Podcast Episodes

A Discomforting Signal From the UK Bond Market and Budget, Budget, Budget!

In this week's roundup, Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek is joined by Bloomberg Opinion columnist Marcus Ashworth. They discuss the UK bond market, particularly the fact that UK 10-year …

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

How Safe Is Your Pension Pot?

On this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss diversifying your UK pension.   

They lay out scenarios in which your pension could be at ri…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

How The World Lost Its Mind with Author Dan Davies

Author and former Bank of England regulatory economist Dan Davies joins this week to discuss his new book, The Unaccountability Machine, which describes how the cost of large organisations deferring …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

UK Housing Perks Up, China's Bazooka Stimulus Sparks a Stock Rally

In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss the stock market response to China's unprecedented stimulus package,  where we are now with the UK housing mar…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Pensions Are Another Reason to Worry About the UK Budget

On this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss pension drawdown with Tom McPhail, formerly the lead pensions spokesman for the inves…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Fund Manager Sees Energy Transition as Opportunity of a Lifetime

Foresight Group’s Bernard Fairman discusses the movement toward cleaner energy, a lucrative investment theme he sees playing out over 30 to 50 years.

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Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Roundup: Labour Party Conference 'Vibes,' Budget Fears, and Why We Should Care the Ultra-Rich are Leaving

In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss why the looming UK Budget has both consumers and businesses rattled, and whether Labour's performance at its p…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

How Amateur Investors Can Maximize Their Returns

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 doesn’t take long for hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and J…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Looking to Outperform? Sell the US and Buy the UK

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 Money. As Wright points out, the UK market is very good…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

Roundup: Fed Cut Fallout and Bank of England Holds

In this week's roundup, Merryn and Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek discuss the Federal Reserve's bold interest-rate cut -- half a percentage point --and what that means for markets. And…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago