The Economist: Finance and economics

How a mortgage transforms your investment portfolio

They turn retail savers into hedge-fund managers

A takeover bid promises consolidation in Italian finance

But more complication, too

Why China has the upper hand in its trade war with America

A truce is still possible, but no one wants to be first to pick up the phone

The risky world of private assets opens up to retail in...

Fund managers smell an opportunity to get even bigger

Why economists should like booze

A martini doesn’t just steady the nerves after a rollercoaster week

Don’t blame imports for the fall in America’s GDP

Why what you’ve read about the trade deficit hurting growth is wrong

Warren Buffett has created a $348bn question for his su...

Berkshire Hathaway’s next CEO has huge shoes to fill—and a mountain of cash to i...

Why silver is the new gold

Safe-haven demand and solar panels have sent its price soaring

Trump’s new tariffs are his most extreme ever

America targets its three biggest trading partners: Canada, Mexico and China

El Salvador’s wild crypto experiment ends in failure 

Its curtailment is the price of an IMF bail-out. And one worth paying 

America is at risk of a Trumpian economic slowdown

Protectionist threats and erratic policies are combining to hurt growth

India has undermined a popular myth about development

Extreme poverty in the country has dropped to negligible levels

How to get rich in 2025

Forget about your career. Today an inheritance is what matters

How cheap can investing get?

The answer depends on whether speculators resist zany ETFs

Meet Trump’s fiercest opponent: the bond market

Treasury yields are falling sharply. But not for the president’s desired reasons

Stablecoins: the real crypto craze

Policymakers are racing to catch up with their rapid rise

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