Why Anthony Scaramucci Is Predicting Trump Will Lose with In the City
05 Apr 2024
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Merryn Talks Money will return with an all-new episode next Friday. In the meantime, here's an elect...
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 s...
Why Capitalism May Soon Be Dead with Bernard Connolly
22 Mar 2024
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Is capitalism dead? It’s getting there, says economist and author Bernard Connolly, but it isn’t...
Why Politics Mean You Won't See a Recession in 2024 with Julian Brigden
15 Mar 2024
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Julian Brigden of Macro Intelligence 2 Partners explains why you should get used to higher-for-longe...
Investment Trusts May Be the Right Place for Your Money
08 Mar 2024
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Investment trusts occupy an interesting niche in the UK market. They are listed companies whose busi...
Introducing: The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly
04 Mar 2024
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The Deal, hosted by Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, features intimate conversations with business ti...
Lyn Alden Makes the Case for Bitcoin, Explains Why Money is Falling Behind the Times
01 Mar 2024
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Investment and macroeconomic analyst Lyn Alden joins to explore the history and future of money. Dis...
BONUS: Listen to This Before You Blow Your Bonus
27 Feb 2024
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If you’re lucky enough to get a bonus this season (sorry, Barclays bankers), it’s time to give ...
The ‘Soft Landing’ Skeptics Are Still Out There with Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid
23 Feb 2024
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Jim Reid, Deutsche Bank’s global head of economics and thematic research, joins to explain why he ...
Why Nuclear Power Should Be Ramped Up
16 Feb 2024
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Kathryn Porter, an energy consultant at Watt-Logic, contends the increase in mining needed to obtain...
BONUS: How to Really Buy a Used Car
14 Feb 2024
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Automobiles are often the second-most expensive item people buy, and yet many go into the process un...
How to Invest in the Coming Space Gold Rush with Tim Marshall
09 Feb 2024
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There could be a “gold rush” in space, says Tim Marshall, author of The Future of Geography and ...
Kwasi Kwarteng Says Sunak Should Feel Free to Cut Taxes
02 Feb 2024
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The former Chancellor of the Exchequer explains that the Tory prime minister has been “liberated”...
Ed Yardeni Says The Roaring Twenties May Be Back
26 Jan 2024
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Making parallels between the Spanish flu pandemic and Covid-19, the Wall Street veteran says a growt...
Bitcoin or Gold? Oaktree’s Howard Marks Sees Little Difference
19 Jan 2024
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Just like gold, Bitcoin is `only worth what people will pay for it,’ says Oaktree Capital Manageme...
Introducing: Bloomberg Daybreak Europe Edition
16 Jan 2024
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As you await this week's Merryn Talks Money conversation with OakTree's Howard Mark , check out anot...
What 2024 Holds for the UK Economy with Simon French and Laura Foll
12 Jan 2024
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All too many commentators on the UK economy are “default decliners,” according to Simon French, ...
An ‘Outrageous’ Prediction That American Capitalism Is Ending with Steen Jakobsen
05 Jan 2024
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Saxo Bank has published the latest in its annual series of “outrageous predictions,” and among t...
Regenerative Farming’s Promise for the Planet with Peter Byck
22 Dec 2023
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Professor and filmmaker Peter Byck says lessons from ancient bison herds can make cattle farming les...
Why New Rules Are Needed to Avoid War in Space: Pippa Malmgren
15 Dec 2023
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As the US and China vie for supremacy, Pippa Malmgren, economist, author and former adviser to US Pr...
Introducing: Bloomberg News Now
14 Dec 2023
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Bloomberg News Now is a comprehensive audio report on today's top stories. Listen for the latest new...
The Kokou Agbo-Bloua Aftershow
13 Dec 2023
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Senior Reporter John Stepek joins Merryn to discuss her conversation with Kokou Agbo-Bloua, the Soci...
SocGen’s Global Head of Economics Argues a US Downturn Is Inevitable
08 Dec 2023
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Recessions aren’t like they used to be, says Kokou Agbo-Bloua, The Societe Generale global head o...
The Edward Chancellor Aftershow
28 Nov 2023
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Merryn and senior reporter John Stepek discuss the conversation with financial historian Edward Chan...
The Revenge of the Zero-Rate World Is Coming with Edward Chancellor
24 Nov 2023
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Financial historian Edward Chancellor tells Merryn how low rates resulted in capital being misalloca...
The Barry Norris Aftershow
22 Nov 2023
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Merryn and senior reporter John Stepek discuss the conversation with Argonaut’s Barry Norris. Lin...
Hedge Fund Boss Barry Norris's ‘Moral Case’ for Fossil Fuel Investing
17 Nov 2023
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Argonaut’s Barry Norris, whose fund has been making money by shorting renewable energy firms, joi...
