Episode Details

The reason Spotify's stock price jumped 18% in one day.

Season 2 Episode 166 Published 3 weeks, 3 days ago

Description

Spotify's stock jumped 18% in one day and we're breaking down exactly why, plus what it means for artists, your playlist, and the music industry at large. We also get into why birth rates are falling globally and the one reason researchers are pointing to that nobody was expecting, Victoria's Secret's unlikely comeback (up 200% in a year and yes, there's a female CEO involved), and quick updates on the SpaceX IPO that could be the biggest in history, the Lululemon founder drama, and what's going on at BP. Oh, and we answer a listener question on capital gains tax that's probably simpler than you think!

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WTF does that mean? A guide to all the jargony bits:

IPO — when a private company sells shares to the public for the first time

ETF — a basket of shares you buy as one thing instead of picking individual companies

Index — a list of top companies grouped together, like the NASDAQ 100

Ticker symbol — a short code that identifies a company on the stock market

Activist investor — someone who buys shares specifically to push for changes in a company

Capital gains tax — tax on the profit you make when you sell an investment

The glass cliff — when women or minorities are given leadership roles mainly during a crisis, when failure is most likely

Credits:

Hosts: Victoria Harris & Sophie Hallwright

Producer & Editor: Emily Rigby

Social & Digital Manager: Lucy Munro