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 3, 2020 • 12min
Episode 9 - relaxing the lockdowns, tech triumph, airline disaster and meat supply chain challenges
In this episode, I give you some lockdown updates, tech industry developments, airline industry nightmares and food industry challenges.
Apr 17, 2020 • 16min
Episode 8: US hope, EU discord, oil price “meh”, Libra’s change, Verizon buys into videoconferencing
Markets are heartened by a potential and cautious reopening of the US, the EU continues to argue about bailout terms for the bloc, US banks have a big week, Facebook makes changes to Libra, Verizon moves into videoconferencing and Airbnb gets even more money
Apr 10, 2020 • 21min
Cautious lockdown easing in Wuhan and Europe, winners and losers, lawyer and accountants’ pay update
In this episode, I take a look at lockdown changes around the world, which industries and companies are pressing for funding, who is benefitting - and who isn’t - from the outbreak and what’s going on at law firms and accountancies regarding pay and survival...
Apr 3, 2020 • 18min
Government and industry co-ordination on the coronavirus and updates on industry winners and losers
This is my roundup of the latest developments in anti-coronavirus efforts as well as a look at which industries and companies are benefiting from the current situation as well as those who are being put in danger.
Mar 27, 2020 • 10min
Episode 5: the world’s fight against coronavirus and some positive developments...
In this week’s episode, I take a look around the world at what various governments are doing to combat the outbreak and take time to consider some of the POSITIVE developments...
Mar 20, 2020 • 9min
Episode 4 - coronavirus “winners” and losers
This episode catches up with the latest moves by central banks and governments on the outbreak and takes a look at which industries and companies are winning or losing out so far.
Mar 13, 2020 • 8min
Episode 3- A momentous week!
This week, I am talking about market carnage, who is suffering and which companies might benefit from the coronavirus as well as why Saudi Arabia appears to want to shoot itself in the foot with oil production.
Mar 6, 2020 • 14min
Commercial Awareness with Watson’s Daily - the week in review ep.2
This week I talk about the ongoing effects of the coronavirus, how China is trying to get back to normality, why oil prices are painful and some notable developments for electric cars and batteries. I also look at the prospect for rising food prices because of the recent storms and Impossible Foods cutting wholesale prices.
Feb 27, 2020 • 20min
Watson’s Daily Podcast - Episode 1
In this podcast, I take a look back at the business and financial news for the week commencing Feb 24th 2020. I talk about the latest on the Coronavirus and its effects on various economies and industries.
