A year ago bitcoin began its astonishing run that mapped out one of the most striking bubbles of our times. Today, the price of the cryptocurrency is $4,445 – some 46 per cent below where it stood this time last year. That’s a mighty fall, but it is what happened …

Donald Trump’s trade war, the Fed ‘going loco’ with rate rises, Italy’s intransigence, or the concentric circles of Brexit – there are plenty of things to blame for stock markets sliding. Whichever villain you choose – and it may be some, all, or none of these – there’s a shift …

The political sparring between Washington and Beijing hasn't dampened the interest of Chinese companies wanting to list shares in the U.S.