Ray Douglas
@raydouglas.bsky.social
Journalist at @financialtimes.com Formerly @thetimes.com and The Sunday Times | Editor, writer and occasional coder | Markets and tech | Views my own
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Former Fed Official Violated Trading Rules, Disclosures Show
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🇬🇧 UK unemployment rate rises more than expected to 5%
Figures are a setback for government ahead of high-stakes Budget
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Figures are a setback for government ahead of high-stakes Budget
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November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🇬🇧 UK unemployment rate rises more than expected to 5%
Figures are a setback for government ahead of high-stakes Budget
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Figures are a setback for government ahead of high-stakes Budget
FT www.ft.com/content/cabf...
🇬🇧 If you really want to understand what’s going on inside the BBC, this podcast episode is an essential listen
Hosted by ex-Beeb insiders @lewisgoodall.com, @jonsopel1.bsky.social & Emily Maitlis
Very revealing
Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Global www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Hosted by ex-Beeb insiders @lewisgoodall.com, @jonsopel1.bsky.social & Emily Maitlis
Very revealing
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Global www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Inside the BBC: What really went on
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 10/11/2025 · 35m
podcasts.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🇬🇧 If you really want to understand what’s going on inside the BBC, this podcast episode is an essential listen
Hosted by ex-Beeb insiders @lewisgoodall.com, @jonsopel1.bsky.social & Emily Maitlis
Very revealing
Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Global www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
Hosted by ex-Beeb insiders @lewisgoodall.com, @jonsopel1.bsky.social & Emily Maitlis
Very revealing
Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Global www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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power, data and birds on the loneliest road in america: www.ft.com/content/729d...
The AI boom comes to America’s loneliest place
Plans for a 230-mile transmission line threaten Nevada’s wilderness and have united hunters and wildlife groups
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
power, data and birds on the loneliest road in america: www.ft.com/content/729d...
🇺🇸 US consumer sentiment drops to its lowest level since June 2022 -- and the sharpest fall comes from Republicans
FT www.ft.com/content/a864...
#ConsumerSentiment #USPolitics #Economy
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#ConsumerSentiment #USPolitics #Economy
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🇺🇸 US consumer sentiment drops to its lowest level since June 2022 -- and the sharpest fall comes from Republicans
FT www.ft.com/content/a864...
#ConsumerSentiment #USPolitics #Economy
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#ConsumerSentiment #USPolitics #Economy
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
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November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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quite a chart from WashPost www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
quite a chart from WashPost www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
🇳🇬🇺🇸 Trump threatens Nigeria with military action over violence against Christians
FT www.ft.com/content/d0c7...
FT www.ft.com/content/d0c7...
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🇳🇬🇺🇸 Trump threatens Nigeria with military action over violence against Christians
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NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
Black River — near total destruction.
Black River — near total destruction.
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.
Black River — near total destruction.
Black River — near total destruction.
🚨 Gold momentum gauge was flashing red
The RSI has been in overbought territory (>70) for weeks, a classic warning sign that the gold rally may have run out of steam
For some goldbugs, this confirmed the price was ripe for its recent correction
FT www.ft.com/content/d6c0...
#Gold #Markets #RSI
The RSI has been in overbought territory (>70) for weeks, a classic warning sign that the gold rally may have run out of steam
For some goldbugs, this confirmed the price was ripe for its recent correction
FT www.ft.com/content/d6c0...
#Gold #Markets #RSI
October 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨 Gold momentum gauge was flashing red
The RSI has been in overbought territory (>70) for weeks, a classic warning sign that the gold rally may have run out of steam
For some goldbugs, this confirmed the price was ripe for its recent correction
FT www.ft.com/content/d6c0...
#Gold #Markets #RSI
The RSI has been in overbought territory (>70) for weeks, a classic warning sign that the gold rally may have run out of steam
For some goldbugs, this confirmed the price was ripe for its recent correction
FT www.ft.com/content/d6c0...
#Gold #Markets #RSI
🇺🇸 Tesla chair warns Musk could quit if shareholders reject $1tn pay deal 🚗
'Robyn Denholm urges investors to support billionaire chief’s package ahead of crucial November 6 vote'
FT www.ft.com/content/81fe...
#Musk #Tesla #ElonMusk
'Robyn Denholm urges investors to support billionaire chief’s package ahead of crucial November 6 vote'
FT www.ft.com/content/81fe...
#Musk #Tesla #ElonMusk
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🇺🇸 Tesla chair warns Musk could quit if shareholders reject $1tn pay deal 🚗
'Robyn Denholm urges investors to support billionaire chief’s package ahead of crucial November 6 vote'
FT www.ft.com/content/81fe...
#Musk #Tesla #ElonMusk
'Robyn Denholm urges investors to support billionaire chief’s package ahead of crucial November 6 vote'
FT www.ft.com/content/81fe...
#Musk #Tesla #ElonMusk
Lovely, informative column by @edwinheathcote.bsky.social, the FT’s architecture critic, on Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing
FT www.ft.com/content/8564...
FT www.ft.com/content/8564...
October 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Lovely, informative column by @edwinheathcote.bsky.social, the FT’s architecture critic, on Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing
FT www.ft.com/content/8564...
FT www.ft.com/content/8564...
