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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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Bonds, inflation and the Fed. Plus, Nvidia in turmoil

2026-11-12 · 22 min

Inflation is stubborn and the Federal Reserve is talking tough again. Bond veteran Gregory Peters, co-chief investment officer at PGIM, talks to us about what comes next. Plus, the fallout from the resignation of the…
Nvidia shares down as Huang affair scandal deepens

2026-11-10 · 19 min

Jensen Huang's affair with an alleged Chinese intelligence asset has wiped billions off the world's most important company. Can a board with no chair and no succession plan rein in an untouchable chief executive? Plus,…
Taking stock of tumbling stocks

2026-11-05 · 20 min

Wednesday's post-midterm bubble in markets popped on Thursday, with AI companies reversing the previous day's gains. Is it a reassessment of what Democratic control of the US Congress would mean to the AI industry? Or…
What the historic heist of Binance means for crypto

2026-11-03 · 20 min

It was the largest heist ever. Within a span of a night, more than $6bn vanished from Binance. That’s the blockchain platform that’s supposed to be the biggest and safest. Authorities point to North Korea as the likely…
Why the slowdown in Wall Street deals?

2026-10-29 · 20 min

What started as a boom year for mergers on Wall Street has started to fade. There have indeed been some megamergers, such as the $111bn Paramount-Warner Bros Discovery deal. But as the cost of borrowing has ticked up…
How much is Anthropic really worth?

2026-10-27 · 22 min

Anthropic’s initial public offering is shaping up to be the largest ever. And the firm’s recently released prospectus explains how all of this is part of an enterprise for the benefit of the whole of humanity. Rob…
Breaking down the bond market

2026-10-22 · 18 min

Government bonds keep the lights on for countries all over the world and set the cost of money for everyone from the US to your mortgage lender. But even as bonds experience a rocky year, the public seems unaware and…
UK bets on a boring budget

2026-10-20 · 17 min

Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer John Healey will deliver his annual budget on October 28. And with the UK facing the highest borrowing costs in the G7, the spending item he will be most keen to get under control…
The AI boom stumbles

2026-10-15 · 23 min

Tech stocks and bonds took a kicking on Thursday, adding urgency to a question investors have been asking themselves for months now: is the AI boom about to go splat? Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong sense a great…
Mortgages, diesel and the US midterms

2026-10-13 · 20 min

US consumers are still in love with buying things, buoyed by stock markets that are near all-time highs. But could sky-high mortgages and diesel prices spoil their shopping spree? And if the strains on the economy…

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Oldest episode in feed: 06/2023 · over 3 years
Typical length: 21 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone
Keywords: markets, finance, crypto, investing, venture capital, banking, business, news

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