Why are investors so jumpy?
6/9/202619 min
The market plunged on Friday after a positive jobs report and then rebounded on Monday. Today on the show, Rob Armstrong and reporter Daire MacFadden ask why investors seem so jumpy. Also they go short deal trinkets and long young basketball players.
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Robert Armstrong· Host0:24
[upbeat electronic jingle] Pushkin. Stocks are down, way down. No, wait. This just in, they're up. No, they're down again. Wait, no, they're definitely up now. [upbeat music] Today on the show, some zigzags in the equity markets, and other markets, too. This is Unhedged, the markets and finance podcast from the FT and Pushkin. I am Rob Armstrong, coming to you from New York City, where it's not just markets that are volatile, it is my internal emotional state. I can't handle all this zigging and zagging. I am joined down the line from London by Dara McFadden, the newest member of the Unhedged team. Dara, are you managing to remain calm in the face of all of this?
Daire MacFadden· Panelist1:22
I'm reverting to the mean, Rob.
Robert Armstrong· Host1:24
[laughs] That is the spirit. So we've had an absolutely wild couple of days