Unhedged
Kanaal Besonderhede
Unhedged
Katie Martin, Robert Armstrong and other markets nerds at the Financial Times explain the big ideas behind what’s happening in finance right now. Every Tuesday and Thursday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Taco FTW
The “Taco trade” proved profitable again this week as US President Donald Trump walked back his proposals for invading Greenland. ("Taco", of course,...
Trade wars, real wars and the markets
As Donald Trump threatens a takeover of Greenland, Europe responds with military deployments, sending the markets into a low-key swivet. Today on the...
Introducing 'Business History': Young Warren Buffett
We’re sharing a preview of another podcast we think you’ll enjoy, Business History. Former Planet Money hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine...
Stock picking champs 2025
The results of the FT’s 2025 stock picking contest are in! Today on the show, Katie Martin, Rob Armstrong and the FT’s asset management reporter Alan...
Showdown at the Federal Reserve
On Sunday night, Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell took the extraordinary step of issuing a video saying he is being threatened with a criminal indi...
Outlook 2026
Markets continue their sunny cruise, whistling along as the world is upended by nationalistic meddling in both corporations and other countries. Today...
Imperialism and the markets
US President Donald Trump has attacked Venezuela and removed its leader. The markets remain nonchalant. Does that make sense? Today on the show, Rob A...
From Behind the Money: Private equity’s push into Japan
Unhedged is on a break over the holidays, so we wanted to share an episode from our fellow FT podcast, Behind the Money. When international private eq...
Quiz show!
Katie Martin spent a restful 20 hours on a plane coming up with some devilishly hard questions for her colleagues, Rob Armstrong and John Foley. Today...
From Against the Rules: Michael Burry Speaks
Here’s another podcast we think you’ll enjoy, The Big Short Companion from Against the Rules, hosted by bestselling author Michael Lewis. Lewis’ popul...
We take some questions
Why do companies care about their share price so much? Is Switzerland in danger of losing its banks? What would regime change in Venezuela do to globa...
Three numbers that matter
Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong take a look at some revealing numbers about jobs, inflation and borrowing against the Treasuries mar...
Gold, silver and crypto
Silver is on a tear this year, outperforming gold and even crypto. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Katie Martin look at the markets for substitut...
Can 2026 match 2025?
What went right in 2025? What could go wrong in 2026? Recorded last week for the FT’s digital conference The Global Boardroom, Katie Martin and Rob Ar...
Who gets to buy Warner Bros Discovery?
Netflix and Paramount are in a bidding war to take over Warner Bros Discovery and its historic collections of movies and television series. Today on t...
A satanic list of inflationary factors
Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong talk with special guest Adam Posen about the prospects for inflation and even a financial crisis. Po...
Bonds vs budgets
Mature economies such as France, the UK and the US are spending more than they take in. They make up the rest in borrowing. But how long can that last...
What are the hedge funds shorting?
Short interest in the market is rising. But what are the big players betting against? And what can investors learn from it? Today on the show, Katie M...
Nvidia's crazy day
In the morning, Nvidia’s earnings report seemed to have cured the market of its jitters about an artificial intelligence bubble. And then it didn’t. T...
Big deals in Big Pharma
The battle between Novo Nordisk and Pfizer to acquire Metsera is over. But is this merger a sign of strength or weakness for the industry? Today on th...
Is the K-shaped economy real?
Companies such as Procter & Gamble and Chipotle say lower-income customers are spending less, while upper-income customers keep splurging. But data fr...
Is the US an emerging market?
Today’s show is a live recording from the Kilkenomics Festival in Kilkenny, Ireland. Katie Martin hosts a panel with guests David McWilliams, founder...
DIY data
With the government shut down, US investors are looking for data in different places. Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong discuss home b...
Is Big Tech spending too much money?
Tech companies are spending historic amounts of money on computing power and data centres.
Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Katie Martin ta...
Martin Wolf on the economics of populism
How does populism affect the long-term health of economies? And is there a difference in outcomes between the extreme politics of the left and the rig...
The vigorous nods of Bessent
US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has one of the hardest jobs in recent history. He has to implement bizarre economic strategies and keep rational m...
Will the US bail out Argentina?
It won’t be easy, and you’ll think it’s strange, when we try to explain … why US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent is suddenly reversing all current US...
Japan’s next move
Sanae Takaichi is the first female prime minister of Japan. She also claims Margaret Thatcher as a role model. Today on the show, Katie Martin and the...
Rare earth quake
China’s announcement that it would be restricting the export of rare earths put markets into a tailspin on Friday. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong, K...
UK Budget blues
On November 26, parliament will make the UK an offer it can’t refuse: The 2026 Budget. But the UK can complain about it! And likely will, as it will a...
AI peak is peak AI
Is AI making everybody richer? Or just more entangled in each others’ business? Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Lex editor John Foley try to unta...
Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy
Introducing Toxic Legacy, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Laura Hughes uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic across the UK. You mig...
Gold Now! Gold Forever! Only Gold! Gold! Gold!
Gold keeps hitting all-time highs, and no sober talk about speculation or productivity has stopped it. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Katie Mart...
AI, shutdowns and shadow banks
Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and Katie Martin take on three things they’ve been thinking about: the markets' complete lack of worry about a govern...
The largest leveraged buyout in history?
Electronic Arts, a publicly traded company, was just purchased for $55bn by a consortium of investors led by Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner....
Troubling signs in corporate debt
First Brands Group, a roll-up of car parts manufacturers, is preparing a bankruptcy filing after amassing as much as $10bn in debt. And last week, Tri...
Hedging the dollar
The dollar is down almost 10 per cent since the beginning of the year. Yes, it has fallen from a very strong position, but the drop might also reflect...
Should companies report only twice a year?
This week, President Donald Trump suggested that companies only report earnings twice a year. This would be a significant change to how markets in the...
Private equity’s public reckoning
With interest rates high, private equity has had a harder time finding investors … and making money. To solve this problem, the industry has found nov...
The mystery of the vanishing jobs
The annual jobs numbers are in. And they have been revised down by 911,000 positions. But in a quickly changing economy, with many laborers literally...