The Jonathan Asante Aftershow
10 Nov 2023
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Merryn Somerset Webb and senior reporter John Stepek reflect on Asante’s assessment of the current...
Why Emerging Markets Can Still Be a Good Bet
10 Nov 2023
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Emerging markets have had a bad stretch, but fund manager Jonathan Asante explains how picky investo...
Introducing: Elon, Inc.
08 Nov 2023
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At Bloomberg, we’re always talking about the biggest business stories, and no one is bigger than E...
The Cathie Wood Aftershow
06 Nov 2023
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Cathie Wood says she would unambiguously bet on Bitcoin — rather than gold or cash — to safeguar...
ARK'S Cathie Wood Hasn’t Lost Faith in the Future
03 Nov 2023
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Despite a rough few years for her Innovation exchange-traded fund, Ark Investment Management founder...
Where Have All the Companies Gone?
20 Oct 2023
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In the UK, there are 70% fewer listed companies today than in 1996. Around the world, equity market...
The Duncan Lamont + Douglas Abbott Aftershow
19 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Why have equity markets around the world, and in the UK in particular, been shrinking? According to ...
The Paul Johnson Aftershow
13 Oct 2023
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The way the British government funds itself is complicated—ridden with fiscal drag and stealth lev...
Can the UK Fix Its Troubled Tax System?
12 Oct 2023
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Institute for Fiscal Studies Director Paul Johnson joins this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Mone...
BONUS: The Housing Market Where Renters Can Make a Fortune
12 Oct 2023
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In a new series, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek are examining housing markets across the globe...
The Jeremy Grantham Aftershow
10 Oct 2023
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The reckoning for markets is picking up speed, says GMO co-founder Jeremy Grantham, and as a result ...
Jeremy Grantham Says No One Should Invest in the US
05 Oct 2023
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In 2021, Jeremy Grantham was telling anyone who would listen that global asset markets were in one o...
Seema Shah Warns: US Recession Still Coming. What Does That Mean For Your Money?
29 Sep 2023
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If you think the US is heading for a soft landing, you might have another thing coming. That’s acc...
Is Brexit Truly to Blame for the UK’s Problems?
22 Sep 2023
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On this week’s Merryn Talks Money, host Merryn Somerset Webb poses the question of whether Brexit ...
Why UK Pensions Triple Lock Must Go and How ESG Threatens Democracy
15 Sep 2023
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Matt Cole, head of Strive Asset Management, the anti-activism fund co-founded by GOP hopeful Vivek R...
BONUS: Fringe Panel Aftershow, Why the Heavy Hand of the State Is Getting Heavier
13 Sep 2023
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Senior reporter and Money Distilled author John Stepek joins Merryn to talk through the themes hit ...
Fringe Festival Panel Day 2: Jim Mellon, Richard Wilson, Paul Johnson and Simon Evans
08 Sep 2023
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Double feature this week--here is the second day of Merryn's panel "The Butcher, the Brewer, the Bak...
Fringe Festival Panel Day 1: Russell Napier, Anna MacDonald and James Anderson
08 Sep 2023
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This week, we bring you a lightly edited version of Merryn's panel at the Fringe Festival in Edinbur...
BONUS: The Bank of England Arrives at a ‘Crunch Point’
15 Aug 2023
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For your summer listening, the Merryn Talks Money team brings you an episode from another podcast yo...
A Conversation With Vivek Ramaswamy: the Man Who Warned of 'Woke Capitalism'
04 Aug 2023
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This week, we bring you an earlier interview by Merryn Somerset Webb of Bloomberg's Merryn Talks Mon...
How Angry Should the UK Be With the Bank of England?
28 Jul 2023
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Is it time to get out of passive funds and switch to their active brethren? Or should you dump equi...
Mervyn King Says the Bank of England Is Making a ‘Big Mistake’
19 Jul 2023
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Former Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King says the central bank hasn’t been covering i...
US Inflation Will Keep Falling, Intertemporal’s Pellegrini Predicts
14 Jul 2023
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Inflation in the US is going to continue falling, says founder of Intertemporal Economics Brian Pell...
More Ways for Investors to Crack the World of Private Equity
07 Jul 2023
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A decade ago, it was almost impossible for private investors to buy into private equity with the pr...
Why the Rise of ‘Counter-Elites’ Spells Bad News for the UK
30 Jun 2023
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The idea that history is cyclical is hardly new. But exactly what drives those cycles is up for deb...
BONUS: The Bank of England’s Big Decision on Digital Currency
27 Jun 2023
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The Bank of England has a vision for the digital pound. But first, it has to decide whether “Britc...
