Markets
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Trump Media group stares down $1bn debt crunch as bitcoin bet fades
14 November 2026Plunge in shares and cryptocurrency prices could force Truth Social owner to sell assets or take on costly new debt -
Chart of the Week: The great market rotation
14 November 2026Defensive sectors are the new winners -
Hedge fund woes expose the dangers of hot money once again
14 November 2026Recent stumbles have come about as a result of the pursuit of heady growth without the risk management capability and structures to deal with it -
Treat prediction markets like futures trading
14 November 2026Critics say these sites are just a form of gambling — but they said that about the Chicago Board of Trade too -
China’s beaten-down tech stocks could offer AI with a little less drama
14 November 2026Opportunities in China lie as much in the picks and shovels of the AI supply chain -
How bonds got interesting again
14 November 2026Despite the short-term volatility, for those approaching retirement, fixed income products are not the rank outsider they used to be -
What Europe’s rising public debt means for your portfolio
14 November 2026How do you invest when hard-up governments are looking for cuts and tax raids? -
Sam Bankman-Fried would have made nearly $40bn in Anthropic IPO
13 November 2026Jailed cryptocurrency mogul loses out on windfall from early investment in the AI lab -
US Treasuries record worst week since Trump’s ‘liberation day’
13 November 2026Higher than expected inflation and hawkish remarks by Fed officials have stung investors who bet a global bond rout was over -
US securities watchdog plans to loosen rules for executive pay disclosure
13 November 2026Only CEOs and CFOs would be required to disclose pay packages under Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposal -
Global oil markets swing to surplus as Gulf shipments rebound
13 November 2026IEA analysts warn it will take months to rebuild stockpiles depleted by US-Iran war -
Anthropic’s Amodei ‘not super fussed’ about market turmoil ahead of IPO
13 November 2026AI lab’s chief executive brushes off tech stock turbulence less than a week before planned $1.5tn listing -
AI believers hold the line after Nvidia ructions
13 November 2026Stock market bulls largely shrug off concerns about the concentration of risk -
Norway loses landmark climate case over oilfields
13 November 2026Country’s Supreme Court rules that government should have considered emissions from burning oil abroad, in a finding likely to affect future projects -
Why market timing is a fool’s game (note to self)
13 November 2026Recent gyrations in stock and bond prices are a timely reminder to do nothing -
OK who just made $200mn shorting Nvidia ahead of Jensxit?
13 November 2026Someone is enjoying an early Christmas -
How fat are AI trading bots’ fingers?
13 November 2026Sizing up the risks -
Chinese AI sell-off deepens over fears of tougher Nvidia chip restrictions
13 November 2026Ousted chief executive Jensen Huang had supported keeping sales open to China -
AI agents shouldn’t have to pretend to be us
13 November 2026Service providers from banks to online platforms need to offer a standard channel of access on fair terms -
Value Nvidia, not Huang
13 November 2026Plus, sclerotic labour markets