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Political risk and investment

  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Trump has added a political risk premium to US assets

    Parking money in America is no longer the routine, fuss-free, neutral option

    Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Monday, 3 February, 2025
    Equities
    Stocks recoup heavy losses after delay to US tariffs on Mexico and Canada

    Mexican peso recovers and dollar rally fades in volatile day for markets

    A woman walks past a stock market indicator board in Tokyo, Japan, displaying a fluctuating graph.
  • Monday, 13 January, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Bond vigilantes have the UK in their sights

    The Labour government needs a detailed plan to boost growth and cut spending

    Prime Minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves
  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Sovereign bonds
    Bond market ‘police’ are back as investors patrol spending plans

    Debt market flare-ups show growing pushback against governments’ loose fiscal policies

    View of busy street in Paris
  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
    UK economy
    UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998

    Rising interest costs raise fears about chancellor’s ability to hit revised fiscal rules

    The London skyline
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    UK equities
    Wall Street banks back UK stocks to outshine Europe under Trump tariffs

    Analysts point to lack of manufacturers that could be hit and high weighting in banks and oil stocks

    People walk past the London Stock building Exchange
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    News in-depthPalantir Technologies Inc
    Palantir becomes a ‘Trump trade’ as investors bet on higher defence spending

    Peter Thiel-founded data company, whose biggest client is the US government, rises $23bn in value since election

    Peter Thiel, Palantir logo with logos of CIA and National Security Agency
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Currencies
    Dollar hits six-month high as Trump tariff talk fuels inflation fears

    US Treasury yields rise as traders scale back expectations for interest rate cuts

    A trader wearing a Trump hat works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Monday, 11 November, 2024
    Bitcoin, dollar and Tesla jump as investors pile into ‘Trump trades’

    Markets expect US president-elect to take light-touch approach to regulation

    A man with a backpack walks past a storefront displaying multiple bitcoin symbols and an advertisement for bitcoin ATMs in Nicosia
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    US stocks hit record and investors dump bonds after Trump victory

    Dollar rallies in its best day in 2 years as ‘Trump trades’ sweep through global markets

    Dollar banknotes
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    US dollar
    Dollar jumps as ‘Trump trades’ push US bond yields higher

    Japan’s yen and Mexico’s peso fall as jittery investors await election outcome

    A stack of $100 banknotes being counted
  • Friday, 1 November, 2024
    Investors step up bets that US election will trigger market volatility

    Jitters sweep through bond and currency markets before presidential vote

    People stand in a long queue outside the Allegheny County Office building
  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
    US election betting is on a roll

    In the months leading up to election day, people from around the world have placed millions of dollars in wagers on who will be the next American president

  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    Sovereign bonds
    French bond investors on edge after tax-raising budget

    Despite efforts to lower deficit, fund managers say spreads on France’s debt likely to remain elevated

  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Investor appetite returns to Britain

    Labour must now capitalise on the country’s stability dividend

    Skyscrapers in the Square Mile financial district of the City of London seen rising beyond Tower Bridge
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Investors roll the dice on prediction markets

    Prediction markets have exploded, but regulators are hitting the brakes on politics betting

  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    UK equities
    Investors warm to UK equities in ‘turning of tide’ for unloved market

    Fund managers including BlackRock, Allianz and Ruffer are betting political stability will boost London market

    Skyscrapers in the City of London
  • Monday, 22 July, 2024
    Markets
    Markets reassess ‘Trump trades’ after Joe Biden withdraws from race

    Some wagers associated with a Donald Trump election victory suffer setback

    A screen displays a news report of Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the election race at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square in New York on Sunday
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Markets InsightEdward Yardeni
    Why Trump 2.0 might be good for investors

    Repeat of positive market outcome from former president’s first term is certainly possible

    Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks from his plane at Atlanta airport in June
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    The Long ViewKatie Martin
    Investors welcome more ‘boring’ UK after landslide win

    Market insouciance to electoral result is the greatest form of flattery for Starmer

    Results of an exit poll is displayed on large screens on a street in London
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    UK stands out for its stability after election landslide, say investors

    Calm in Britain’s financial markets following Labour victory contrasts with turmoil elsewhere in Europe

    Pound notes
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    News in-depthFrench economy
    Will political turmoil sink French bonds?

    Electoral upheaval and flagging growth are putting spotlight on debt vulnerability

  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Markets InsightSilvia Merler
    The real risks for investors after the rise of the European far right

    EU and French elections have revived the narrative of a fractured Europe

    Marine Le Pen
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    LexEuropean banks
    Contagion risks scare off investors in French banks Premium content

    The major Eurozone economy has been mired in political turmoil

    French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    European equities
    French stocks suffer worst week since 2022 over fears of populist poll win

    Cac 40 down more than 6% since Macron called election, with big spending plans likely to be favoured by new parliament

    Marine Le Pen, centre, attends a rally for her far-right party Rassemblement National ahead of the EU elections earlier this month
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