At school we get taught how to read, write and do math. But they don't teach us the most important lesson in life: how to manage money!
So it's not surprising that over 25% of people in the US and UK have zero savings and that many others expect to struggle during retirement.
We want to fix that. rolling bananas is a weekly dive into all things finance, business and life!
We cover all those things you should have been taught and have a lot of fun along the way. There are some great guests and we give you unique market insight, money-saving tips, trivia, and life hacks! And it's all delivered with our unique objectivity from 2 guys who have over 60 years of trading and investing under their belts.
The debt ceiling has been resolved and the trading has been great. Are we moving into the next phase of the economic recovery? Maybe not! The jobs data came in hot on Friday piling further pressure on the Fed to …
Retail sales are getting worse, the debt ceiling hasn't been resolved, nobody knows if there will be another interest rate rise and Target has posted a $500m loss due to theft. You'd be forgiven for thinking we live in crazy …
It was a good week for King Charles III and Bernard Arnault the CEO of LVMH. Not so good for Jerome Powell and the Fed with yet more confusing economic data points. Regional banks also had a tough week and …
It was a tough week for Elon Musk last week, the SpaceX ship failed to separate and the continual changes to Tesla prices are confusing customers. Better though for Dominion Voting Systems who secured at $787m out of court se...
Earnings season started last week with the Big Banks and so far they seem to be the beneficiaries of the banking hiccup. It will be interesting to see what the small banks say this coming week. CPI and PPI were …
We woke up this morning to an increase in the price of oil, that means Gasoline prices are going back up! AI has been all over the news as the next best thing but now people (including Elon) want to …
Shock, horror there was no big bank disaster over the weekend. Maybe they're stabilising, for now they look ok and SVB has found a buyer in First Citizens Bank. However, a sector of banks does look particularly exposed to US …
Well another week, another bank failure! Credit Suisse had to be bailed out over the weekend; ultimately selling to Switzerland's UBS for $3bn (its value in December was $50bn). Despite the Swiss Central bank guaranteeing ove...
When Powell set out his tough tone at the semi-annual hearings last week he couldn't have foreseen the hotter than expected jobs numbers (again!) on Friday or the run on Silicon Valley Bank. The markets were already reeling b...
Airlines and Energy, how China manufacturing has picked up at its fastest rate in a decade, the two tier impact of inflation, trucking as a career, Foxconn moving to India, tax regimes and business creation, the AI threat to ...
We're a day later than usual but don't worry we have all the top financial news as we try and make sense of everything that is happening in the business world. This week we cover topics ranging from Bezos' testosterone …
It's Presidents' day and we use the downtime to bring you a fully packed show. Hot topics for this week include AI hallucinations, Musk boosting his own tweets, Biden in Ukraine, property in New York City, Cobalt mines, luxur...
We show you how to interpret current economic data, how it impacts the markets and how to use it to your advantage in your trading and investing
How do pick a good stock to buy by understanding the key fundamentals that make up long term value and what drives company effectiveness and efficiency.
Understand how increasing interest rates impact your saving and borrowing costs.