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John Authers took over as investment editor of the Financial Times in September 2006. He writes the daily Short View column, the Long View column, which appears every Saturday, and the Last Word column for FT Fund Management, which appears monthly.
He joined the FT in 1990. In previous posts, he has been US markets editor, US banking correspondent, and Mexico City bureau chief. He is currently based in New York. His publications include The Victim’s Fortune - Inside the Epic Battle Over the Debts of the Holocaust, co-authored by Richard Wolffe and published by HarperCollins in 2002. He holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from University College, Oxford, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. - -
The Short View: Corporate America
John Authers looks at the future of Corporate America amid poor results and record commodity prices
The rich gift of popularity
Some of the wealthy are disliked because of a sense that they are undeserving of their status, but this can be changed if they fulfil the obligation to invest in philanthropic causes, says John Authers
Long View: Classic films shed light on commodities boom
The commodity boom is both a farce in the US markets and a tragedy for the poor trying to work the land
The Short View: Transportation stocks
John Authers on the rise of the transportation stocks in spite of record oil prices
The Short View: Euro and oil
John Authers on the relationship between the single currency and the price of crude oil
The Short View: Crunchy credit
John Authers says that the credit crunch has only started to have a real effect on the US economy
The Short View: Political uncertainty
John Authers says the optimism in the US markets in light of political uncertainty looks premature
Long View: When it’s time to ask for whom the bell curve tolls
Quantifying risks can be useful, provided they do not take the place of common sense, or imagination, says John Authers
The Short View: Euphoria in Brazil
John Authers cautions about the S&P’s recent upgrade of the Brazilian sovereign debt
The Short View: FOMC statement
John Authers on the FOMC statement following the 25 basis point cut in Fed funds rate
