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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday September 25 2013     Markets   Markets drift as US shutdown looms   Uncertainty about direction of US monetary and fiscal policy tempers stock prices       Investors snap up pension defict stocks   The beneficiaries of taper talk have been companies whose pension funds were saddled with large deficits. Rising bond yields came to them as manna from heaven     Stocks move from 'hope' to 'growth' phase   Profits should grow as world economic growth gets back close to trend rates in 2014, says Peter Oppenheimer     Japan firms rush to sell long-term debt   Total issuance of Japanese corporate bonds in the five to 10-year range is at just under Y3tn so far this year, the highest since 1998         Video   US housebuilders regain their mojo   US house prices experienced their biggest annual rise since 2006. With investors sniffing renewed demand for homes, FT's investment editor James Mackintosh says the pressure will be back on the Fed to cut back its stimulus.           Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.