Merryn Talks Money
Episodes
When to Invest in Venture Capital Trusts
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Correction One of our brilliant listeners wrote in to point out an inaccuracy in the original podcast. We've removed the inaccuracy, in which the gues...
Merryn and John Discuss the Showdown Between Saba and Investment Trusts
17 Jan 2025
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In this week's Merryn Talks Money market roundup, there's only one story on our host's mind. Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek ...
How Saba's Boaz Weinstein Plans to Transform UK Investment Trusts
15 Jan 2025
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“We’re not here to make trouble.” So says Boaz Weinstein, founder and chief investment officer of activist investor Saba Capital Man...
How to Start Your Investment Journey
14 Jan 2025
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Each week on the Merryn Talks Money podcast, we discuss strategies for investing with industry experts. But rarely do we talk about how to get started...
The 'Humble' Investor Says Sell Private Equity, Sell US Tech, Buy Polish Small Caps
10 Jan 2025
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Daniel Rasmussen, founder of Verdad Advisers and author of The Humble Investor: How to Find a Winning Edge in a Surprising World, joins Merryn this we...
Plunging UK Markets, What's Reeves Moment, and the ESG Rollback
08 Jan 2025
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In the first roundup of the year, Merryn speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about anxiety in the markets, sterling and UK gilt ...
Best Of: How to Invest in the Coming Space Gold Rush with Tim Marshall
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We bring you another favourite from our episodes this year: Merryn's conversation with Tim Marshall, author of The Future of Geography and a form...
Best Of: Lyn Alden Talks Bitcoin and Explains Why Money is Falling Behind the Times
27 Dec 2024
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For every listener who has written in to say "You must speak to Lyn Alden"--we're reposting our interview for you. So this holiday break, please ...
Money Stuff Podcast: Stripe's John Collison
20 Dec 2024
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While Merryn and John enjoy a holiday break, we bring you an episode from our colleagues on the Money Stuff podcast team. Hosts Matt Levine and Katie ...
UK Wage Inflation, American Euphoria and The Investment Trust Invasion
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Merryn speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about the downside that comes with UK wages going up, Guy Han...
If You Had to Buy Something Now and Hold It For 18 Years, What Would It Be?
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, we discuss what you should stow away for your kids until they turn 18. Become a B...
Everyone Wants Their Money to Come Home with Russell Napier
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Market historian Russell Napier joins Merryn to explain that economic nationalism will have negative consequences for some nations. They also talk Bit...
Oman Leapfrogs London, Pension Funds and Private Assets, Executive Pay
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Merryn speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about the UK stock market's shrinking influence, why pension ...
What are the Financial Benefits of Getting Married ?
11 Dec 2024
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In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer the question: what are the fina...
Saxo’s 'Outrageous' Forecast Sees Trump Blowing Up the Dollar
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s that time when analysts unveil their forecasts for 2025. But every year, Saxo Bank releases a different type of prediction—not of events like...
Euro Chaos, London's Shrinking Exchange, and the Cult of US Stocks
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek is joined by Opinion columnist Marcus Ashworth. They talk euro chaos this week...
How to Navigate the Great Wealth Transfer
03 Dec 2024
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In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn John discuss strategies for managing your inheritance. Millennial listener Kew...
Argonaut’s Barry Norris Says Invest in Argentina and the US
29 Nov 2024
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“Capital goes where it’s needed and stays where it’s treated well. That’s not the UK and that’s not Europe: currently, it’s the US and ...
The Lights Are Flashing Red for America --And Amber for the UK
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss why they still think prices for US companies are still too hi...
Fallout From the UK Car Financing Commission Scandal
26 Nov 2024
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On this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, host Merryn Somserset Webb is joined by Bloomberg reporters Harry Wilson and Eleanor Thornber ...
Listen Now: Beak Capitalism from Odd Lots
24 Nov 2024
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In this limited series, Odd Lots explains some of the thorniest issues facing the US economy through the medium of … chicken. Chicken occupies a uni...
How to Make Britain Prosperous Again with Sam Bowman
22 Nov 2024
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Sam Bowman, founding editor of the online magazine Works in Progress, now part of payment processing platform Stripe, joins to discuss why he thinks ...
The Farmers Are (Rightfully) Angry and UK Inflation Ticks Up
21 Nov 2024
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In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss why UK farmers are angry about inheritance tax and what the l...
How Does the UK Pension Drawdown Work?
19 Nov 2024
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Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek speak with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Stuart Trow, author of “The Bluffer’s Guide to Economics,” a...
