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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.
Episodes
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Why Africa’s Population Boom Could Power Its Next Growth Era
Could Africa’s long-misunderstood population boom become its greatest economic advantage? Economist and author Joe Studwell joins host Merryn Somerset…
Merryn Talks MoneyBlair Versus Starmer - Can the Government Get Out of Britain's Way?
How can Keir Starmer - or whoever leads the country next - help to turn the UK’s fortunes around? Simon French, Managing Director, Chief Economist and…
Merryn Talks MoneyWhat's the Smartest Way to Save in 2026?
Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek take another listener question, this time around the pros and cons of ISAs, LISAs, and SIPPs. They debate the most…
Merryn Talks MoneyPrice Controls, Britain's Struggling Jobs Market, and the SpaceX IPO
In Merryn's absence this week John Stepek and Sam Unsted, editor on the Bloomberg Markets Today live blog, discuss how weak UK economic data has actually…
Merryn Talks MoneyYour Questions Answered: Pensions, Capital Gains Tax and More
Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer listener questions on how retail investor flows, passive investing, and social media have reshaped markets, arguing…
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Why Investors Should Expect Lower Returns From Here
Merryn Somerset Webb speaks to Pictet Asset Management Chief Strategist Luca Paolini about why markets remain remarkably resilient despite geopolitical…
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The UK Is Still Losing Cheap Stocks to Private Equity Bargain Hunters
For this week's second installment of the news round up, hosts Merryn and John discuss how cheap UK stocks are still being bought up by private equity firms…
Merryn Talks MoneyEmergency Podcast: Why Britain's Political Turmoil Will End In Crisis
Why Britain Needs A Crisis To Turn The Country Around Britain has once again been plunged into political turmoil. Despite rebellion in the ranks, Prime…
Merryn Talks MoneyThe Smartest Move You’re Not Making on Your Mortgage
Mortgage rates have jumped sharply—and fast—leaving buyers and homeowners scrambling to decide what to do next. Merryn Somerset Webb and John…
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What If AI’s Biggest Impact Isn’t Jobs, But Minds?
What if AI isn’t coming for your job — but for your mind? In this episode of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb speaks to Tom Slater, manager…
Merryn Talks MoneyMelt-Up or Mirage? Markets Ignore Everything but Earnings
Markets are ripping higher on blockbuster earnings and AI euphoria—but on this week's markets wrap, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek…
Merryn Talks MoneyFree Booze to Real Power: Why Shareholder Perks Matter
What if owning a single share could get you discounted wine, cheaper holidays—or even a stronger voice in corporate decisions? Merryn Somerset Webb and…
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Cheap, Unloved, Profitable: The Case for Value Investing Today?
Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Temple Bar’s Ian Lance about the trust’s standout performance since 2020, driven by disciplined value…
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Live From The Master Investor Show: Jim Mellon and Stephen Yiu
Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with John Stepek, Jim Mellon, billionaire investor and Chairman of The Burnbrae Group, and Blue Whale manager Stephen Yiu. The…
Merryn Talks MoneyWhat Red Squirrels Reveal About Britain’s Broken Investing Culture
Why has the UK become a nation of savers—but not investors—and what on earth do red squirrels have to do with it? Merryn Somerset Webb and John…
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Andy Haldane on Britain’s Fiscal Squeeze and Growth Problem
Former Bank of England Chief Economist Andy Haldane joins Merryn Somerset Webb to unpack why the UK may feel poorer, more fragile and seemingly out of…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets in a Permanent Mini-Crisis: Why Investors Are Waiting, Not Predicting
On this week's markets wrap, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek explore how markets are navigating a world of constant geopolitical…
Merryn Talks MoneyYour Pension, Your Problem? Inside Nest’s Big Investment Shift
Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss the ongoing push into private markets by Britain's largest workplace pension scheme (by membership), the National…
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How to Invest Amid an Upended Global Financial Order
Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Ruffer fund manager Alexander Chartres about investing in a world marked by receding US dominance and a more inflation-prone…
Merryn Talks MoneyAre Markets Just Plain Wrong to Keep 'Looking Through' The Iran War?
