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The results of an informal contest offer insights into how to make your predictions for the next year more accurate
Some element of top-heaviness is usual in US equities, but this clutch of big tech names has taken that to new extremes
With war still raging in their native land, no one knows if this story will end in a safe return
The technology that underpins OpenAI’s ChatGPT is rapidly transforming our lives
Covid emptied the city’s streets and put paid to festivities but there are signs of fresh international colour
Since the pandemic, the singer has supercharged her output, fame and fortune
Macy’s is right to recognise that express lanes and priority fulfilment are not in the Christmas spirit
Underestimating the power of belief has led me to make some terrible financial and economic calls
Even in tough times, our capacity for charity and compassion has endured
Global interconnection did produce real change, but not only in the ways the west hoped
Anyone helping Russia’s military industrial complex will face severe consequences
The administration’s approach has been to support Israel in public and urge caution in private. But it faces growing disquiet at home and abroad
The measure is saddled with scientific and historical baggage — and may not be that useful anyway
Multiple factors are responsible for London’s malaise and revitalisation progress has been slow
Slowing inflation raises hopes monetary tightening is close to end but the battle is not over
Australian legal opinion cites example of bee hive killer as example of environment risks that boards need to consider
A collapse in risk appetite may require a really dramatic geopolitical event or mistake by central banks
The places and objects that inspired our tastemaker columnist this year
Editors and correspondents at the Financial Times reflect on the words of the year
With Elon Musk at its helm, there is no telling where the revamped platform will be in a year’s time
Certain birds are flocking to UK gardens and supermarket car parks because of this year’s abundance of berries
High-street prices are up, trophy prices are down and there’s competition from cannabis
There is no simple solution to monetary governance
Life cycle analysis compares the carbon from factory or field to the home for artificial and real Christmas trees
Strange things start to happen when you let go of convenient distractions
The quiet carpenter of the Christmas story teaches us about steadfastness and finding wonder in the everyday
After pension funds and insurers cut holdings to the bone, there are some reasons to justify a rebound
Fuel costs are down and experience-based spending is holding up as baby boomers show taste for going to sea
Regulators might be a bigger hurdle than rising interest rates to the start-up bank’s ambitions
Sell-off in company’s shares is not an overreaction to Chinese regulators’ draft regulations for the sector
My relationship manager wants to talk? No wonder I’m suspicious
Standards among the crooked are slipping. How can they do better?
Demand for rare metals is likely to soar over the next 10 years
Could electricity be used as currency? What if inflation was illegal? And more
Doing the most good means applying a cost-benefit analysis to everything — start with gift-giving
American talk of a ‘dormant Nato’ should be a wake-up call for leaders on the continent
The TikTok trend swept through living rooms this year, splitting households down gender lines
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