John Authers

The war between Reddit’s GameStop enthusiasts and Wall Street hedge funds was billed a David vs Goliath struggle. Last week’s crash in GameStop shares(...)

Signs of speculative excess are not hard to find right now – just look at the price action in Tesla and bitcoin. Are markets getting bubbly? Stocktak(...)

European stocks were out of favour throughout 2020 until November’s rip-roaring comeback. The sheer extent of the turnaround – the Stoxx 600’s 16.7 p(...)

Joe Biden has been well ahead of Donald Trump in the polls for some time. Does that mean a blue wave is already priced in? Maybe not. Betting markets(...)

September has lived up to its reputation as the ugliest month of the year for stock markets, with the S&P 500 suffering its first double-digit cor(...)

Are investors losing faith in Warren Buffett? High-profile hedge fund manager Bill Ackman revealed last week that he had sold his $1 billion stake in (...)

“We’re only down 15 per cent from the all-time high of February 19th,” cautioned Oaktree Capital founder Howard Marks last week. “It seems to me the w(...)

Last week’s rate cut cannot kill the coronavirus, but that doesn’t mean it was futile. There had been a sharp tightening in financial conditions; Bloo(...)

Billionaire bond manager Jeffrey Gundlach reckons commentators are overstating the coronavirus role in last week’s sell-off, saying markets are also “(...)

Stocks have tumbled recently on account of the coronavirus outbreak – or have they? Last week, stocks tanked on Monday, with the S&P 500 enduring(...)