Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the US equities myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. American exceptionalism in markets is starting to feel like a weird dream. At the end of 2024, this was all any investor could talk about. It was deemed a nailed-on certainty that US stocks would … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Cyber attacks, such as that carried out on Marks and Spencer (M&S), are not uncommon. They are events that are increasing in number and sophistication, making them a big challenge for businesses — and what’s … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There has been little light relief for European manufacturers of solar panels over the past few years. A glut of cheap Chinese solar panels triggered a flurry of factory closures, bankruptcies and downsizing as the … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The writer is the author of ‘Chip War’ Donald Trump’s dealmaking tour of the Middle East last week saw the sales of Boeing aircraft, the signing of defence contracts and the announcement of … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world After much debate, US House Republicans have reached an agreement over Donald Trump’s multitrillion-dollar legislative plan to cut taxes. On Tuesday, the US president urged his party to approve his “big, beautiful bill” … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sunglasses? Check. Seat back in the upright position? Check. Poised to open the throttle? Cross-checked. EasyJet is the latest European airline to report decent bookings. Slowing economies and unsteady geopolitics are so far no impediment … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Private equity firms are cooking up elaborate ways to bring retail investors into what used to be an elites-only asset class. Sometimes, opportunities arise in surprising places. Take the $9bn buyout of US footwear company … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Is the dominance of the dollar about to fade away? Donald Trump insists that “if we lost the dollar as the world currency . . . that would be the equivalent of losing a war”. Yet he … Read more
