Commercial Awareness with Watson’s Daily business and financial news
Peter Watson
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.
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Jan 21, 2024 • 53min
Episode 846: Peter & Ralph's THEMES FOR 2024
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the themes I mention in this year's Watson's Yearly: populism/democracy, near-shoring, more deglobalisation, renewables, more targeted AI and the growth of the Middle East and India.
Jan 21, 2024 • 42min
Episode 845: Why Ralph is a genius and how AI could change the insurance industry!
This is an episode that I recorded before Christmas with Ralph where we had an interesting discussion about how AI can change the insurance industry. Ralph is an expert in insurance, so you should definitely give this a watch/listen!
Dec 15, 2023 • 24min
Episode 844: Trainline’s good news vs AI replacing journalism…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about some good news for Trainline and potentially bad news for journalism…
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Dec 13, 2023 • 22min
Episode 843: wage growth easing vs AI potentially taking insurance jobs…
Discussion on the slowdown of UK wage growth and decreasing job vacancies, upcoming interest rate reports and the challenge of balancing central bank decisions, potential impact of AI on the insurance industry and jobs in the industry, the impact of AI on careers and the importance of empathy in certain professions.
Dec 12, 2023 • 18min
Episode 842: MI5 briefs business vs the Begbies Traynor dilemma…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about businesses getting briefed by MI5 and how, on the one hand, you want Begbies Traynor to do well and why, on the other hand, you hope they don’t!
Dec 10, 2023 • 38min
Episode 841: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 4th December 2023)
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about Spotify's massive headcount reduction and what the company could do to grow its business in the future...APOLOGIES - the sound is a bit weird at the beginning for some reason but it gets better pretty soon 👍
Dec 5, 2023 • 51min
Episode 840: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 27th November 2023)
In today's episode, Ralph and I talk about positive uses for AI, what comes next for X after Elon Musk's outburst and how AI may affect the future of work (according to the government).
Dec 1, 2023 • 22min
Episode 839: PwC’s new AI chatbot vs Robinhood in the UK…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about PwC’s new AI chatbot and the prospects for Robinhood launching in the UK…
Nov 29, 2023 • 23min
Episode 838: Secondhand marketplaces vs Barclays sacking clients…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the increasing popularity of secondhand marketplaces and why Barclays sacking clients isn’t all that shocking…
Nov 27, 2023 • 19min
Episode 837: Indian coal mining vs why the Bank of England’s forecasts are so rubbish…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Marta and I talk about India’s plans to increase coal mining activity and why the Bank of England has been so rubbish with its economic forecasts…
