Unhedged

We’re halfway through the year and the markets are thriving but look different than they did six months ago. The Magnificent Seven are struggling, while chip makers are soaring. Inflation is up but wages are stalling. Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong try to figure out where we are and where we’re going. Also they go short the anchovy market and long dogs.

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The UK is changing leadership. Again. But what will this mean for the economy and for Britain’s debt market? Today on the show, Rob Armstrong speaks with senior markets correspondent Ian Smith about what is going wrong in the UK and whether a new leader can fix it. Also they go long non-tech stocks and long Portugal.

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Tech stocks went into a swivet early this week, with a variety of big names moving sharply in different directions. Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong try to figure out what caused the skittishness, and if it was all the new Fed chair Kevin Warsh’s fault. Also they make opposing bets on gold and bitcoin.

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The AI boom is tossing equities around like tiny boats. Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong ask investor Ruchir Sharma how to ride it all out. Sharma is the chair of Rockefeller International and the author of What Went Wrong with Capitalism. The show was recorded at the FT Weekend Festival in New York. Also they go long quality stocks that are out of the tech spotlight and short sharks.

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Kevin Warsh delivered his first comments on Wednesday as the new chair of the Federal Reserve. Investors were listening … and the market dropped. Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong dissect his remarks about forecasting, the Fed’s balance sheet and more. Also they go short AI model revenues and short SnapChat’s new glasses.

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You can email Robert Armstrong and Katie Martin at unhedged@ft.com.

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