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              Political risk and investment

              • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
                Sovereign bonds
                Bond market ‘police’ are back as investors patrol spending plans

                Debt market flare-ups show growing pushback against governments’ loose fiscal policies

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              • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
                UK economy
                UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998

                Rising interest costs raise fears about chancellor’s ability to hit revised fiscal rules

                The London skyline
              • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
                UK equities
                Wall Street banks back UK stocks to outshine Europe under Trump tariffs

                Analysts point to lack of manufacturers that could be hit and high weighting in banks and oil stocks

                People walk past the London Stock building Exchange
              • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
                News in-depthPalantir Technologies Inc
                Palantir becomes a ‘Trump trade’ as investors bet on higher defence spending

                Peter Thiel-founded data company, whose biggest client is the US government, rises $23bn in value since election

                Peter Thiel, Palantir logo with logos of CIA and National Security Agency
              • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
                Currencies
                Dollar hits six-month high as Trump tariff talk fuels inflation fears

                US Treasury yields rise as traders scale back expectations for interest rate cuts

                A trader wearing a Trump hat works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
              • Monday, 11 November, 2024
                Bitcoin, dollar and Tesla jump as investors pile into ‘Trump trades’

                Markets expect US president-elect to take light-touch approach to regulation

                A man with a backpack walks past a storefront displaying multiple bitcoin symbols and an advertisement for bitcoin ATMs in Nicosia
              • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
                US stocks hit record and investors dump bonds after Trump victory

                Dollar rallies in its best day in 2 years as ‘Trump trades’ sweep through global markets

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              • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
                US dollar
                Dollar jumps as ‘Trump trades’ push US bond yields higher

                Japan’s yen and Mexico’s peso fall as jittery investors await election outcome

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              • Friday, 1 November, 2024
                Investors step up bets that US election will trigger market volatility

                Jitters sweep through bond and currency markets before presidential vote

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              • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
                Behind the Money podcast20 min listen
                US election betting is on a roll

                In the months leading up to election day, people from around the world have placed millions of dollars in wagers on who will be the next American president

              • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
                Sovereign bonds
                French bond investors on edge after tax-raising budget

                Despite efforts to lower deficit, fund managers say spreads on France’s debt likely to remain elevated

              • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
                The FT ViewThe editorial board
                Investor appetite returns to Britain

                Labour must now capitalise on the country’s stability dividend

                Skyscrapers in the Square Mile financial district of the City of London seen rising beyond Tower Bridge
              • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
                FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
                Investors roll the dice on prediction markets

                Prediction markets have exploded, but regulators are hitting the brakes on politics betting

              • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
                UK equities
                Investors warm to UK equities in ‘turning of tide’ for unloved market

                Fund managers including BlackRock, Allianz and Ruffer are betting political stability will boost London market

                Skyscrapers in the City of London
              • Monday, 22 July, 2024
                Markets
                Markets reassess ‘Trump trades’ after Joe Biden withdraws from race

                Some wagers associated with a Donald Trump election victory suffer setback

                A screen displays a news report of Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the election race at the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square in New York on Sunday
              • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
                Markets InsightEdward Yardeni
                Why Trump 2.0 might be good for investors

                Repeat of positive market outcome from former president’s first term is certainly possible

                Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks from his plane at Atlanta airport in June
              • Friday, 5 July, 2024
                The Long ViewKatie Martin
                Investors welcome more ‘boring’ UK after landslide win

                Market insouciance to electoral result is the greatest form of flattery for Starmer

                Results of an exit poll is displayed on large screens on a street in London
              • Friday, 5 July, 2024
                UK general election 2024
                UK stands out for its stability after election landslide, say investors

                Calm in Britain’s financial markets following Labour victory contrasts with turmoil elsewhere in Europe

                Pound notes
              • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
                News in-depthFrench economy
                Will political turmoil sink French bonds?

                Electoral upheaval and flagging growth are putting spotlight on debt vulnerability

              • Monday, 24 June, 2024
                Markets InsightSilvia Merler
                The real risks for investors after the rise of the European far right

                EU and French elections have revived the narrative of a fractured Europe

                Marine Le Pen
              • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
                LexEuropean banks
                Contagion risks scare off investors in French banks Premium content

                The major Eurozone economy has been mired in political turmoil

                French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace
              • Friday, 14 June, 2024
                European equities
                French stocks suffer worst week since 2022 over fears of populist poll win

                Cac 40 down more than 6% since Macron called election, with big spending plans likely to be favoured by new parliament

                Marine Le Pen, centre, attends a rally for her far-right party Rassemblement National ahead of the EU elections earlier this month
              • Friday, 10 November, 2023
                Bank of England
                Bank of England to model major bond market shock

                Central bank’s exercise aimed at understanding how ‘severe stress scenario’ could affect financial sector

                The Bank of England
              • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
                Alice Ross
                Sunak’s green U-turn dismays sustainable investors

                Many warn they will look outside the UK for investments

                An offshore wind farm
              • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
                Turkish economy
                Turkey’s economic revamp draws foreign investors back to its markets

                VakifBank bond and Ebebek IPO show overseas funds willing to test waters after deserting country in recent years

                Pedestrians pass a VakifBank branch in Istanbul, Turkey
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