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.
Episodes
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Oct 31, 2023 • 18min
Episode 816: PayPal and QVC get the FCA treatment vs charging for Facebook and Insta…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the FCA getting involved in buy now, pay later as well as Meta’s decision to charge for Facebook and Instagram access…
Oct 30, 2023 • 24min
Episode 815: graduate recruitment vs the downturn in luxury…#WeAskWatson
In this episode Duncan and I talk about the fall in graduate recruitment and how the rise of luxury seems to have peaked out…
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…
