Alex Rankine
Alex is an investment writer who has been contributing to MoneyWeek since 2015. He has been the magazine’s markets editor since 2019.
Alex has a passion for demystifying the often arcane world of finance for a general readership. While financial media tends to focus compulsively on the latest trend, the best opportunities can lie forgotten elsewhere.
He is especially interested in European equities – where his fluent French helps him to cover the continent’s largest bourse – and emerging markets, where his experience living in Beijing, and conversational Chinese, prove useful.
Hailing from Leeds, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford. He also holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Manchester.
Latest articles by Alex Rankine
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The global property bubble bursts
News After a two-year long worldwide boom in house prices fuelled by ultra-low interest rates, central bankers are tightening monetary policy and the global property bubble is starting to deflate.
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Hong Kong’s crown slips as Singapore takes over
News As international sentiment sours on Hong Kong, other Asian financial hubs – primarily Singapore – are snapping up business.
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Price of gas soars as Moscow turns off the taps
News As Russia cuts its gas exports to the EU, the price of natural gas continues to rise. Restricted supplies could see energy rationing and recession in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy.
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Low growth and high inflation: a toxic cocktail for anxious markets
News Low growth, high inflation, central bank tightening, a strong dollar, and the risk of recession is proving a toxic cocktail for world stockmarkets – and for emerging markets in particular.
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Vietnam makes its mark on the global stage
News Electronics manufacturers are moving into Vietnam, partly in response to manufacturing delays caused by lockdowns in China. The country’s textile industry is booming, too.
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Oil shortage starts to curb demand
News The price of Brent crude oil is up by 475% since its March 2020 low. And when oil prices rise, people start to reduce consumption, leading to increased fears of a recession.
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Metals prices wobble on slowdown fears
News The S&P GSCI index of 24 major raw materials has fallen back 9% since mid-June on growing fears of a recession, and copper has hit a 16-month low after losing 22% since a peak in early March.
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Central banks are on course for recession
News The world’s central banks have found themselves behind the curve on inflation. Acting to tame it now runs the risk of sparking a recession.
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A new headache for the ECB
News Italy, the eurozone’s third-largest economy, has debt of €2.759trn – almost 150% of GDP. A crisis there would pose an existential risk to the euro.
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Private equity – the new kings of Wall Street
News The private equity sector has tripled in size over the last decade and now manages roughly $10trn of assets.
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Chinese stocks rally as crackdowns ease
News China’s CSI 300 benchmark stockmarket index has rallied 13% since a low early last month as conditions improve for investors.
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US inflation brings no respite for markets
News As US inflation hit a 40-year high, the benchmark S&P 500 stockmarket index slid into a bear market, down more than 20% since its 3 January high.
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Oil price keeps rising despite Opec+ production rise
News The price of oil reached $120 a barrel this week, despite Opec+ saying it would raise production by 648,000 barrels a day.
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Shrinking credibility leaves sterling resembling an emerging-market currency
News UK monetary policy and the effects of Brexit are undermining confidence in sterling – it is increasingly resembling an emerging-market currency.
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ECB set to raise interest rates as stagflation beckons
News With inflation at 8.1% and economic growth at just 0.3%, the eurozone is on the brink of stagflation. To combat it the European Central Bank is to stop buying bonds immediately and could raise interest rates next month.
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Why the outlook for emerging markets is improving after years of underperformance
Analysis Emerging markets have underperformed over the past decade. Alex Rankine explains what the outlook is.
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Wall Street’s sell-off has further to go
News The current stockmarket sell-off has been led by tech stocks, but the pain is spreading. The bear market has further to go – US stocks are still expensive, and investors must be wary of relief rallies.
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China’s zero-Covid labyrinth
News China’s zero-Covid policy will lead to an “extended period of sub-par growth” as constant lockdowns constrict its economy.
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Investor optimism ebbs in Indian stockmarkets
News India’s BSE Sensex stockmarket index has fallen by almost 8% so far this year. Interest rates are on the rise, and foreign investors have been selling up.
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Interest-rate rises mean more pain for stocks
News Interest rates are rising around the world as central banks try to get inflation under control. That’s hitting stockmarkets – and there is more pain to come.
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Currencies: the yen just keeps on tumbling
News The Japanese yen is trading close to a 20-year low with the US dollar, with the Bank of Japan in no rush to raise interest rates.
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Russia ups the ante on Europe's gas supplies
News Russia's suspension of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria saw the gas price spike by 24%. A complete shut-off could see it rise by 200%.
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Singaporean stocks: a cheap play on life after Covid
News Singapore is returning to normal after the pandemic, with almost every sector in the stockmarket set to benefit.
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Why China's Covid lockdowns will be the next big shock for global growth
News China’s attempts to eradicate Covid with repeated lockdowns will affect supply chains and depress the global economy.
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