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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May 7, 2021 • 22min
Episode 200: Sainsbury’s new management vs Trainline’s potential success...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Gaby and I talk about how Paula Nickolds can take what she learned at John Lewis (and what went wrong) and apply it to Sainsbury’s as well as why I think Trainline could actually do better than everyone might think...
May 6, 2021 • 20min
Episode 199: Biden freaks out the pharmas vs Tesla’s big hit...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Gaby and I talk about Biden’s decision to back a proposed suspension of vaccine patents and why Tesla’s profits are going to be on EVEN SHAKIER ground than we had previously thought...
May 5, 2021 • 20min
Episode 198: US interest rate kerfuffle vs synthetic diamonds...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Gaby and I talk about what happened when Janet Yellen commented on the US interest rate and why synthetic diamonds could be to “traditional diamonds” what pea protein is to meat!
May 4, 2021 • 20min
Episode 197: Ethereum vs Uber/Arrival and EVs in general...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Gaby and I talk about the rise of Ethereum and what Uber and British EV start-up Arrival are cooking up!
May 1, 2021 • 35min
Episode 196: Here’s our weekly wrap where we reflect on the week’s events...#WatsonsWeeklyRoundup
In this episode, Jerry and I look back on a week chock-full of incident! Big Tech showed just how successful it was, banks triumphed and the resurgence of the consumer in the US and UK continues to gather momentum...
Apr 30, 2021 • 21min
Episode 195: Copper vs Huawei’s nightmare...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about why the copper price is so strong at the moment (and the implications) and whether Huawei’s “short term” pain could morph into America’s long term pain in a few years’ time...
Apr 29, 2021 • 46min
Episode 194: “The Three Headhunters” cover career trends in law, investment banking and accountancy
In this special edition, I ask three headhunters from investment banking, law and accountancy to talk about past and future career trends in their respective areas. #WatsonsCareers
Apr 29, 2021 • 21min
Episode 193: Mischon de Reya’s potential IPO vs Dixons/WH Smith contrast...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about Mischon de Reya’s plans to float and how Dixons and WH Smith’s approach differ towards their travel-related businesses...
Apr 28, 2021 • 20min
Episode 192: City living vs Tesla under-the-hood...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Duncan and I talk about the effect of falling London rents and the challenges facing Tesla under the surface of a strong set of Q1 results
Apr 27, 2021 • 10min
Episode 191: Tesla’s strong Q1 vs OnlyFans’ lockdown success...#SoloWatson
In this episode, I talk a bit more in depth about Tesla’s successful Q1 and its tricky patch with China as well as the success of OnlyFans