Markets have continued to hit new highs despite escalating geopolitical tensions and a major energy shock, raising questions about whether investors are…
Merryn Talks MoneyThe Contrarian Case for London Real Estate After a Decade of Stagnation
It might surprise some listeners, but UK-wide house prices have delivered only negligible returns after inflation over the past decade, note Merryn Somerset…
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Why You Should Wait Out AI’s Super-Spending False Start
Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with Janusz Marecki, CEO & Founder of Fractal Brain and AI Partner at Ahren Innovation Capital, for an insider perspective on AI…
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Markets Wrap: Ceasefire Uncertainty, Energy Supply Shocks, and Chancellor Miliband?
On this week’s markets wrap, Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Helen Thomas of Blonde Money about how Middle East tensions are creating lasting energy…
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Cambridge Professor Helen Thompson on the Iran War, Energy Markets and Britain’s Risks
As the US-Israel war with Iran upends global energy flows, Professor Helen Thompson joins Merryn Talks Money to explain what the shock means for oil, gas…
Merryn Talks MoneyActive vs Passive: How to Help Your Kids Invest
On this week's Merryn Talks Money personal finance episode, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer an interesting listener question surrounding the active…
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Why Investors Are Rotating Into Commodities with BlackRock's Evy Hambro
Why did gold fail to protect portfolios during the latest market shock? In this episode of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Evy Hambro…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Wrap: Gold, Bonds and Bitcoin Struggle as War Uncertainty Clouds Investor Outlook
In this week’s markets wrap, John Stepek, senior reporter and author of the Money Distilled newsletter, and Bloomberg Opinion's Marcus Ashworth discuss…
Merryn Talks MoneyWhat's Eating Away at Inheritance Money
Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek speak with Paula Steele, director at John Lamb Hill Oldridge, about how to pass on an inheritance efficiently &mdash…
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The Convergence Trade: Cathie Wood’s Boldest Predictions
Cathie Wood, CEO and CIO of Ark Investment Management, joins Merryn Somerset Webb to make the bullish case for the next era of innovation. From AI, robotaxis…
Merryn Talks MoneyInflation Isn’t Done: Why the Next Shock Could Be Worse
Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with Troy Asset Management founder and chief investment officer Sebastian Lyon to unpack why markets look eerily calm despite…
Merryn Talks MoneyWhat Are Absolute Return Funds And Should You Invest In Them?
On this week's Merryn Talks Your Money personal finance episode, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek tackle another listener question: should you invest in…
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Why Contrarians Can't Get Enough of Real Assets
Contrarian investor Alec Cutler, manager of the Orbis Global Balanced and Cautious funds, joins Merryn Somerset Webb to discuss why global markets are shifting…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Wrap: Private Credit, War and a Lack of Safe Havens
Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek assess the market reaction to oil price volatity and question whether gold, bonds or even hard assets can offer…
Merryn Talks MoneyUK Smart Savings Dilemma: SIPP, ISA or LISA?
On this week's Merryn Talks Your Money personal finance episode, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek tackle a listener’s question about an issue many…
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Gold, Debt and the AI Boom: A Financial Historian’s Warning
On this week's Merryn Talks Money podcast, host Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with financial historian Edward Chancellor about how energy constraints and…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Wrap: War, Energy and the Return of Inflation Risk
Markets have swung sharply as the escalating war in Iran and across the Middle East injects fresh uncertainty into oil prices, inflation, and the path of…
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Exclusive: Rachel Reeves on Iran Shock, US Trade and Inflation Risks
Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek react to the Spring Statement, plus Bloomberg's exclusive interview with Chancellor Rachel Reeves. She sat down with…
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What Can Quant Trading Strategies Teach Us About Markets?
Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Simon Judes, chief investment officer of Winton, about how to properly understand quantitative investing. Judes attempts to…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Wrap: From YOLO to HALO
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…
Merryn Talks MoneyThe 51% Graduate Tax
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…
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Diversification Play: Why It's Not Too Late to Buy Asia
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…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Weekly: Inflation Falls, Wage Growth Cools, and Bets on BOE Cuts
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…
Merryn Talks MoneyREITs Explained: How Real Estate Investment Trusts Work and What Moves Their Prices
Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek are joined by Bloomberg’s Jack Sidders to break down how Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) work and why…
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Modern Monetary Theory: Free Money or Fiscal Fantasy?
Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Panmure Liberum Chief Economist Simon French to unpack Modern Monetary Theory—the idea that governments issuing their…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Weekly: AI Sparks Market Rotation, UK Political Risk, and the Pensions Property Debate
On this week's markets wrap, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss a sharp market rotation driven by growing fears that AI will disrupt &ndash…
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What Reform Plans to Do If It Takes Over the UK with Richard Tice
With talk of an early UK election swirling, Reform Deputy Leader Richard Tice joins Merryn Somerset Webb to make the case that his party is ready to govern…
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The 'Boring' Industries the UK Can’t Afford to Lose
Merryn Somerset Webb is joined by Sky News economics editor Ed Conway, author of Material World, to explain why the real engines of modern life aren’t…
Merryn Talks MoneyEmergency Pod: Is It All Over for Bitcoin?
In this emergency bonus episode of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek unpack a sudden crypto selloff that has seen Bitcoin tumble nearly…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Weekly: Tech and Crypto Slide, BOE Surprise, Turbulence for Gilts and Pound
On this week's Merryn Talks Money markets round up, Bloomberg senior reporter, John Stepek is joined once again by Bloomberg Opinion columnist Marcus Ashworth…
Merryn Talks MoneyBest of: How Do You Pick the Best Wealth Manager?
For today's show we're bringing you an evergreen episode that we found really insightful last summer and the lessons remain valid for today. The more than $100…
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Why the Price of Gold Reflects a Long-Term Shift
Investors have flocked to gold in the past year, prompting the precious metal to notch a series of price records and eclipse its inflation-adjusted peak from…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Weekly: Gold’s Moves, Yen Intervention, and Fallout From a Weaker Dollar
Precious metals seem to be hitting new all-time highs almost every week. On this week's markets wrap, Money Distilled author and senior reporter John Stepek…
Merryn Talks MoneyHow Much Insurance Do You Really Need?
On this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek break down the insurance cover that really matters as…
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In Greenland with Pippa Malmgren: Why the Arctic Is the New Geopolitical Battleground
Pippa Malmgren, chief executive of Geopolitica Institute, joins from Greenland to explain why the Arctic is now at the center of the geopolitical chessboard…
Merryn Talks MoneyMarkets Weekly: Japan’s Bond Shock and the Global Ripple Effect
Geopolitical tensions have grabbed the headlines this week, but the market turmoil is being driven as much by the Japanese government bond market as by…
Merryn Talks MoneyAsking Prices vs Reality: The True State of the Housing Market
Are UK house prices really taking off — or is something else at play? On this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn…
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GMO's Jeremy Grantham on buying start-ups, an AI bubble and why the small-cap premium is a myth
For more than four decades, Jeremy Grantham has been one of the most contrarian voices in global investing. The co-founder of Boston-based asset manager GMO…
Merryn Talks MoneySilver’s Surge, Oil’s Bounce, London Flat Prices and the Quiet Gilt Rally
On this week’s market round-up edition of Merryn Talks Money, Bloomberg senior reporter and author of the award-winning Money Distilled newsletter, John…
Merryn Talks MoneyYou’ve Spent Your Life Saving. Now Learn How to Spend
Most people spend their working lives earning and saving toward a financial goal. This goal can be a number or something more tangible like a paid-off…
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Venezuela’s Oil Reserves Versus Reality: Why Output Can’t Jump Overnight
Societe Generale Head of FIC and Commodity Research Michael Haigh joins Merryn Somerset Webb to break down why the US attack on Venezuela and any subsequent…