More animal spirits than London Zoo

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bulls and Tigers and Moomoos — oh my! Online brokers, sensibly named and otherwise, have this year proved a better trade than betting on the broader market. On Wednesday, eToro joined the herd with an … Read more

Labour needs to bend its promise of clean energy

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Renewable energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Ed Miliband, UK energy secretary, came to office promising to “move fast and build things” by unleashing £40bn of investment a year to convert Britain’s energy infrastructure to clean power by 2030. He remains a … Read more

In praise of America’s trade deficit

This article is an on-site version of Free Lunch newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Thursday and Sunday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters I have had two takes on US President Donald Trump’s trade war in the past month. First, I … Read more

Berkshire and the power of reputation

This article is an on-site version of our Unhedged newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every weekday. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here, or explore all FT newsletters Good morning. More details are emerging about the congressional Republican’s proposed budget. The House version, in its current form, adds … Read more

Keir Starmer’s tough talk on immigration

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The UK government’s plan to curb legal migration was in preparation long before the breakthrough of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party in English local elections on May 1. But the language used at its launch … Read more

Don’t make Isas a great British failure 

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sweeping reforms to Isas are in the chancellor’s crosshairs, with the Treasury expected to launch a consultation on the future of tax-free savings and investment accounts. Yippee, said absolutely no one, apart from lobbyists at … Read more