Economy
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Stocks retreat on oil, Iran to start a packed week
Joe Mazzola, head trading and derivatives strategist at Charles Schwab, tracks a cautious start to the week as renewed tensions in the…
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Burnham’s tax plans could trigger biggest wealth flight in generation
Andy Burnham’s likely fiscal agenda risks triggering the largest outflow of mobile capital and entrepreneurial talent from the UK in a generation.…
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Lower oil prices reduce the pressure on central banks
Raphael Olszyna-Marzys, international economist at J. Safra Sarasin Sustainable Asset Management, assesses how lower oil prices and shifting domestic conditions are changing…
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FTSE 100 erratic amid Middle East uncertainty
Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wealth Club, examines the fragile mood in markets as investors try to gauge whether the latest…
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Why isn’t oil at $90? Markets under-pricing Hormuz risk
Global oil markets are sending the wrong signal by treating the latest attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as…
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Burnham’s tax comments alarm investors
Andy Burnham’s comment on Friday that there is “room” for tax changes will alarm investors already worried about Britain’s fiscal trajectory, warns…
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Fed’s nightmare arrives: weak jobs, high inflation
The Federal Reserve’s worst-case scenario may be unfolding after a sharply weaker-than-expected US jobs report landed just days after inflation accelerated above…
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Mining stocks under pressure as gold hits eight-month low
Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wealth Club, examines the weaker mood in markets as falling metals prices drag on mining stocks…
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Japan’s yen crisis could trigger US Treasury selloff
The greatest risk to global portfolios from Japan’s currency crisis isn’t the yen, it’s the potential for disruption in the US Treasury…
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Volatility wracks markets at the end of a see-saw week
Susannah Streeter, chief investment strategist at Wealth Club, examines the renewed volatility sweeping through markets as fragile Middle East peace hopes collide…
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