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See http://www.ft.com/servicestools/help/terms#legal1 for the terms and conditions of reuse.client.support@ft.com (Client Support)Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:37:07 +0000Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:32:20 +0000Newspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/ftfm/lastword(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5416fbc0-d604-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5416fbc0-d604-11de-b80f-00144feabdc0.htmlWarren Buffett argues that gold has 'no utility', but if gold's time was ever going to come, we are living through such a time now, writes Jonathan Davis Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:37:07 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/60ccb2f6-d082-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60ccb2f6-d082-11de-af9c-00144feabdc0.htmlHow much purchasing power does our portfolio need to sustain, the answer delivers the long term view investors should hold, writes Rob Arnott Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:02:55 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b785f9c6-cb06-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b785f9c6-cb06-11de-97e0-00144feabdc0.htmlLords of Finance, which focuses on how the decisions of four central bankers in the 1930s led to the Great Depression, provides an important perspective to our current outlook, writes Jonathan Davis Sun, 8 Nov 2009 09:31:03 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8a03a61e-c585-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8a03a61e-c585-11de-9b3b-00144feab49a.htmlA bad situation in Japan has been made even worse by the global financial crisis, writes Edward Chancellor Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:40:29 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/993d46d6-bffd-11de-aed2-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/993d46d6-bffd-11de-aed2-00144feab49a.htmlZero interest rates and government intervention have hugely raised the cost for investors who carry on the way they have done in the past, writes Jonathan Davis Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:57:47 +0000http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2817b5b4-ba7f-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2817b5b4-ba7f-11de-9dd7-00144feab49a.htmlThe next few years will be dominated by a search for a better way to manage risk, writes John Authers Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:26:30 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0145db8-b4fa-11de-8b17-00144feab49a,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0145db8-b4fa-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.htmlIt could take several years before Harvard has restored its finances or its self-esteem, writes Jonathan Davis Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:43:37 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/09e6dc28-af8a-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09e6dc28-af8a-11de-ba1c-00144feabdc0.htmlSooner or later the fiscal economic prop must be removed. Only then will we know whether we are experiencing a rubber ball recovery or a dead cat bounce, writes Edward Chancellor Sun, 4 Oct 2009 11:13:47 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/affee290-a9f9-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/affee290-a9f9-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.htmlThe report into how the SEC missed Bernie Madoff's fraud should be required reading for anyone who imagines that regulation alone will ever be enough, writes Jonathan Davis Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:08:45 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/303eed9e-a471-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/303eed9e-a471-11de-92d4-00144feabdc0.htmlFrom the G20 summit this week Vince Heaney would like to see less about bankers' pay and more focus on the underlying problem,he expects to be disappointedSun, 20 Sep 2009 09:25:04 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/b86e4b14-9eff-11de-8013-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b86e4b14-9eff-11de-8013-00144feabdc0.htmlPresident Barack Obama proposes giving Ben Bernanke a second term at the Fed even though he has been consistently wrong on so many points, writes Edward Chancellor Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:01:25 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/27a6e540-9979-11de-ab8c-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/27a6e540-9979-11de-ab8c-00144feabdc0.htmlThe error of optimism can give birth to the error of pessimism. Jonathan Davis wades through a pile of predictionsSun, 6 Sep 2009 10:22:18 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c025104-8fd9-11de-bc59-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c025104-8fd9-11de-bc59-00144feabdc0.htmlVince Heaney argues we must accept the futility of attempting to describe human interactions with mathematical models and calls for economics to return to being a descriptive disciplineSun, 23 Aug 2009 17:21:06 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b684bac-84d3-11de-9a64-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2b684bac-84d3-11de-9a64-00144feabdc0.htmlSeeing the true fair value of past investments means we can compare prices of companies with eventual true value and extract remarkable findings, argues Rob Arnott Sun, 9 Aug 2009 17:16:00 +0100http://traxfer.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b4a66ea-7f4f-11de-85dc-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=ff795148-f1db-11dc-9b45-0000779fd2ac.html?o=%2Frss%2Fftfm%2Flastwordhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5b4a66ea-7f4f-11de-85dc-00144feabdc0.htmlDifferent methods produce differing estimates of the output gap. This makes it difficult to implement the most appropriate fiscal policy, says Edward Chancellor Sun, 2 Aug 2009 18:03:45 +0100