Why AI-Driven Productivity Is a Decade Away in the UK
15 Nov 2024
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Economist Diane Coyle, currently the Bennett professor of public policy at the University of Cambridge, analyzes artificial intelligence’s potential...
Everybody Relax. We're Talking About Crypto.
13 Nov 2024
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In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss the latest Bitcoin boom in the wake of Donald J. Trump’s co...
Is There a Smarter Way to Pay Your Taxes?
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss a listener question about whether ...
Why Trump’s Victory Is Musk’s ‘Tech-Bro Coup’
08 Nov 2024
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On this episode of Merryn Talks Money, we discuss what the Republican’s second term means for the US, the UK and the Tesla CEO. Pippa Malmgren, eco...
A Dose of Cynicism from John and The Case for Becoming a Barrel Maker
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek chat about the unsurprising Bank of England decision to cut the UK's ...
DC and DB Pension Schemes: What They Are and How They Work
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss a listener question about the diff...
Live Event: What Did Rachel Reeves Risk With Her First Budget?
31 Oct 2024
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In a live-recorded episode of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek are joined in London by Bloomberg Head of Economics and G...
What Japan’s Angry Voters Mean for Your Money and Falling Fertility
30 Oct 2024
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In this week's roundup, Merryn is back with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek. They focus on Japan. There was an election on Sunday that ...
The Best Way to Handle UK Student Debt
29 Oct 2024
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In this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer a question from listener Hugo. He’...
Why Everything You Think You Know About Money Is Wrong
25 Oct 2024
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Author and economist David McWilliams joins Merryn to discuss his latest book Money: A Story of Humanity, and how the evolution of currency is central...
Gold’s Record-Breaking Run and Geopolitical Conspiracy Theories
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek is joined once again by Bloomberg Opinion's Marcus Ashworth to talk macro theme...
How UK Parents Should Be Saving for Their Children
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hot on the heels of last week’s personal finance edition of Merry Talks Money, where we discussed Lifetime Individual Savings Accounts, or ISAs, th...
Listen Now: The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly
20 Oct 2024
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When sports, business and culture collide, there’s often a deal to be made. Join Alex Rodriguez and Bloomberg correspondent Jason Kelly as they get ...
How Investors Should Approach The US Election with Liz Ann Sonders
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“This has been an incredibly unique cycle, both in terms of the economy and the market,” says Liz Ann Sonders, managing director and chief invest...
Employer NICs Drama and The UK Inflation Slide
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Merryn speaks to Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about what it means if the government increases employers' nat...
Using a Lifetime ISA to Get on the London Housing Ladder
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, our hosts discuss Lifetime ISAs and their usefulness in buying a home.See omnystudio.com/list...
How This Fund Manager Finds ‘Diamonds in the Dust’
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Don’t meet with management, ignore narratives and avoid highly rated businesses—taken together that sounds like a recipe for fund failure. But for...
A Discomforting Signal From the UK Bond Market and Budget, Budget, Budget!
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek is joined by Bloomberg Opinion columnist Marcus Ashworth. They discuss the UK ...
How Safe Is Your Pension Pot?
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss diversifying your UK pension. They l...
How The World Lost Its Mind with Author Dan Davies
04 Oct 2024
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Author and former Bank of England regulatory economist Dan Davies joins this week to discuss his new book, The Unaccountability Machine, which describ...
UK Housing Perks Up, China's Bazooka Stimulus Sparks a Stock Rally
02 Oct 2024
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In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss the stock market response to China's unprecedented stimulus...
Pensions Are Another Reason to Worry About the UK Budget
01 Oct 2024
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On this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss pension drawdown with Tom McPhail,...
Fund Manager Sees Energy Transition as Opportunity of a Lifetime
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Foresight Group’s Bernard Fairman discusses the movement toward cleaner energy, a lucrative investment theme he sees playing out over 30 to 50 year...
Roundup: Labour Party Conference 'Vibes,' Budget Fears, and Why We Should Care the Ultra-Rich are Leaving
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss why the looming UK Budget has both consumers and businesses...
How Amateur Investors Can Maximize Their Returns
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How realistic is achieving a 20% annual return as an amateur investor? On this week’s personal finance edition of podcast Merryn Talks Money, it do...
Looking to Outperform? Sell the US and Buy the UK
20 Sep 2024
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Looking for long-term outperformance? Sell the US and buy the UK. That’s the view of Fidelity’s Alex Wright, who joins this week’s Merryn Talks ...
Roundup: Fed Cut Fallout and Bank of England Holds
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss the Federal Reserve's bold interest-rate cut -- half a percen...
I'm 18. Is Saving Into My Workplace Pension Enough?
