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Asset allocation

  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    LexPrivate equity
    Private equity is more stuck than ever — and secondaries will benefit Premium content

    Investors with cash during a crisis can benefit, but PE-owned companies tend to have a lot of debt

    Dollar bills
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Markets InsightIan Harnett
    How ‘weaponised trade’ could lead to ‘weaponised capital’

    As international structures that promoted free trade are unwound, there is a rising risk of a return to capital controls

    A trader runs across the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as it opens on the morning after US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement
  • Wednesday, 2 April, 2025
    The hidden cost of predictable investment rebalancing

    Those basis points add up

  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    Exchange traded funds
    First cat bond ETF opens new frontier in low-correlation returns

    Catastrophe bonds linked to randomly occurring natural disasters were previously considered too illiquid for ETFs

  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    The great European disentanglement from US stocks has only just started

    A long rebalancing of investor portfolios is likely to be under way that could be painful for America

    The Euronext stock exchange in Paris
  • Friday, 21 March, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Europe still needs to earn the confidence of investors

    Market hopes rest on gaining the benefit of the doubt that the US commands

    The Euro sculpture
  • Wednesday, 19 March, 2025
    US Treasury bonds
    Investors pump $22bn into short-term US debt to ride out market ‘storm’

    Flood of inflows comes as money managers fret over Donald Trump’s policies

    Traders on the floor of New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    US equities
    Investors slash US equity holdings by most ever, BofA survey shows

    Threat to global growth from Trump’s trade tariffs sparks ‘bull crash’ in fund manager sentiment

    A trader in a red jacket operates multiple computer screens on the New York Stock Exchange floor
  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Why it might get worse for US stocks

    Uncertainty over Trump policy will soon hit the economy with few short-term catalysts for a turnaround

    Morning sunlight falls on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Isa Guide 2025
    What’s going into your stocks-and-shares Isa this year? 

    Diversification is key if you’ve benefited from the US tech boom

    Illustration of a kitchen counter with a mixing bowl, spilled flour, broken egg and a book of financial information
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Markets InsightHoward Marks
    What corporate credit spreads are signalling on returns

    High-yields might not be a giveaway any more but are fairly priced

    The US Treasury building in Washington
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    Markets InsightPeter Oppenheimer
    In a year of turmoil, diversification is paying off for investors

    The benefits of the ‘only free lunch’ in markets are reasserting themselves

    Financial traders monitor data as the Dax index curve and stock price information is displayed on boards inside Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Why Trump has gone quiet on the stock market

    The mood in markets has darkened and the central narrative around trades based on the president’s policies has soured

    Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange next to a Donald Trump picture
  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
    Markets InsightKenneth Tropin
    Opportunities for macro hedge funds are best for many years

    More volatile markets set to provide interesting conditions for traders

    Phot of the New York Stock Exchange floor in 1997
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Geopolitical rupture sparks quiet market rebellion

    It does not take a deep scratch beneath the surface to uncover investor nerves

    US President Donald Trump
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Ukraine peace dividend spurs Europe’s stock rally

    The pessimists are on the back foot amid one of the strongest starts to any year in the region since 1987

    Bear and bull statues stand outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  • Saturday, 1 February, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Trump’s MEGA effect on European markets

    US not so exceptional amid a strong start to year for equities on both sides of the Atlantic

    A montage of the bronze bear sculpture outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the LSE logo, Euro notes and Donald Trump
  • Monday, 27 January, 2025
    Special Report
    FTfm: Fixed Income

    Will Donald Trump’s presidency be good or bad for fixed income investors and how should they position themselves? Plus: the future of traditional bonds and are investors too complacent about the risks facing junk bonds?

    A digital display showing bond market yields for different maturities, including 3-month, 6-month, 1-year, 2-year, and 5-year bonds, with yield percentages and upward green arrows
  • Monday, 27 January, 2025
    Special ReportFTfm: Fixed Income
    Does lower inflation make bonds an appealing option for portfolios?

    Gilts can offer an attractive income that is regular, predictable and contractual

    A close-up view of a stone wall with the words ‘HM Treasury’ engraved on it, with architectural columns and a historic building in the background
  • Saturday, 25 January, 2025
    On Wall StreetRobert Buckland
    The waning of active funds is drying up the IPO market

    The natural buyers of new equity have suffered relentless outflows

    The London Stock Exchange Group headquarters in Paternoster Square in the City of London
  • Saturday, 18 January, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Bond wobble underscores allure of cash

    The asset class has proven far stickier than most big fund managers anticipated

    Montage of Fed building and dollar bills
  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2025
    Markets InsightJohanna Kyrklund
    The two key risks facing investors

    More resilient portfolios are needed to tackle the challenges of rising bond yields and market concentration

    Logos of Amazon, Nvidia, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, Apple and Alphabet
  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2025
    US equities
    Investors pour billions into S&P equal weight fund as tech fears rise

    Invesco ETF garners record inflows on growing concerns over Magnificent Seven’s dominance of US market

    Montage of the logos for Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla in pink, on a blue background
  • Tuesday, 14 January, 2025
    Markets InsightManik Narain
    Pain is coming for emerging markets from a Trump trade war

    Investors are still not pricing in enough risks from fallout of US-China tensions

    A construction worker stands amid a forest of steel reinforcing bars at a construction site in Shanghai, China
  • Monday, 13 January, 2025
    US equities
    Asset managers turn to defensive positioning as equity prices soar

    Elevated level of stocks and prospect of higher for longer rates have some firms sending up caution flares

    The facade of the New York Stock Exchange
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