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Wall Street’s year-ahead forecasts have a familiar ring – FT

Wall Street strategists have unveiled their 2018 forecasts — and many look similar to the wrong bets of previous years, says US markets editor Robin Wigglesworth. ► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM

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Cryptocurrencies, investing or gambling? – FT

Our FT Alphaville editor explains why she thinks buying cryptocurrencies is more similar to gambling than to investing. She also explores how regulators and tax authorities around the world are slowly catching up with this technology. ► Subscribe to FT.com … Continue reading

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Five markets charts for investors – FT

The FT markets team’s focus this week: a Chinese stocks rally, the sovereign debt market being crowded by central banks’ bonds re-purchasing programmes, trades with zero yield climb to $11tn, and US money supply growth might mean the bull market … Continue reading

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Week Ahead – FT

The FT’s Daniel Garrahan previews the big stories in the week ahead, including Theresa May preparing to give a foreign policy speech after another difficult week for the UK prime minister; Walmart earnings; the fifth round of Nafta talks and … Continue reading

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How to spot a financial crisis before it spots you – PunkFT

Can we protect ourselves from the next banking meltdown? David McWilliams separates myth from reality to help identify a few rules of thumb. ► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM

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Hong Kong closes its trading floor

Hong Kong’s floor traders will vacate the city’s trading hall for the final time on Friday after the exchange operator shuts the premises permanently. Don Weinland reports. ► Subscribe to FT.com here: http://bit.ly/2r8RJzM

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Mozambique Update

Just a little update from the FT on Mozambique, which was highlighted in our last piece, World Current Account Balances (CAB). Note first,  Mozambique is a very small economy with a nominal dollar GDP of only $11 billion in 2017 … Continue reading

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Trafigura on oil outlook – FT

The FT’s Neil Hume speaks to Jeremy Weir, chief executive of Trafigura – one of the world’s biggest oil traders – about the outlook for the market and the price of oil. ► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: … Continue reading

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Trump & Le Pen compared in 90 seconds – FT

Gideon Rachman, the FT’s chief foreign affairs commentator, compares the movements behind US president Donald Trump and French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen – in 90 seconds. ► Subscribe to the Financial Times on YouTube: http://bit.ly/FTimeSubs  

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German bond yields at new low – FT

The FT’s Jamie Chisholm highlights what to watch in markets on Friday, with German bond yields at a fresh low, the All-World index finishing the week at its best ever level and the price of gold at its highest since … Continue reading

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