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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Sep 14, 2022 • 25min
Episode 551: Amazon unionisation vs Aldi’s victory…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about the latest goings-on with Amazon and unions as well as Aldi’s historic moment…
Sep 13, 2022 • 20min
Episode 550: WFH vs TikTok’s supremacy over Instagram…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about the future of Working From Home and how Instagram is falling way behind TikTok…
Sep 12, 2022 • 19min
Episode 549: Agricultural hits vs EV bottlenecks
In this episode, Lacie and I talk about agricultural challenges and why it’s looking tricky for mass EV adoption…#WeAskWatson
Sep 11, 2022 • 37min
Episode 548: Brussels wanting more power, Porsche's IPO, Truss's in-tray and JPMorgan's decision...#WeAskWatson
This week, Ralph and I talk about Brussels pushing for more powers, VW's intentions to do a Porsche IPO, Liz Truss's energy plan and why JP Morgan's decision to locate more operations to the UK is interesting...
Sep 9, 2022 • 17min
Episode 547: Rivian/Mercedes vs the end of Botox…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the new Rivian/Mercedes venture and whether a new drug is going to prompt the beginning of the end for Botox…
Sep 8, 2022 • 23min
Episode 546: John Lewis’s “moments economy” vs Revolut cutting grads…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about John Lewis’s new focus and whether Revolut’s actions will become more common…
Sep 7, 2022 • 21min
Episode 545: Wage shrinkage vs EY splitting its business…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about real wage shrinkage and why EY is considering splitting its audit and advisory businesses - and I sing you a little song as well 🤣…
Sep 6, 2022 • 18min
Episode 544: Porsche flotation vs Truss’s in-tray…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the forthcoming Porsche IPO and what PM Liz Truss needs to do…
Sep 5, 2022 • 21min
Episode 543: German energy vs Klarna as a target…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about how Germany is reacting to higher energy prices and why Klarna could be a juicy takeover target…
Sep 4, 2022 • 39min
Episode 542: We're back! It's...#Watson's Weekly Roundup
Ralph and I are back again to discuss some of the key developments in the week's business and financial markets news. In this episode, we talk about energy prices, emerging trends prompted by higher prices and the issues the incoming PM will be facing...
