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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Jul 28, 2020 • 10min
Episode 19: Fears of the death of European tourism overdone vs record high gold price #WeAskWatson
Today, George and I are sparring about our favourite stories. Are predictions of the death of European tourism overdone vs record highs for the gold price. Who wins today??
Jul 27, 2020 • 7min
Episode 18: Fast food ad bans vs European travel bans. #WeAskWatson
This is a first attempt at a DAILY podcast! In the #WeAskWatson series, I am asked/challenged about my favourite story of the day. Slightly rough, but it’s a start 😜 Today, I’m talking about the significance of the sudden travel restrictions and George is talking about the fast food ad ban
Jul 26, 2020 • 9min
Episode 17: the EU’s coronavirus bailout agreement, Tesla’s triumph and TikTok worries...
This week was pretty dramatic for Europe, Tesla qualifies for the S&P500, TikTok faces uncertainty and the “coronatrends” continue...
Jul 12, 2020 • 10min
Episode 16: Sunak’s giveaway, Boohoo’s woes, Big Tech on Hong Kong and some “coronatrends”
In this episode, we see the EU cutting GDP growth forecasts, India vs China and Sunak’s stimulus. We also look at consumer and retail trends, a clampdown on Big Tech and the impact of WFH.
Jul 5, 2020 • 8min
Episode 15: China clampdown on Hong Kong, UK retailers woes and Facebook faces ad backlash
In this edition, I talk about China vs Hong Kong, Putin’s triumph and the UK’s pent-up spending power. I also look at Main Street and High Street retail performance and some big tech dramas.
Jun 28, 2020 • 9min
Episode 14: Comment and analysis for business and financial markets news w/c June 22nd 2020
This was a week of slow turnarounds, cautious lockdown easing and Wirecard nightmares...
Jun 21, 2020 • 7min
Episode 13: lockdown lifting, pharmaceutical breakthroughs & Apple’s antitrust investigation
In this episode, I give you the latest on what’s going on in the US, China and Europe and some interesting developments in tech, pharmaceuticals and financials - among other things.
Jun 14, 2020 • 7min
Episode 12: retail gloom, the airline industry, electric lorry sparks, food delivery consolidation
Here is my overview of some of the week’s key business and financial news stories. We look at what’s going on in the US, Europe and oil, how the US and UK consumers are feeling, how planes and cars are faring and other exciting developments for Airbnb, Ocado and food delivery consolidation.
Jun 7, 2020 • 9min
Episode 11: George Floyd protests, European bailout and a 5G u-turn
This was a week of US protests that spread around the world, Europe continued with bailout efforts, car sales were on the rise (but for how long?) and the NYSE and NASDAQ signalled listing changes that could have MAJOR repercussions...
May 9, 2020 • 10min
Episode 10: Trump gets feisty with the Chinese, Europe emerges & anything to do with travel suffers
Trump gets feisty with China on trade, Europe emerges further from coronavirus hibernation, we see some “winners” but anything to do with airlines looks like a disaster.