🇺🇸 Beyond Meat shares surge 🚀
Shares in the shorted maker of plant-based burgers and sausages have leapt since Friday, echoing the meme stock mania of 2021
BYND is currently the top trending ticker on Stocktwits
#BYND #BeyondMeat
Shares in the shorted maker of plant-based burgers and sausages have leapt since Friday, echoing the meme stock mania of 2021
BYND is currently the top trending ticker on Stocktwits
#BYND #BeyondMeat
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🇺🇸 Beyond Meat shares surge 🚀
Shares in the shorted maker of plant-based burgers and sausages have leapt since Friday, echoing the meme stock mania of 2021
BYND is currently the top trending ticker on Stocktwits
#BYND #BeyondMeat
Shares in the shorted maker of plant-based burgers and sausages have leapt since Friday, echoing the meme stock mania of 2021
BYND is currently the top trending ticker on Stocktwits
#BYND #BeyondMeat
🇺🇸 Netflix shares down more than 6% in after-hours trading
Streamer reported an operating margin of 28%, below guidance of 31.5%, owing to a $619mn expense from a dispute with Brazilian tax authorities
FT www.ft.com/content/3fba...
Streamer reported an operating margin of 28%, below guidance of 31.5%, owing to a $619mn expense from a dispute with Brazilian tax authorities
FT www.ft.com/content/3fba...
October 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
🇺🇸 Netflix shares down more than 6% in after-hours trading
Streamer reported an operating margin of 28%, below guidance of 31.5%, owing to a $619mn expense from a dispute with Brazilian tax authorities
FT www.ft.com/content/3fba...
Streamer reported an operating margin of 28%, below guidance of 31.5%, owing to a $619mn expense from a dispute with Brazilian tax authorities
FT www.ft.com/content/3fba...
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French police have released CCTV of the suspect in the Louvre robbery
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
French police have released CCTV of the suspect in the Louvre robbery
🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
"US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting"
FT www.ft.com/content/7960...
"US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting"
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October 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
🇺🇦 🇺🇸 Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
"US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting"
FT www.ft.com/content/7960...
"US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting"
FT www.ft.com/content/7960...
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'The motto in markets right now is “shut up and take my money”, as the fear of missing out seeps into almost every major asset class. Nowhere is that clearer than in corporate bonds.’
www.ft.com/content/bf28...
www.ft.com/content/bf28...
October 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
'The motto in markets right now is “shut up and take my money”, as the fear of missing out seeps into almost every major asset class. Nowhere is that clearer than in corporate bonds.’
www.ft.com/content/bf28...
www.ft.com/content/bf28...
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Asked whether the FT’s calculations on his family’s profits were broadly accurate, Eric Trump said the true figure was “probably more”.
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
FT Investigation: How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies
www.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Asked whether the FT’s calculations on his family’s profits were broadly accurate, Eric Trump said the true figure was “probably more”.
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
www.ft.com/content/2ea2...
🇺🇸 In lieu of today’s postponed US CPI release (now due Oct 24), here’s a look at what’s happened to US imported and domestic prices since Trump’s tariff announcements
Tariffs reversed moderating retail prices
📊 H/T: “Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of US Tariffs”
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Tariffs reversed moderating retail prices
📊 H/T: “Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of US Tariffs”
🔗 www.hbs.edu/faculty/Page...
October 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🇺🇸 In lieu of today’s postponed US CPI release (now due Oct 24), here’s a look at what’s happened to US imported and domestic prices since Trump’s tariff announcements
Tariffs reversed moderating retail prices
📊 H/T: “Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of US Tariffs”
🔗 www.hbs.edu/faculty/Page...
Tariffs reversed moderating retail prices
📊 H/T: “Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of US Tariffs”
🔗 www.hbs.edu/faculty/Page...
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“I thought it was important to have something that physically exists, something you can actually hold in your hands"
We dig into one of the markets stories of the year: gold mania
www.ft.com/content/3401...
Story by me, Leslie Hook, Harry Dempsey, data visualisation by @raydouglas.bsky.social
We dig into one of the markets stories of the year: gold mania
www.ft.com/content/3401...
Story by me, Leslie Hook, Harry Dempsey, data visualisation by @raydouglas.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“I thought it was important to have something that physically exists, something you can actually hold in your hands"
We dig into one of the markets stories of the year: gold mania
www.ft.com/content/3401...
Story by me, Leslie Hook, Harry Dempsey, data visualisation by @raydouglas.bsky.social
We dig into one of the markets stories of the year: gold mania
www.ft.com/content/3401...
Story by me, Leslie Hook, Harry Dempsey, data visualisation by @raydouglas.bsky.social
🇺🇸 OpenAI extends chip spending spree with multibillion-dollar Broadcom deal
Deal could cost up to $500bn on top of start-up’s $1tn pledge for semiconductors and data centres
Yet another circular AI deal...
FT www.ft.com/content/bdaf...
Deal could cost up to $500bn on top of start-up’s $1tn pledge for semiconductors and data centres
Yet another circular AI deal...
FT www.ft.com/content/bdaf...
October 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🇺🇸 OpenAI extends chip spending spree with multibillion-dollar Broadcom deal
Deal could cost up to $500bn on top of start-up’s $1tn pledge for semiconductors and data centres
Yet another circular AI deal...
FT www.ft.com/content/bdaf...
Deal could cost up to $500bn on top of start-up’s $1tn pledge for semiconductors and data centres
Yet another circular AI deal...
FT www.ft.com/content/bdaf...
🇺🇸 Broadcom up more than 12% pre-market
OPENAI AND BROADCOM FORGE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR CHIP DEVELOPMENT DEAL
OPENAI AND BROADCOM FORGE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR CHIP DEVELOPMENT DEAL
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🇺🇸 Broadcom up more than 12% pre-market
OPENAI AND BROADCOM FORGE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR CHIP DEVELOPMENT DEAL
OPENAI AND BROADCOM FORGE MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR CHIP DEVELOPMENT DEAL