India’s stock mania spreads

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi enjoyed a blossoming friendship with US president Donald Trump during the latter’s first term in the White House, says The Economist. But now the US president has s

Things haven’t been great for the UK stockmarket over the last two decades. Indeed, the City has been a “serial underachiever”, especially when compared with the US, says Andrew Jones, a portfolio man

UK equities are having their time in the sun. The FTSE 100 recently hit an all-time high of 9,000, driven by a broad recovery in equity prices. To put it another way, the rally wasn’t just driven by a

Investors should consider shifting their focus to ‘old economy’ stocks rather than technology

The US-centric nature of the world of equity investment often masks important trends or milestones elsewhere. Few noticed this week, for instance, that the Topix, Japan’s broad stockmarket index, reac

The emerging-market bull isn’t back quite yet, but investors are seriously considering whether to set one running. Despite notable success stories such as India, when taken as a whole emerging markets