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Merryn Talks Money

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 everyone can use to help them make better saving and investing choices.

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41:55

Why It’s Time to Invest in Mining

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2025/07/11

Mining is often an afterthought for many investors. But according to this week’s guests onMerryn Talks Money,it shouldn’t be—especially given its critical role in the global economy and the energy transition (or should we say energy addition?).Nicky Shiels, head of metals strategy at MKS PAMP, and Evy Hambro, head of thematic and sector investing at BlackRock, join host Merryn Somerset Webb to discuss why investors need to pay closer attention to the melt-up in metals.See

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15:43

Here’s The UK Wealth Tax to Really Worry About

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2025/07/09

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 watchdog – the OBR – warns that the country faces "daunting" risks, as a soaring debt load has led to “substantial erosion” of its capacity to respond to future shocks.So how will the government tackle that debt? Everyone’s suddenly talking about wealth taxes - but we

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28:19

Why Latin America is Attractive to Global Investors

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2025/07/04

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, host Merryn Somerset Webb is joined by Jose Manuel Silva, chief investment officer and partner of LarrainVial Asset Management, to discuss the place you should be looking - Latin America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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16:47

Rachel Reeves’s Tears Move Markets and the...

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2025/07/02

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 House of Commons and how that spurred a UK market selloff amid speculation about her future. They also discussThe Timesreport that AstraZeneca, one of the London market’s top stocks, is thinking of upping sticks and moving to America, and the trend of private equity firms accumulating a record

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19:46

Bitcoin Treasuries: Inflation Hedge or Hype-Driven...

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2025/07/01

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 strategy of holding Bitcoin on their balance sheets—not just as a speculative bet, but as a hedge against inflation and a way to lure investors hungry for crypto exposure. In this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money, host Merryn Somerset Webb and Money Distilled

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32:51

Tariffs, DOGE, Defense: Assessing Trump's Policies...

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/06/27

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, CEO of the consultancy BlondeMoney and former special advisor at the UK Treasury, to ask what they expected out of the US president’s second term. On this week’s Merryn Talks Money, they join host Merryn Somerset Webb yet again. This time to discuss his policies thus far, what they

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9:38

What Really Is a Safe Haven?

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/06/25

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 recorded on Monday afternoon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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23:22

Why Has the Market Shrugged Off Escalation in the...

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/06/23

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 the US involvement in the Iran-Israel conflict.Note: We recorded this conversation earlier today, before Iran’s retaliatory strikes at a US air base in Qatar.Traders drove stocks higher as oil tumbled, withthe strikes seen as limited and unable to trigger a broader economic fallout.See

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28:18

Why Recessions Aren’t What They Used to Be

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/06/20

StoneX’s Director of Global Macro Strategy Vincent Deluard joinsMerryn Talks Money to explain why he thinks economic downturns are going out of style. He also explains why he sees a July Correction, and how MAGA's war on Corporate America will play out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:35

Inflation, BoA and Gold's Time to Shine

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/06/18

In this week’s roundup, Bloomberg UK Wealth Editor at Large Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about the unsurprising UK inflation figures, the latest Bank of America Global Fund Manager Survey and why gold seems to be shining.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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19:02

Doing Your Due Diligence on Private Markets

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/06/17

Private marketsby their very naturelackthe same transparency that’s standard inpublic markets. But Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment insights and ratings, isconducting more due diligence on private markets to help investors navigate the sector.Morningstar Chief Executive OfficerKunal Kapoorjoins host Merryn Somerset Webbon this personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money to tell us more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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31:22

Recession Threat Is Back—and Maybe Something Worse

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2025/06/13

Trump’s policies have slowed the economy, making a downturn more likely. But Peter Berezin, chief global investment strategist at BCA Research, says the nation’s yawning deficit is a bigger threat. He joins this week to talk recession odds and strategies for investing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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14:26

How to Fix the UK Stock Market Quickly and Cheaply

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2025/06/11

In this week's roundup, Bloomberg UK Wealth Editor at Large Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about the market indifference to Chancellor Rachel Reeves' spending review. They also share strategies for how the government can support the UK equity market: scrap stamp duty, reform ISAs, and nudge pension funds to invest at home.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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24:14

How Do You Pick the Best Wealth Manager?

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2025/06/10

The more than $100trillion wealth transfer that’s projectedto be passed down from older to younger generations over the next quarter century is set to reshape the wealth management industry. And younger investors plan to move their money to new advisors, according to a report by IT services and consulting group Capgemini. On this episode of Merryn Talks Money, the firm’s global banking industry leader, Gareth Wilson, joins host Merryn Somerset Webb to discuss why young people want to

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29:03

Is China Reversing Its ‘Uninvestable’ Image?

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/06/06

Fidelity International’s Dale Nicholls joins this week’s Merryn Talks Moneyto discuss the Asian giant as a viable place to park your money. He explains China is now one the most innovative economies in the world. Its research and development spend is up forty-fold since 2000, and you can see the results in its clear leadership in electric vehicles, in battery storage, renewable energy infrastructure and increasingly artificial intelligence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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Go International, Benefit From Volatility, and Other...

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/06/03

Bloomberg personal finance and wealth reporter Suzanne Woolley joins Merryn this week to discuss her latest in the "Where to Invest" series. She shares the promising investment areas wealth managers and market strategists highlighted in her story on how best to invest $100,000 in today’s turbulent market.The ideas that emerged range from technology — yes, theMagnificent 7is in there — to insurance and health-care stocks, high-quality fixed income and publicly traded private equity

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45:06

Forget Everything You Know About Money

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/05/30

Economist Felix Martin joins host Merryn Somerset Webb for this week’s episode ofMerryn Talks Moneyto discuss the common understandingof, well, money. Specifically, why the typical conception of what constitutes it may be inaccurate.Martin, author of the bookMoney:The Unauthorized Biography anda former fund manager,says that rather than simply being a token medium of exchange, “money” is in fact “a system of ideas;it is the institution of credits and debts. It is the various

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19:11

Japan's Bond Market in Focus

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/05/28

Author of the Money Distilled newsletter John Stepek, is joined by Bloomberg Opinion columnist, Marcus Ashworth.Ashworth, covers European markets and was formerly chief markets strategist for Haitong Securities in London.The pair discuss Japan's bond market and what recent market activity means for decision making at the Bank of England.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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27:23

Should Commodities Still Have a Place in Your Portfolio?

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/05/27

In this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb is joined by Money Distilled author John Stepek to answer listeners’ burning personal finance questions. Together, they tackle whether commodities still deserve a spot in your portfolio as the global economy teeters between inflation, geopolitical turmoiland policy shifts. With prices climbing and environmental concerns limiting new supply, is this the new normal or a bubble waiting to burst?See omnystudio.com/listener

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34:21

Ed Yardeni Says It’s Not as Bad as You Think

Merryn Talks Money ·

2025/05/23

Think it’s all over for US markets? Think they’re finally going to sink under high valuations, inflated expectations and now a nervous bond market? Maybe think again, says Ed Yardeni of the eponymous firm Yardeni Research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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