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To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday November 27 2013     Markets   Listless trading ahead of US break   Equity markets drift near recent highs as investors seek a catalyst to provide fresh impetus       Companies must reinvest their cash hoard   Labour's share of output is at historic lows while corporate profit margins are at record highs, a combination that may account for a stalled recovery     Esoteric assets return to the mainstream   Securitisation deals return to levels seen in 2005, but still lack the froth seen just before the financial crisis     China set to unravel cotton stockpile   China is to start selling down its huge cotton stockpile, comprising half the world total, in an anticipated move that has already dented prices     Earnings provide lift for London's FTSE   Shares in Compass Group and United Utilities are buoyed by interim earnings and help lift London's FTSE 100 in early trade     ADM seeks to win over Australian farmers   Archer Daniels Midland pledges to lift investment in Australian agricultural infrastructure as it seeks approval for GrainCorp takeover from Canberra         Video   What the rich do with their money   Columbia Business School assistant professor Enrichetta Ravina tells the FT's John Authers that the rich are more disciplined in the way they diversify their investments, rebalance their stock portfolios and have access to asset categories that the less wealthy do not           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.