FT Long Short blog http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=cb46594af3d0e57595f812962207da8a Sat, 25 May 2013 01:03:54 +0000 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d23f524-c3d1-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_john-authers%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Episode shows the vital question for markets is the Fed, and when and how it withdraws its stimulus programme, writes John Authers http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0d23f524-c3d1-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_john-authers%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Fri, 24 May 2013 08:48:19 +0000 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dcc584a-c3ce-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_the-short-view%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The Nikkei rose fast, making its strongest six-month gain since 1953, and no one should be surprised that it fell faster http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3dcc584a-c3ce-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_the-short-view%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Thu, 23 May 2013 23:22:40 +0000 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad91738c-c3c3-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_the-short-view%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The S&P 500 has risen all year without any big setbacks, which is highly unusual. A drop of 5-10 per cent might even be healthy, helping to limit speculative excess http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ad91738c-c3c3-11e2-8c30-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_the-short-view%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:51 +0000 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73dc017c-c303-11e2-9bcb-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_the-short-view%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The market is under the spell of the Fed – and investors can do little more than hope that Ben Bernanke keeps sprinkling magic dollars http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/73dc017c-c303-11e2-9bcb-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_the-short-view%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Wed, 22 May 2013 18:03:56 +0000 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c40cfed8-be4b-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_john-authers%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Equities rally in the face of flat earnings is partly down to how companies are deploying cash, but this will do little to boost economic growth http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c40cfed8-be4b-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_john-authers%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Sun, 19 May 2013 15:07:29 +0000 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d7bc18e-be1a-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_john-authers%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Small investors in the US have grown ever smarter and more informed over the last decade, while their counterparts on the other side of the Atlantic have not http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6d7bc18e-be1a-11e2-bb35-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fmarkets_john-authers%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:20 +0000