business and finance

Could ESG trump oil for older investors?

Investing for good gains traction, but the yields on oil stocks remain compelling




business and finance

Wealth management could soon cost less than you’d think

Costs are falling — but it still looks far more expensive than it should




business and finance

Death can be an expensive business

One third of over-55s don’t even have a will — but they can get one for free in October




business and finance

Negative rates tarnish bankers’ halos

The failures of loose monetary policy could prompt a fall from grace




business and finance

How you structure your finances is just as important as what you hold

Could Retirement Interest Only mortgages be an option for many older people?




business and finance

WeWork, Woodford and the modern ‘bezzle’

The route to success these days is not chasing profits but hoarding market share




business and finance

Roadside recovery and an aggravating communications breakdown

In an overleveraged world headed for economic slowdown, don’t rely on the heavily indebted for rescue




business and finance

Investing in IPOs is an easy way to lose money

The struggles of Uber provide a stark lesson of the dangers of buying new issues




business and finance

In search of an investment to last a lifetime

Investment trusts pass the longevity test and could provide the answer 




business and finance

Banking fraud: 78,000 reasons to crack down

If you fall for a scam, who is to blame — you or your bank?




business and finance

Before we soak the rich, we need to figure out who they are

Look at the numbers and you can see how much age matters when it comes to wealth




business and finance

My Christmas book choices: fuel for the post-lunch argument 

From social mobility to how tax policy has shaped our history — and future




business and finance

The UK voted for capitalism — now go out and buy it

It’s time for unloved UK equities to take their place in investors’ portfolios




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Pensions tax relief on a slippery slope

You might not like the thought of paying tax on your pension contributions — but it’s coming 




business and finance

Buying the coronavirus dip would be bold indeed

The global economy was already looking a bit ropey and vulnerable to shocks




business and finance

The many confusing shades of green for investors

All portfolios should at least nod to the idea that there’s more to life than short-term profits. But how?




business and finance

UK Budget sides with small businesses, with a caveat

The chancellor need beware that policies introduced in a crisis are hard to end later




business and finance

Are you brave enough to hunt for value in a bear market? 

We have no real sense of how to value stocks in this environment




business and finance

Stock market crashes: lessons from history

The hum of the helicopters needs to start getting louder




business and finance

Equities: buy for the long term, but buy carefully

We may have passed peak uncertainty and there is definitely a reason to start buying again — carefully




business and finance

Dividends: from hero to zero

Cuts are painful for investors, but don’t write off investment trusts just yet 




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The pandemic and the radical change in wealth distribution to come 

‘The old globalised order is fracturing. We are seeing wartime-style falls in GDP’




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Bypass retail investors at your peril

Technology means small shareholders need not — and should not — be excluded from emergency equity fundraisings




business and finance

There is a way to solve the Covid-19 bailout problem

Might we all be better off if government loans were fast converted into equity?




business and finance

A partial and defective US-China trade truce

A large problem remains: Washington does not know what it is trying to achieve




business and finance

Britain after Brexit will not be alone, but it will be lonelier

The UK is entering a new world, going its own way while superpowers dominate




business and finance

The UK’s employment and productivity puzzle

Favourable trends in employment relative to population are not going to be repeated




business and finance

The UK is about to shoot itself in both feet

Britain’s demands for its negotiations with the EU are unrealistic




business and finance

Trump’s re-election would be dangerous for the world

The notion of the west as an alliance with moral foundations would evaporate if the president wins




business and finance

Boris Johnson’s promise to ‘level up’ hard to keep

The UK’s dire productivity performance since the financial crisis needs to improve




business and finance

UK economy: a Downing Street 'coup'

The FT's chief economics commentator says Boris Johnson's levelling-up mission will come at a cost




business and finance

Last chance for the climate transition

Achieving zero emissions by 2050 would require unprecedented global co-operation




business and finance

Sunak should opt for inactivity in this Budget

Britain’s new chancellor would be wise to treat it as a holding operation




business and finance

A spending spree to get the job done

The thrust of the UK chancellor’s Budget is welcome. Yet it will not transform prospects in the near term




business and finance

Martin Wolf: The virus is an economic emergency

As borrowers and spenders of last resort, governments must act now to avert a depression




business and finance

This pandemic is an ethical challenge

To avert disaster, solidarity between countries must be as strong as within them




business and finance

Britain needs to be crystal clear about its virus strategy

After blundering, the government must admit that the lockdown will not be over in three weeks




business and finance

The tragedy of two failing superpowers

To address the pandemic, China and the US must not only function. They must function together




business and finance

Martin Wolf on the pain of separation from his grandchildren

‘We are used to having the grandchildren regularly in our house. When will that happen again? We have no idea. That is painful’




business and finance

We must focus attention on our next steps

The lockdowns are necessary to get the disease under control — but they must be brief




business and finance

Monetary financing demands sober management

It is simply another policy tool, neither the royal road to hyperinflation nor a cure-all




business and finance

The world economy is now collapsing

A microbe has overthrown our arrogance and sent global output into a tailspin




business and finance

Martin Wolf: coronavirus could be worst economic crisis since Great Depression

Pandemic's economic impact compared with historic crises of 1930s and 2008




business and finance

Why the European Central Bank can save the eurozone

It has near-unlimited firepower and is the only EU institution willing and able to act




business and finance

Maintaining the lockdown and saving the economy are mutually compatible

It is not a matter of protecting people ‘or’ the economy but of protecting people ‘and’ the economy




business and finance

Crisis lays bare risks of financial leverage, again

This time it is capital markets, rather than banks, that have to reform




business and finance

How to escape the trap of excessive debt

The rich will benefit if we create sustainable demand with less household borrowing




business and finance

People cannot just be ordered back to work and to spend

It seems foolish to imagine the UK will swiftly return to life as it was before Covid-19




business and finance

Bangladesh starts to reopen clothing industry after lockdown

Pillar of country’s economy resumes operations despite concerns over workers’ health




business and finance

Asian film industry: parasites and viruses

Keeping cinemas open will not stop operators from falling into a sea of red ink