Accessibility helpSkip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footer
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Open side navigation menuOpen search bar
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In
  • Home
  • World
    Sections
    • World Home
    • Israel-Hamas war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
    Most Read
    • Nine killed and thousands injured as Hizbollah pagers explode in Lebanon
    • Exploding pagers join long history of killer communications devices
    • Draghi is trying to save Europe from itself
    • Why Europe will not catch up with the US
    • Kamala Harris admits she still has ‘to earn’ the Black male vote
  • UK
    Sections
    • UK Home
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
    Most Read
    • Charlie Mullins is back on Pimlico Plumbers’ home turf
    • UK plans shake-up of welfare system to tackle working-age inactivity
    • Reeves orders crackdown on government use of consultants
    • Tax threat and negativity undermine investment efforts, business leaders warn
    • English village becomes flashpoint for Labour’s data centres push
  • Companies
    Sections
    • Companies Home
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
    Most Read
    • The fury of the frequent flyer
    • BlackRock and Microsoft plan $30bn fund to invest in AI infrastructure
    • EU competition chief warns against weakening rules to create champions
    • Steve Cohen to step back from trading at hedge fund Point72
    • Reeves orders crackdown on government use of consultants
  • Tech
    Sections
    • Tech Home
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
    Most Read
    • BlackRock and Microsoft plan $30bn fund to invest in AI infrastructure
    • Meta faces hefty EU antitrust fine over classified ads practices
    • ‘No Man’s Sky’ and ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ show there is life after death for video-game flops
    • Amazon orders staff back to office five days a week
    • Data centres must work ‘within climate limits’, says Irish minister
  • Markets
    Sections
    • Markets Home
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
    Most Read
    • BlackRock and Microsoft plan $30bn fund to invest in AI infrastructure
    • Steve Cohen to step back from trading at hedge fund Point72
    • Switzerland’s SIX explores launching crypto exchange
    • BP’s US wind sale will not clear its strategic fog
    • Chevron boss blames Biden for pushing up energy prices
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    Sections
    • Opinion Home
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
    Most Read
    • The fury of the frequent flyer
    • Why Europe will not catch up with the US
    • Charlie Mullins is back on Pimlico Plumbers’ home turf
    • Draghi is trying to save Europe from itself
    • Market speculation about the next Fed rate cut masks deeper issues
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    Sections
    • Work & Careers Home
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
    Most Read
    • FT and Schroders Business Book of the Year 2024 — the shortlist
    • Amazon orders staff back to office five days a week
    • Tata chair on ‘painful’ transitions: ‘We have to do this’
    • Italy retains allure for rich Europeans fleeing higher taxes
    • Belleville rising: a weekend in Paris’s hip and hilly 20th arrondissement
  • Life & Arts
    Sections
    • Life & Arts Home
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
    Most Read
    • Thoroughly modern Mayfair
    • ‘No Man’s Sky’ and ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ show there is life after death for video-game flops
    • Why every man needs a smart black hoodie
    • The brothers trying to save the British fountain pen
    • Ralph Steadman interview: ‘The harshness of my work is the softness in me’
  • HTSI
MenuSearch
  • Home
  • World
  • UK
  • Companies
  • Tech
  • Markets
  • Climate
  • Opinion
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
  • Life & Arts
  • HTSI
Financial Times
SubscribeSign In

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)
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Unhedged podcast20 min listen
    Paramount, Skydance and the streaming wars

    Paramount and Skydance just merged. Can they compete in the new Hollywood?

  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    Private wealth
    UK to lose the most millionaires by 2028, says UBS

    Swiss bank issues alarming outlook for the wealthy in Britain, but the flight of ‘non-doms’ is only a small factor

    Aerial view of the London area, from over the trees lining Hyde Park
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Unhedged podcast23 min listen
    What elections in France and the UK mean for markets

    Investors watch as politics moves left in two countries

  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Instant InsightFrench parliamentary election 2024
    Messy French politics point to broader malaise for investors

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

    People wave French flags as they react to projected results after the second round of the legislative elections, Sunday
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    The Long ViewLabour party UK
    Investors welcome more ‘boring’ UK after landslide win

    Market insouciance to electoral result is the greatest form of flattery for Starmer

    Results of an exit poll is displayed on large screens on a street in London
  • Thursday, 4 July, 2024
    Equities
    AI glitter is flattering markets

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

    NVIDIA’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the annual Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Center in San Jose, California, on March
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    The Long ViewCapital markets
    How not to blow up your bond market

    Political powers in France and UK need to demonstrate competence that keeps markets on side

    Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng at a Birmingham construction site
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    The Long ViewCapital markets
    Why corporate bonds are so hot right now

    Yields are tempting investors who would usually focus more on equities

    brokers at work at the trading floor of Tokyo Tanshi Co. in Tokyo, Japan
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Rebooting Britain’s capital markets21 min
    How to reboot Britain's capital markets | FT Film

    Start-ups look overseas as UK's capital markets struggle to stay relevant

    FT Film: Britain's market reboot
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    The Long ViewCapital markets
    Macron’s curveball unsettles markets

    Snap election creates uncertainty just as some investors increase exposure to European markets

    Emmanuel Macron
  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Unhedged podcast17 min listen
    Central bankers do nothing. Markets respond

    What can markets read into the Fed holding steady?

