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A series of mergers is bringing consolidation among European fu
The combined market capitalisation of the Magnificent Seven group of US mega-cap stocks – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta , Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla– is now over $22trn, meaning these seven stocks ma
Every generation gets one industrial revolution. Ours is AI – still novel, not yet fully understood, but certain to become so embedded in life that we’ll forget how we ever worked without it. The ques
Sherman McCoy, the lead character in the 1987 book The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe, was described as a “master of the universe” due to his role as the highest-earning bond trader at his broke
Emerging markets (EMs) are back. The MSCI Emerging Markets index delivered a 31% return over the first ten months of the year, compared with just 18% from the developed markets-focused MSCI World inde
During the pandemic, profits across the global luxury sector jumped as consumers, unable to spend their disposable income elsewhere, splashed out on high-end purchases. This pulled forward a lot of de
Japan’s politics are unstable (see page 4), the yen is trading at multi-decade lows against most major currencies, long-term government bond yields have soared, and inflation is picking up again. Yet