

41 episodes
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.

UK inheritance tax planning, focusing on the April 2027 IH2 rule changes that expand what assets fall into the IHT net, and how to reduce IHT by making “gifts from surplus income” (instead of giving…
16 Sep 2026 · 19m · 8 chapters
Ed Conway discusses his book Trade World, arguing that modern globalization has not just created “free trade” but a giant, highly complex, often hidden web of supply chains that can be fragile when…
14 Sep 2026 · 35m · 17 chapters
This episode of Merlin Talks Money Market Wrap (with a Bloomberg Tech Minute intro) covers: Scott Bessent’s “I’m the house now” comments and whether Treasury actions can lower US bond yields; why…
11 Sep 2026 · 27m · 9 chapters
A panel at Edinburgh Fringe uses Adam Smith to discuss public debt, “financial repression,” and the return of quasi-monopoly “East India Company”-style megacorporations tied to governments.
8 Sep 2026 · 48m · 22 chapters
Adam Smith–inspired discussion of bond market turmoil, UK fiscal constraints, and how AI may reshape labor, business, and investment advice.
4 Sep 2026 · 52m · 21 chapters
Adam Smith’s ideas on incentives, empathy, and “men of system” are used to discuss AI’s impact on trust, investing behavior (especially cash hoarding and market timing), and how markets respond to…
2 Sep 2026 · 38m · 14 chapters
Markets wrap covering AI infrastructure optimism vs AI skepticism, Nvidia’s sales outlook and valuation, “circular financing”/balance-sheet risks, and a rotation toward commodities, gold/crypto, and…
28 Aug 2026 · 10m · 5 chapters
The episode (Merrin Talks Money) explains what quantum computing is likely to change, how close “quantum computing actually works” is, and what businesses/investors should do now; it also includes a…
24 Aug 2026 · 38m · 16 chapters
Markets wrap focused on rising bond yields (US 10-year ~4.68%, UK 30-year/10-year multi-decade highs), government debt and “fiscal dominance,” gold and bitcoin strength, and AI infrastructure debate…
21 Aug 2026 · 24m · 10 chapters
How to build a “stagflation-proof” investment portfolio amid weak growth and high inflation, with emphasis on “prepare, don’t predict.” Key claims: Stagflation is challenging but not necessarily…
17 Aug 2026 · 31m · 17 chapters
Two-part episode. First, a Bloomberg Tech Minute on SpaceX hiring culture and equity perks.
14 Aug 2026 · 48m · 19 chapters
Capital cycle investing and how Hosking Partners applies it to global equities, with specific case studies in DRAM memory (Micron, SK Hynix, Samsung), Japan, mining, shipping, and oil/energy amid…
10 Aug 2026 · 31m · 15 chapters
Weekly market wrap covering gold’s rebound, AI-stock leverage blowups, Fed/interest-rate expectations, and UK equity-market policy (including stamp duty and pushing domestic capital).
7 Aug 2026 · 16m · 6 chapters
Alison Schrager’s book Worth the Risk argues people are unhappy because they’ve removed meaningful risk from life, shrinking “upside” and possibility.
3 Aug 2026 · 38m · 16 chapters
Markets wrap focused on the AI “money machine,” linking AI-driven stock swings (notably South Korea’s KOSPI), the AI industry value chain, and mounting concerns about funding, credit risk, and…
31 Jul 2026 · 22m · 11 chapters
Re-run of Merrin Talks Your Money holiday budgeting tips, focused on avoiding common “foreign money” mistakes and saving money on summer vacation spending and currency exchange.
29 Jul 2026 · 12m · 7 chapters
The 1873 crash as the “first global crash,” how it was fueled by gold-driven lending and speculative booms (railroads, canals, IPOs), what triggered the bust (Vienna collapse, bank failures, and…
27 Jul 2026 · 37m · 18 chapters