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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Nov 9, 2021 • 23min
Episode 338: Gymshark vs PwC’s expansion in China…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I discuss the future of Gymshark and whether PwC’s big China expansion plans will work out…
Nov 8, 2021 • 18min
Episode 337: Musk’s tweet vs restaurant tech…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about what might be behind Musk’s latest tweet and how restaurants have had to change over lockdown.
Nov 5, 2021 • 48min
Episode 336: Here’s our weekly roundup where we reflect on the week’s events…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph (ex-City research analyst and ex-colleague of mine!) and I discuss some of the interesting stories from this week including reaction to COP26, the government’s oil dilemma, the Bank of England leaving interest rates unchanged, NFTs in BTS and how NFTs could develop in the future…
Nov 5, 2021 • 22min
Episode 335: BTS NFTs vs Peloton slowing down…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yenli and I talk about new NFTs in K-pop kings BTS and the future of Peloton…
Nov 4, 2021 • 20min
Episode 334: the renewables future vs BMW’s conservative EV forecasts…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yenli and I talk about an important new power storage initiative and BMW’s reticence on an EV future…
Nov 3, 2021 • 23min
Episode 333: ByteDance/TikTok’s reorganisation vs Maersk basking in supply chain misery…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yenli and I talk about the benefits of ByteDance’s overhaul as well as the prospects for Maersk, which announced a record-breaking quarter with more to come…
Nov 2, 2021 • 26min
Episode 332: What’s all the fuss about IPOs? #WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yenli and I chat a bit about IPOs, what they are, why companies do them etc. This is a very simplified version of what can be quite a complicated topic!
Nov 1, 2021 • 25min
Episode 331: InPost vs UK second hand car prices…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Yenli and I talk about InPost’s expansion of delivery lockers in the UK and how crazy second hand car prices could have a detrimental effect on the automotive industry as a whole…
Oct 29, 2021 • 47min
Episode 330: Here’s our weekly roundup where we reflect on the week’s events…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Ralph and I talk about some of the week’s notable happenings including the UK Budget, advertising as an leading economic indicator, consumer fears, what’s going on in the housing market and Facebook’s future.
Oct 29, 2021 • 23min
Episode 329: Facebook/Meta vs Tesco/Gorillas…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the Meta-future and whether there really is demand out there for grocery deliveries within 10 minutes…
