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Merryn Talks Money with Bloomberg senior columnist Merryn Somerset Webb is your key to understanding how markets work – and how you can make them work for you. Every episode features a relaxed but in-depth conversation with a fund manager, a strategist, a Bloomberg expert or just someone Merryn finds particularly interesting in any given week. Listen in for the kind of insights and explanations ev... more

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From YOLO to HALO. In this week's markets wrap, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss why markets are ditching high multiple AI and software stocks, for "HALO" companies - heavy assets, low obsolescence - and why higher interest rates an... more

Many of the graduates whose university costs were funded with Plan 2 student loans are now in their 30s, wondering why they have no money at the end of the month, and why they still owe more student debt than they left uni with. The critical mass of ... more

Fiona Yang, portfolio manager on the Invesco Asia Dragon Trust, joins Merryn Somerset Webb to discuss why global capital rotated from US equities into emerging Asia in 2025—and what she sees happening in 2026. She explains her valuation-driven, long-... more

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On this week's markets wrap, John Stepek speaks with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Marcus Ashworth and Morwenna Coniam from the Markets Today team about this week’s fall in the headline rate of consumer price inflation and slowing wage growth. They als... more

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Recent Guests

Fiona Yang
Portfolio manager on the Invesco Asia Dragon
Invesco
Episode: Diversification Play: Why It's Not Too Late to Buy Asia
Jack Sidders
Senior reporter and Money Distilled author.
Bloomberg
Episode: REITs Explained: How Real Estate Investment Trusts Work and What Moves Their Prices
Richard Tice
British businessman and deputy leader of Reform UK
Reform UK
Episode: What Reform Plans to Do If It Takes Over the UK with Richard Tice
Charlie Morris
Founder and chairman of investment research from ByteTree
ByteTree
Episode: Emergency Pod: Is It All Over for Bitcoin?
Gareth Wilson
Chief Vice President at Capgemini, expert in wealth management
Capgemini
Episode: Best of: How Do You Pick the Best Wealth Manager?
John Reade
World Gold Council Senior Market Strategist for Europe and Asia, with over 35 years in the gold industry.
World Gold Council
Episode: Why the Price of Gold Reflects a Long-Term Shift
Kevin Ryan
Analyst with Bloomberg Intelligence and an expert in consumer insurance
Bloomberg Intelligence
Episode: How Much Insurance Do You Really Need?
John Hardy
Global Head of Macro Strategy at Saxo
Saxo
Episode: From Q-Day to Mars: The Market Shocks That Could Define the Year Ahead
Hamish Leng
Financial planner with over four decades of experience, specializing in helping families achieve financial security.
Hamish Leng & Company
Episode: How Much Should You Really Give Your Kids? Inheritance, Incentives and Money Mindsets with Hamish Leng

Hosts

Merryn Somerset Webb
A senior columnist at Bloomberg and a host, Merryn specializes in financial literacy and analysis, focusing on making investment concepts approachable for her audience.
John Stepek
A senior reporter and author associated with Bloomberg, John provides insights on market trends and economic dynamics in discussions.

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 677 ratings
  • Excellent history

    I loved the two part history of money

    Please do this more often I believe the UK and other countries must turn away from economics with USA and build bridges with other countries

    Please discuss

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    lovealways#
    United Kingdom2 months ago
  • Healthy wealth warning on novelty crypto investments. Great chemistry from the commentators.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    lolfryer
    4 months ago
  • One of the most interesting and informative UK finance podcasts

    Podcast Addict
    5
    marco
    4 months ago
  • Chancellor for a day

    Great to hear today

    Your guest suggested cutting welfare But failed to say what how and the ramification of this to a public who have been given money for years

    Generation are now dependent on this government hand outs

    Instead of creating time limits on dependent pits of money

    So we need to stop feeding the broken British And be brave and cap entitlement across the board

    BUT this is always met with resistance SO make it a one size fits all get rid of all the layers and universal one amount ... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    lovealways#
    United Kingdom5 months ago
  • Adverts

    An excellent podcast ruined by excessive adverts

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Mjocyp
    United Kingdom5 months ago

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Diversification Play: Why It's Not Too Late to Buy Asia
Q: What about dividends and income? How important are they to you when you are stock picking?
Fiona explains that Asia is seeing a paradigm shift with increasing shareholder returns and dividend payments, breaking the misconception that it is a low dividend region.
Diversification Play: Why It's Not Too Late to Buy Asia
Q: Are you still pretty bullish on China, or is that move gone as far as it's going to go, do you think?
Fiona believes that while China might not have the same explosive growth as before, it remains a significant market with opportunities for bottom-up stock pickers.
REITs Explained: How Real Estate Investment Trusts Work and What Moves Their Prices
Q: Where do they start if someone is looking at the REIT sector?
Investors should focus on larger names in the UK REIT market like Seagrow or Tritex, which offer solid rental growth.
REITs Explained: How Real Estate Investment Trusts Work and What Moves Their Prices
Q: What makes these trusts perform or not perform?
Performance is influenced by various factors including interest rates, market sentiment, and the specific sectors within real estate.
REITs Explained: How Real Estate Investment Trusts Work and What Moves Their Prices
Q: What actually is a real estate investment trust?
A REIT is a listed investment vehicle that invests in property, primarily in rental and development businesses, providing tax efficiency to investors.

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