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Robert Armstrong

US Financial Commentator

Robert Armstrong is the FT’s US financial commentator and writes the Unhedged newsletter. Previously, he was the US financial editor, chief editorial writer and has also edited the FT’s Lex Column. Before becoming a journalist, he worked in finance and studied philosophy. You can sign up for a 30 day trial to the Unhedged newsletter here.

Meet Robert

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  • Tuesday, 5 May, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast19 min listen
    Are AI stocks the new railroad bonds?

    To understand what’s going on in the sector, look at 19th-century railroads

  • Monday, 4 May, 2026
    Technology sector
    AI + Halo = $$$

    A techno-industrial boomlet

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast23 min listen
    The Fed holds steady

    Jay Powell’s final rate conference

  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Markets
    The Fed’s balancing act

    Plus tech earnings

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
    Jerome Powell walks away from a podium, holding documents, with several US flags in the background.
  • Thursday, 30 April, 2026
    Technology regulation
    AI companies are just companies

    As we leap into a new technological age, the old rules of capitalism still apply

    Robert Armstrong
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  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast23 min listen
    Gloom and boom

    Why the markets rise despite chaos

  • Monday, 27 April, 2026
    Markets
    This rally runs deep

    Plus, the global won

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
  • Saturday, 25 April, 2026
    Markets
    Chart of the Week: The S&P just doesn’t care

    The war is over — in the US stock market, at least

    Robert Armstrong
    An illustration showing red and blue financial line graphs superimposed over New York City skyscrapers.
  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast24 min listen
    China Shock 2.0

    Inside China’s new economy

  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    Markets
    A vibe check from commodities pros

    Plus UK inflation

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
    A fuel truck drives past large white oil storage tanks labelled "Unitank" at an industrial facility.
  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    Style
    That sweater isn’t fooling anyone, big guy

    Presidents and executives have tried to pull the wool over people’s eyes and soften their image with knitwear

    Robert Armstrong
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  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast24 min listen
    Trading disruption

    Reporting from the FT Commodities Global Summit 2026

  • Friday, 17 April, 2026
    Markets
    What kind of rally is this?

    Plus Treasuries’ declining convenience yield

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
    A collage of New York City skyscrapers with two jagged lines, one red and one blue, representing fluctuating financial data.
  • Thursday, 16 April, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast21 min listen
    Boing! Springtime for the markets

    Investors seem delighted, but why?

  • Thursday, 16 April, 2026
    Markets
    Does AI want to be free?

    Plus, global imbalances and global crises

    Robert Armstrong & Daire MacFadden
    Premium content
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  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast24 min listen
    Space ecstasy

    SpaceX might be the biggest IPO ever

  • Tuesday, 14 April, 2026
    Markets
    Small caps revisited

    Index choice matters, and so do valuations

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
    A trader gestures at multiple monitors displaying complex financial charts and data in a trading office.
  • Monday, 13 April, 2026
    US inflation
    Oil prices are a growth problem

    Plus, diversification is hard

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
  • Friday, 10 April, 2026
    Markets
    Why are small stocks outperforming?

    Plus more on the Strait of Hormuz toll

    Robert Armstrong
    An illustration of a city skyline with two jagged lines, one red and one blue, representing fluctuating chart data overlaid across the buildings.
  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast21 min listen
    What has changed?

    Can peace return the globe to order?

  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    Markets
    The ceasefire bounce

    And the Hormuz bitcoin tollbooth

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
    A row of black and white dominoes falling in sequence across a diagonally split blue and pink surface.
  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
    Markets
    Earnings expectations are too high

    Plus AI and jobs

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
    A trader gestures at a desk surrounded by multiple monitors displaying complex financial charts and graphs.
  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    Unhedged Podcast15 min listen
    Guns and butter and credit

    What the 1960s can teach us about our economy

  • Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
    Markets
    Don’t forget the Mag 7

    Still a third of the S&P 500 — and wobbling a bit

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
    Logos of Microsoft, Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, Google, Meta and Amazon appear above a silhouette of hands holding a smartphone.
  • Monday, 6 April, 2026
    Markets
    US employment: more sludge

    Plus, guns and butter redux

    Robert Armstrong
    Premium content
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