Is there a bubble in passive investing?

Opinion is divided over whether indexing poses a huge threat or adds to stability

The advantages of being an ordinary investor

Ordinary investors are free to avoid the short-termism that plagues professionals

The best investment strategy? Doing nothing

‘Don’t just do something, stand there’ might be best, like Buffett’s ‘benign neglect, bordering on sloth’

Trading truisms and time-tested investment adages

Many memorable one-liners have emerged from Wall Street, offering intriguing insights into the approaches of both long-term investors and short-term traders

Bullish investors ignoring dark ‘shadows’

Stocktake: Worrying about Trump, don’t believe the hype and snapping up the wrong ‘Snapchat’

Groups of wealthy Republicans privately fundraising for Clinton

Lifelong Republican staffers and lobbyists press fellow GOP members to reject Trump

‘Hideously expensive’ stocks leave no choice for investors

Investment managers are struggling to give advice as even emerging markets don’t look attractive

Airbnb prepares for check-in at Silicon Valley’s $10bn club

Online home-rental service’s private fundraising prices business in same bracket at Dropbox and WhatsApp

Planet Business

This week: Bananas, nosebleeds and presidential shopping trips

Allocating fund assets is still a tricky balancing act

Stocktake: Don’t be a pig on Twitter

Stocktake: Rising risk of ‘melt-up’ in five-year US bull market