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Finance & Economics

Political-risk insurance

Of coups and coverage  

Political turmoil is costly. Unless you are fully insuredApr 4th 2007

    Payment cards

    Cashiered 

    The downsides of paying with plasticApr 4th 2007

    United Commercial Bank

    Diaspora finance 

    For once, a foreign bank may have bought wisely in ChinaApr 4th 2007

    Brazil's stock exchange

    A second look 

    Lula, champion of equality, has been good for equitiesApr 4th 2007

    Articles from previous editions

    Investing in distress

    The vultures take wing 

    Banks and hedge funds get ready to capitalise on corporate miseryMar 29th 2007

    Buttonwood

    Buddy, just hand over that dime 

    Corporate borrowers are flexing their musclesMar 29th 2007

    Stock exchanges

    Browsing the bourses 

    Companies scour global exchanges to find a better price for their sharesMar 29th 2007

    The Australian economy

    Downwonder 

    The “lucky country” may not be so for too much longerMar 29th 2007

    Euro payments

    Untangling Europe's wires 

    Europe makes progress on a common payments systemMar 29th 2007

    Pensions

    Retire to be rehired 

    Why not draw a pension and a salary at the same time?Mar 29th 2007

    SPECIAL REPORT: America's housing market

    Cracks in the façade 

    America's riskiest mortgages are crumbling. How far will the damage spread?Mar 22nd 2007

    European bank mergers

    Revving up for a demolition derby 

    Is the giant financial conglomerate a thing of the past—or is it the future?Mar 22nd 2007

    Buttonwood

    What's it all about, alpha? 

    Demystifying fund managers' returnsMar 22nd 2007

    Exchanges

    A look into the future 

    A takeover battle highlights a lucrative corner of the financial marketsMar 22nd 2007

    Enron litigation

    Laying down 

    Bad news for banks that settled early with Enron's shareholdersMar 22nd 2007

    Blackstone's IPO

    Bigger than Rod 

    A private-equity giant prepares to go publicMar 22nd 2007

    Accounting scandals

    Japanese massage 

    The livedoor case comes to a head, but plenty of other accounting scandals are still out thereMar 22nd 2007

    Read a survey of offshore finance
    A survey of offshore finance

    Places in the sun 

    Offshore financial centres are booming, thanks to their easy-going tax regimes. But the best of them are more than tax havens: they are good for the global financial system, argues Joanne Ramos

    Read the most recent column by Buttonwood
    Buttonwood

    Soros on the cheap 

    Building a better currency modelApr 4th 2007

    Economics Focusmore about economics »

    Smaller shares, bigger slices 

    Has globalisation hurt workers in rich economies? The IMF wades inApr 5th 2007

    Silent orchestration 

    Mar 29th 2007

    A stitch in time saves nine 

    Mar 22nd 2007

    Finance and economic tools

    Economics A-Z

    Searchable definitions

    Currencies

    Converters, the Big Mac Index, and other tools

    Articles from previous editions, continued...

    Global imbalances

    Sustaining the unsustainable 

    Global investors are worried about many things. Why is America's current-account deficit not one of them?Mar 15th 2007

    Buttonwood

    Ponzificating 

    Is the financial system a confidence trick?Mar 15th 2007

    Big-money management

    Buffettology for the Chinese 

    Who should manage Buffett's billions? Or China's?Mar 15th 2007

    America's capital markets

    Buffettology for Wall Street 

    America's finest capitalists seek to fix its capital marketsMar 15th 2007

    Mutual funds

    Hedge-fund envy 

    Mutual funds borrow a few ideas from hedge fundsMar 15th 2007

    Vietnam's stockmarket

    The South China Sea bubble 

    Deterring a new foreign invasion of VietnamMar 15th 2007

    SPECIAL REPORT: Sterling weakness

    Bad company 

    Sterling stumbles as currency speculators cut back on riskMar 8th 2007

    Insider trading

    Hints, tips and handcuffs  

    American regulators have declared war on insider tradingMar 8th 2007

    Indian commodities

    Commodifying dissent 

    High food prices threaten India's politicians and its futures marketsMar 8th 2007

    San Marino

    Offshore, onshore 

    Maximising a mini-republicMar 8th 2007

    House prices

    Home result 

    Our quarterly look at the price of housing around the worldMar 8th 2007

    Credit ratings

    No support here 

    Government guarantees help banks, but hurt Moody'sMar 8th 2007

    SPECIAL REPORT: Stock exchanges

    Dodgy tickers 

    Accurate information can make—or break—exchangesMar 8th 2007

    SPECIAL REPORT: Subprime lending

    Rising damp 

    Will turbulence in America's subprime mortgage market spread?Mar 8th 2007

    SPECIAL REPORT: Markets

    It's behind you 

    Should twitchy markets scare us? Mar 8th 2007

    SPECIAL REPORT: Buttonwood

    We all fall down 

    Why investors were not as diversified as they had thoughtMar 8th 2007

    Correction: Japan's personal spending 

    Mar 8th 2007

    Read a survey of the world economy
    A survey of the world economy

    The new titans Requires subscription 

    China, India and other developing countries are set to give the world economy its biggest boost in the whole of history, says Pam Woodall. What will that mean for today's rich countries?

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