It’s that time when analysts unveil their forecasts for 2025. But every year, Saxo Bank releases a different type of prediction—not of events likely to happen, but rather those that probably won’t. But if they do—they would send shockwaves across financial markets. So it’s good to start talking about the possibility. 

Saxo Chief Macro Strategist John Hardy joins this week’s Merryn Talks Money to discuss the list, which includes Nvidia ballooning to twice the value of Apple and Donald Trump crushing the US dollar. 

It’s that time when analysts unveil their forecasts for 2025. But every year, Saxo Bank releases a different type of prediction—not of events likely to happen, but rather those that probably won’t. But if they do—they would send shockwaves across financial markets. So it’s good to start talking about the possibility.  Saxo Chief Macro Strategist John Hardy joins this week’s Merryn Talks Money to discuss the list, which includes Nvidia ballooning to twice the value of Apple and Donald Trump crushing the US dollar.

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.

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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Saxo’s 'Outrageous' Forecast Sees Trump Blowing Up the Dollar

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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 joins Bloomberg Opinion columnist Marcus Ashworth to debate what’s driving the rally. They also unpack US intervention in the Japanese currency market and explore how a weakening dollar could shape monetary policy in the eurozone.

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 joins Bloomberg Opinion columnist Marcus Ashworth to debate what&rsquo;s driving the rally. They also unpack US intervention in the Japanese currency market and explore how a weakening dollar could shape monetary policy in the eurozone.

Markets Weekly: Gold’s Moves, Yen Intervention, and Fallout From a Weaker Dollar

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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 we head into 2026. They’re joined by Kevin Ryan, a consumer insurance expert and analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, who shares what’s shifting in the insurance market and what it means for your money.

On this week&rsquo;s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek break down the insurance cover that really matters as we head into 2026. They&rsquo;re joined by Kevin Ryan, a consumer insurance expert and analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, who shares what&rsquo;s shifting in the insurance market and what it means for your money.

How Much Insurance Do You Really Need? 

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Pippa Malmgren, chief executive of Geopolitica Institute, joins from Greenland to explain why the Arctic is now at the center of the geopolitical chessboard — from US claims that it needs to take over the Danish territory for national security reasons to how Greenlanders want to remain independent without being “for sale.” She connects the Arctic story to wider shifts: peace talks over Russia's war on Ukraine, strained European alliances, China–Russia dynamics and technological races in space, energy and advanced materials. She also explains what investors should consider as geopolitical risk increasingly becomes market risk.

Pippa Malmgren, chief executive of Geopolitica Institute, joins from Greenland to explain why the Arctic is now at the center of the geopolitical chessboard &mdash; from US claims that it needs to take over the Danish territory for national security reasons to how Greenlanders want to remain independent without being &ldquo;for sale.&rdquo; She connects the Arctic story to wider shifts: peace talks over Russia's war on Ukraine, strained European alliances, China&ndash;Russia dynamics and technological races in space, energy and advanced materials. She also explains what investors should consider as geopolitical risk increasingly becomes market risk.

In Greenland with Pippa Malmgren: Why the Arctic Is the New Geopolitical Battleground

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Saxo’s 'Outrageous' Forecast Sees Trump Blowing Up the Dollar

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