Fund firms court ‘bored’ investors with flurry of exotic ETF launches

Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Exchange traded funds myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Fund firms are rushing to launch products tracking cryptocurrencies, memecoins and digital artwork, betting that retail investor appetite for risky assets will extend to some of the most speculative corners of the investment world. … Read more

Walmart’s very good year

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The last 12 months have been great for Walmart, with its stock price rising on growing sales. And it’s all happening despite impending tariffs, and without adding more employees. Today on the show, US consumer … Read more

Any respite for Japan’s bonds is likely to be short-term

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is the Apac developed markets rates strategist at Société Générale The attention of global investors is turning more to Japanese bond markets for good reason. The fragile supply-demand imbalance for longer-dated bonds in … Read more