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Market Maker, page 2
by AmplifyME · English
The AmplifyME Market Maker Podcast makes finance fun and easy to understand. Hosted by LinkedIn Top Voice Anthony Cheung, alongside trader-turned-founder Piers Curran and former investment banker and entrepreneur Stephen Barnett, each week they break down the biggest market stories and trends shaping the global economy. Get real insight, build your commercial awareness and learn how markets really work, with top guests from leading banks, hedge funds and asset managers sharing their expertise, career journeys and advice.
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The Business of Boeing: How Did It Go So Wrong?
Boeing’s business model and how financial incentives, accounting practices, and culture shifts contributed to major safety and quality failures (especially 737 MAX), while Boeing’s “razor-and-blades”…
20 Aug 2026 · 49m · 17 chaptersSpaceX’s 40% Rally Explained | Inside Apollo’s £5.7bn EasyJet Deal
A double-header on (1) why SpaceX’s stock rallied ~40% after staggered lockups, (2) Apollo’s £5.7bn EasyJet buyout financing and structure, and (3) Cambridge Aerospace’s $300m Series C for low-cost…
17 Aug 2026 · 46m · 17 chaptersThe $500 Billion AI Debt Machine & The Great CapEx Test
How AI spending is shifting from “best model” to “best-funded compute,” focusing on CoreWeave’s AI data-center demand, NVIDIA’s $500B private-capital financing consortium, “circular financing” risks,…
13 Aug 2026 · 51m · 23 chaptersWhy Sainsbury's Sold Argos (It's Not What You Think)
Market Maker podcast quick headlines plus a deep dive on Sainsbury’s sale of Argos to Swift Partners (a newly formed PE-backed vehicle), explaining the strategic rationale and Argos’s turbulent…
10 Aug 2026 · 52m · 27 chaptersThe AI Hedge Fund That Blew Up | The Situational Awareness Story
Situational Awareness LP, a highly levered AI-themed hedge fund tied to former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, collapses after a margin squeeze; Citadel buys the portfolio at a discount,…
6 Aug 2026 · 47m · 19 chaptersThe AI Investment Playbook: Who Wins Next & Where the Money Goes
The episode analyzes the AI business model “value chain” and where investment money is going, arguing the key question is whether the AI total addressable market (TAM) keeps growing fast enough to…
3 Aug 2026 · 55m · 20 chaptersThe World of Corporate Banking Explained
Explains corporate banking as the “balance sheet” side of universal banks—lending to large corporates (roughly $300M+ revenue) via products like equipment finance/leasing, trade finance, and real…
30 Jul 2026 · 20m · 8 chaptersThe Hidden Business of Sport: Why NFL Teams Are Worth Billions
The episode analyzes the business of NFL team ownership through the Kostler family’s reported $9.6B acquisition of the Seattle Seahawks, the highest price ever paid for an NFL franchise.
27 Jul 2026 · 43m · 20 chapters