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Katie Martin

Markets Columnist

Katie Martin is a columnist and member of the FT's editorial board. She writes the weekly Long View column on market trends as well as other opinion pieces, and appears weekly on the Unhedged podcast.

Previously, she spent four years as the FT's markets editor, and also several years on the FT's live news service. Prior to joining the FT in 2015, she spent 11 years at the Dow Jones/Wall St Journal group, also covering markets.

Email Katie Martin @katie_martin_fx  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    The Long ViewAsia-Pacific equities
    China’s stock rally for the ages shows power of crowds

    Market shunned by foreign investors suddenly skyrockets

    Montage of Chinese flag with bar chart design overlaid
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Markets keep calm despite global tensions

    Investor confidence is proving to be very hard to shake

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast16 min listen
    Markets and the Middle East

    Markets are shrugging off conflict in the Middle East. Will that last?

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Markets
    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

    Traders work at Bloomberg terminals on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast17 min listen
    Is the China stimulus package enough?

    After Beijing announced plans to support equities, markets took off

  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    The Long ViewUS equities
    The case for a melt-up in markets

    Investors appear to be setting aside worries since the Fed’s big rate cut

    Pedestrians walks past the New York Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast19 min listen
    Immigration and unemployment

    How does the influx of immigrants affect US jobs numbers?

  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    The case for small and mid caps

    Smaller stocks used to outperform their bigger cousins. Will that ever be the case again?

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    The Long ViewAsset allocation
    Has Powell just triggered a dash out of cash?

    Analysts have long predicted some $6tn held in US money market funds might move into riskier assets like equities

    A television on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows news of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast19 min listen
    Federal Reserve puts on enormous party hat

    Unpacking Wednesday’s big rate cut

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Federal Reserve
    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

    Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    The Long ViewAsia-Pacific equities
    China out in the cold for foreign investors

    Sentiment towards the country’s stock markets has become increasingly pessimistic

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    How Ireland got too much money

    Dublin is running a huge budget surplus. What should the government do with it?

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    The Long ViewUK equities
    Being boring now is paying off for UK stocks

    As investors take a harder look at the razzle dazzle of tech shares, there is more of a case to buy British

    View of London streets from top of St Paul’s cathedral
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Capital markets
    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

    Mairead McGuinness
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    The Long ViewUS equities
    Why a cooling of the Nvidia party might be no bad thing for US stocks

    Investor attention may focus more on the broader market, which is in fine fettle

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    The gold rally

    The metal has climbed way past the rate of inflation. Why?

  • Saturday, 24 August, 2024
    The Long ViewCapital markets
    The markets safety net may be snagged, but it held

    Why stocks recovered so swiftly from the summer madness

    NYSE floor during August sell-off
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast18 min listen
    What will Jay Powell say at Jackson Hole?

    Central bankers are meeting in the mountains this week. Markets will be listening closely to the chair of the Federal Reserve.

  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    US economy
    Whatever happened to the wisdom of the bond market?

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

    US Savings Bonds
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast19 min listen
    Markets resume previously scheduled exuberance

    After August turbulence the markets are back at altitude. But why?

  • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
    Life & Arts
    How to break up with your X

    Four rules for exiting the site formerly known as Twitter

    An illustration of a large X on a golden field, with people walking away from it is all directions
  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    The Long ViewMarkets
    Summer shakeout in markets reveals the excuses to sell

    Turmoil suggests asset prices might not have been in the right place to begin with

    A montage depicting the yen and the Bank of Japan building
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    The world’s greatest stocks

    A new report reveals the best investments of the past 100 years

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Unhedged Podcast25 min listen
    30 years of bond investment

    An interview with Jim Leaviss, outgoing CIO of M&G Investments

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