  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    US Dollar
    Dollar doomsters have got it all wrong

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

    A magnifying glass is held over a 50 subject one dollar note sheet after being printed
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Unhedged podcast20 min listen
    Trade like a bot

    Academics are learning more about how AI might trade

  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    The Long ViewNvidia
    Nvidia juggernaut upends markets

    In an era of stickier inflation, perceptions of the relative risk of different assets are changing

    Christine Lagarde addresses the press conference in Frankfurt on Thursday
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Unhedged podcast17 min listen
    The gamma squeeze

    What happens when banks are forced to cover bets in the options markets?

  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Unhedged podcast21 min listen
    What elections mean for markets this year

    Elections in Mexico and India moved markets this week. What will UK and US elections mean for markets later this year?

  • Saturday, 1 June, 2024
    The Long ViewCapital markets
    How Liz Truss still haunts markets

    Disastrous UK mini-Budget of 2022 proves cautionary tale for US government

    Liz Truss
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Markets cannot keep ignoring Trump’s bid for re-election

    The stakes of US fiscal policy are too high

    Donald Trump at a rally in Vandalia, Ohio
  • Saturday, 25 May, 2024
    The Long ViewEquities
    Investment theme du jour: don’t overthink it

    The widespread belief that the stock market just wants to go up is conflicting with the prospect of higher-for-longer rates

    Traders at the New York Stock exchange
  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Unhedged podcast19 min listen
    Where’s the commercial property meltdown?

    The FT’s Joshua Oliver talks about where the real estate market could be headed.

  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Unhedged podcast15 min listen
    The cocoa boom

    What’s behind the meteoric rise in cocoa and other commodities?

  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    The Long ViewGameStop Corp
    New GameStop saga reveals true fools in markets

    Return of the Roaring Kitty to the internet sparks a revival of meme-stock madness

  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Unhedged podcast17 min listen
    GameStop again?

    The video game retailer roars back into the memestock spotlight, raising questions about the sanity of the markets.

  • Tuesday, 14 May, 2024
    Banks
    Can banks really fix the climate crisis?

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

    ,Wind turbines can be seen next to the Lightsource bp solar farm near Anglesey  in Wales
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    The Long ViewUK equities
    UK stocks are finally shining

    After a long drift, the London market has made strong gains this year

    Montage of the LSEG logo and a chart
Previous page You are on page 2 Next page

Useful links

Support

View Site TipsHelp CentreContact UsAbout UsAccessibilitymyFT TourCareers

Legal & Privacy

Terms & ConditionsPrivacy PolicyCookie PolicyManage CookiesCopyrightSlavery Statement & Policies

Services

Share News Tips SecurelyIndividual SubscriptionsProfessional SubscriptionsRepublishingExecutive Job SearchAdvertise with the FTFollow the FT on XFT ChannelsFT Schools

Tools

PortfolioFT AppFT Digital EditionFT EditAlerts HubBusiness School RankingsSubscription ManagerNews feedNewslettersCurrency Converter

Community & Events

FT Live EventsFT ForumsBoard Director Programme

More from the FT Group

Markets data delayed by at least 15 minutes. © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2024. FT and ‘Financial Times’ are trademarks of The Financial Times Ltd.
The Financial Times and its journalism are subject to a self-regulation regime under the FT Editorial Code of Practice.
Edition:UK
International
Subscribe for full access

Top sections

  • Home
  • World
    • Israel-Hamas war
    • Global Economy
    • UK
    • US
    • China
    • Africa
    • Asia Pacific
    • Emerging Markets
    • Europe
    • War in Ukraine
    • Americas
    • Middle East & North Africa
  • UK
    • UK Economy
    • UK Politics
    • UK Companies
    • Personal Finance
  • Companies
    • Energy
    • Financials
    • Health
    • Industrials
    • Media
    • Professional Services
    • Retail & Consumer
    • Tech Sector
    • Telecoms
    • Transport
  • Tech
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Semiconductors
    • Cyber Security
    • Social Media
  • Markets
    • Alphaville
    • Markets Data
    • Crypto
    • Capital Markets
    • Commodities
    • Currencies
    • Equities
    • Wealth Management
    • Moral Money
    • ETF Hub
    • Fund Management
    • Trading
  • Climate
  • Opinion
    • Columnists
    • The FT View
    • The Big Read
    • Lex
    • Obituaries
    • Letters
  • Lex
  • Work & Careers
    • Business School Rankings
    • Business Education
    • Europe's Start-Up Hubs
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Recruitment
    • Business Books
    • Business Travel
    • Working It
  • Life & Arts
    • Arts
    • Books
    • Food & Drink
    • FT Magazine
    • House & Home
    • Style
    • Travel
    • FT Globetrotter
  • Personal Finance
    • Property & Mortgages
    • Investments
    • Pensions
    • Tax
    • Banking & Savings
    • Advice & Comment
    • Next Act
  • HTSI
  • Special Reports

FT recommends

  • Alphaville
  • FT Edit
  • Lunch with the FT
  • FT Globetrotter
  • #techAsia
  • Moral Money
  • Visual and data journalism
  • Newsletters
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • News feed
  • FT Live Events
  • FT Forums
  • Board Director Programme
  • myFT
  • Portfolio
  • FT Digital Edition
  • Crossword
  • Our Apps
  • Help Centre
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In