Unhedged
Financial Times & Pushkin Industries
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.
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Categories: News & Politics
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Markets, data and sentiment are often looked to as indicators of the present and guides to the future. But these data points aren’t helping as much as they used to. Today on the show, Robert Armstrong, Hakyung Kim and John Foley try to understand why major numbers are in such constant conflict. Also, they go long Matcha and long data centres in space.
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Previous episodes
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277 - The triangle of confusion Thu, 05 Feb 2026 - 0h
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276 - The next Fed chair Tue, 03 Feb 2026 - 0h
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275 - The incredible shrinking dollar Thu, 29 Jan 2026 - 0h
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274 - How does a gold rush end? Tue, 27 Jan 2026 - 0h
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273 - Taco FTW Thu, 22 Jan 2026 - 0h
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272 - Trade wars, real wars and the markets Tue, 20 Jan 2026 - 0h
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271 - Introducing 'Business History': Young Warren Buffett  Fri, 16 Jan 2026 - 0h
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270 - Stock picking champs 2025 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 - 0h
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269 - Showdown at the Federal Reserve Tue, 13 Jan 2026 - 0h
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268 - Outlook 2026 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 - 0h
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267 - Imperialism and the markets Tue, 06 Jan 2026 - 0h
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266 - From Behind the Money: Private equity’s push into Japan Thu, 01 Jan 2026 - 0h
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265 - Quiz show! Tue, 30 Dec 2025 - 0h
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264 - From Against the Rules: Michael Burry Speaks Thu, 25 Dec 2025 - 0h
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263 - We take some questions Tue, 23 Dec 2025 - 0h
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262 - Three numbers that matter Thu, 18 Dec 2025 - 0h
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261 - Gold, silver and crypto Tue, 16 Dec 2025 - 0h
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260 - Can 2026 match 2025? Thu, 11 Dec 2025 - 0h
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259 - Who gets to buy Warner Bros Discovery? Tue, 09 Dec 2025 - 0h
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258 - A satanic list of inflationary factors Thu, 04 Dec 2025 - 0h
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257 - Bonds vs budgets Tue, 02 Dec 2025 - 0h
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256 - What are the hedge funds shorting? Tue, 25 Nov 2025 - 0h
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255 - Nvidia's crazy day Thu, 20 Nov 2025 - 0h
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254 - Big deals in Big Pharma Tue, 18 Nov 2025 - 0h
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253 - Is the K-shaped economy real? Thu, 13 Nov 2025 - 0h
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252 - Is the US an emerging market? Tue, 11 Nov 2025 - 0h
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251 - DIY data Thu, 06 Nov 2025 - 0h
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250 - Is Big Tech spending too much money? Tue, 04 Nov 2025 - 0h
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249 - Martin Wolf on the economics of populism Thu, 30 Oct 2025 - 0h
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248 - The vigorous nods of Bessent Tue, 28 Oct 2025 - 0h
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247 - Will the US bail out Argentina? Thu, 23 Oct 2025 - 0h
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246 - Japan’s next move Tue, 21 Oct 2025 - 0h
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245 - Rare earth quake Thu, 16 Oct 2025 - 0h
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244 - UK Budget blues Tue, 14 Oct 2025 - 0h
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243 - AI peak is peak AI Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 0h
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242 - Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy Thu, 09 Oct 2025 - 0h
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241 - Gold now! Gold forever! Only gold! Gold! Gold! Tue, 07 Oct 2025 - 0h
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240 - AI, shutdowns and shadow banks Thu, 02 Oct 2025 - 0h
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239 - The largest leveraged buyout in history? Tue, 30 Sep 2025 - 0h
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238 - Troubling signs in corporate debt Thu, 25 Sep 2025 - 0h
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237 - Hedging the dollar Tue, 23 Sep 2025 - 0h
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236 - Should companies report only twice a year? Thu, 18 Sep 2025 - 0h
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235 - Private equity’s public reckoning Tue, 16 Sep 2025 - 0h
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234 - The mystery of the vanishing jobs Thu, 11 Sep 2025 - 0h
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233 - Live from the FTWeekend Festival in London Tue, 09 Sep 2025 - 0h
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232 - What’s a central bank supposed to do? Thu, 04 Sep 2025 - 0h
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231 - OK, Doomer Tue, 02 Sep 2025 - 0h
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230 - The people’s chip manufacturer Thu, 28 Aug 2025 - 0h
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229 - The Fed under attack Tue, 26 Aug 2025 - 0h
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228 - The new pump and dumps Thu, 21 Aug 2025 - 0h