Dr pangloss on wall street

“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” So said a character in one of Ian Fleming’s short stories in 1960. He was wrong then – or, was he, as so

Age brings wisdom – or at least experience. MoneyWeek is approaching its 25th birthday (the first edition appeared on 3 November 2000), and is therefore in a better position than many publications to

The US government has shut down again. But even as the shutdown approached, stocks rose. How could they go up while the single biggest player in the whole economy withdraws? Because maybe it doesn’t m

China’s stockmarket is booming, but renewed animal spirits are not yet helping the wider economy, says Lee Ying Shan for CNBC. More than $3trn in market capitalisation has been added across mainland a

They say health is wealth, but healthcare investors might disagree. The sector has had a tough time over the past few years. Policy noise in the US has been a major headwind recently, but even before

The dots appear to contradict one another, puzzling observers. How to connect them? Inflation over the last five years has been double the Federal Reserve’s target. Why then, does it cut its key lendi