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  • Wednesday, 19 February, 2020
    ExplainerUS equities
    Record Wall Street rally triggers boom in options

    Investors gravitate towards derivatives because they are cheaper than underlying shares

  • Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
    ExplainerOil
    Coronavirus creates oil ‘contango’ as supertanker rates dive

    China’s shutdown has cut price of oil and the tankers that carry it

  • Monday, 17 February, 2020
    ExplainerESG investing
    North America and Asia fail to keep pace in green bond boom

    European issuers account for nearly half of the market

  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
    ExplainerCoronavirus
    Coronavirus sends China’s meat prices opposite ways

    Chicken has become cheaper during health crisis but pork is rising

  • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
    ExplainerUS inequality
    How America’s 1% came to dominate equity ownership

    Wealthiest households have bought $1.2tn of company stakes since 1990

  • Monday, 10 February, 2020
    African economy
    Africa faces a ‘wall’ of sovereign debt repayments

    Bond issuance has surged in recent years, creating unease

  • Wednesday, 5 February, 2020
    ExplainerAgricultural commodities
    Why coffee has been caught in coronavirus sell-off

    China’s imports have more than tripled in the past decade

  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
    ExplainerCommodities
    Investors hit the gas on hydrogen producers

    Falling costs boost element’s potential in broader transition away from fossil fuels

  • Monday, 3 February, 2020
    ExplainerJapanese business & finance
    Shifting ‘Asian bid’ reshapes demand for Treasuries

    Japan overtakes China as biggest buyer of US government bonds

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  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    ExplainerAgricultural commodities
    Australia’s fires drive sheep meat prices to highs

    The devastation has exacerbated supply shortages after years of drought

  • Monday, 27 January, 2020
    Markets
    Investors look to history for clues on impact of coronavirus

    Analysis of Sars, swine flu, Ebola and Zika virus shows common reaction

  • Monday, 27 January, 2020
    ExplainerShale Oil & Gas
    US energy stocks languish despite shale boom

    Concerns over environmental impact and business models dominate

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    ExplainerExchange traded funds
    A vital prop is wobbling for Japan’s stock market

    Last year BoJ fell well short of its targeted ¥6tn of exchange-traded fund purchases

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    ExplainerESG investing
    Green loans catch on in push for companies to clean up

    Unlike green bonds, money from sustainability-linked loans can be used for any purpose

  • Monday, 20 January, 2020
    ExplainerSovereign bonds
    Banks are bowing out of Europe’s bond markets

    Number of primary dealers is around the lowest in data going back to 2006

  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
    ExplainerGlobal Economy
    US equities juggernaut forces bear days into wilderness

    Ultra-low interest rates and stimulus have driven stocks in one direction for a decade

  • Monday, 13 January, 2020
    ExplainerUK interest rates
    Investors rush to place bets on UK rate cut in January

    Sharp move in swaps contracts implies traders think action by BoE is more likely

  • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
    ExplainerGreen bonds
    Green bonds set to keep flying off shelves in 2020

    Pace of issuance exceeds expectations, spurred by strong demand from investors

  • Monday, 6 January, 2020
    ExplainerCopper
    Copper maintains upward momentum on trade deal hopes

    Promise of a ‘phase one’ US-China accord on January 15 has kept red metal on a high

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2019
    ExplainerUS equities
    Imbalances that triggered the last market crash are no more

    Two sectors at the heart of the crisis — household and financial — have undergone big changes

  • Monday, 30 December, 2019
    ExplainerExchange traded funds
    Bond ETFs gain traction in the great rotation to passive

    Fund assets balloon fuelled by low costs versus their actively managed counterparts

  • Monday, 23 December, 2019
    ExplainerSovereign bonds
    How 2019’s mammoth bond rally buoyed entire eurozone

    Return of ECB’s debt-buying programme plays central role

  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2019
    ExplainerInvesting in funds
    Investors pull record amounts out of US stock funds

    Outflows come amid anxiety over trade and the health of the American economy

  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    ExplainerUS equities
    Investors face ‘depressing’ battle to beat the S&P 500

    Global stocks lag well behind US benchmark

  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2019
    ExplainerTurkish economy
    Turkey’s central bank nears limits of easing cycle

    Thursday’s MPC meeting set to throw some light on ‘reasonable’ rate of real return mantra

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