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US election betting markets have been having a moment. Relative newcomers Polymarket and Kalshi are attracting billions of dollars in trades, while the more established PredictIt continues to operate a few markets in the midst of a legal battle with the CFTC. These markets all function in a generally similar way: bettors can trade shares

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is an external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee An old mentor used to consult women’s dress sales when he wanted to know what was going on with the economy,

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The EU’s financial markets watchdog wants expanded powers to oversee major stock exchanges and other critical parts of the bloc’s financial infrastructure, as it bids to become a European version of the US Securities and

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Joe Biden may be a one-term president, but his administration has changed the global political economy in ways that will continue to resonate long after he is gone. In particular, his trade

Shares in nuclear energy companies surged to record highs this week after Amazon and Google struck landmark power supply deals, boosting efforts to deploy the first small modular reactors (SMRs) in the US. The share prices of US-listed SMR developers Oklo Inc and NuScale power rose by 99 per cent and 37 per cent respectively

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The main character in Coriolanus, which is on at the National Theatre in London, is what we would nowadays call a fascist. He respects very little in the field of human endeavour outside of

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The “Japanification” of China continues to be a big theme, with a lot of eerie parallels right down to stimulus proving wanting. Here’s the latest symptom: Yep, the 30-year government bond yields of China and

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Goldman Sachs’ quarterly profits jumped 45 per cent to $3bn in the third quarter, boosted by its equity trading business, even as the investment bank took another hit from its retreat from retail banking. Goldman’s

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The gambling industry generates excitement by advertising long-odds possibilities rather than expected outcomes. For example: Ministers are considering a tax raid of up to £3bn on the gambling sector as Rachel Reeves casts around for

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House I never used to look at airline route maps too closely. But now, when I journey from one peaceful country to another, I take a keener interest in where exactly we are

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Chinese stocks were volatile on Monday after Beijing sought to reassure investors over the weekend about its plan to increase spending to boost the world’s second-largest economy. The finance ministry on Saturday said it planned

Talk to 10 different wealth industry professionals about when you become super-rich (an ultra-high-net worth individual, or UHNW, in industry parlance) and you will get 10 different answers. For a law firm, it can mean having investable assets — spare cash not tied up in property — of $10mn; for a wealth manager, it can

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. DP World has shelved an announcement of a £1bn cash injection into its main London port on the eve of the UK’s international investment summit, triggering a row between ministers over who was to blame.

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Rachel Reeves has been warned not to sharply ramp up government borrowing in a push for more public investment, as the chancellor considers a loosening of the fiscal rules in the October 30 Budget.  Analysis

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the European banks myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is chair of BBVA Mergers and acquisitions are firmly back into the spotlight in Europe and for good reason. Apart from BBVA’s offer to the shareholders of Banco Sabadell, Italy’s UniCredit has built

Unlock the US Election Countdown newsletter for free The stories that matter on money and politics in the race for the White House Israel has told the US that defence minister Yoav Gallant will no longer travel to Washington this week, prompting fears the cancellation could jeopardise co-ordination with Israel over its response to Iran’s

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Israeli military deployed thousands more troops in Lebanon and signalled an expanded ground offensive against Hizbollah, even as the militant group launched one of the largest rocket barrages into northern Israel since the conflict

If vice-president Kamala Harris defeats Donald Trump in November, most of America’s allies will greet her victory with thinly veiled delight. “If she wins,” says an official from one of its long-standing Asian partners, “we will have a national holiday!” The official was barely joking, such are the worries in many capitals over the presumed

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A strong rally in the renminbi is testing Beijing’s currency management policies, after China’s stimulus plans and the US Federal Reserve’s embrace of lower interest rates sent Asian currencies surging against the US dollar. The