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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)
  • 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

  • Saturday, 27 July, 2024
    The Long ViewUS Dollar
    Could Trump actually weaken the dollar?

    If the former president returns to the White House, he might find it a hard task

    Composite image of Donald Trump and a $10 banknote
  • Thursday, 25 July, 2024
    Instant InsightEquities
    Is the yen behind the tech sell-off?

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

    Belly flop contest
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Investors roll the dice on prediction markets

    Prediction markets have exploded, but regulators are hitting the brakes on politics betting

  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Unhedged podcast23 min listen
    The Trump trade

    How markets look at the possibility of a second Trump presidency

  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    The Long ViewMarkets
    Curious mix of messes keeps investors on edge

    View on the outlook for markets are unusually divergent

    Russell 2000 Index
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    UnhedgedPassive Investing
    Passive aggressive: the stockpicking debate that will not die Premium content

    An age-old wrangle about beating the index is getting weird

    Stockbroker monitors a screen
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Markets28 min
    Who killed the ESG party? | FT Film

    Asset managers no longer boast about environmental, social and governance credentials

    Who killed the ESG party?
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Markets
    Investors grapple with the Trump trade

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

    Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Unhedged podcast18 min listen
    Investing in green tech

    Vinod Khosla’s 20 years of long shots

  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    The Long ViewCurrencies
    As Japan stocks rise, some investors are wary of history repeating itself

    The vulnerability of the yen still overhangs the Tokyo market despite a recent bounce in the currency

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