Stocks
Explore our coverage of global finance, markets and investing from commodities to crypto and our Buttonwood column
Finance & economics
How corporate bonds fell out of fashion
The market is at its hottest in years—and a shadow of its former self
Finance & economics
China’s markets take a fresh beating
Authorities have responded by bossing around investors
Graphic detail
The secret to one of Europe’s best-performing stockmarkets
Its economy is mired in gloom, but its stock exchange is the envy of Europe
Finance & economics
What investors expect from President Trump
Shareholders are over the moon; bondholders are readying the whip hand
Finance & economics
Just how frothy is America’s stockmarket?
We crunch the numbers to assess just how euphoric investors became in 2024
Finance & economics
Bitcoin is up by 138% this year. It is a nonsense-free rally
The link between digital assets and mainstream finance is strengthening
Leaders
America’s searing market rally brings new risks
Financial innovation is just as much to blame as the technological sort
Business
Not all European business is a profitless wasteland
How to spot a corporate star, old-world edition
Business
Donald Trump’s victory has boosted shares in private-prison companies
A hard line means hard cash