Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The gold price is set to extend its historic rally to hit fresh highs in 2026, although analysts expect the metal’s advance to slow after a year of stunning gains, according to a Financial Times … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, was hit by at least seven explosions on Saturday, with residents reporting aircraft flying over the city and multiple areas experiencing power outages. The Venezuelan government accused the US of … Read more
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Electric vehicles myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Electric vehicle sales are set for their slowest annual growth since the pandemic upended the global economy in 2020, as the shift away from the internal combustion engine confronts new hurdles. A cooling in red-hot … Read more
AI-fuelled market euphoria is a new telling of an old story that will not play out differently this time, writes John Plender — but it may have some way still to go
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a partner at Silver Point Capital and author of ‘The Credit Investor’s Handbook’ Credit markets have been hit by a series of high-profile blow‑ups in the past three months. The episodes prompted … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. HSBC has filed bankruptcy petitions against two senior members of the Barclay dynasty, as the bank seeks to recoup large debts owed by part of the family’s ailing business empire. The bank launched High Court … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Several UK investment platforms will cut fees this year in a bid to attract customers ahead of an industry campaign and overhaul of financial advice, part of the government’s push to turn the UK into … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a financial journalist and author of ‘The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump’ It is a mug’s game trying to predict the end of a boom with any precision. They last much longer … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot has generated sexualised images of children that have been shared on social media platform X, raising concerns about the safety of a model used by millions. Over the past few … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. So England’s cricket team couldn’t win an egg cup, let alone the Ashes. There have been the usual quibbles about the New Year’s honours list. The prime minister celebrated the return of an Egyptian-UK national, … Read more