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Financial Times foreign exchange correspondent Roger Blitz talks to experts on the currencies market about the week ahead, looking at the global political and economic factors driving the world’s larg... more
FAQs about FT Hard Currency:How many episodes does FT Hard Currency have?The podcast currently has 290 episodes available.
November 24, 2016Donald's dollar?The US currency is on a tear, but it's not all down to Donald Trump, Silvia Ardagna from Goldman Sachs tells Katie Martin. With investors finally catching up to US economic strength, an overshoot in the buck is easy to imagine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more8minPlay
November 17, 2016The art of investing in political riskA market that is learning to tread cautiously when it comes to politics has become remarkably gung-ho about what Donald Trump's election victory means for the dollar and the US economy. Kamal Sharma of Bank of America Merrill Lynch tells Roger Blitz why investors are piling into the greenback and treating the euro with caution Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more9minPlay
November 11, 2016Donald drives the dollarWe don't know which of his policies President Trump will be able to implement, Nomura's Bilal Hafeez tells Roger Blitz - but it's a pretty reasonable bet that a period of dollar strength is coming Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more9minPlay
November 03, 2016Pound soars, and other trades you have missedPolitical risk once again messed with foreign exchange investors, putting pressure on the dollar in the week before the US election and boosting the pound. Paul Lambert at Insight Investment tells Roger Blitz why this is no time for conviction trading Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more9minPlay
October 27, 2016Watching the renminbiGeoffrey Yu of UBS Wealth Management puts this week's record low for the offshore version on China's currency into context, and tells Michael Hunter what the market will be looking at for the renminbi towards the end of 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more11minPlay
October 20, 2016Calm before the stormExpectations this week of big moves in the pound, the dollar and the euro all failed to materialise. Simon Derrick of BNY Mellon tells Roger Blitz why this may not last long, as a US election and continuing Brexit worries exercise market minds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more14minPlay
October 13, 2016Beware the Brexit bounceNo one likes the pound right now as the market focuses heavily on UK politics, but Steven Saywell at BNP Paribas tells Roger Blitz that investors are leaning too heavily towards selling sterling and so a rebound is on the cards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more14minPlay
October 06, 2016Hard Brexit and taper tantrumsSterling bashers have once again got the upper hand as the UK seems to swing towards a messy divorce from the EU, while eurozone markets are chewing over the potential for the ECB to turn off the stimulus taps. Frederik Ducrozet of Pictet Wealth Management talks about the implications with Katie Martin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more9minPlay
September 30, 2016EM-brace the opportunityWhile rates remain so low in G10 and the Federal Reserve sticks to a gradual rate path, the case for investing in emerging markets just gets stronger, Roger Hallam of JP Morgan Asset Management tells Roger Blitz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more14minPlay
September 22, 2016The (trade) trouble with TrumpMexico's rapidly weakening peso shows how the tightening US election polls are focusing market minds on what a Trump-led protectionist policy might mean for America's trading partners. Paul McNamara of GAM discusses with Roger Blitz the implications for emerging markets and US rate expectations Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....more9minPlay
FAQs about FT Hard Currency:How many episodes does FT Hard Currency have?The podcast currently has 290 episodes available.