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
Oct 27, 2023 • 21min
Episode 814: Unilever’s deodorant trend vs Goldman Sachs’s new business line…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Unilever’s direction and how Goldman Sachs’s new business is likely to be very lucrative!
Oct 26, 2023 • 19min
Episode 813: Meta’s out of its rut vs the new AI battlefield…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about how Meta surprised on the upside and who the new players are going to be on the AI battlefield…
Oct 25, 2023 • 28min
Episode 812: Christmas hopes vs bankers’ bonuses…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about potential trends going into Christmas and whether the lifting of the bankers’ bonus cap is good or bad…
Oct 20, 2023 • 18min
Episode 811: US outpacing Europe vs Nokia’s latest failure…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Jerene and I talk about why the US is recovering faster than Europe and why Nokia is having to make drastic cost cuts…
Oct 19, 2023 • 18min
Episode 810: consumer trends vs Amazon drone deliveries…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Jerene and I talk about how consumers are buying secondhand goods and whether Amazon’s plans for drone deliveries are realistic…
Oct 18, 2023 • 19min
Episode 809: Chinese EV consolidation vs why Goldman Sachs is suffering…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Jerene and I talk about consolidation among Chinese EV makers and why Goldman Sachs is suffering at the moment…
Oct 17, 2023 • 25min
Episode 808: LinkedIn job losses vs Netflix evolution…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Jerene and I talk about headcount reduction at LinkedIn and the Disneyfication of Netflix…
Oct 16, 2023 • 23min
Episode 807: Driverless shenanigans vs a fall in billable hours…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Sunak’s latest rhetoric about autonomous vehicles and the fall in billable hours for law firms…
Oct 15, 2023 • 41min
Episode 806: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 9th October 2023)
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the Israel-Gaza conflict and takeaways from the Labour party conference...
Oct 13, 2023 • 31min
Episode 805: (non) alcohol vs (non) cigarettes…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Jack and I talk about the latest clampdown on vaping, how non-alcoholic beer’s popularity is rising and whether the two things are related…