Using Active Management to Cut Downside Risks
23 Jun 2023
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Active fund management isn’t just about maximizing upside for your shareholders, says Gervais Will...
The Inconvenient Truth About Reaching Net Zero
16 Jun 2023
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There’s a material world people don’t think about all that often. It’s the one that provides t...
It’s Time to Buy Japan
09 Jun 2023
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It’s fair to say that Japan is back and that its deflationary years are arguably behind it. The A...
Burnbrae’s Mellon Says Shell and BP Are Good Long-Term Investments
02 Jun 2023
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The British government is woefully incompetent, says Burnbrae Chairman Jim Mellon. But of course t...
Why UK Value Stocks Are Still the Trade of the Decade
26 May 2023
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Famed contrarian investor Rob Arnott, co-founder of Research Affiliates, has said since the autumn o...
Inflation Will Fall, Just Not the Way You Think
19 May 2023
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Inflation will eventually come down, but not rapidly or in the way it would have in previous years. ...
Central Banks at Risk of Breaking Economies, Dario Perkins Warns
12 May 2023
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Are we getting to the point where central banks are starting to break economies?Dario Perkins, Manag...
Why Your Portfolio Needs Investment Trusts
05 May 2023
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Investment trusts are special, says Simon Elliott, client director at J.P. Morgan Investment Trusts...
Is the Age of Growth in the UK Really Over?
28 Apr 2023
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Dambisa Moyo is an economist and board member of Chevron and 3M. She’s also author of the 2018 ...
Fund Manager Says There’s an Easy Way to Make 3% More
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
There’s not much you can do right now to dramatically improve your personal finances. But there’...
How to Get a 7% Return Without Buying Risky Equities
14 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
During the Panic of 1907, J.P. Morgan came up with a clever plan to slow the ongoing bank run. He to...
Capital Had Its Day. Now It’s Labor’s Turn, Troy’s Lyon Says
31 Mar 2023
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Sebastian Lyon says he’d been expecting inflation to rise for a long time. So when prices began to...
Why You Should Stop Selling UK Equities
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
British pension funds used to have up to 55% of their assets in UK equities. That might have been to...
Why UK Mortgage Rates Aren’t as High as You Think
17 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an earlier episode of Merryn Talks Money, reporter Neil Callanan joined the podcast to talk hous...
What the New Cold War Means for the Global Economy with Niall Ferguson
10 Mar 2023
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The world has been mired in a new Cold War for at least four years, according to Niall Ferguson, a ...
Why Inflation May Not Be Heading Back to 2%
03 Mar 2023
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Inflation isn’t heading back to 2%, according to Pippa Malmgren, author and former adviser to Pres...
The Top Takeaways From 300 Years of Investment Advice
24 Feb 2023
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The industry of providing people with investment advice has been around for a long time. Just how l...
The Collapse of the UK Housing Market May Be Coming
17 Feb 2023
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The UK housing market is not in a good place. Mortgage rates are up, buyers are disappearing and so...
The Year of the Value Hunter Has Arrived
10 Feb 2023
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For a fund manager with a belief in value, 2021 was as discombobulating a year as they come, says Be...
Why Governments Won’t Let Inflation Go Away
03 Feb 2023
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Inflation isn’t going away. Why? Because governments can’t let it. So says market historian Rus...
Deflation May Be Coming Sooner Than You Think
27 Jan 2023
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James Ferguson, founder of MacroStrategy Partners, isn’t worried about inflation this year. Inste...
The Case For Buying Emerging Markets, Bonds and Gold in 2023
20 Jan 2023
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Pictet Chief Strategist Luca Paolini says that while there’s a lot to be negative about these days...
How the Global Economy Has Been 'Rewired' and What That Means for Your Portfolio
13 Jan 2023
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Not many investment trusts made a positive return last year. The Ruffer Investment Company did -- p...
The bad news may soon be over for UK small caps
06 Jan 2023
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Smaller UK companies were among the worst performing assets in the world last year. That made 2022 a...
Why the best small UK companies have a global niche
23 Dec 2022
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Harry Nimmo, one of the most successful investors in smaller UK companies over the past three deca...
Losing money is the price of making money
16 Dec 2022
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Tom Slater, co-manager of the UK’s most popular investment trust, Scottish Mortgage, joins this we...
Saxo’s ‘Outrageous’ Prediction? Gold Will Top $3,000 in 2023
09 Dec 2022
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Holding gold? Better load up since it may jump to $3,000 soon. Work in private equity? Maybe get out...
Introducing: Merryn Talks Money
16 Nov 2022
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Merryn Somerset Webb and Bloomberg Wealth senior reporter and author of the daily Money Distilled ne...