About this episode
Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong discuss the paradox of a market rally amidst bad news and anticipate comments from Fed chair Jay Powell.
The news is bad, but stocks seem happy. Today on the show, Katie Martin and Rob Armstrong unpack the market’s rally and look forward to Fed chair Jay Powell’s final comments. Also, they go short health monitors and long snooker in Iran. For a free 30-day trial to the Unhedged newsletter go to: https://www.ft.com/unhedgedoffer . You can email Robert Armstrong and Katie Martin at unhedged@ft.com . Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Katie Martin, Rob Armstrong
Topics covered
- market rally
- Federal Reserve
- health monitors
- snooker
- investing
- economic news
Keywords
- stocks
- market rally
- Fed chair
- health monitors
- snooker
- Iran
- investing
- economic news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Federal Reserve, FT.com
Places: Iran
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