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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Aug 5, 2020 • 15min
Episode 24: BP vs Disney #WeAskWatson
In this episode, George and I discuss our favourite stories from today’s Watson’s Daily.
Aug 4, 2020 • 14min
Episode 23: TikTok ‘n travel chat #WeAskWatson
In this episode I talk with George about advances in the TikTok story and continued nightmares in the travel sector
Aug 3, 2020 • 12min
Episode 22: It’s TikTok time! #WeAskWatson
Today, we talk about TikTok and what’s going on with Trump, Microsoft and ByteDance...
Aug 2, 2020 • 8min
Episode 21: US GDP crash, TikTok drama and BoJo’s fast food ad ban
Big Tech got a telling off this week by Congress, Trump got shirty about TikTok, BoJo announced fast food ad bans and working from home continues to affect out daily lives and outlook.
Jul 30, 2020 • 11min
Episode 20: Spotify vs Video On Demand #WeAskWatson
George and I pick out what we think are the most impactful stories of the day. Who wins today? Apologies for my sound quality - we’ll get it right soon 😀
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.
