9 per cent....
April 13, 2023
Capital markets
S&P 500 ends in second weekly loss on fears Fed will keep rates high
...The blue-chip S&P 500 index closed down 0.3 per cent on Friday, leading to a 0.3 per cent loss for the week....
February 17, 2023
Equities
US bank stocks advance on mixed day for broad indices
...Still, broader equity markets were uneven, as the gains among banks were partially offset by a decline in tech stocks that left the blue-chip S&P 500 index up 0.2 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite down 0.5...
March 27, 2023
Markets
US Treasuries rally and dollar falls on signs of cooling labour market
...The S&P 500 fell 0.6 per cent, ending a four-day rally, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.5 per cent, as markets weighed the potential effect of a cooling labour market on economic growth and...
April 4, 2023
Sovereign bonds
US Treasury yields sink to seven-month low on weak data
...Equities slipped in the session, with the blue-chip S&P 500 losing 0.2 per cent, as investors appeared to eschew growth stocks for more defensive sectors, which tend to be more resilient in a downturn....
April 5, 2023
Oil
Crude prices jump after Opec+ announces oil production cut
...Broader equity markets in the US were mixed, with the blue-chip S&P 500 up 0.4 per cent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down 0.3 per cent....
April 3, 2023
Equities
US stocks edge up despite rate rise worries
...The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are down 1.6 per cent and 1.7 per cent, respectively, so far this week....
February 23, 2023
Bitcoin
El Salvador hasn’t defaulted. Don’t thank Bitcoin
...s=20 Bukele has connected his making Bitcoin legal tender in September 2021 with the country’s improved economic fortunes, saying it gave El Salvador an “advantage in the new economic system” and spurred...
April 6, 2023
Equities
Tech stock retreat leads Wall Street indices lower
...The S&P 500 dipped 0.2 per cent, its first decline in three days, with tech giants such as Alphabet and Apple the biggest drags on the index. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 0.5 per cent....
March 28, 2023
ReviewDance
Pam Tanowitz’s Song of Songs at the Barbican — elegant and deeply felt
...The result, 2022’s Song of Songs, has now had its UK premiere at London’s Barbican Theatre....
October 16, 2023

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