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Stuart Kirk

Stuart Kirk

Financial Times

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We should make insider trading a thing of the past

Laws don’t work — transparency and technology are the answer

yesterday 10

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Stuart Kirk

Shareholders should have more say over the AI rush

Mega-deals, such as Nvidia’s plan to invest $100bn in OpenAI, need more scrutiny

27.09.2025 10

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It’s time to shut up and get on with it

Words are replacing action, but success doesn’t manifest itself

30.08.2025 4

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All hail the equity vigilantes

Bond markets can’t stand up to profligate governments alone

05.07.2025 10

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No one cares about numbers anymore — go figure

From stars in the universe to interest rate cuts, digits both large and small now go unchallenged

07.06.2025 20

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Investing is a long-term game, but hours can matter too

Poor execution of trades can kill returns when markets are volatile

02.05.2025 10

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The silence of the CEOs

A lack of audible protest against Trump’s tariff chaos is one of the biggest failures of leadership in corporate history

18.04.2025 9

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Do financiers believe in sustainability or not?

They are either being weak or hypocritical in the face of the current backlash

22.03.2025 20

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Investors better hope inflation and intangibles never meet

Unlike physical assets, those we cannot see have never been tested by rising prices

17.01.2025 10

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Trump is the poster child of DEI

His incoming administration illustrates the benefits of diversity

13.12.2024 6

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We forget about comparative advantage at our peril

Companies and countries should maintain a laser-like focus on what they do best

15.11.2024 4

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It’s about time bankers were cool again

The stigma that finance has long endured is both out-of-date and unwarranted

11.10.2024 4

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Stuart Kirk