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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Feb 2, 2022 • 24min
Episode 394: UK house prices vs Tesco/supermarket cost-cutting…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Elif and I talk about UK house price growth and why Tesco and other supermarkets are missing a trick…
Feb 1, 2022 • 23min
Episode 393: CO2 problems vs Spotify’s podcast penchant…#WeAskWatson
In today’s episode, Elif and I talk about an impending problem with CO2 prices that will affect all sorts of household items in addition to what Spotify’s (in)actions say about its future direction…
Jan 31, 2022 • 20min
Episode 392: BoJo as household bill crusader vs Spotify & has it unleashed a monster…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Elif and I talk about government plans to address rocketing utility bills and Spotify’s response to the Joe Rogan backlash…
Jan 30, 2022 • 42min
Episode 391: Here’s our roundup of some of the week’s big stories…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about Tesla, LG Energy Solution vs CATL, Facebook’s defeat in crypto, M&S’s launch of teleshopping AS WELL AS our favourite topics at the moment of Russia/Ukraine, BoJo’s furious partying and, of course, inflation 😁
Jan 28, 2022 • 26min
Episode 390: M&S’s new live shopping launch vs changing consumer tastes in China…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ines and I react to M&S’s new live shopping launch and discuss the success of bling and changing Chinese consumer tastes…
Jan 27, 2022 • 25min
Episode 389: driverless cars vs Facebook/Meta pulling away from crypto…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ines and I talk about the latest developments in driverless cars and Facebook’s latest actions regarding the initiative that launched as Libra…
Jan 26, 2022 • 27min
Episode 388: the EV charging postcode lottery vs LG Energy Solution’s power-ful future…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ines and I talk about the current difficulties with EV charging and LG Energy Solution’s aim to outdo China’s CATL…
Jan 25, 2022 • 25min
Episode 387: gas price impact vs Meta’s AI supercomputer…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Ines and I talk about the impact of higher gas prices on households and businesses as well as Meta’s new AI supercomputer…
Jan 24, 2022 • 32min
Episode 386: Bitcoin’s drop vs Netflix’s future…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Apolloniya and I talk about why Bitcoin has fallen and the practicalities of Russia banning crypto as well as what the future might hold for Netflix.
Jan 22, 2022 • 53min
Episode 385: Here’s our roundup of some of the week’s big stories…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I discuss some of the week’s main stories - Ukraine/Russia/US/NATO, BoJo’s bid for survival and the cost of living etc.