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn and Money Distilled author John Stepek discuss how to approach your pension savings, f...
Security, Bookmarked: Finance (Sponsored Content)
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Financial institutions have been a leading target for cyber crime since the dawn of the internet. But phishing schemes have become far more intricate,...
Has the British Equities Market Been 'Hollowed Out'?
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Slater, chairman and chief investment officer of Slater Investments Ltd., joins host Merryn Somerset Webb to discuss the state of the UK stock ma...
Roundup: Nervous Markets, The Oil Price Slide, UK Pensions to the Rescue
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss:1. Why Markets Are Still So Nervous2.The Oil Price Slide - Re...
Should You Pay Your Child’s University Fees?
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek weigh the pros and cons of taking out a student loan.See...
How the Election Will Affect US-China Relations
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Merryn Somerset Webb and Diana Choyleva, chief economist at Enodo Economics, discuss what Choyleva considers one of the most important relationships i...
Roundup: Why Gold Is Having a Moment, UK Eco Health and A Tricky Day for Markets
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're trying something new: weekly episodes dedicated to Merryn and senior reporter and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discussing the b...
Live from Fringe: Why No One In Government Understands Anything with Ed Conway
01 Sep 2024
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From Day 3 of the Merryn Talks Money panel at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival from Adam Smith's Panmure House, our special panel discusses the economics...
Live from Fringe: How to Tax the UK’s Richest
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Day 2 of the Merryn Talks Money panel at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival from Adam Smith's Panmure House, our special panel discusses the Labour go...
Live from Fringe: What Would Adam Smith Think of the UK Deficit?
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ruffer Fund Manager Duncan MacInnes, Dominic Frisby, British author and comedian, and Adam Dixon, Adam Smith Chair in Sustainable Capitalism join Merr...
Listen Now: Misconception
11 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reality TV stars are freezing their eggs on camera. Lawmakers in DC are debating federal protection for IVF. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being...
Anne Applebaum Says Trump 2.0 Might Be Good News For Dictators
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Merryn and John are still OOO, enjoying their summer break, so on today's episode, we bring you a conversation between Stephanie Flanders and author a...
Money Stuff: The Podcast: Guy on Twitter: PSUS, Left, ETFs
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As a special treat whilst Merryn and John are away, we're bringing you the latest episode of Money Stuff: The Podcast.Matt and Katie discuss Pershing ...
How to Trade in a Radically Reshaped Economy
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Merryn Talks Money, Lawrence McDonald, founder of The Bear Traps Report, joins to discuss his book How to Listen When Markets Speak:...
The Secret to a Contrarian Investor's Success
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Alec Cutler of Orbis Investments joins to explain what’s behind his fund’s decade of strong returns. Plus, senior reporter John Stepek joins to di...
Why Holding For the Long Term Is For Amateurs
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cape Wrath Capital’s Adam Rackley explains why on this week’s Merryn Talks Money. He also discusses why he thinks the time for UK small caps is h...
Beware of the ‘Concentrated’ AI Chipmaker Bubble
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
MacroStrategy’s James Ferguson tells Merryn Talks Money there are better places to put your money. Plus, senior reporter and Money Distilled autho...
Why UK Bosses Need More Skin in The Game
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Activist investors are on a mission to persuade large British businesses to move from London’s stock market to those of New York. Liad Meidar, found...
This Swiss Private Bank Is Bullish on Britain, Japan and Copper
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money, Peter Kinsella, global head of FX strategy at Union Bancaire Privee Ubp SA, joins host Merryn Somers...
Why Now Is the Moment for Bitcoin and Gold
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Regular listeners of the Merryn Talks Money podcast know that Merryn Somerset Webb usually ends her interviews with one question. If you had to invest...
Reasons to Put Your Money in a ‘Fragile’ Europe
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s Merryn Talks Money, host Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Daniel Avigad, partner and fund manager at Lansdowne Partners, a global i...
Living Longer Means Rethinking How You Work Right Now
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If aging doesn’t happen all at once, why should retirement? That’s the question Merryn Somerset Webb explores with economist and author Andrew J S...
How To Protect Your Pension From a New Government
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A general election in the UK has been called for July 4. What does that mean for your money—and is there anything you can (or should) do in advance ...
The Argument Against Relative Performance
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tellworth’s John Warren tells Merryn Talks Money investors aren’t interested in a manager’s record versus an index—they just want to make m...
Why Everyone Believes What They Want to Believe with Alex Edmans
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money, London Business School professor and author Alex Edmans joins to discuss his new book, May Contain Li...
