Can WeightWatchers survive the Wegovy era?
WeightWatchers is struggling. Launched in the early 1960s, the brand grew by helping members shed pounds through behavioural change programmes. Then, GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs hit the market, long-time...
10 Apr 202417min
A surprising winner in the US-China chip wars
The US and China’s battle for dominance in the semiconductor industry is having some surprising knock-on effects: Companies are looking to insulate their supply chains from rising geopolitical tension...
3 Apr 202418min
A radical change for the US Treasury market
The past several years in the US Treasury market have not been what you’d call smooth sailing. Three crises in a decade recently pushed regulators to introduce important changes to the world’s largest...
27 Mars 202415min
Listener mailbag with the Unhedged podcast
More questions — more answers! We’ve partnered with the FT’s Unhedged podcast for a special two-part episode, fielding questions you have submitted about markets and finance. The host of Unhedged, Eth...
19 Mars 202424min
Are penny stocks getting the memestock treatment?
Penny stocks are having a moment. In recent months, little-known companies with names such as Bit Brother and Phunware have been among the most traded stocks in America’s public markets, surpassing co...
13 Mars 202417min
How JPMorgan thrived amid a banking crisis
It’s been a year since Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse left everyone worried that the US’s banking sector sat on shaky ground. Despite that turmoil, one bank stands out: JPMorgan Chase. The largest ban...
6 Mars 202417min
Is OpenAI’s business model sustainable?
OpenAI is one of the fastest-growing companies ever, thanks to its artificial intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT. But costs to train and run the models that underpin that technology are steep. And chief ex...
28 Feb 202417min
Hedge fund pioneers face signs of a reckoning
Billionaire financiers such as Ken Griffin pioneered what’s known as the multi-manager model for hedge funds, where big spending begets big returns. In 2022, Griffin’s Citadel became the best-performi...
21 Feb 202416min
