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  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    Ruchir Sharma
    The markets are alive with the sound of echo bubbles

    Investors refuse to give up on ideas that recently made them a lot of money

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    US equities
    Meme-stock groups have raised $5bn in 2 years since trading frenzy

    Cash bonanza enabled by retail investors fails to boost beneficiaries’ performance

  • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
    FT Magazine
    What the poet, playboy and prophet of bubbles can still teach us

    Charles Mackay was wrong about a lot, but his wild life and times hold many lessons

  • Sunday, 13 November, 2022
    Leo Lewis
    SoftBank blazes a trail in losing money on tech bets

    The frothy valuations of some ‘visionary’ businesses resemble gaseous giants in an asset bubble universe

  • Thursday, 22 September, 2022
    John Thornhill
    The five things the tech bubble got right

    From the value of data to e-globalisation, some trends are here to stay

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Happy Monday!

    Market bellyaches from SocGen’s Albert Edwards and Citi’s Robert Buckland

  • Thursday, 5 May, 2022
    Is the Big Tech crash already over?

    Things are bad, but not nearly 2000-bad, argues J-Paul.

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    A market crash will depend on which bit of the equation investors got wrong

    Proper bubbles involve people convincing themselves that a high-profit, low-inflation environment will be permanent

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    ETF HubLatest news on ETFs
    ‘Insider sales’ among companies held by flagship Ark fund pick up

    Selling by executives and founders of portfolio groups comes at fraught moment for speculative tech shares

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Rana Foroohar
    When the Web3 bubble pops, real world assets will survive

    Forget the metaverse — industrial changes are what create long-term value across economies

  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    Ruchir Sharma
    Ten economic trends that could define 2022

    From a slowing China to ‘greenflation’ in commodity prices, investors should take note of these forecasts

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Men of leisure deflated by the great bicycle bubble

    A brisk look back at a market mania from the late 19th century.

  • Friday, 12 November, 2021
    Markets
    The Fomo rally: ‘fear of missing out’ helps fuel soaring markets

    Analysts worry about ‘obvious signs of froth’ as everything from stocks to cryptocurrencies soar

  • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    Chamath joins the Metromile low club

    How not to invest like Warren Buffett.

  • Wednesday, 6 October, 2021
    Markets InsightRichard Bernstein
    Valuation not stories ultimately determines investment returns

    Tremendous liquidity in financial system has led to series of bubbles fed on hype over wondrous trends

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    US equities
    GMO: bears are not having a picnic

    Follow the smart money and you just might never make it.

  • Friday, 10 September, 2021
    News in-depthPersonal Finance
    When is a market bubble not a bubble?

    Working out how much speculative excess there is in a market, whether housing or stocks, is tough

  • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
    Markets InsightPhilip Coggan
    Welcome to the great speculative era

    There are plenty of tools for investors, including Spacs and cryptocurrencies

  • Friday, 23 July, 2021
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    What the new Beanie Baby bubble tells us about the future of markets

    The boom may continue but there are lots of ways to imagine it going wrong

  • Sunday, 6 June, 2021
    Ruchir Sharma
    Don’t dismiss market bubbles — some leave lasting progress behind

    For every few dozen flops, there can be companies that provide long-term innovation

  • Thursday, 3 June, 2021
    UnhedgedRobert Armstrong
    AMC’s popcorn paradoxes Premium content

    Is all reason dead?

  • Wednesday, 19 May, 2021
    InterviewFinancial services
    Silicon Valley veteran warns of ‘very frothy’ markets

    Sandy Robertson sees ‘a lot of junk’ among Spacs in late phase of rally

  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
    ARK’s Tesla model gish gallops to $3,000 per share

    We are to expect 40 per cent auto insurance operating margins? Sure.

  • Tuesday, 16 March, 2021
    Martin Wolf
    Economies can survive a stock market crash

    If a correction is due to higher rates and stronger growth, it would not matter much — except to investors

  • Thursday, 11 March, 2021
    This is nuts. This is a $69m JPG.

    Cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool, cool.

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