Podcast Episodes

How Much Does Your Credit Score Matter?

Whether you’re applying for a mortgage, taking out a loan or signing up for a new credit card, one number carries more weight than many people realize: your credit score.

In this week’s personal fina…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Why It’s Time to Invest in Mining

Mining is often an afterthought for many investors. But according to this week’s guests on Merryn Talks Money, it shouldn’t be—especially given its critical role in the global economy and the energy …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Here’s the UK Wealth Tax to Really Worry About

In this week's roundup, Bloomberg UK Wealth Editor at Large Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about the UK's debt problem. A report from Britain’s fiscal …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Latin America is Attractive to Global Investors

You want to invest in a market with political stability, low valuations and fast growing companies? Perhaps even one that might benefit from President Donald Trump’s deglobalisation agenda?

This week…

Published on 6 months ago

Rachel Reeves’s Tears Move Markets and the AstraZeneca Wake-Up Call

In this week’s roundup, Bloomberg UK Wealth Editor at Large Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about Chancellor Rachel Reeves's tearful appearance in the H…

Published on 6 months ago

Bitcoin Treasuries: Inflation Hedge or Hype-Driven Bubble?

You’ve heard of Bitcoin, but have you heard of “Bitcoin treasuries?” From Japan’s MetaPlanet to UK firms like Coincilium and The Smarter Web Company, 61 publicly listed companies have now adopted the…

Published on 6 months ago

In Defense of Donald Trump’s First Five Months

Days after Donald Trump’s election victory in November, we sat down with Pippa Malmgren, founder and CEO of the Geopolitica Institute and former advisor to President George W. Bush, and Helen Thomas,…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Is There Such a Thing as a Safe Haven?

On this week's Merryn Talks Your Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek, author of Money Distilled, talk about navigating your portfolio amidst Middle East tensions. The conversation was recorde…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Why Has the Market Shrugged Off Escalation in the Iran-Israel Conflict?

John Authers, senior editor for markets, Bloomberg Opinion columnist, and author of the Points of Return newsletter joins Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek to make sense of the market reaction to …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Why Recessions Aren’t What They Used to Be

StoneX’s Director of Global Macro Strategy Vincent Deluard joins Merryn Talks Money to explain why he thinks economic downturns are going out of style. He also explains why he sees a July Correction,…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago