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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, 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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?

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