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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Oct 18, 2021 • 22min
Episode 320: Klarna’s future vs the beef between China and Brazil…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Apolloniya and I talk about the possible impact of the latest developments for Klarna and Impossible Food’s imminent entry into the UK market…
Oct 16, 2021 • 34min
Episode 319: Here’s our weekly roundup where we reflect on the week’s events…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about a very eventful week where Felixstowe came to prominence, commodities are storming upwards and the consumer is being squeezed from all sides…
Oct 15, 2021 • 21min
Episode 318: the secret to Boots’ success vs gym chain fatigue…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Milena and I discuss Boot’s solid performance and whether PureGym should go ahead with an IPO…
Oct 14, 2021 • 19min
Episode 317: housing shortages vs expensive chicken…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Milena and I discuss the rebound in house prices and how inevitable food price rises will be yet another thing to put household budgets under even more pressure.
Oct 13, 2021 • 22min
Episode 316: residential rents vs the Felixstowe solution…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Milena and I talk about the current reversal of the city exodus and what could be done to solve the pile-ups at the Port of Felixstowe
Oct 12, 2021 • 21min
Episode 315: higher prices dent confidence vs shrinkflation…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Milena and I talk about how higher prices are hitting consumer confidence and whether shrinkflation is the right way to go for producers…
Oct 11, 2021 • 21min
Episode 314: Netflix vs Kevin the Carrot…#WeAskWatson
In today’s episode, Milena and I talk about Netflix getting back on track with content and how companies may decide to CUT advertising budgets because of supply chain issues…
Oct 8, 2021 • 32min
Episode 313: Here’s our weekly roundup where we reflect on the week’s events…#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about a big week of big events where we rising prices and interest rates, ongoing employee shortages across the board, cratering UK car sales, Facebook’s outage, Evergrande’s ongoing problems and Morrisons’ new direction among other things.
Oct 8, 2021 • 16min
Episode 312: House prices/inflation vs South Korea’s battery supremacy…#WeAskWatson
In this episdoe, India and I talk about the UK housing market and how South Korea’s reliance on imports to make rechargeable batteries could cause problems…
Oct 7, 2021 • 20min
Episode 311: Recovery in the travel industry vs Tesco’s cheap and cheerful Christmas…#WeAskWatson
In this episode, India and I talk about the fragile recovery of the travel industry and Tui’s decision to raise money as well how Tesco sees Christmas shaping up…
