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From the editor...
No fairy-tale ending for Disney
Is there a grand plan behind the chaos?
Trump bows to bond vigilantes
Central banks face stagflation
India’s swooning stocks
Viewpoint
■ Dr Copper is not as healthy as he looks
Glimmers of hope at Asos • Profitability is improving, but the struggling online retailer still looks far from healthy. Is a takeover looming? Matthew Partridge reports
A compelling read from Bloomsbury
Nike has yet to find its feet
Protests erupt in Turkey • The president has jailed his main political opponent. Emily Hohler reports
A humiliating stumble for the Trumpists
Canada heads to the polls
News
What did Covid cost us? • Five years on, we’re still counting the costs of the global coronavirus pandemic – and governments’ responses. What did we learn from the experience? Simon Wilson reports
London should lure back the banks • Many fled to Paris in the wake of Brexit, but are now in full-scale retreat. The City should move quickly
City talk
Will Trump bully the Fed? • Markets are ignoring the risk that the US president forces the central bank into reckless interest-rate cuts
I wish I knew what a yield curve was, but I’m too embarrassed to ask
Guru watch
Best of the financial columnists
Money talks
Land-value taxes just don’t work
Thomas Piketty is still wrong
Artificial unintelligence
The right will be all right
Cashing in on a complex sector • This specialist trust has an attractive niche in lending to asset-rich biotechology companies
Activist watch
Short positions... Drax bids big for battery fund
It’s time to top up your income • Public debt is overvalued, but other fixed-interest investments now look a bargain, says Max King
Britain’s dramatic pensions revolution • Our pension system is one of the biggest in the world. Big changes are under way, says Rupert Hargreaves
Rachel Reeves is on the road to hell • The chancellor understands the economy’s structural problems, but is unlikely to solve them, says Max King
Annuities return to favour • Sales of the guaranteed-income plans have reached a ten-year high
Check yearly pension limit
News in brief... state-pension age to rise
This battered stock has life in it yet
Building on firm foundations for success • Geotechnical contractor Keller, which supports vital global infrastructure, boasts rising profits and a cheap valuation
Low debt and ample scope for growth
Best of British bargains: cash in on our stockmarket’s undervalued companies • A professional investor tells us where he’d put his money. This week: Michael Field, Chief Equity Market Strategist, EMEA, Morningstar, selects three favourites
Alex
Formula One’s inimitable maverick • Eddie Jordan was one of the great characters of motor sport – an adventurer with a zeal for deal-making, and a wannabe rock star. His death leaves a hole in the sport that won’t be filled, says Jane Lewis
Steve Bannon’s war against modernity
An ode to the world’s best food • Natasha Langan enjoys fine French...