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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, 30 May, 2025
    The Long ViewUS equities
    US stock rally faces some stiff tests

    Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ budget bill could make or break the market trend

    A New York Stock Exchange trader works at a desk, as a TV screen nearby shows news about US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies
  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    The nasty Taco question

    What happened when a journalist asked President Donald Trump about chickening out

  • Thursday, 29 May, 2025
    Sovereign bonds
    The bond vigilantes are on the prowl

    In a number of key markets, investors are losing patience with governments still wanting to borrow like there’s no tomorrow

    A Wall Street sign
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    The ‘big beautiful’ budget vs the bond market

    Will the bond market reign in US federal spending?

  • Saturday, 24 May, 2025
    Swamp Notes podcast24 min listen
    Trump’s next 100 days

    Predicting President Donald Trump’s next moves is a fool’s errand. Two FT columnists try anyway

  • Friday, 23 May, 2025
    The Long ViewCurrencies
    The EU needs to step up its challenge to the dollar

    The euro should be developed more as a haven asset for times of market stress

    US dollar and euro bank notes
  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    US equities
    Investors ask ‘what next’ as the American fever breaks

    Inflated stock prices may have been mistaken for growth-driven superiority

    Bald eagle in front of an American flag
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast23 min listen
    The microcap explosion

    Tiny stocks are rushing to list on US exchanges. Why?

  • Saturday, 17 May, 2025
    The Long ViewUS equities
    The ‘Taco’ factor has spurred markets higher

    The notion that Trump Always Chickens Out on difficult policy resulted in a strange, shaky rally

    Tacos
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    The UK’s trade deal

    What exactly did Donald Trump and Keir Starmer agree?

  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    FT Film28 min
    Michael Saylor's $40bn bitcoin bet | FT Film

    Inside the Strategy chairman's leveraged crypto gamble

    FT Film: the $40bn bitcoin bet
  • Saturday, 10 May, 2025
    The Long ViewCurrencies
    What the turmoil in Asian currencies tells us

    The really big risks to the dollar remain US geopolitical and policy errors

    Taiwanese one-thousand dollar banknotes
  • Friday, 2 May, 2025
    The Long ViewAsset allocation
    How much exposure to US stocks is too much?

    The key conversation in asset management now is around the new “neutral” level for portfolios

    Trader in New York stock exchange
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    US dollar
    What the US stands to lose from a dented dollar

    In markets and politics, it will be more short-termist, less resilient and much more reliant on the kindness of strangers

    US President Donald Trump
  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    US economy
    Top Trump adviser struggles to soothe investors in talks after market tumult

    Stephen Miran met hedge funds and big asset managers after tariffs sparked Wall Street turmoil

  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    Bad shipping news

    Will empty containers mean empty shelves?

  • Saturday, 26 April, 2025
    FirstFT
    Q&A: Donald Trump’s first 100 days

    Our experts answer readers’ questions

    Donld Trump holding a board displaying tariff rates on different countries
  • Friday, 25 April, 2025
    The Long ViewMarkets
    Trump’s chaos has left investors with frayed nerves

    Fund managers will have no rest for as long as he is in office with policy predictability in short supply

    Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House
  • Tuesday, 22 April, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast31 min listen
    Sell America?

    Traders seem to be betting that the US isn’t special anymore

  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
    The Long ViewMarkets
    The flaky case for buying the dip

    While professionals are deeply spooked, retail investors are piling in to US stocks

    Apple CEO Tim Cook is seen behind US President Donald Trump and US vice-president JD Vance
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast22 min listen
    Nvidia’s bad day

    Restrictions on sales to China bring down Nvidia and raise questions about tech

  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    Brexit
    Advice to shell-shocked Americans from Brexit Britain

    Britons are skilled at navigating the humiliation unleashed by political and market chaos — allow us to give you some tips

    Andy Carter illustration of a person sheltering under an umbrella decorated with a Union Jack while another person dashes to avoid a downpour of dollar and red graph line symbols as they fall from the sky
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Unhedged Podcast20 min listen
    Will China back down?

    Beijing may have more leverage than President Donald Trump thought

  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    The Long ViewPolitical risk and investment
    Trump has added a political risk premium to US assets

    Parking money in America is no longer the routine, fuss-free, neutral option

    Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    Political Fix podcast44 min listen
    Markets or Trump: who’s in charge?

    Plus: a stocktake of the political year so far

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