From COMPANIES Jun 16, 2013

Can financial engineering heal medical funding?

Cervical cancer cell ©Science Photo Library

The cancer-fighting ‘super fund’ idea deserves to be given a chance

Jun 14, 2013

Avoid those who say they know

Rising Treasury yields is a straightforward reaction to better data

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jun 9, 2013

Elitism destroys nations

Inequality has intensified since the outbreak of the financial crisis

Jun 7, 2013

Timing is all during the Fed’s ‘tapering’ terror

Investment outlook is poor as both bonds and stocks are expensive

From COMMENT Jun 2, 2013

Time to throw some light on shadow banking

Image problem will only be fixed by sensible re-regulation

May 31, 2013

Time is right for new faces in finance

Governments should step back and see what works

From COMMENT May 26, 2013

Check EM financials before chasing yield

To be positive about EMs, we must be positive about internal institutions

May 24, 2013

Origin of Japan rout lies in Washington

Vital question for markets is what the Fed does

From EQUITIES May 19, 2013

Stock market optimism is hard to explain

Rally is partly down to how companies are deploying their cash

From COMPANIES May 17, 2013

Europeans consent to costs rip-off

Managers who have maintained low costs in the past tend to maintain that culture in the future

From CAPITAL MARKETS May 12, 2013

Capital is flowing to the wrong places

Default rates used to correlate with economic cycles

From COMMENT May 5, 2013

The smart money is on energy efficiency

The next five or ten years may well be devoted to a bid to improve energy efficiency

From GLOBAL ECONOMY May 3, 2013

Central bankspeak is driving stocks

Central banks want companies to borrow

From COMPANIES Apr 28, 2013

Banks can’t lend if they can’t find borrowers

Hard to see ECB action this week having any lasting effect

From CAPITAL MARKETS Apr 26, 2013

Outward appearances belie abnormal reality

ECB can do little to help a stuck Europe

From COMPANIES Apr 21, 2013

The ending of top-down world is nigh

Room for debate over markets but main factor is risk of crisis

From COMMODITIES Apr 19, 2013

Gold’s fall a long time in the making

Disappointing global growth is reason to be worried for the long term

From EQUITIES Apr 5, 2013

Beware the costs of actively managed funds

Only a small band of managers outperform index benchmarks

Apr 2, 2013

Video: Too many ships and more coming

From EQUITIES Mar 31, 2013

Bargain basement banks not such a bargain

The optimism must stop when it comes to cheap buys

ABOUT JOHN

John Authers John Authers is the Financial Times' Senior Investment Columnist, responsible for the weekly Long View and other columns on markets and investment. In a 22-year career at the FT, his previous posts have included global head of the Lex column, investment editor, US markets editor, Mexico City bureau chief and US banking correspondent. His latest book is The Fearful Rise of Markets.

John has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and an MBA from Columbia University.

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