About this episode

Katie Martin discusses surprising returns in European and UK equities with Ian Smith.

It’s been a hot summer, and not just in terms of weather. European and UK equities markets have matched US returns and are at record levels. Today on the show, Katie Martin talks with senior markets correspondent Ian Smith about the surprising returns for the old world. Also they go long Wetherspoon pubs and long implied volatility.  Save 10% on tickets to the London FT Weekend Festival with the code FTPodcast. Visit ft.com/festival to find out more. 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

Host: Katie Martin

Guest: Ian Smith

Topics covered

• European equities
• UK equities
• market returns
• investing
• volatility
• Wetherspoon pubs

Keywords

• equities
• investing
• Wetherspoon
• volatility
• European markets
• UK markets
• returns

Sponsors

Financial Times

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wetherspoon, Financial Times, Acast

Places: London, UK, Europe

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