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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Jul 30, 2023 • 35min
Episode 761: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 24th July 2023)
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the grain drain and the coming together of giants in AI...
Jul 28, 2023 • 20min
Episode 760: the Canary Wharf “exodus” vs Europe investigating Microsoft Teams…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the latest company to threaten to leave Canary Wharf and our reactions to Europe investigating Microsoft, which is being accused of behaving anti-competitively with its bundling of Teams…
Jul 26, 2023 • 23min
Episode 759: X’s ad push vs TikTok selling in the US…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Jack and I talk about X’s new foray into ads and how TikTok is trying to diversify its revenues…
Jul 21, 2023 • 42min
SPECIAL EPISODE - What research analysts do at investment banks...#willaitakeourjobs
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about how research analysts do what they do and whether their jobs are threatened by AI! Learn from one of the best analysts I've ever worked with in my career in the City. This episode will give you a rare look into the world of investment banking research that you won't get anywhere else!
Ralph was a member of the top ranked insurance sector team at a financial specialist broker in the City and has been a recipient of the FT's World's Top Analyst Award.
Jul 20, 2023 • 23min
Episode 757: Netflix changes vs the battle between Temu and Shein…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ondine and I talk about Netflix’s decent performance and how Temu is taking on the giant Shein…
Jul 19, 2023 • 26min
Episode 756: Regulators keep fighting vs writers push back against AI…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ondine and I talk about how regulators are behaving towards Big Tech these days and what they are trying to achieve as well as talking about how writers are trying to get fairly compensated in the world of AI and chatbots scraping data from the internet…
Jul 16, 2023 • 14min
Episode 755: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (w/c 10th July 2023)
In this much-shorter-than-usual episode, Ralph and I talk about Toyota, hydrogen fuel cells and broader battery developments...
Jul 14, 2023 • 17min
Episode 754: BP’s renewables commitment vs the war for content on social media…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Adam and I take a look at BP’s latest renewables deal and how a war for social media content is breaking out…
Jul 13, 2023 • 20min
Episode 753: More property nightmares vs AI chatbots regurgitating their own garbage…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Adam and I talk about ongoing property nightmares and how AI chatbots could be in danger of regurgitating their own content…
Jul 12, 2023 • 17min
Episode 752: Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cells and Amazon vs Europe…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Adam and I talk about Toyota’s hydrogen fuel cells and how Amazon is trying to wriggle out of obligations laid down in the forthcoming Digital Services Act legislation…
