The evidence is clear that buy and sell recommendations should be treated with caution

PE and venture capital investors have good reason to eye the markets this year

We love big bond trades and we cannot lie

‘The Anxious Generation’ author on the movement to slow social media’s intrusion into kids’ lives

US payments start-up completes share sale as business rebounds after period of low customer spending

Euro surges after pressure builds on continent’s governments to boost military spending

There is more to markets’ uneasy mood than policy uncertainty

Plus, an ESG retreat, currency investors grow wary, and ‘Goya to Impressionism’ at the Courtauld Gallery

Mixue’s IPO, city’s biggest in year to date, highlights investor focus on China’s price-conscious consumers

US president’s ambitious plan to revive the industry risks being thwarted by high electricity price

Family-owned company is aiming to raise about €1bn

US has grown to nearly two-thirds of global equity market value, but some analysts see danger in ‘huge bet on AI’

Elon Musk’s company, like the US itself, seems like a sell

Top regulator was concerned about German lender’s credit risk management

Surging demand means digital token funds will be the third-largest asset class in the rapidly growing US industry

President’s comments on digital assets such as bitcoin, XRP and solana lift market after recent shake-out

FX volatility expectations fall after traders ‘burned’ trying to react to US president’s trade threats

Ex-spy Warnig’s plan to involve American investors shows breadth of Trump’s rapprochement with Russian president

Niels Troost’s lawyers argue EU may have been influenced by the trader’s estranged former business partner

Democratic Republic of Congo’s three-month suspension on exports is unlikely to reverse pounding the commodity has taken