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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Sep 15, 2020 • 13min
Episode 34: Juicy scandal at Nikola vs the Nvidia/Arm deal...#WeAskWatson
In this episode, Amy and I talk about the scandal surrounding electric truck maker Nikola and the future for Arm
Sep 14, 2020 • 14min
Episode 33: Oracle “wins” TikTok and Apple’s reveal... #WeAskWatson (Amy’s first one!)
In this episode, Amy and I talk about Oracle “winning” in the fight for TikTok and Apple’s reveal without the new iPhone
Sep 3, 2020 • 18min
Episode 32: India vs China and the next Tesla...#WeAskWatson
In this episode George and I talk about what we think are the most impactful stories in today’s Watson’s Daily. India vs China tech or who could be the next Tesla?
Aug 18, 2020 • 15min
Episode 31: Apple vs Epic Games, Tencent/Voodoo and the lack of IPOs #WeAskWatson
In today’s edition, George and I talk about an escalation in the Apple vs Epic Games, Tencent’s investment in Voodoo and the relative lack of IPOs in the London market #WeAskWatson
Aug 17, 2020 • 20min
Episode 30: Private Equity vs UK government and Apple vs Epic Games #WeAskWatson
In this episode, George and I talk about the potential impact of private equity firms getting access to government loans and whether Epic Games’ move against Apple could signal something bigger...
Aug 16, 2020 • 7min
Episode 29: Trump vs TikTok, Epic Games vs Apple and real estate changes #Watson’s Weekly
In this week’s roundup, I talk about some tech skirmishes, EV developments and real estate trends
Aug 13, 2020 • 17min
Episode 28: Office property trends and working from home #WeAskWatson
In this episode, George and I talk about office property trends and the impact of working from home in industries including transport and construction. We also talk about the impact this can have on younger employees.
Aug 12, 2020 • 12min
Episode 27: BP and the office market #WeAskWatson
In this episode, George and I are in agreement for once about the BP story in today’s Watson’s Daily. We discuss what’s going on for BP but also what the wider implications are for offices around the world
Aug 10, 2020 • 15min
Episode 26: Amazon mall/warehouses vs UK high street banks #WeAskWatson
Today, George and I discuss the merits of Amazon potentially turning malls into distribution centres and why traditional banks still seem to hold all the cards...
Aug 9, 2020 • 8min
Episode 25: Trump poked the dragon and TikTok’s potential Microsoft future #Watson'sWeekly
This episode covers Trump and tech, TikTok, more gloom on the UK high street and some of the latest coronatrends #Watson’sWeekly
