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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Dec 13, 2022 • 19min
Episode 616: FTX/bitcoin drama vs realistic EV prospects…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Jordan and I talk about the latest FTX/bitcoin drama and when EV demand is going to ACTUALLY pick up…
Dec 8, 2022 • 20min
Episode 615: Microsoft/Nintendo vs Moonpig upside…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yasmine and I talk about the implications of Microsoft’s agreement with Nintendo and why Moonpig’s future might not be so bad
Dec 7, 2022 • 23min
Episode 614: EU/Amazon anti-trust probe vs China as king of EVs…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yasmine and I talk about the EU’s victory over Amazon and China as a rising power in electric vehicles and battery manufacturing…
Dec 6, 2022 • 18min
Episode 613: Inflation prospects vs TikTok winning the ad race…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yasmine and I talk about rising prices and whether TikTok will pull in the ad dollars…
Dec 5, 2022 • 17min
Episode 612: EU subsidy fight-back vs Big Bang 2.0…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yasmine and I talk about the EU response to tempting US subsidies and whether Big Bang 2.0 legislation will be all that impressive…
Dec 2, 2022 • 20min
Episode 611: Employment trends vs EVs not being as cheap to run as you’d think…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about how white-collar workers are losing their jobs and how EVs won’t actually be cheaper to own than petrol-powered cars…
Dec 1, 2022 • 19min
Episode 610: Starlink’s win vs Chinese companies going to Singapore…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about Starlink’s win over OneWeb and Chinese companies drifting over to Singapore to future-proof themselves…
Nov 30, 2022 • 13min
Episode 609: crypto exchange clampdown vs Twitter spreading misinformation…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about the High Court decision regarding the tracing of stolen crypto assets and Twitter abandoning its misinformation policy….
Nov 29, 2022 • 18min
Episode 608: Windpower U-turn vs the Musk/Apple tussle…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about the government’s windpower U-turn and whether the Musk/Apple tussle is just noise…
Nov 28, 2022 • 21min
Episode 607: The death of “freesheets” vs the survival of President Xi Jinping…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about the imminent demise of free newspapers and what’s likely to happen in China following the weekend protests against draconian Covid lockdowns…
