Economic strain, demographic decline and sanctions are eroding Russia’s wartime resilience. Still, Vladimir Putin sees continued fighting as his best investment – a gamble the West must now counter wi ...

In an exclusive interview with World Finance’s Alex Katsomitros, the Harvard University academic explains how the era of ...

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Gary Stevenson is agitated. Leaning forward in his chair, the self-styled social economist gesticulates animatedly and says to his counterpart, serial entrepreneur Daniel Priestley, “I don’t need to ...

Gold prices continue to break new price records. During the second week of October 2025, gold had surged to $4,000 a troy ounce, and the Financial Times reports that prices have doubled in less than ...

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Until last September, few people beyond the close-knit world of pension asset managers had heard of ‘liability-driven investment’ (LDI), a trading strategy deployed by many pension funds. When the ...

As the northernmost city in Sweden, Kiruna is used to seemingly endless winters, short, cold summers, and relative isolation in the vast expanse of Swedish Lapland. Its population, just shy of 20,000, ...

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On election night in November 2024, the US crypto industry enjoyed a rare moment of euphoria, with investors celebrating the arrival of the first truly crypto-friendly administration in American ...

After a career spanning more than eight decades, it turns out that Warren Buffett had one last trick up his sleeve. The veteran investor shocked his audience when he announced his retirement from ...