Commercial Awareness with Watson’s Daily business and financial news
Watson’s Daily is the newsletter that improves your COMMERCIAL AWARENESS. In this podcast, the writer of Watson’s Daily talks about the week’s news and its implications. Peter Watson is an ex-stockbroker (13 years at 4 different investment banks in London and Tokyo) who advised some of the world’s biggest financial institutions on the UK, European and Japanese stock markets. He uses this experience to break down and explain key business and financial markets news in an approachable way! He also does the occasional podcast on career-related matters an ex-headhunter.
Latest episodes
Jun 29, 2025 • 22min
Episode 945: ONS failure vs Xiaomi's impressive new car
In this episode, Duncan and I look at the ONS's ongoing failure and Xiaomi's amazing new car launch...
Jun 22, 2025 • 24min
Episode 944: Tricky booze vs Musk's super-app
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Pernod Ricard's woes and Musk's desire for X to become a super-app...
Jun 18, 2025 • 24min
Episode 943: Starbucks's China crisis vs whether AI really does make you stupid!
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about what Starbucks should do about its declining business in China and whether AI really does make you stupid (an MIT study says it does!)...
Jun 17, 2025 • 28min
Episode 942: Crypto frenzy vs what's up with WhatsApp?
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the latest crypto-related IPO and what's going on with WhatsApp and its decision to show ads...
Jun 6, 2025 • 42min
Episode 941: Weekly with Ralph - businesses and WW3 vs the future of power
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about whether it's a good idea for businesses to prepare for WW3 in 2027 and what the future of electricity looks like...just your usual light-hearted chat on a Friday afternoon 😁
Jun 1, 2025 • 40min
Episode 940: Weekly with Ralph - Trump's tariff troubles
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the dramatic developments for Trump's tariffs this week and why they actually matter...
May 25, 2025 • 1h 4min
Episode 939: Weekly with Ralph - the Big Beautiful Bill and virtual research analysts...
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about Trump's centrepiece bill that passed by just one vote. We also talk about UBS using virtual analysts and what that means not just for the equity research profession - but for other professions as well!
May 21, 2025 • 34min
Episode 938: Chinese EV tech vs Virtual analysts...
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about why Chinese EV tech is winning over customers and whether virtual analysts at UBS are a sign of the future in both finance and other professions...
May 18, 2025 • 50min
Episode 937: Weekly with Ralph - is Trump winning the trade war and how AI could be monetised...
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about whether Trump's "winning" the trade war and how AI could be monetised using Spotify's model...
May 15, 2025 • 16min
Episode 936: Farmer issues vs how Spotify can monetise AI...
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about how the new US-UK trade deal will affect farmers and how I think Spotify could potentially use its model to monetise AI...
