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Brooke Masters

US Managing Editor

​Brooke Masters is the US managing editor of the Financial Times. She oversees editorial operations in the US and the Americas from the regional headquarters in New York and writes a global business column.

Since joining the FT in 2006, she has held a variety of editing, reporting and commentary roles in both New York and London. Among them were US financial editor, opinion and analysis editor, companies editor and chief regulation correspondent. She spent the first part of her career at the Washington Post covering criminal justice, local politics and education.

Email Brooke Masters @brookeamasters  on X.com (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    Property sector
    A troubling plan to revive the frozen US property market

    Buyers should beware the real estate dark pools

    Brooke Masters
    A Compass "for sale" sign with agent contact information stands outside a white house as several people approach for a viewing.
  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    Non-Fiction
    House of Fidelity — the dynasty at the heart of the investment powerhouse

    A journalist lifts the lid on how the Johnson family battled to keep control of the asset manager in a history packed with luminaries of finance

    Abigail Johnson and Edward (Ned) C. Johnson III smiling and applauding while seated at an event.
  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
    Non-Fiction
    Samuel Alito and the making of a conservative court

    Two new biographies trace how a once-overlooked justice helped overturn Roe vs Wade, unshackle Trump and transform the US Supreme Court into a culture-war battleground

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    US financial regulation
    The big state gamble on prediction markets

    Fights over regulation could reshape the US federal system of government

    Brooke Masters
    A croupier deals at a roulette table while three casino staff members, including a manager and a pit boss, observe behind him.
  • Thursday, 26 March, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    Investors try to stay ahead of Trump’s Iran moves

    US president appears to make abrupt policy pivots based on swings in crude prices

  • Wednesday, 18 March, 2026
    Financial services
    Private credit’s game of footsie is getting riskier

    Stronger guardrails are needed before these funds seep into the $9tn US retirement market

    Brooke Masters
    Blue Owl Capital Inc. logo and stock information displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange, with a partial US flag in the foreground.
  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2026
    Food & Beverage
    Can Reese’s have too many pieces? The line-extension conundrum

    The company has come under fire for its use of ‘chocolate coating’ and ‘peanut butter creme’

    Brooke Masters
    A bag of Reese’s Peanut Butter Mini Hearts Unwrapped sits on an orange surface with heart-shaped chocolates and a pink napkin. Red and purple paper hearts hang in the background.
  • Friday, 20 February, 2026
    Swamp Notes podcast22 min listen
    Maha’s big reversal and a Scotus decision on tariffs

    What does it mean to Make America Healthy Again?

  • Friday, 20 February, 2026
    Trump tariffs
    The Supreme Court has delivered an overdue rebuke to Donald Trump on tariffs

    It turns out that even conservative justices will only accept so many assaults on legal and constitutional norms

    Brooke Masters
    A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington
  • Thursday, 5 February, 2026
    US economy
    Ask an Expert. Are US markets and the economy as strong as Trump claims? You asked, we answered

    US managing editor Brooke Masters and US financial commentator Robert Armstrong replied to reader questions

  • Wednesday, 4 February, 2026
    Technology sector
    Why absolutely everyone is peddling an AI application

    We are either on the verge of widespread adoption or a terrible crash

    Brooke Masters
    Commuters make their way through a New York subway station
  • Sunday, 18 January, 2026
    Larry Fink
    Interview. Inside Larry Fink’s bid to revive scandal-hit Davos

    BlackRock chief aims to make World Economic Forum central to global conversation

    Larry Fink speaks with hands raised during a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
  • Wednesday, 7 January, 2026
    US politics & policy
    Watch out for America’s activist attorneys-general

    Top state lawyers are joining together to challenge Trump and rein in big business

    Brooke Masters
    Oregon attorney-general Dan Rayfield speaks into a microphone at a town hall, standing near an American flag.
  • Tuesday, 30 December, 2025
    Year in a word 2025
    Year in a word: cockroaches

    Jamie Dimon’s deft summary of the bankruptcies that have rattled finance

    Brooke Masters
    Montage of images of a cockroach against a background of a $100 bill and the word ‘cockroaches’ spelled out in tiles
  • Wednesday, 24 December, 2025
    US companies
    Subscription overload is exhausting Americans

    The battle for Warner Bros could be the last straw for cash-strapped viewers

    Brooke Masters
    Illustration of the Netflix N logo with green dollar bills scattered over it
  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    Swamp Notes podcast16 min listen
    Trump’s plan to give babies money

    The president wants to give newborns investment accounts. Now billionaires do, too.

  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    FT Globetrotter
    FT journalists on the books that help explain Washington today

    These books span philosophy, fiction and insider gossip — together, they help contextualise Washington at a tumultuous time

    A person lies on the grass reading a book, with the US Capitol dome blurred in the background.
  • Tuesday, 25 November, 2025
    US financial regulation
    Making IPOs great again has its pitfalls

    The US needs more public listings but the regulatory pendulum may be swinging too far

    Brooke Masters
    Paul Atkins speaks on stage at the IIF annual membership meeting, gesturing with both hands raised.
  • Wednesday, 12 November, 2025
    US companies
    How the American dream turned out to be pay to play

    Big brands from Disney to American Express are profiting from economic divisions and making them wider

    Brooke Masters
    Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland decorated with blue and pink banners and a ‘70’ emblem, with visitors walking towards the entrance
  • Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
    Private credit
    Deregulation will pour extra fuel on the private credit bonfire

    The Trump administration’s looser rules could breed more ‘cockroaches’ in the lending market

    Brooke Masters
    A scene from ‘The Big Short’, depicting finance professionals arguing across a desk in an office
  • Tuesday, 7 October, 2025
    Financial services
    Goldman executive says retail rush into private assets is raising risks

    Fund managers are under pressure to deploy capital quickly and could buy bad assets

    Marc Nachmann
  • Thursday, 25 September, 2025
    Non-Fiction
    We the People — Jill Lepore on why Americans have got their constitution all wrong

    The Harvard historian tells the story of the US’s foundational document — and why it was always meant to be amended

    A partial view of the US Constitution’s preamble with ‘We the People’ visible, set against a backdrop of the American flag.
  • Wednesday, 17 September, 2025
    US politics & policy
    Trump’s quarterly reporting move is the wrong idea at the wrong time

    These disclosures are no passing regulatory fad but a bedrock of US markets

    Brooke Masters
    Stacks of large paper documents bundled with binder clips and string, with colourful folders and dividers visible
  • Friday, 12 September, 2025
    Swamp Notes podcast18 min listen
    How the Supreme Court can change the course of Trump’s presidency

    The US high court could constrain the president’s controversial policies. Will it?

  • Tuesday, 9 September, 2025
    Political Fix podcast32 min listen
    Bonus ep: How the UK is navigating the Trump era

    Have US and UK relations become any less 'special' under Trump?

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