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Jennifer Hughes

US Markets Editor

Jennifer Hughes rejoined the FT in 2022 as US markets editor after five years with Reuters and its commentary arm, Breakingviews. Prior to that, her 18-year FT career included covering capital markets, banks, finance, regulation plus writing the Lex column during stints in New York, London and most recently, Hong Kong.
Email Jennifer Hughes @jennhughes13  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Nasdaq Inc
    Nasdaq’s board diversity rules struck down by US court

    Decision says SEC should not have signed off on directive requiring listed companies to meet certain criteria

    The display outside the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York City
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Eurozone interest rates
    How fast will the ECB lower interest rates?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    A euro sculpture in front of the European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Hedge funds
    Jane Street and Millennium settle legal dispute over trading strategy

    Both firms confirm resolution but decline to disclose details stemming from departure of two former employees

    Jane Street’s office building in lower Manhattan, New York
  • Tuesday, 3 December, 2024
    US equities
    Wall Street’s AI-powered rally risks ‘correction’, Vanguard warns

    Asset manager’s chief economist Joe Davis says investors are overplaying the near-term potential of the technology

    artificial intelligence chips
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    US dollar
    Dollar climbs after Trump’s Brics tariff threat and French political woes

    Currency on course for biggest daily rise since November 5 US presidential election

    A teller shows US dollar bills
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    Financial & markets regulation
    US regulators approve first round-the-clock stock exchange

    SEC gives green light to two-stage plan to extend share trading hours

    The Securities and Exchange Commission building
  • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
    EU energy
    How ‘bumpy’ is US inflation?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    Footwear on display at Tender, an upscale clothing store in Birmingham, Michigan
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    US Securities and Exchange Commission
    Gary Gensler to step down as SEC chair in January

    Regulator had pushed through a blizzard of new rules during his tenure

    Gary Gensler speaks at a hearing
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Equity exchanges
    French asset manager Tikehau considering New York listing

    An increasing number of European companies are looking past home exchanges to more liquid markets in US

    Mathieu Chabran and Antoine Flamarion
  • Monday, 18 November, 2024
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    The US dollar surges

    Investors are betting that Donald Trump will drive up inflation, keeping bond yields higher

  • Saturday, 16 November, 2024
    Trump Media & Technology Group
    Roaring Donald: Trump’s Truth Social emerges as a meme stock darling

    Share price in US president-elect’s media group has been slipping despite high turnover among retail investors

    Truth Social logo
  • Friday, 15 November, 2024
    On Wall StreetUS financial regulation
    Killing the CAT: why a key regulatory tool is under attack from Wall Street

    Ken Griffin’s Citadel Securities is among those challenging the US market surveillance system

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    US equities
    Trump election win spurs US stocks to strongest week in a year

    S&P 500 breaks through 6,000 for first time

    A trader looking at one of his monitors at the New York Stock Exchange
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    Political risk and investment
    US stocks hit record and investors dump bonds after Trump victory

    Dollar rallies in its best day in 2 years as ‘Trump trades’ sweep through global markets

    Dollar banknotes
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    Futures contracts
    CME customers criticise futures exchange after it wins approval to also act as broker

    Derivatives traders warn of potential ‘conflicts of interest’ as Chicago group gains licence

    CME Group headquarters in Chicago
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    US dollar
    Dollar jumps as ‘Trump trades’ push US bond yields higher

    Japan’s yen and Mexico’s peso fall as jittery investors await election outcome

    A stack of $100 banknotes being counted
  • Sunday, 3 November, 2024
    New titans of Wall Street — an FT series
    Ken Griffin’s money machine: market maker Citadel Securities

    The trading firm is pushing frontiers in markets once dominated by banks — but is not yet regulated like one

    Ken Griffin, founder of Citadel Securities, left, and Peng Zhao, chief executive, right
  • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
    US equities
    Tech stock sell-off wipes out Wall Street’s October gains

    Disappointing Microsoft earnings prompt biggest one-day drop for US equities since early September

    A Wall Street sign hangs in front of a US flag outside the New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    ExplainerBoeing Company
    Has Boeing done enough to avoid the credit rating junk yard?

    Plane maker is burning through an estimated $1bn a month during a strike by its largest labour union

    Boeing factory workers gather on a picket line
  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    US election bets surge after court lifts ban

    Traders on prediction markets narrowly favour a Trump victory over Harris next month

    A montage of a woman behind a voting booth and a casino chip and dice in the background
  • Sunday, 13 October, 2024
    Global inflation
    What is the ECB’s outlook for Eurozone interest rates?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

    European flags flutter in front of the European Central Bank
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    US Treasury bonds
    Treasury market volatility surges as investors rethink interest rate bets

    Bond traders brace for inflation data on Thursday after jobs figures smashed expectations

    A trader examines multiple computer screens displaying financial charts and data
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    Global Economy
    How fast is US inflation falling?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    Equity exchanges
    New Texas exchange pledges tougher standards than New York rivals

    The launch feeds into an effort to establish the state as a corporate mecca with a new bourse trading equities in Dallas

    Jim Lee, CEO of the new Texas Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    UnhedgedMarkets
    What we mean by ‘recession’ matters Premium content

    Downturns don’t have to be extreme events to affect markets

    A person holding an umbrella walks past the New York Stock Exchange
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