Making the Case for Active Investing
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Downing Fund Managers’ Simon Evan-Cook joins this week to talk about the case for active versus passive investing. Cook says Jack Bogle, founder of ...
Why Sunak May Quit Ahead of a July 4th Election
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a UK election this summer, says Helen Thomas, an ex-adviser to former Conservative finance minister George Osborne and CEO of BlondeMon...
Why the UK Stock Market May Be Slowly Dying with Peel Hunt's Charles Hall
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peel Hunt head of research Charles Hall tells Merryn that pension funds, wealth managers and individuals are pulling money out at an alarming rate. Pl...
How to Reach Net Zero Within a Capitalist System
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Many people contend that getting to net-zero emissions means smashing capitalism. While its destruction seems unlikely, another path would be to work ...
Why Anthony Scaramucci Is Predicting Trump Will Lose with In the City
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Merryn Talks Money will return with an all-new episode next Friday. In the meantime, here's an election-related episode from our friends at In the Cit...
Listen Now: The Big Take
26 Mar 2024
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The Big Take from Bloomberg News brings you inside what’s shaping the world's economies with the smartest and most informed business reporters aroun...
Why Capitalism May Soon Be Dead with Bernard Connolly
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Is capitalism dead? It’s getting there, says economist and author Bernard Connolly, but it isn’t dying a natural death. Instead, he contends it’...
Why Politics Mean You Won't See a Recession in 2024 with Julian Brigden
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Brigden of Macro Intelligence 2 Partners explains why you should get used to higher-for-longer when it comes to the Federal Reserve and interes...
Investment Trusts May Be the Right Place for Your Money
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Investment trusts occupy an interesting niche in the UK market. They are listed companies whose business is to own shares in other companies, or to ow...
Introducing: The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Deal, hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, features intimate conversations with business titans, sports champions and game-changing entrepren...
Lyn Alden Makes the Case for Bitcoin, Explains Why Money is Falling Behind the Times
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Investment and macroeconomic analyst Lyn Alden joins to explore the history and future of money. Discussing her book Broken Money: Why Our Financial S...
BONUS: Listen to This Before You Blow Your Bonus
27 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re lucky enough to get a bonus this season (sorry, Barclays bankers), it’s time to give some thought on how to successfully save or spend ...
The ‘Soft Landing’ Skeptics Are Still Out There with Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Reid, Deutsche Bank’s global head of economics and thematic research, joins to explain why he thinks a US downturn may still be on the way. He ...
Why Nuclear Power Should Be Ramped Up
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kathryn Porter, an energy consultant at Watt-Logic, contends the increase in mining needed to obtain critical minerals necessary for the energy transi...
BONUS: How to Really Buy a Used Car
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Automobiles are often the second-most expensive item people buy, and yet many go into the process unprepared. Ashley Winston, creator of Palmdale Car ...
How to Invest in the Coming Space Gold Rush with Tim Marshall
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There could be a “gold rush” in space, says Tim Marshall, author of The Future of Geography and a former diplomatic and foreign affairs editor at ...
Kwasi Kwarteng Says Sunak Should Feel Free to Cut Taxes
02 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The former Chancellor of the Exchequer explains that the Tory prime minister has been “liberated” to tackle the UK’s tax burden. But will he in ...
Ed Yardeni Says The Roaring Twenties May Be Back
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Making parallels between the Spanish flu pandemic and Covid-19, the Wall Street veteran says a growth boom could be coming. He also discusses what he ...
Bitcoin or Gold? Oaktree’s Howard Marks Sees Little Difference
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just like gold, Bitcoin is `only worth what people will pay for it,’ says Oaktree Capital Management co-founder Howard Marks. He discusses crypto, e...
Introducing: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe Edition
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As you await this week's Merryn Talks Money conversation with OakTree's Howard Mark , check out another podcast from our team here at Bloomberg: Daybr...
What 2024 Holds for the UK Economy with Simon French and Laura Foll
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
All too many commentators on the UK economy are “default decliners,” according to Simon French, chief economist and head of research at UK investm...
An ‘Outrageous’ Prediction That American Capitalism Is Ending with Steen Jakobsen
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Saxo Bank has published the latest in its annual series of “outrageous predictions,” and among the bigger calls is that American capitalism is e...
Regenerative Farming’s Promise for the Planet with Peter Byck
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor and filmmaker Peter Byck says lessons from ancient bison herds can make cattle farming less of a climate disaster and more profitable. Merry...
Why New Rules Are Needed to Avoid War in Space: Pippa Malmgren
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the US and China vie for supremacy, Pippa Malmgren, economist, author and former adviser to US President George W. Bush, says the threat of conflic...