6 November 2019
Could the yield curve cause a recession?
<p>The yield curve has traditionally been a bond nerd’s playground. It has always struggled to go mainstream. But lately there’s been a lot of talk in the newspapers and on the radio about ‘the yield curve’ and how its ‘inversion’ is tolling our doom.</p>
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5 mins
4 November 2019
Review of the week: Building trust
By knowing more about a problem and its solution, you can fix it. But you can also con people. Chief investment officer Julian Chillingworth draws parallels between politicians and economists and builders and mechanics.
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7 mins
1 November 2019
Chart of the week: US protectionism hurts everyone
Especially those it's meant to protect
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1 min
30 October 2019
Is it worth paying for the privilege of holding government bonds?
<p>We’ve all heard the phrase ‘cash is king’. It gets used a lot when investors think the prices of other assets are getting too high and they would rather sit on cash while waiting for prices to fall.</p>
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3 mins
16 October 2019
America’s technology giants are in the antitrust spotlight
<p>Just like other life-transforming technologies of the past, today’s tech giants are reaching maturity — that inevitable transformation from fresh young face of innovation to overgrown, mistrusted hulk. Telltale wrinkles appeared in May amid reports that US antitrust bodies would be investigating Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Facebook’s competitive practices for possible violations.</p>
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3 mins
11 October 2019
Chart of the week: Should you pay to lend money?
How low can yields go?
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1 min
