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The Butcher, the Brewer, the Baker... and the Commentator - Episode 1
A performance from Merryn's sell-out Edinburgh show, with guests Willie Watt, Anna Macdonald and Simon Evans. Topics include – was Adam Smith a lefti…
6 years, 8 months ago
Draghi's last gasp, WeWork, and the curious case of the high-yielding oil stocks
Merryn and John talk about the ECB's latest bout of money-printing; bond yields; WeWork's cancelled listing; private equity euphoria and the shrinkin…
6 years, 8 months ago
Negative interest rates, a global cryptocurrency and people's QE
This week, Merryn and John reckon we should forget Trump, Brexit and all the other things that have been generating so much social media hysteria. Th…
6 years, 9 months ago
Boris, Brexit and Anti-bubbles
Merryn and John talk about Boris Johnson; his options for Brexit and whether a fudgy face-saving deal is better or worse than no deal; and what the e…
6 years, 10 months ago
Peer-to-peer lending and why there is nothing new in finance
Merryn and John talk about ultra-low yields; peer-to-peer lending and why there is nothing new in finance; and the good news about the slow downward …
6 years, 10 months ago
Currency wars, inflation, and Neil Woodford
Merryn and John talk about currency wars; central-bank dovishness and the consequences for the markets of ultra-low interest rates; more on Poor Neil…
6 years, 11 months ago
The gold bull market and a debt jubilee
Merryn and John ask if this really is the start of a new bull market for gold, and whether we should have a student debt jubilee – or perhaps even a …
6 years, 11 months ago
Facebook's new cryptocurrency and the sale of Sotheby's
John and Merryn talk about Facebook's new cryptocurrency, Libra, and whether it will be as transformative as its founders hope; the sale of Sotheby's…
6 years, 11 months ago
Poor Neil Woodford
This week, John and Merryn talk - inevitably - about the fallout for investors and the wider wealth management industry from "poor" Neil Woodford's s…
7 years ago
Euro elections, bitcoin and trade tariffs
John and Merryn talk about Brexit, the Tory leadership and the problem with sterling; why the world still isn't ready for bitcoin; why you really sho…
7 years ago