Get ahead with daily markets updates.Join the FT's WhatsApp channelBond markets: Is the bull run over?A sell-off in government bonds has triggered fresh concern that a three-decade boom in the $50tn market could be coming to an endA simple story about a complex bond marketIt is a little too easy to believe that the long bull market is finally overThe world economy hums as politics soursBut growth remains vulnerable to financial crises, inflation shocks and warThree trends to move markets in 2018Wages and corporate spending among the topics to watch in business and economicsUS stock markets seek depth in IPO poolGreater access to capital has seen companies stay private for longer. But is this about to change?Watch the bond market, not equitiesGovernments and leveraged borrowers would suffer if interest rates rise quicklyMore from this SeriesPodcast: Jumpy JanuaryThe lesson for diagnosing a bubbleIt is easy to laugh at past follies exaggerated for comic or sermonising effectCan secular stagnation morph into secular expansion?Banking union is not enough to save the eurozoneEconomic recovery should not obscure need for reform of Europe’s financial systemTaxpayers v investors in the eurozone Premium contentDebate on risk-sharing defines a class struggle of an unconventional sortKodak’s convenient click into the blockchainThe company George Eastman founded is jumping on a crowded and unstable bandwagonThe HFT industry will never admit the truthLetter from R T Leuchtkafer, New York, NY, US — Tuesday’s most read letter
Bond markets: Is the bull run over?A sell-off in government bonds has triggered fresh concern that a three-decade boom in the $50tn market could be coming to an endA simple story about a complex bond marketIt is a little too easy to believe that the long bull market is finally overThe world economy hums as politics soursBut growth remains vulnerable to financial crises, inflation shocks and warThree trends to move markets in 2018Wages and corporate spending among the topics to watch in business and economicsUS stock markets seek depth in IPO poolGreater access to capital has seen companies stay private for longer. But is this about to change?Watch the bond market, not equitiesGovernments and leveraged borrowers would suffer if interest rates rise quicklyMore from this SeriesPodcast: Jumpy JanuaryThe lesson for diagnosing a bubbleIt is easy to laugh at past follies exaggerated for comic or sermonising effectCan secular stagnation morph into secular expansion?Banking union is not enough to save the eurozoneEconomic recovery should not obscure need for reform of Europe’s financial systemTaxpayers v investors in the eurozone Premium contentDebate on risk-sharing defines a class struggle of an unconventional sortKodak’s convenient click into the blockchainThe company George Eastman founded is jumping on a crowded and unstable bandwagonThe HFT industry will never admit the truthLetter from R T Leuchtkafer, New York, NY, US — Tuesday’s most read letter
