Ian Smith
@iankmsmith
Senior Markets Correspondent at the Financial Times. Previously insurance, finance, stocks, pensions, you get the idea. This is my real account: I never promote crypto or any other investment Stories: Contact: ian.smith@ft.com
Nice hit on small caps by @emilydherbert.bsky.social with this chart by @raydouglas.bsky.social on a very strong 2026 so far www.ft.com/content/05ab...
Japan's borrowing costs climb to their highest in 30 years, with recent steepening looking bad against peers People are starting to ask the Q about what rising rates, encouraged by a $2tn spending plan, means for its significant debts Story with @urbandirt.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/d1268395-1...
even for Canary Wharf this is too on the nose www.ft.com/content/4653...?
It's Portugal vs Croatia, Ronaldo vs Modric, me vs @louisashworth.bsky.social, MainFT vs Alphaville. The stakes could not be higher
What happens with the AI boom ends, for the economy and for markets? Our piece on an interesting report from the Bank for International Settlements 👇 AI ‘exuberance’ risks ending in lengthy investment bust, BIS warns www.ft.com/content/e81c...
Op-ed on gilts from bond giant Pimco’s Peder Beck-Friis. Bond markets “do not meaningfully distinguish between types of spending” Plans 3 or 4 years ahead “often… prove too optimistic” Redefining debt “rarely persuades investors” as.ft.com/r/ccc9b1fc-3...
just a "little bit more", just a little wafer-thin bit more borrowing www.ft.com/content/7eb3...
Funny, but it’s also what it comes down to I guess? www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/a-...
i'm old enough to remember a "spring of speculation" over CBI's leadership
and for balance this really is a great "hold on there sonny jim i've got some fight left in me" picture www.ft.com/content/04a8...
It really is a great "I'm going to be the bigger person and give you space to resign" picture www.ft.com/content/0881...
when your pop doesn't have quite that pop you were hoping for www.ft.com/content/0972...
Reeves yesterday on the UK's position (www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...)