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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.

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  • Friday, 9 January, 2026
    The Long ViewMarkets
    What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too?

    Action against Venezuela and sabre-rattling towards Greenland point to risks in US president’s approach to the Fed

    Donald Trump points toward the audience while walking off stage in front of several American flags.
  • Thursday, 8 January, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast24 min listen
    Outlook 2026

    How long can the markets ignore world events?

  • Tuesday, 6 January, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast20 min listen
    Imperialism and the markets

    Is it really all about the oil?

  • Monday, 5 January, 2026
    Equities
    Why the melt-up is still on

    As 2026 begins, optimists are talking down bubble anxiety

    An illustration showing hands around a cracked crystal ball with an upward trending arrow inside, symbolising uncertain predictions of growth.
  • Tuesday, 30 December, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast29 min listen
    Quiz show!

    In which we test the brains of our hosts

  • Monday, 29 December, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Trump and Zelenskyy tout progress on peace but ‘thorny’ issues remain

    US president says progress was made towards ending the war after meeting Ukraine’s leader in Florida

  • Friday, 26 December, 2025
    The Long ViewMarkets
    So long, American exceptionalism

    For the first time, investors are talking about ‘US risk’

    A trader on the New York Stock Exchange floor looks up, surrounded by images and headlines of Donald Trump and a red "Trump 2024" cap.
  • Tuesday, 23 December, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast24 min listen
    We take some questions

    Our listeners write in with queries about Venezuela, prediction markets and more

  • Tuesday, 23 December, 2025
    Artificial intelligence
    Year in a word: AI bubble

    The high priests of Silicon Valley and Wall Street are beginning to acknowledge the excesses of Big Tech valuations

    Montage image of tiles spelling ‘AI Bubble’, a bubble and circles and lines forming the shape of a brain
  • Thursday, 18 December, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast17 min listen
    Three numbers that matter

    What can we learn from new figures about jobs, inflation and leverage?

  • Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
    Markets
    The worried investor’s guide to 2026

    While markets were buoyant this year, volatility is never far away

    Traders on the New York Stock Exchange floor, one appearing distressed, with multiple stock monitors in the background
  • Thursday, 11 December, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast37 min listen
    Can 2026 match 2025?

    Markets had an incredible year. Can that continue?

  • Saturday, 6 December, 2025
    The Long ViewEquities
    Mega is trumping Maga in stocks

    European shares have had a breakout year, particularly for dollar-based investors

  • Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
    Pensions
    Governments cast a hungry eye over public piggy banks

    Investors’ first duty is to their stakeholders, not to politicians trying to fund spending and infrastructure

    Three British war bond posters
  • Saturday, 29 November, 2025
    The Long ViewSovereign bonds
    The UK should enjoy the calming of the bond vigilantes

    Rachel Reeves has steered the gilt market to a less skittish place with the Budget

    Rachel Reeves stands outside holding the red Budget box, with several suited colleagues beside her
  • Friday, 28 November, 2025
    News in-depthPolitical Fix podcast40 min listen
    Budget bonanza: tax highs and growth lows

    Who are the winners and losers from the Budget?

  • Saturday, 22 November, 2025
    The Long ViewBitcoin
    The warning signal from bitcoin’s fall

    Moves in the cryptocurrency are becoming an early alert that markets are unwell

    A television at the New York Stock Exchange displays news about bitcoin hitting its lowest level since May, with trading screens and a US flag nearby.
  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    The Big Tech stock rollercoaster

    Tech stocks slid on Thursday as optimism over Nvidia’s robust earnings was overshadowed

  • Wednesday, 19 November, 2025
    US equities
    The American exceptionalism trade is wobbling

    It falls to Nvidia to make or break the market mood for the rest of the year

    A gold bitcoin coin rests on a section of the United States flag
  • Tuesday, 11 November, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast38 min listen
    Is the US an emerging market?

    Live from Kilkenomics Festival

  • Friday, 7 November, 2025
    Political Fix podcast35 min listen
    To tax, but who to tax, that is the question

    What are Rachel Reeves’ options?

  • Friday, 7 November, 2025
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Hungary looks to Trump for sanctions exemption

    Hungary’s prime minister will ask for relief from Russian oil sanctions in White House visit.

  • Wednesday, 5 November, 2025
    Sovereign debt
    Bond markets are winning the Budget stand-off

    Gilts investors have long suspected that Labour would abandon its manifesto promises

    Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer sit at a conference table against a bright red background, with Starmer clapping.
  • Tuesday, 4 November, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast23 min listen
    Is Big Tech spending too much money?

    Tech stocks are spending billions of dollars. What are they getting?

  • Saturday, 1 November, 2025
    The Long ViewInvestments
    Safety strategies for a bubble market

    With few haven options, the best choice for many investors may be to ride the stock market surge and see where it takes us

    American flags are displayed on screens on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange
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