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.
Episodes
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Mar 21, 2022 • 22min
Episode 432: lab-grown meat vs pubs being defeated by leccie bills…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the joys of lab-grown meat and how pubs and other businesses in the leisure industry could go bust because they can’t pay their bills…
Mar 20, 2022 • 42min
Episode 431: China’s Covid woes, death of globalisation & alternative energy…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the effect another round of Covid is having on China, how globalisation might be reversed because of the current war in Ukraine and what the options are regarding the future of alternative energy…
Mar 18, 2022 • 21min
Episode 430: P&O nightmare vs Japanese earthquake scuppering nuclear power plans…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about P&O’s shocking mass-sacking and how Japan’s big earthquake yesterday could have thrown a spanner in the works for PM Kishida’s plans for nuclear power…
Mar 17, 2022 • 18min
Episode 429: high street turnaround vs massive insurance claims…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the ongoing turnaround of the UK high street and the effect of the the massive insurance claims that will no doubt ensue from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine….
Mar 16, 2022 • 20min
Episode 428: Intel’s European plans vs governments crossing red lines…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Intel’s plans to expand semiconductor production in Europe and how governments are having to consider crossing environmental red lines…
Mar 15, 2022 • 24min
Episode 427: Expensive potatoes vs Bayer’s sanctions…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about increasing potato prices being yet another rising price to be added the growing list that is squeezing household budgets AND how Bayer’s sanctions against Russia could prolong higher food prices…
Mar 14, 2022 • 19min
Episode 426: M&S’s new partnership vs the NFT slump…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Early Learning Centre at M&S and the current slump in NFTs.
Mar 11, 2022 • 50min
Episode 425: Sanction consequences and a possible post-war future…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about the consequences of current sanctions, how the free world might unentangle itself from Russia and what things could look like after the war is over…
Mar 11, 2022 • 20min
Episode 424: Food price inflation vs $10bn of missing planes…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Apolloniya and I talk about food price inflation and why $10bn-worth of planes are stuck in Russia…
Mar 10, 2022 • 23min
Episode 423: ESG challenges vs Stagecoach’s new offer…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Apolloniya and I talk about how ESG investment may change following developments in Russia/Ukraine and what the impact of Stagecoach’s new offer might be on the bus and coach industry
