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 12, 2022 • 21min
Episode 574: Wind energy vs Britishvolt’s ongoing woes…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Hamsi and I talk about the problems being faced by the wind generation industry and how increasingly desperate Britishvolt is looking…
Oct 11, 2022 • 17min
Episode 573: Netflix in the UK vs the death of rapid food delivery…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Hamsi and I talk about Netflix’s operations in the UK and whether rapid food delivery is dying…
Oct 10, 2022 • 19min
Episode 572: Property fund exodus vs a crypto spring…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Hamsi and I talk about the investor exodus from property funds and whether the crypto winter is thawing…
Oct 9, 2022 • 33min
Episode 571: Slowing inflation and spectacular U-turns...#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about early signs of inflation momentum slowing down and the spectacular U-turns that were made this week by Kwasi Kwarteng, Liz Truss and Elon Musk...
Oct 7, 2022 • 16min
Episode 570: BP’s big solar project vs slowing semiconductor momentum…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about BP’s latest push in renewables and how the current slowdown in chip momentum shouldn’t be too much of a problem…
Oct 6, 2022 • 18min
Episode 569: OPEC+ power vs Musk’s ‘super app’…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about how OPEC+ has ignored US protestations about oil production and Musk’s pursuit of a ‘super app’
Oct 5, 2022 • 15min
Episode 568: Apple’s charger fail vs Greggs’ warm hug…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about the standardisation of chargers and why Greggs was able to succeed in a difficult market…
Oct 4, 2022 • 18min
Episode 567: Kim K vs the UK film industry…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about Kim K’s fine for plugging crypto on her IG for money (although she didn’t ADMIT to doing so) and how the UK film industry might benefit from a weak pound…
Oct 3, 2022 • 19min
Episode 566: Kwarteng’s U-turn vs TikTokShop in America…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Agne and I talk about Kwarteng’s u-turn and how TikTok is introducing livestream selling in America…
Oct 2, 2022 • 46min
Episode 565: WTF is Truss doing, Porsche's IPO and Bank of England intervention...
In this roundup, Ralph and I talk about why the Bank of England intervened, whether Porsche's IPO was a success and what the UK government should do now, bearing in mind the carnage that the Truss-Kwarteng plan caused.
