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Centuries are a bit like late-blooming teenagers; they don’t really develop their full character until their mid-twenties. The electric, modern age of the 20th century didn’t dominate the zeitgeist until the “roaring twenties”, while the first 14 years had seemed more like an Edwardian...
I enjoy reading good journalism, whether it chimes with my political view or not. Sometimes, however, I wonder whether I am reading something which is deliberately misleading –...
The Federal Open Market Committee opted not to raise its interest rate target at its September 20 meeting. The range for the federal funds rate remains 5.25-5.50 percent....
Summary of Yolande Barnes’s contribution to “Where Next for House Prices” (with some additions) at FT Weekend Festival, 2 September 2023. Where will house prices be this time...
Since the 1619 Project’s release, proponents of free markets have rightly pushed back on the claim that American capitalism is irrevocably linked to racism and slavery. In a...
If your career as an Architect, Engineer, or indeed, as any Built Environment professional, hasn’t quite worked out as planned, don’t despair – your in-demand transferable skills...
Increasing signs of distress while debt funds increase their debt fire power for opportunities. A year after the first increases in interest rates by Central Banks around the...
I would estimate that over half of all politicians fall into the naïve club that make claims based on assuming nothing will change in response to a new tax, a new regulation or...
One of the trickiest aspects of asset management is identifying potential alpha and beta in terms of future company performance. Despite assertions to the contrary, the answer is...
“But what’s it about?” The common question that haunts many writers is one where their audience wants an incredibly complex creation like a novel reduced to a few – sometimes...