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As stock markets complete their return to where they started the year, John Authers reports a lasting upward shift in gold, and in dividend-paying stocks.
Company: FT
The oil price rout has meant that producers are delaying projects, especially the more costly, offshore ones, putting pressure on offshore drillers. Alan Livsey explores the fate of distressed rig owners.
Company: FT
Although Japanese companies have a bad record of overpaying for overseas assets, new research suggests that the country's overall investment record isn't quite as bad as widely thought. The FT's Tokyo bureau chief Robin Harding explains.
Company: FT
John Authers talks to CLSA's Nicholas Smith about long-term value in Japanese equities and the excess cash on Japanese company balance sheets.
Company: FT
Investing in Japanese companies based on valuations has historically disappointed, but WisdomTree’s Jesper Koll says cash levels are currently so high that prospects for dividend growth and share buybacks are excellent.
Company: FT
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Uncertain markets and a rising yen are putting pressure on Japan's central bank. The FT's John Authers talks to experts in Tokyo about whether the BoJ will act this month and if so, how.
Company: FT
FT senior investment commentator John Authers examines why Japan’s stock market had such a volatile week. He looks at the effect of large sales orders by sovereign wealth funds affected by the low oil price.
Company: FT
Eisuke Sakakibara, known as ‘Mr Yen’ for the influence of his pronouncements on Japan’s currency when he was vice-minister of finance for international affairs, talks to the FT's John Authers. Mr Sakakibara suggests Japan is comfortable with the yen at its current level.
Company: FT
The FT’s John Authers reports from Tokyo as Japanese stocks enter a fresh bear market. Why are Asian shares selling off?
Company: FT
A small group of giant companies now dominate US stock market returns, as investors resign themselves to higher rates from the Federal Reserve next month
Company: FT
As iron ore prices fall, and the Baltic Dry index hits a new all-time low, John Authers analyses hopes that emerging markets are finally about to hit bottom.
Company: FT
Some doubt whether it still makes sense to talk about emerging markets as one asset class. Teresa Barger of Cartica Capital tells John Authers that developing countries' institutions remain an important point in common.
Company: FT
Quantitative easing has been a serious problem for the pensions industry. Amin Rajan, chief executive of Create Research, explains to Long View columnist John Authers how the resultant volatility has reduced investment decisions to a shot in the dark.
Company: FT
The global economy stays cold enough to keep central banks pumping out easy money, but not so cold that it degenerates into another Great Recession. John Authers explains the continuing resilience of world stock markets.
Company: FT
John Authers reports on a calm initial response to further remarkable results from Apple — and a new fall in the oil price.
Company: FT
John Authers reports from discussions at the World Bank annual meetings in Peru about problems raising finance for infrastructure. Why is the private sector reluctant to invest?
Company: FT
Charley Ellis, author of 'Winning the Loser's Game', explains to the FT’s John Authers how, almost uniquely, the fund management industry has managed to avoid competing on price
Company: FT
London is experiencing the biggest housing crisis since the Victorian era. The FT's Kate Allen explores how foreign investment and the city's growing population have contributed to the crisis, and how mayor Boris Johnson has tried to tackle it.
Company: FT
After more than a decade of accumulation, foreign exchange reserves have started to decline. Michala Marcussen, chief economist at Societe Generale Commercial and Investment Bank, tells John Authers how this reflects the rebalancing of the Chinese economy.
Company: FT
After a week that saw equity and commodity markets bounce impressively, John Authers reports from the World Bank annual meetings in Lima on China's efforts to convince the world that it has its economy under control.
Company: FT
John Authers reports from the World Bank meetings in Lima on how declining commodity prices could endanger the fight against poverty in South America.
Company: FT