Episodes

Banks, Ammo or TikTok, Opium Cafes, Real Estate Fails, Worst Job, EVs, Russians, Credit Crunch

March 27, 2023

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…

Swiss Shotgun Wedding, Jeff Goldblum was right, money market volatility, no ammo, 0.5% rate rise

March 20, 2023

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 ov…

SVB collapse, $1 purchase, Aramco profits, Banking expertise, Nissan Junk, RV decline, Airbus/Boeing

March 13, 2023

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 …

Airlines booming, Retail glooming, China Rising, Two tier inflation, Trucking, AI job threat, Apple

March 6, 2023

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…

C90, Maggots, Twitter, Leeches, BASF, China Jets, PE, Tesla Plans, Bezos makeover, Consultancy cuts

Feb. 28, 2023

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 makeo…

AI Hallucinations, Biden in Ukraine, Luxury goods demand, Retail Investor power, Oligarchs, Cobalt

Feb. 20, 2023

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, luxu…

Balloons, Google PR, Fed, Government subsidies, Zombie businesses, code or leave, outsize trains

Feb. 13, 2023

The markets dropped last week as they absorbed the previous week's rate hike and the continuing hawkish message from the Fed. Hot topics for this week include those dastardly balloons (again!), tunnels that are too small, Go…

Interest rates, job report, weather balloon, financial hype, the last 747, environmental pollution

Feb. 6, 2023

The Fed delivered the expected 0.25% interest rate rise last week but what was not expected were the poor earnings results from Alphabet, Amazon and Apple or the sky high non-farm payroll numbers on Friday. Along with the Ch…

Economic forecasts; gasoline, electric or hydrogen; India problems, lost radioactive widget, Covid19

Jan. 30, 2023

It's a Fed Meeting week so all eyes will be on the interest rate decision on Wednesday. Then on Thursday we have 29% of the Nasdaq reporting, so it's a big week for investors and analysts. But before that there is still plen…

Global Economic Forum, Pump and Dump Prosecution, lying Influencers, Bank Earnings, Tesla, China

Jan. 19, 2023

We're into Earnings season and the big banks have reported their 2022 Q4 numbers and outlook for 2023. So far he start to 2023 is similar to the end of 2022: the markets are nervous and looking for one or more pieces of data…

Earnings season, Frozen Tesla Batteries, China Covid, dinosaur infections, NY rental prices and more

Jan. 18, 2023

It's 2023 and what a great year for trading it has been already. We're very excited for the prospects this year holds and of course to get back into the swing of rolling bananas! And there is a lot going on already! We cover…

How do you like them bananas? - wrapping up 2022 and forecasting 2023

Dec. 19, 2022

2022 is almost finished and here we have the rolling bananas wrap (don't worry, nobody is singing!). So in a year when the bull market ended, crypto went bad, tech stocks lost their shirts, spacs were a thing, meme stocks ap…

Twitter waste, can't talk at Meta, Bankman-Fraud in trouble, China opening at speed, commercial property

Dec. 12, 2022

It was a another news packed week last week and here we give you our bite sized analysis and tips in a simple weekly does. PPI Data on Friday was stronger than expected causing the markets to reverse some of their recent gai…

Will interest rates work? China unlocking, FTX apology, a chip in Musk's brain, property fund woes and more

Dec. 5, 2022

Another week and more bitesize updates to keep you up to speed with the world of business and finance. Plus we give you those little life hacks to make you richer. On Friday the markets were surprised by the jobs data that …

China Covid Policy, Cricket in the USA, Twitter's woes, Greenwashing and the business of football

Nov. 28, 2022

Another week and some more bitesize updates to keep you up to speed with the world of business and finance. Plus we give you those little life hacks to make yourself richer. This week we see how China's approach to covid is…

Old guard at Disney, making savings, the price of art, synthetic diamonds and business criminals

Nov. 21, 2022

We're here to keep you up to date with the world of business and finance and give you those little life hacks to make yourself richer. This week we see Bob Iger back at Disney, show you how to make savings on subscriptions, …

FTX crypto disaster and fallout, the pivot is back on the table, US and China meet, Ferrari bad debt

Nov. 14, 2022

Here is your weekly update of the key finance and business stories. We're here to keep you safe in the financial markets so message us with any questions that you have. Last week was a crazy week including the biggest one d…

The business of sperm, more tech sector woes, mid term elections, no Fed pivot, COP27 and refugees

Nov. 7, 2022

Here is your weekly update of the key finance and business stories. We're here to keep you safe in the financial markets so message us with any questions that you have. This week we cover everything from the business of spe…

Disneyland Lockdown, tech crash, rich killing the planet, inflation levers, full employment and FOMC

Nov. 1, 2022

We're here to keep you safe in the financial markets and bring you your weekly update of the top global financial news. This week we cover the huge write down of tech stocks in a rising market, why rich people are killing th…

SNAPs decline, mobile missile launchers, $2 trillion crypto loss, tech earnings and the new China

Oct. 24, 2022

We're here to keep you safe in the financial markets and bring you your weekly update of the top global financial news. This week we cover the everything from SNAP's decline, Musk's Twitter purchase, how to cheat at chess, …

Largest one day move, bad debt provisions, US interest rates to 9%, collapse in IPOs, Nepal update

Oct. 19, 2022

We're here to keep you safe in the financial markets and bring you your weekly update of the top global financial news. This week we cover the largest daily movement ever seen on the S&P, bank earnings performance, high hi…

Surprise jobs report, oil production cut, the death of SPACs, Meta relaunch and Elon saves the day

Oct. 10, 2022

Welcome to your weekly update of the top global financial news. This week we seem to cover everything! From the Opec+ decision to the US jobs report, we ask what happened to SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies), w…

The current bear market, how to make and keep your money, are banks strong enough, automotive industry upheaval and earnings season

Oct. 3, 2022

Welcome to your weekly update of the top global financial news. This week interest rates loom large after the New UK Government fiasco. So we cover global interest rates, the impending earnings season and big tech layoffs…

Update from India, Dollar Strength, price of gold, rising commodities and is fascism back in Italy?

Sept. 28, 2022

Welcome to your weekly update of the top global financial news. This week finds Mark in Bangalore, India. So we cover the Finance view from India (including gold), falling commodity prices, the danger of a strong dollar s…