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
Jan 26, 2025 • 39min
Episode 904: The Weekly Chat with Ralph
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about crypto/memecoins and the latest dramatic developments for energy...
Jan 26, 2025 • 1h 2min
Episode 903: Themes for 2025 (part two)
In this episode, Ralph and I look at three more themes to look out for in 2025...
Jan 21, 2025 • 38min
Episode 902: Themes for 2025 (part one)
In this episode, Ralph and I look at the themes we identified last year and whether they worked out as we predicted. We also talk about two themes for this year as well! Part two comes tomorrow!
Jan 17, 2025 • 27min
Episode 901: Why companies are leaving London...
In this episode, Legal Liz and I talk about why companies are leaving London for New York (or Frankfurt)...Legal Liz is a legal expert at a mystery investment bank 😁
Jan 16, 2025 • 33min
Episode 900: The prospects for bitcoin and gold for 2025
Here's the first podcast of 2025! 2024 was a tricky year for me for various reasons, but the podcast is back again! Apologies for the absence. Anyway, in this episode, Charlie Morris, CIO of ByteTree Asset Management and I have a chat about bitcoin and gold. Do YOU think that both or either of these assets is moon-bound this year??
Please note that none of the content here constitutes advice! This is just two guys having a bit of a natter...
Sep 15, 2024 • 1h 6min
Episode 899: Peter & Ralph's Weekly Chat (Week commencing September 9th 2024)
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the latest in the US presidential race, why crypto may be a "store of value" and whether Australia's move to ban teenagers from social media is a good idea...
Jul 22, 2024 • 54min
Episode 898: AI's effect on cybersecurity & industry consolidation...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, I talk to experts Richard Neale and Vlad Botic about AI's effect on cybersecurity and Thoma Bravo's acquisition of Darktrace...
For more info on Richard go here:
Richard Neale, CEH, ISO LI | LinkedIn
For more info on Vlad go here:
Vlad Botic | LinkedIn
Jul 22, 2024 • 24min
Episode 897: What's with CrowdStrike?? #WeAskWatson
In this episode, I talk to Richard Neale, a cybersecurity expert, about what the deal is with CrowdStrike. There's a log of hysteria going on at the moment (understandably) so it's good to get an expert's perspective! You can find more out about Rich here:
Richard Neale, CEH, ISO LI | LinkedIn
Jul 21, 2024 • 46min
Episode 896: Peter & Ralph's weekly chat (week commencing 15th July 2024)
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the CrowdStrike disaster and the sunglasses love-triangle between EssilorLuxottica, Meta and Supreme...
Jul 17, 2024 • 26min
Episode 895: More luxury woes vs Adidas's rebound...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Richemont playing into the downbeat luxury trend and why Adidas is rebounding while Nike isn't...
