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
Nov 23, 2022 • 22min
Episode 604: ESG switcheroos vs the SocGen/AllianceBernstein JV…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yasmine and I talk about current ESG shenanigans and whether the SocGen/AllianceBernstein combo is a good one…
Nov 22, 2022 • 20min
Episode 603: Twitter drama vs Canteen triumphs…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yasmine and I talk about the future of Twitter and how British catering giant Compass might fare in the expected recession…
Nov 21, 2022 • 21min
Episode 602: Ad revenue falls vs a new Sony-Honda car…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yasmine and I talk about what ad revenue falls mean and the possibility of a Sony-Honda car…
Nov 20, 2022 • 39min
Episode 601: Thoughts on the Autumn Statement and FTX's dramatic collapse...#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I reflect on the impact of the Autumn Statement and FTX's collapse...
Nov 18, 2022 • 19min
Episode 600: What did we think about the Autumn Statement??? #WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about the good, the bad and the ugly in yesterday’s Autumn Statement…
Nov 17, 2022 • 20min
Episode 599: Britain’s farming problems vs China possibly relenting on Zero-Covid…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about the issues facing British farmers and the effect that relaxing Covid restrictions in China would have on the global economy…
Nov 16, 2022 • 21min
Episode 598: Germany’s first LNG import terminal vs how to tax the rich…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about an amazing development for Germany that will help enormously in the current energy crisis and we also try to solve the problem of how to ACTUALLY tax wealthy people who don’t appear to be affected by the cost-of-living crisis at the moment…
Nov 15, 2022 • 25min
Episode 597: Klarna whinging vs the possible end of the vegan bubble…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about the repercussions that the FTX collapse will have on fintechs like Klarna as well as the possibility that the vegan bubble has burst with gloomy outlooks from Oatly (and Beyond Meat)…
Nov 14, 2022 • 22min
Episode 596: Autumn Statement ruminations vs Gieves & Hawkes/Mike Ashley…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about the imminent Autumn Statement and whether Gieves and Hawkes is a good fit for Mike Ashley…
Nov 11, 2022 • 21min
Episode 595: Ralph Lauren success vs Gap on Amazon…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Daphne and I talk about how Ralph Lauren is the latest luxury brand to do well and whether Gap being available on Amazon is a good thing or not…
