Comment, news and analysis from Monday’s FT:
Tony Jackson: The reverse yield gap
Jackson looks at how the gap between bond and equity yields is turning the clock back 50 years
Goldman Sachs ponders how to keep the legend intact
The FT’s Greg Farrell looks at how the investment bank is grappling with questions about its future
Video: View from the markets, investing in China
Chris Ruffle, co-chairman of MC China and one of the largest foreign investors in China’s A shares, discusses the perils of green investing and the bubble that is developing in China’s solar energy market
Comment: Taleb and Triana on the ‘bystander effect’
Taleb, author of The Black Swan, and Pablo Triana, derivatives consultant and author, examine the notion of fiscal responsibility
Online debate & poll: European finance ministers
The FT’s guide to Europe’s finance ministers offers a league table of economic and political skills. Have your say on what makes a good finance minister
Analysis: Steel amid diversity — Tata after Mumbai
The FT’s Joe Leahy looks at the tragic end to what is shaping up to be one of the worst years in the 140-year history of Ratan Tata’s family-led conglomerate.
Lucy Kellaway: The hottest recessionary activity in town
During my sabbatical from the Financial Times, I have obsessively e-mailed strangers on an adultery website, thereby taking part in what I find is the hottest recessionary activity in town.