The hegemon slips

When the president of the US is a former television show host, it’s no wonder that world politics resembles a bad am-dram production with a furious director. “I’m not happy with Israel… I’m not happy

Oil shock averted? World leaders and commodity traders have spent the past fortnight on edge as the long-running Iran-Israel conflict turned hot. Matters came to a head at the weekend when the US dire

Picking through a murky market outlook for the rest of 2025

Issue of the week: the US/UK trade accord ...

Issue of the week: are markets too complacent? ...

Stocks are living their best life while the dollar is having its worst year since 1973