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• Europe cannot rely on trade barriers to counter China

  15-10-2026 18:35 via ft.com
  The EU’s hybrid car deal with Beijing eases tensions but only offers a brief respite
  
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• Will Meta’s earnings restore confidence in the AI boom?

  18-10-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead
  
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• Not every billionaire is a policy failure

  18-10-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  Indiscriminately targeting those with 10-digit fortunes is arbitrary, misguided and costly
  
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• Can the Permanent Portfolio strategy protect your wealth?

  18-10-2026 10:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  US market analyst Harry Browne developed a simple portfolio strategy in the 1980s that he believed would generate returns in all market conditions. The strategy – which he called the Permanent Portfolio – allocates equal portions to stocks, long-dated bonds, gold and cash. Holdings are rebalanced back to their target weights annually.Browne developed this idea at a time when inflation was running hot and yields on Treasuries were hitting all-time highs. Gold was hovering near record
  
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• Is technical analysis dead?

  18-10-2026 09:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  TikTok is full of chartists performing technical analysis. Investment banks used to employ them. Robert Edwards's and John Magee's Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, a book first released in 1948, is still going strong with its eleventh edition. It is considered by some to be the Bible of the discipline, yet today, an aspiring graduate interview candidate would be advised not to mention having read it.Institutional certification numbers tell a similar story. The Chartered Market Technician Asso
  
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• Demand for Star Wars memorabilia goes galactic

  18-10-2026 08:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  Demand among Star Wars memorabilia collectors for the franchise's screen-matched lightsabres has gone galactic.In September of last year, the lightsabre from the original Star Wars film from 1977 broke the record for a prop from the franchise, when it sold for $3.6 million with Propstore in Los Angeles. Fittingly, that record was in turn broken by (spoiler alert) his son Luke Skywalker's lightsabre, still held in the (prosthetic) hand Darth Vader cut off in The Empire Strikes Back, the sequel fr
  
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• Is American democracy safe? Martin Wolf on the US midterms

  18-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The FT’s chief economics commentator speaks to former Republican adviser Robert Kagan
  
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• Global economy set for AI-driven surge, FT survey suggests

  18-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Poll of 94 economists points to benefits reaching far beyond the US and China
  
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• Protests across France spiral into riots and looting

  18-10-2026 00:49 via ft.com
  Violence erupts in several cities after mass demonstrations over high living costs and dissatisfaction with the education system
  
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• Protesters clash with police as demonstrations erupt across France

  17-10-2026 19:45 via ft.com
  Tens of thousands take to the streets to demonstrate over high living costs and dissatisfaction with the education system
  
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• Protesters clash with police in Paris and Marseille

  17-10-2026 16:16 via ft.com
  Thousands take to the streets to demonstrate over high living costs and dissatisfaction with the education system
  
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• 8 of the best penthouses for sale

  17-10-2026 09:30 via moneyweek.com
  
  South Frederick Street, GlasgowSavillsSavillsSavillsA duplex penthouse in a sought-after city-centre development with two large terraces overlooking the city. It has floor-to-ceiling windows, a large open-plan living area and a bespoke kitchen with tiled floors and underfloor heating. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception.Price: £550,000+ Savills 0141-222 5875Apartment 51, The Cooperage, Dorchester, DorsetStrutt & ParkerStrutt & ParkerStrutt & ParkerA contemporary penthouse in a c
  
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• Man City scandal tarnishes UAE's Khaldoon Al Mubarak

  17-10-2026 09:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  In September 2008, just days after Lehman Brothers collapsed, Abu Dhabi finalised its purchase of Manchester City Football Club in a deal that came “to define the use of sport as a platform for projecting soft power”, says the Financial Times. The club, chaired by Khaldoon Al Mubarak, went on to win eight Premier League titles.Yet it now faces “an existential crisis”, having been found guilty by an independent panel of artificially inflating its financial position by more
  
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• 'It's time to stop changing the clocks'

  17-10-2026 08:00 via moneyweek.com
  
  When did we start changing the clocks?We started changing the clocks during the First World War, as a way of conserving energy. The original idea for British Summer Time (BST) had come from a politically connected Edwardian builder, William Willett. He argued – in a 1907 pamphlet called The Waste of Daylight – that moving daylight hours from morning to evening in summer by putting the clocks forward would improve health, happiness and productivity. The idea made it as far as parliame
  
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• What is behind the surprising resilience of the UK economy?

