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Katie Martin

Katie Martin

Financial Times

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Investors only have themselves to blame as Jay Powell steals Christmas

The Fed chair’s apparent cooling on further interest rate cuts has gone down badly with markets

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Investors need to keep an eye on Ukraine

Now is the time for money managers to at least think about how they would respond if peace broke out

10.12.2024 10

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AI stocks: what if this time it really is different?

Some investors worry we’re in bubble territory, but others think a new paradigm has arrived

26.11.2024 6

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Bitcoin’s big bang moment is impossible to ignore

The post-election excitement around crypto comes down to vibes and vision

13.11.2024 20

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Markets called Trump right — but what do they do now?

The bond vigilantes have woken up and taken note of the former president’s big win

06.11.2024 10

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The Fed should beware declaring the war on inflation over prematurely

Wobbles in the bond market suggest investors think the US central bank turned too dovish too soon

15.10.2024 5

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The market reaction to global tensions might not follow the old script

Even the dollar, which usually surges at times of geopolitical crisis, is showing only a modest pick-up

02.10.2024 10

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Market speculation about the next Fed rate cut masks deeper issues

Even so, perma-critics of the US central bank are cracking their knuckles in anticipation

17.09.2024 10

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Europe’s failure to keep pace on corporate bonds is baked in

Part of the problem is that investors on the continent just aren’t interested in small deals

04.09.2024 10

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Whatever happened to the wisdom of the bond market?

This supposedly brainy sector has been displaying memestock-like tendencies for a while now

21.08.2024 10

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Reading the runes of the tech sell-off

The link between the yen and Silicon Valley stocks seems more than a coincidence

25.07.2024 10

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Investors grapple with the Trump trade

A second term for the former president would probably reverberate more in markets outside the US

17.07.2024 20

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Messy French politics point to broader malaise for investors

Stasis, squabbling and posturing mean results may be more a surprise in style than substance

08.07.2024 5

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AI glitter is flattering markets

The story of stocks this year is unambiguously sparkly but the mood is fragile

04.07.2024 10

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Dollar doomsters have got it all wrong

Global demand for the US currency remains extremely robust while appetite for the renminbi has soured

13.06.2024 10

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Markets cannot keep ignoring Trump’s bid for re-election

The stakes of US fiscal policy are too high

30.05.2024 40

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Can banks fix the climate crisis? The evidence so far is lukewarm

New research suggests that their green commitments are not necessarily paying off yet

14.05.2024 60

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The case for addressing private equity prejudice

In today’s climate, public markets do not provide enough diversification

01.05.2024 30

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The great bet on rate cuts is off

We are trapped in old ways of thinking about inflation

18.04.2024 7

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Crypto’s new clothes may not prove a good fit

The world’s wildest market is borrowing the trappings of venerable institutions

27.03.2024 20

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Who’s going to win the next financial plumbing test? The US, of course

Asset managers will struggle to adjust to the T 1 slashing of settlement time

20.03.2024 10

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How to turn pensions saving on its head

A rival analysis to long-held practices suggests we should ditch bonds and stick to stocks

03.03.2024 10

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Why Australia may be the canary in the coal mine on interest rates

A hawkish tone from the country’s central bank — and from New Zealand — signals that movement could still be up not down

20.02.2024 20

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How the humble dividend might rise again

Meta’s move to start the payouts could signal an upcoming switch in investor mindset

07.02.2024 30

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The fun-free party in stocks

Stocks are hitting all-time highs but even the irrepressible optimists are getting twitchy

27.01.2024 40

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Grumblers about passive investing may have a point

New research bolsters the view that it is undermining the efficient markets hypothesis

23.01.2024 40

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Year in a word: Magnificent Seven

Some element of top-heaviness is usual in US equities, but this clutch of big tech names has taken that to new extremes

26.12.2023 30

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