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John Plender

Senior Editorial Columnist

John Plender has been a senior editorial writer and columnist at the Financial Times since 1981, an assignment he combined until recently with current affairs broadcasting for the BBC and Channel Four. He has a weekly column on economics and business on Mondays and also writes for the opinion pages.

John Plender was the winner of the Wincott Foundation senior prize for excellence in financial journalism in 1994.

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    Wednesday, 25 April, 2018
  • Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
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    Confusing market signals are a minefield for central banks

    Volatility and investors’ swings on the inflation threat complicates life for bankers unwinding stimulus

    Wednesday, 4 April, 2018
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    The ‘one-share, one-vote’ proposition is a victim of competition between exchanges

    Monday, 19 March, 2018
  • Tuesday, 6 March, 2018
    Markets Insight
    Beware threat of risky debt and opaque shadow banks

    Rise of leveraged loans at non-banks is regulatory arbitrage that worries watchdogs

    Tuesday, 6 March, 2018
  • Tuesday, 6 February, 2018
    Markets Insight
    Strong global economy no comfort to stretched markets

    Economic growth is robust, but credit and equity markets are full of warning signs

    Tuesday, 6 February, 2018
  • Tuesday, 23 January, 2018
    Markets Insight
    Central banks not to blame for a weaker dollar

    Falling reserve currency has loosened global financial conditions

    Tuesday, 23 January, 2018
  • Friday, 5 January, 2018
    FTfm
    A major S&P ratio has a whiff of 1929. Is this a bubble?

    The current market is a tricky beast so hold on tight in 2018

    Friday, 5 January, 2018
  • Friday, 15 December, 2017
    Climate change
    Rapid changes in the climate for investing in oil

    The Paris agreement has quickened the move to a greener economy

    Friday, 15 December, 2017
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2017
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    The Trump bear market for bonds is fast arriving

    Republican tax package will definitively put an end to 36-year upswing for Treasuries

    Tuesday, 5 December, 2017
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    Low volatility paradox will catch out investors

    Search for yield this time is more complex and opaque than in the past

    Tuesday, 21 November, 2017
  • Sunday, 12 November, 2017
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    Cash-hoarding companies are a problem for Japan

    Too much income is trapped in a risk averse corporate sector awash with record profits

    Sunday, 12 November, 2017
  • Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
    Markets Insight
    Misaligned CEO incentives add to corporate debt fears

    US chief executives incentivised to put share price above health of balance sheet

    Tuesday, 31 October, 2017
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2017
    Markets Insight
    Why lower for longer will remain anthem for markets

    Writing the obituary for the bull market in bonds has proved every premature

    Tuesday, 12 September, 2017
  • Friday, 1 September, 2017
    FT Books Essay
    On the money: a history of the Bank of England

    People take centre stage in David Kynaston’s account of a 323-year quest for financial stability

    Friday, 1 September, 2017
  • Sunday, 6 August, 2017
    US banks
    Lessons from the credit crunch

    US banks are notably less weak than Europe’s where stress tests have been unstressful

    Sunday, 6 August, 2017
  • Wednesday, 2 August, 2017
    FTfm
    Index trackers break prudent portfolio management rules

    John Plender warns of dangerous concentration risk in some ETFs

    Wednesday, 2 August, 2017
  • Tuesday, 1 August, 2017
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    Lessons for devotees of this epic bull run in stocks

    Complacency is one of the preconditions for the switch from bull to bear markets

    Tuesday, 1 August, 2017
  • Monday, 17 July, 2017
    Shareholder activism
    Turmoil in Silicon Valley makes activists’ case

    Changes at Uber give another twist to arguments on shareholder democracy

    Monday, 17 July, 2017
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    A decade on investors are once more dancing furiously

    Further tightening may expose underlying economic weaknesses or financial fissures

    Tuesday, 11 July, 2017
  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2017
    Markets Insight
    A ‘Minsky moment’ isn’t imminent, but investors should be wary

    Biggest current risk lies in equity markets trading at record levels with merely average global growth

    Tuesday, 6 June, 2017
  • Sunday, 21 May, 2017
    FTfm
    Church of England delivers divine returns

    John Plender analyses the remarkable investment success of the religious endowment

    Sunday, 21 May, 2017
  • Sunday, 14 May, 2017
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    The UK’s dysfunctional housing market

    There is a business model in housebuilding that relies on constantly rising land values

    Sunday, 14 May, 2017
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    Property drama raises fears for Canadian banking

    Allegations against mortgage lender prompt questions over surge in household debt

    Tuesday, 2 May, 2017
  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2017
    The Big Read
    UK councils build a credit bubble

    Fuelled by cheap state loans, local authorities are trying to plug the funding gap with property investments

    Tuesday, 25 April, 2017
  • Saturday, 22 April, 2017
    FTfm
    The constant disappointment of economic forecasts

    The record of predictions based on demography is not impressive, writes John Plender

    Saturday, 22 April, 2017
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