Economics & Markets

Passive strategies for exploiting a rise in IPOs

The second quarter is expected to experience a huge increase in initial public offerings (IPOs), reports Filipe R Costa.

The office: will we miss it when it’s gone?

Victor Hill takes a look at who will be the winners and losers in the shift towards working from home.

2020 – The year America dumped Trump?

Back in January President Trump looked assured to win the US presidential election come November. But the coronavirus pandemic has…

The year the Earth stood still

Whatever happens to society after Covid-19, the answer for investors has barely changed form over the last few years, writes Tim…

Plague Year Journal VI: The pathology of uncertainty

We continue to learn more about the malign virus behind Covid-19. But the tension between the need to open up…

The economic consequences of the pandemic

Now that the lockdowns are being relaxed in most advanced countries it is time to take stock of the damage.…

The UK-EU Trade Talks – Why the pandemic has changed everything

The pandemic has changed the dynamic of the UK-EU trade negotiations irremediably. A no-deal outcome is not only probable but…

Passive strategies to benefit from both lockdown and recovery

Filipe R. Costa explores the potential for a recovery in airline stocks, while protecting against the possibility of future lockdowns.

Big tech post-pandemic: the virus killers

Victor Hill takes a look at how ‘big tech’ will be omnipresent, post-pandemic, in the fight to contain and suppress…

Life imitates art in the world of COVID-19

Viruses are an inevitable part of life on this planet. We can only hope that the next time a pandemic…