In shaky times, investors should hold their nerve
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is founder and chair of Dimensional Fund Advisors When markets feel as shaky as they do now in the US, it is normal to ask: is this time different? After all, the S&P … Read more
Japan’s safety deposit box problem
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan has a safety deposit box problem. It is just not clear whose problem it is, exactly. For decades, safety deposit boxes have been where Japanese customers stashed hard cash, jewels, housing deeds and whatever … Read more
Donald Trump’s beautiful trade war
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump once said that tariff was the most beautiful word. After the markets closed on Wednesday, he declared “liberation day” in its honour. To America’s trading partners, April 2 will mark the … Read more
US competition can teach Cambridge a thing or two about growth
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is pro-vice-chancellor for innovation at the University of Cambridge The Oxford-Cambridge Arc growth corridor, which will unlock over £78bn for the UK economy by 2035, is becoming something of an anchor project for … Read more
After the euphoria, Lebanon and Syria realise what lies ahead
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Middle Eastern politics & society myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. The writer is author of ‘Black Wave’ and an FT contributing editor For a brief few weeks in December and January, Lebanon and Syria were in a bubble of euphoria. In December, … Read more
Meet Newsmax, a Trump-adjacent business with credible prospects
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world One conservative television empire is — unsurprisingly — thriving in the age of President Donald Trump. Can a second find similar success? Hoping to replicate, if not challenge, Fox Corporation, Newsmax went public … Read more
Lessons from Russia, Turkey and India for Trump’s America
Lessons from Russia, Turkey and India for Trump’s America
Raspberry Pi’s sliced profits are easier to swallow than its valuation
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is hard being everyone’s favourite. Raspberry Pi is both last year’s UK initial public offering success story and the poster child for British start-ups. And that is on top of its day job making … Read more