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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Waiting for the Tube, I see a poster for an upmarket gym chain. Locations? “City of London. High Street Kensington. Dubai.” What a shame to choose a setting that is so…

The annual Open Enrollment Period ended December 7 and on January 1, another one began. First, the Basics The Medicare Advantage Open Enrollment Period runs from January 1-March 31 and is just for those who elected Medicare Advantage. During this period, they can: Switch to another Medicare Advantage plan with…

By Elisa Mazen, Michael Testorf, CFA & Pawel Wroblewski, CFA Emerging Growth Stocks on the Mend Market Overview After robust performance in the first half of the year, international equities continued to struggle in the fourth quarter due to market concerns about tariff wars and potentially other punitive measures that…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldEU officials are analysing hundreds of executive orders and sanctions imposed by US President Joe Biden amid growing concern that Donald Trump will rescind them, potentially upending foreign relations and…

Last year, Southwest Airlines pilots approved a new contract under which pilots earned a substantial pay increase: a 50% salary increase over the life of the five-year contract. The airline’s 11,000 pilots reportedly were negotiating not just for better pay, but also for improved retirement benefits and disability insurance along…

Mortgage rates ticked up for the fourth straight week, climbing toward 7% as elevated rates and high home prices continue to snuff out demand in the housing market. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to…

Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIV) is trading substantially below asset value and returning capital to shareholders via both stock buybacks and special dividends. It is a different sort of REIT, so let me begin with a discussion of its genesis through the Aimco split. Specialized branches Aimco was a…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.China is to launch its largest sale of offshore bills in a move to support the renminbi, as Wall Street boosts its bets against the currency over weakness in the world’s second-largest…

In early November I was invited to tour the Sacramento, California PACE operation. PACE is an acronym that stands for Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly. I had heard of PACE and had even toured a PACE operation in San Diego during an aging services conference back in 2017.…