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    • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
      ExplainerIndustrial metals
      China’s comeback turbocharges base metal prices

      Industrial commodities, led by tin, have surged more than 20 per cent in three months

    • Saturday, 21 January, 2023
      ExplainerCurrencies
      Euro regains ground against dollar as global economic outlook improves

      Falling gas prices and easing fears of a deep, continent-wide recession in 2023 have brightened prospects for Europe

    • Sunday, 15 January, 2023
      Corporate bonds
      Risky US corporate bonds rebound strongly as inflation threat recedes

      Rally in junk-rated debt drives yields down since start of 2023

    • Saturday, 7 January, 2023
      EU energy
      Europe leads pack on LNG imports as global competition for fuel heats up

      EU nations bought 101mn tonnes last year — 58% more than in all of 2021

    • Sunday, 18 December, 2022
      ExplainerUK equities
      FTSE 100 on course to outstrip FTSE 250 by record margin

      UK mid-cap index to underperform blue-chip stocks by largest annual amount since 1986

    • Sunday, 4 December, 2022
      ExplainerYen
      Yen stages comeback against the dollar

      Japan’s currency plunged to multi-decade lows in early autumn but investors eye a turning point

    • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
      Corporate bonds
      Investors pump almost $16bn in to US corporate bond funds

      November inflows would be highest since July 2020 after inflation data ease rate rise worries

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      ExplainerIndustrial metals
      Nickel dogged by liquidity concerns and price volatility

      The LME had to suspend trading for a week, while inventory levels hit a 14-year low, adding to swings

    • Saturday, 8 October, 2022
      ExplainerJapan
      Negative-yielding debt slides below $2tn as central banks lift rates

      Japan is now the only country with bonds offering sub-zero returns

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
      Emerging market investing
      Outflows from emerging market bond funds reach $70bn in 2022

      Investors head for exit as rising rates in big economies and strong dollar hit sentiment

    • Saturday, 10 September, 2022
      Markets
      Market falls pose challenge for 60/40 portfolios

      Inflation is biting into returns from bonds and equities

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto prices rise as traders dip back into digital asset market

      Market value of big tokens rises $280bn in July as inflows resume

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Natural gas
      Traders expect European gas prices to remain elevated for years to come

      Key fuel delivered in 2023 and 2024 are sitting near record levels

    • Saturday, 2 July, 2022
      Corporate bonds
      Fears of recession leave €40bn of European corporate bonds in distress

      Rating agency S&P warns of ‘increasingly murky outlook’ for region’s credit market

    • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
      US equities
      History says US stock market has further to fall

      SocGen suggests S&P 500 will bottom out over next six months

    • Saturday, 18 June, 2022
      Bank of Japan
      Japan ‘odd one out’ in pursuing vast bond-buying programme

      Central bank is on track to buy ¥10tn in debt this month to keep a lid on borrowing costs

    • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
      High yield bonds
      Pressure builds on riskiest corner of US junk bond market

      Debt issued by companies most exposed to economic downturn slumps in price

    • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
      ESG investing
      ‘Collateral damage’: ESG funds pulled down by tumble in tech shares

      Funds focused on environmental and governance issues have heavy allocations to tech sector

    • Saturday, 14 May, 2022
      European equities
      Strong European earnings season fails to ease investors’ nerves

      First-quarter profits up more than 40% from previous year even as headwinds intensify

    • Sunday, 10 April, 2022
      US equities
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      Recession worries build but equities seen as having staying power

    • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
      Markets volatility
      Levels of fear in markets start to return to normal

      Cboe’s Vix index shows unease has dissipated over how far financial markets could fall

    • Saturday, 12 March, 2022
      Emerging market investing
      Latin American stocks shine in gloomy year for global markets

      Shares in the region have been buoyed by surging commodity prices and cheap valuations

    • Saturday, 5 February, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      Crypto investment products hit by record outflows at start of year

      Traders pulled an average of $61mn from digital asset vehicles each week in January

    • Saturday, 29 January, 2022
      High yield bonds
      Global stock retreat dents sentiment on European junk bonds

      Cost of hedging against default rises to highest level since November 2020

    • Saturday, 15 January, 2022
      Supply chains
      Supply chain constraints may have peaked in 2021

      New barometer suggests pressures were most acute in October, but have since tracked lower

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