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
Jun 27, 2022 • 16min
Episode 504: SPAC problems vs G7's oil idea...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the decline in popularity of SPACs and why G7's idea for a Russian oil price cap sounds good but won't work...
Jun 26, 2022 • 37min
Episode 503: Thoughts on the potential end of the Ukraine war, the cryptocrash and Toyota's ridiculous failure...#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this video, Ralph and I talk about thoughts on the potential end of the Ukraine war, the cryptocrash and Toyota's ridiculous failure.
Jun 24, 2022 • 18min
Episode 502: Toyota’s recall vs Matalan’s tricky situation…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Toyota’s rather incredible recall and Matalan as a potential takeover target because of its debt situation…
Jun 23, 2022 • 18min
Episode 501: Britishvolt/Tesla vs Juul going terminal…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Britishvolt and its potential with Tesla as well as whether we are now seeing the beginning of the end of vaping…
Jun 22, 2022 • 24min
Episode 500!!!!!!!!! Farmer problems vs Kellogg’s wants to break itself up…#WeAskWatson
In this 500th episode, Duncan and I talk about the problems facing farmers at the moment (and potential solutions) as well as the thinking behind Kellogg breaking itself up…
Jun 22, 2022 • 23min
Episode 499: Watson's Weekly Roundup - the lost episode
Ralph and I recorded this on Saturday June 11th and we talk about the rouble and Apple moving into BNPL. Unfortunately, we had loads of technical problems so I could not do the usual edit. However, I think that some Ralph is better than no Ralph and so here's the shortened version of our podcast!
Jun 21, 2022 • 20min
Episode 498: pre-fab housing vs Primark’s new thing…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Apolloniya and I talk about TopHat’s pre-fab housing in the UK and Primark’s online moves…
Jun 20, 2022 • 40min
Episode 497: Germans rationing energy, Ferrari electrifying, Sainsbury's helping and Asos's difficulties...#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode that reflects a "sign of the times", Ralph and I talk about the likelihood of energy rationing in Germany, Ferrari going quiet, Sainsbury's efforts to hang on to its customers and Asos going from hero to zero (and staying there?)...
Jun 20, 2022 • 24min
Episode 496: Crypto nightmares vs Germany regressing to coal…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Apolloniya and I talk about crypto’s nightmare weekend and Germany regressing in its desperation to wean itself of Russian energy…
Jun 17, 2022 • 21min
Episode 495: Rising grocery prices vs ASOS’s bad news…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Xenia and I talk about the impact of rising food prices and what’s gone wrong for apparel retailers like Asos…
