This week
The weekly briefing
One calm email every Thursday: the week's markets and money, hand-picked from the wire and plainly explained. No noise, no 40-item lists. Four minutes, free.
On the wire this week
- Analysis: The Democrats have one chance to extract concessions from Trump. Markets will hate itMarkets
- Poundland owner in crunch talks as retailer's collapse loomsCompanies
- 10-year Treasury yield slides as traders mull over Democrats' midterm victories, oil prices dropPersonal Finance
- The £10,000 refugee tax must be scrapped | LettersPersonal Finance
- US stocks rise, dollar slides as investors digest Democrats’ midterm victoriesMarkets
- French blood storage impacted by freezer hacks as theories swirl about culpritsTechnology
- After the US midterms, what will a lame duck Trump mean for the global economy?Economy
- Elon Musk's millions fail to deliver Texas for the Republicans in fierce midtermsCompanies