  17-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  IMF forecasts and the latest GDP data this week painted a picture of unexpected strength
  
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• HMRC claws back nearly £500mn in underpaid capital gains

  17-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Last year the tax authority nearly doubled the amount it pulled in from CGT probes compared with 2024-25.
  
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• Could you cut it as a commercial landlord?

  17-10-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  It can be a lot of detective work, but buy-to-let landlords are increasingly tempted by the promise of higher yields
  
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• Healey says new Heathrow runway would boost ‘growth’ despite Burnham wavering

  16-10-2026 23:30 via ft.com
  Future of £33bn project has been put in doubt since new prime minister took office
  
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• Looming UK tax rise puts bankers on edge

  16-10-2026 18:14 via ft.com
  Financial sector’s lobbying campaign ahead of the Budget may have been hampered by divisions between large lenders
  
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• Welfare reform is possible: we did it before, we can do it again

  16-10-2026 17:53 via ft.com
  All sides agree that the costs are unsustainable and we can’t continue to write people off
  
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• Burnham urges Scots to move beyond independence ‘dramas’

  16-10-2026 17:00 via ft.com
  UK prime minister rejects new independence vote in first big Scotland speech since taking office
  
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• Andy Burnham urges SNP’s John Swinney to team up on devolving jobs support

  16-10-2026 17:00 via ft.com
  UK prime minister rejects new independence vote in first big Scotland speech since taking office
  
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• Trump has failed to listen to voters on inflation

  16-10-2026 16:58 via ft.com
  People elect presidents to fix problems, not to diagnose their causes
  
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• The hunt for Fed October

  16-10-2026 16:39 via ft.com
  Rate markets have been particularly volatile on the outcome of the Fed’s next rate decision later in the month
  
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• France and Germany seal EU car deal

  16-10-2026 15:42 via ft.com
  Berlin secured concessions on combustion engines and Paris on limiting partners’ access to ‘Made in Europe’
  
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• Place a bet on the future of gambling – stocks to buy now

  16-10-2026 15:30 via moneyweek.com
  
  “The gambling known as business looks down on the business known as gambling”, said the American author and journalist, Ambrose Bierce. Yet gambling is a big business: the gambling sector could achieve global annual sales of $700 billion by 2028, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). At the same time, it is undergoing unprecedented disruption.A key positive change is the rapid liberalisation of gambling laws in the US. But while demand may be growing, “the problem i
  
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• Carmakers face smaller cut in UK EV sales targets

  16-10-2026 15:27 via ft.com
  Government seeks to lower mandate for electric cars sold by 2030 to 60% despite industry lobbying for bigger cut
  
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• Greece recovers from debt crisis – what can Europe learn?

  16-10-2026 14:30 via moneyweek.com
  
  Greece is bouncing back from its crippling sovereign debt crisis of 2009-2018. The Greek economy is starting to perform a lot better and the government has just upgraded its growth forecast for this year from 2% to 2.3%. Unemployment fell from 7.9% last month to 7.4%; it reached 27% at the peak of the debt crisis in 2013. Investment is starting to flow into the country. The government says it is running a primary budget surplus and the debt-to-GDP ratio, close to 200% at the peak, is now 136% an
  
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• Bond yields and geopolitics: two challenges for investors

  16-10-2026 14:16 via moneyweek.com
  
  Bond yields and geopolitics are ever present for investors. But that brings its own challenges, as it can often be difficult for us to recognise things that surround us and shape our thinking to the point where they go unremarked. There is an old parable repeated by David Foster Wallace in Infinite Jest, which, in his version, goes something like the following: two young fish are swimming along and run into an older fish. “Morning, boys. How's the water?” asks the older fish. The you
  
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• How much do you know about the UK’s chancellors of the exchequer?

  16-10-2026 13:35 via moneyweek.com
  
  The chancellor of the exchequer is one of the most powerful roles in the government, as they are in charge of the UK’s economic policy.Whoever holds the office becomes one of the most high-profile members of the government and has the power to make decisions that directly impact your money.How much do you know about the history of the office and its holders? Test your knowledge in our quiz.How well did you do in our chancellors quiz? Share your results on social media.When is the Autumn Bu
  
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