You want to invest in a market with political stability, low valuations and fast growing companies? Perhaps even one that might benefit from President Donald Trump’s deglobalisation agenda? 

This week, host Merryn Somerset Webb is joined by Jose Manuel Silva, chief investment officer and partner of LarrainVial Asset Management, to discuss the place you should be looking - Latin America. 

You want to invest in a market with political stability, low valuations and fast growing companies? Perhaps even one that might benefit from President Donald Trump&rsquo;s deglobalisation agenda? This week, host Merryn Somerset Webb is joined by Jose Manuel Silva, chief investment officer and partner of LarrainVial Asset Management, to discuss the place you should be looking - Latin America.&nbsp;

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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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Why Latin America is Attractive to Global Investors

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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 interest rates. On this week's markets wrap, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss how prolonged energy supply disruption could Britain from mere chronic stagnation (which is bad enough) and into stagflation. They also explore the fault lines that higher-for-longer rates are starting to open up — from private credit stresses to long-running productivity woes.

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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 interest rates. On this week's markets wrap, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss how prolonged energy supply disruption could Britain from mere chronic stagnation (which is bad enough) and into stagflation. They also explore the fault lines that higher-for-longer rates are starting to open up &mdash; from private credit stresses to long-running productivity woes. Sign up to the subscriber event here:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.bloombergevents.com/ZZ3kna?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_campaign=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Podcast&amp;RefId=sub" data-destination="rte:bind">https://www.bloombergevents.com/ZZ3kna?utm_source=Podcast&amp;utm_campaign=Podcast&amp;utm_medium=Podcast&amp;RefId=sub</a>

 Markets Wrap: War, Energy and the Return of Inflation Risk

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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 Head of Economics and Government Stephanie Flanders on Tuesday, and discussed Britain's pending trade deal with the US, why it won't affect its view on the conflict with Iran, and the UK's economic future. 

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/reeves-says-uk-won-t-make-iran-decisions-based-on-us-trade-ties?srnd=homepage-uk

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Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek react to the Spring Statement, plus Bloomberg's exclusive interview with Chancellor Rachel Reeves.&nbsp; She sat down with Head of Economics and Government Stephanie Flanders on Tuesday, and discussed&nbsp;Britain's pending trade deal with the US, why it won't affect its view on the conflict with Iran, and the UK's economic future.&nbsp; Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/reeves-says-uk-won-t-make-iran-decisions-based-on-us-trade-ties?srnd=homepage-uk">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/reeves-says-uk-won-t-make-iran-decisions-based-on-us-trade-ties?srnd=homepage-uk</a>
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Exclusive: Rachel Reeves on Iran Shock, US Trade and Inflation Risks

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Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Simon Judes, chief investment officer of Winton, about how to properly understand quantitative investing. Judes attempts to demystify some of the strategies quantitative funds use to allocate capital across different portfolios. They also discuss the role artificial intelligence will play in quant fund research and capital deployment.

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Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Simon Judes, chief investment officer of Winton, about how to properly understand quantitative investing. Judes attempts to demystify some of the strategies quantitative funds use to allocate capital across different portfolios. They also discuss the role artificial intelligence will play in quant fund research and capital deployment.
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What Can Quant Trading Strategies Teach Us About Markets?

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Why Latin America is Attractive to Global Investors

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