Merryn Talks Money

Markets Wrap: AI Jitters, Budget Expectations and UK Housing Rebound?

Are we seeing signs of investors starting to lose their nerve over artificial intelligence? On this week's markets wrap, Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss the

The Portfolio Reset: Episode 1

For today’s investor, making money in markets may seem straightforward: put your money into a passive fund that tracks US stocks. It’s been a winning strategy for so long

Why the Commodity Bull Market Is Just Beginning

Adam Rozencwajg, portfolio manager at natural resources firm Goehring and Rozencwajg, joins Merryn Somerset Webb to explain why he thinks the commodity bull market may st

Markets Wrap: Bond Market Turmoil, Inheritance Tax and AI risks

Are European bond markets signaling disaster? This week, John Stepek and Bloomberg's David Goodman explore how the rising gap between bond yields in France and Germany mi

What to Do If Your Mortgage Rate Jumps

John Stepek, senior reporter and author of the Money Distilled newsletter, is joined by Anthony Emmerson, director at London-based mortgage broker Trinity Financial to di

How to Outsmart Your Investing Instincts

Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Alex Edmans, author of The Madness of Markets: Why Smart Investors Make Crazy Decisions – And How to Exploit Them, about why even sophist

Markets Wrap: The Triple Lock, Bond Yields and Housing

Fresh off the party conference, the Labour government is promising pension reform, a new approach to social care and yet another scheme to help first-time buyers. Merryn

Physical Gold, Stocks and Retirement: Your Questions Answered

Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer some of your questions. They explore the differences between holding physical gold and investing through an ETF, whether or no

The Stocks That Could Survive an AI Bust

Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Blue Whale Growth Fund Chief Investment Officer Stephen Yiu about what could derail the artificial intelligence boom — and where investor

Is the Stock Market Sending a Warning?

Merryn and John discuss worrying signals from the stock market, the physical constraints facing the AI boom, China’s growing appetite for gold and an unexpected consequen

Is Buy-to-Let Still a Good Investment?

As the UK's buy-to-let marks its 30th anniversary, we still find ourselves asking: is it worth it? This week, Merryn Somerset Webb and Aneisha Beveridge, head of research

What Career Should You Choose in the AI Age?

Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Daniel Susskind, senior research associate at the Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford and a member of the UK governmen

Can Governments Afford These Interest Rates?

 It’s interest-rate week, with central banks around the world making key decisions. Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss what rising rates mean for markets, gover

How to Turn Income Into an Inheritance Tax Break

Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with Sarah Coles, head of personal finance at AJ Bell, to discuss how gifting surplus income can help reduce your inheritance tax bill ahea

Ed Conway on the Hidden Supply Chains That Run the World

Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Ed Conway, economics and data editor at Sky News and author of Trade World, about the vast and often invisible supply chains behind the t

Markets Wrap: Bessent's Big Bet, Bond Yields and the AI Bubble

Britain’s bond yields are the highest in the G7, as renewed inflation pressures collide with rising defense costs and a government reluctant to make politically painful s

Live From Fringe: What Adam Smith Can Teach Us About Debt and Power

In this episode of Merryn Talks Money, host Merryn Somerset Webb is joined live at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by Bloomberg Opinion columnist Adrian Wooldridge, former

Live From Fringe: What Adam Smith Would Say of Bond Market Turmoil

Host Merryn Somerset Webb is joined by Interactive Investor CEO Richard Wilson,  Anna MacDonald, investment strategy director at Hargreaves Lansdown, and Russell Napier,

Live from Fringe: What Adam Smith Can Teach Investors About AI and Investing

In this episode of Merryn Talks Money, host Merryn Somerset Webb is joined by Bloomberg senior reporter John Stepek, Schroders Head of Strategic Research Duncan Lamont an

Markets Wrap: Predictions Meet AI Skepticism

Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss the latest Nvidia news in which the company predicted its sales could rise by around 70% in the next fiscal year, beati