BUSINESS
The Trump put is bad
Plus calm credit and paper pulped
BUSINESS
EU plan for buying key commodities centrally is over-reach, warn tech groups
Trading software companies fear project will make Brussels a major competitor and believe tender misconceived
BUSINESS
Chip sector is caught in the battle of AI versus geopolitics
It is not just high-end equipment manufacturers such as ASML that will be hurt by US-China trade tensions
BUSINESS
‘Employers hold the cards now’ as power shifts in US jobs market
Businesses are making lay-offs, forcing staff back to offices and offering smaller wage increases
BUSINESS
Byju’s failure to publish accounts prompts scrutiny of edtech giant
Investors and government concerned over rapid expansion by India’s most valuable start-up
BUSINESS
Robots need to move faster to save the world
Alarmists say AI will steal jobs, but underlying demographic trends foretell continuing worker shortages
BUSINESS
Lael Brainard calls for Federal Reserve to hold its nerve on inflation
Hawkish intervention by vice-chair reinforces expectations for third consecutive 0.75 percentage point increase
BUSINESS
‘Liquidity is terrible’: Poor trading conditions fuel Wall Street tumult
Small trades are triggering outsized price swings in the world’s biggest capital markets
BUSINESS
The oil slick effect, or why we systematically overgeneralise
In the 1970s, the psychologist Barry Staw gave a collaborative task to groups of strangers, inviting them to analyse some corporate data and make predictions about the company’s future earnings and sales.
BUSINESS
Will the Ukraine war derail the green energy transition?
As Europe scrambles to find alternatives to Russian oil and gas and global energy prices soar, coal could be the winner
BUSINESS
Elon Musk: Interview with FT’s Person of the year
The controversial Tesla chief executive has triggered a historic shift in the auto industry towards electric vehicles
BUSINESS
Traders phone up gambling helplines as game-like broker apps spread
The US market regulator is examining whether the so-called gamification of trading assists or undermines small investors
WORLD
We should not be too sanguine about a shrinking population
Falling birth rates are good news for the planet but they are also a symptom of generational inequality
BUSINESS
The myths behind the current stock market bubble
Central bank liquidity cannot support elevated valuations indefinitely
BUSINESS
How WarnerMedia and Discovery plan to forge a media behemoth
Deal expected to trigger fresh wave of consolidation in the sector
BUSINESS
US options traders bet Wall Street stocks will build on record highs
Purchases of call options, which confer the right to buy a stock at an agreed price, have surged since November’s US election and Covid-19 vaccine breakthroughs, according to exchange operator Cboe. The daily trading volumes of call contracts, which are effectively a bet on rising prices, have far outpaced put options, which give the buyer a right to sell shares at a set level.
