Ian Smith
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Ian Smith
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Senior Markets Correspondent at the Financial Times. Previously insurance, markets, finance, stocks, pensions, you get the idea

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November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Correct opinion
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Government bonds have performed better, pushing down yields, but they have also closed a gap with interest rate swaps of the same maturity.

That shows markets are now “less worried about supply”, investors say. US charted but also true in UK.
www.ft.com/content/a86f...
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor [formerly known as Prince] after this formal process concludes
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The artist formerly known as prince
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Champagne for real investors, real pain for sham investors
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
given the lack of fundamentals, it is admittedly hard to provide a clear valuation level for "silly" beyond "this line went near-vertical"
October 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM