Merryn Talks Money
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 ev…Social links:
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Hot Tips for Saving Money on Summer Vacation (Re-run)
On today's personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, we're playing an episode that first aired in July 2025 when hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek, shared their top money-saving tips for helping you get the most out of your holiday.
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Are We Repeating the Biggest Mistake of 1873?
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Liaquat Ahamed joins Merryn Somerset Webb to discuss 1873: The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World, exploring how the first truly global financial crash reshaped economics, politics and society for decades to come. Together, they unpack striking p…
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Markets Wrap: Inflation Means Bad News for Burnham
Even as Britain welcomed a new Prime Minister this week, renewed conflict in the Middle East threatened to remove what little breathing space he may have had, pushing up everything from oil to food prices. This week, John Stepek is joined by Bloomberg macro strategist Simon White to discuss why inf…
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What the Next Generation Wants From Wealth Managers: Part 2
Here is the second part of our special broadcast on how the next generation of investors is changing the wealth management industry. Merryn Somerset Webb brings together Bloomberg's John Stepek, Bytetree's Charlie Morris and Jean-Damien Marie, Global Head of Investments for Barclay's Private Bank a…
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Is Asia's AI Boom Creating the Next Investment Bubble?
Asia's AI-fueled market rally has created huge winners — but also growing risks. In this episode, Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Invesco fund manager Fiona Yang about why Korea's AI boom has become increasingly volatile, where she's still finding value in China and India and why the next generati…
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Markets Wrap: SpaceX Returns to Earth, UK Sheds More Stocks
It's been a week of turning points in markets: from Japan's shifting stance on the weak yen, to star fund manager Terry Smith revisiting his "buy and hold" strategy, to incoming British Prime Minister Andy Burnham's apparent last-minute change of heart on chancellor, to SpaceX falling below its IPO…
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What the Next Generation Wants From Wealth Managers
In the first of a two-part special recorded live at Bloomberg's London offices, Merryn Somerset Webb brings together Bloomberg's John Stepek, Bytetree's Charlie Morris and Jean-Damien Marie, Global Head of Investments for Barclay's Private Bank and Wealth Management to discuss how the next generati…
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Forget the Magnificent Seven. This Is What's Next.
Sign up for our wealth management webinar. It's free! Register now to reserve your place. https://events.bloombergevents.com/event/website/a95c1380-56d6-4d12-89a1-950bdf99d55a/landingPage Anthropic, Stripe and OpenAI are some of the world's most sought-after private companies. Maggie Fanari expl…
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Markets Wrap: Oil Rises, Tech Falters: What Investors Need to Know
Bloomberg senior reporter John Stepek is joined by co-editor of Bloomberg’s Markets Today blog, Morwenna Coniam to discuss the ever changing status of the Iran ceasefire and the resulting impact on oil prices and bond yields. They also highlight the growing evidence that the AI trade could be falli…
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The UK's Shrinking REITs Sector Is Still Attracting Buyers
The number of REITs (real estate investment trusts) listed in London has shrunk dramatically over the past five years. Now the biggest REIT on the market is the subject of a bid from a US buyer. In this week's personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Your Money, Bloomberg senior reporter and author…
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