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Merryn Talks Money

by Bloomberg · English

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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The Nvidia Shock and Britain’s Housing Problem

Market shock from Nvidia’s CEO resignation amid scandal, its “key man risk” for the AI sector, and the timing/bubble concerns around Anthropic’s IPO; then a UK housing-market segment on falling…

13 Nov 2026 · 20m · 9 chapters

The Emerging Markets Everyone Else Is Missing

Neuberger Emerging Market Equity value strategy argues EM index performance is being driven by a crowded AI-linked pocket (Samsung, TSMC, SK Hynix) while most countries are flat/down; investors…

9 Nov 2026 · 48m · 21 chapters

Bad News Is Good News — Until It Isn’t

Merrin Talks Money Market Wrap covers Bank of England rate decision (base rate up to 4%), UK small-cap decline (FTSE 250/“FTSE 25K” milestone; small caps delisting), and US midterms’ link to…

6 Nov 2026 · 20m · 12 chapters

Episode 4: Your Questions On Rebalancing, Investment Gurus, And Ready-Made Portfolios Answered

Portfolio Reset “final episode” answering listener questions on: persuading a friend to start investing (after years in cash), whether to use platform “ready-made” multi-asset/SIP portfolios, how…

4 Nov 2026 · 30m · 14 chapters

Where Do You Hide From an AI Bubble?

Two segments. (1) Bloomberg Tech Minute: SpaceX hiring culture and incentives.

2 Nov 2026 · 37m · 22 chapters

Has the UK Redefined What It Means to Be a High Earner?

A UK Budget 2026 special and market wrap, focusing on tax/ISA changes, fiscal drag and wage compression, housing incentives, and investor implications; plus a brief tech segment on Anthropic IPO and…

29 Oct 2026 · 38m · 21 chapters

The Portfolio Reset: Episode 3

Portfolio Reset episode 3 explains how to invest for the next 10 years by making the key decisions passive investing doesn’t handle: goals, risk, asset mix, diversification within assets, and…

28 Oct 2026 · 26m · 9 chapters

Can the AI Boom Survive a Margin Squeeze?

The episode debates whether the AI boom can last under margin pressure, focusing on GPU rental costs rising while token/model prices fall, plus the investment-cycle risks (ROI, valuations, IPO…

26 Oct 2026 · 38m · 22 chapters

French Bond Markets and AI Neoclouds Feel The Pressure

Merrin Talks Money Market Wrap discusses (1) French 10-year bond yields surging and the France–Germany “LIS T spread” widening to near euro-crisis highs, (2) why UK gilts are comparatively calm ahead…

23 Oct 2026 · 20m · 7 chapters

The Portfolio Reset: Episode 2

Episode 2 of Bloomberg’s “The Portfolio Reset” argues that passive investing no longer guarantees exposure to the next big winners because much growth happens in private markets (e.g., SpaceX) and…

21 Oct 2026 · 24m · 10 chapters

The Case for Buying Small Caps Now

The case for buying small-cap value stocks now, framed as a potential “anti-AI trade” and supported by valuation reversion and market rotation away from crowded US mega-cap/AI winners.

19 Oct 2026 · 36m · 14 chapters

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

Markets Wrap on AI “jitters,” UK housing affordability/rebound prospects, and what to expect from the upcoming UK budget.

16 Oct 2026 · 12m · 6 chapters

The Portfolio Reset: Episode 1

Episode 1 of Bloomberg UK Money’s “The Portfolio Reset” mini-series challenges the assumption that passive investing (buying market trackers) is automatically optimal, arguing that recent…

14 Oct 2026 · 22m · 10 chapters

Why the Commodity Bull Market Is Just Beginning

The episode explains why commodity markets are cyclical and argues commodities are in the early stages of a new, long bull phase (not “over”), driven by a 10–15 year capital-supply lag.

12 Oct 2026 · 49m · 20 chapters

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

Weekly markets wrap covering bond-market turmoil in Europe (especially France), possible links to rising oil prices and sticky inflation, UK/Europe interest-rate and fiscal pressures, inheritance-tax…

9 Oct 2026 · 26m · 9 chapters

What to Do If Your Mortgage Rate Jumps

UK mortgage rates have risen sharply, with far fewer sub-5% fixed deals.

7 Oct 2026 · 31m · 16 chapters

How to Outsmart Your Investing Instincts

How markets and even smart investors deviate from fundamentals due to human psychology—sentiment, herding, extrapolation, and overconfidence—plus how to seek “edge” and invest with longer horizons.

5 Oct 2026 · 38m · 17 chapters

Markets Wrap: The Triple Lock, Bond Yields and Housing

A UK-focused markets wrap covering (1) the political fight over the “triple lock” state pension, (2) bond-market implications for UK gilts and yields, and (3) housing market stress and a proposed…

2 Oct 2026 · 19m · 7 chapters

Physical Gold, Stocks and Retirement: Your Questions Answered

Listener Q&A on retirement investing and market mechanics, plus a brief segment on gold ETFs/ETCs. Guests/hosts: Merrin Somerset-Webb and senior reporter John Steppett (Money Distilled author).

30 Sep 2026 · 11m · 6 chapters

The Stocks That Could Survive an AI Bust

The episode discusses how to invest if AI growth slows or “busts,” distinguishing “picks and shovels” (AI infrastructure beneficiaries) from riskier AI model builders, and how to diversify beyond AI…

28 Sep 2026 · 36m · 14 chapters

Is the Stock Market Sending a Warning?

Merrin Talks Money Market Wrap discusses whether the stock market is sending a warning, focusing on narrow market breadth, AI/semiconductor concentration, AI capex-to-revenue doubts, data-center…

25 Sep 2026 · 18m · 10 chapters

Is Buy-to-Let Still a Good Investment?

A 30-year look at UK buy-to-let mortgages—how the 1996 launch reshaped rental investing, why returns shifted from capital gains to rental income, and whether buy-to-let is still attractive amid…

23 Sep 2026 · 19m · 8 chapters

What Career Should You Choose in the AI Age?

How to prepare for work and education in the AI age, amid declining global literacy/numeracy and concerns about screen time, distraction, and AI hallucinations.

21 Sep 2026 · 31m · 16 chapters

Can Governments Afford These Interest Rates?

Two segments. First, a Bloomberg Tech Minute on SpaceX hiring culture and equity incentives.

18 Sep 2026 · 11m · 9 chapters