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  • Can the AI Boom Survive a Margin Squeeze?

    October 26, 2026 · 38 min

    In this episode of Merryn Talks Money, Merryn Somerset Webb and Steve Hou, head of research at Silicon Data, delve into an emerging issue in the economics of artificial intelligence: token prices are falling while the cost of compute…

  • French Bond Markets and AI Neoclouds Feel The Pressure

    October 23, 2026 · 20 min

    Are we heading for another eurozone panic? This week, John Stepek and Bloomberg’s Sam Unsted discuss why political uncertainty in France is pushing up the country's borrowing costs, why the UKhas (perhaps surprisingly) managed to avoid…

  • The Portfolio Reset: Episode 2

    October 21, 2026 · 24 min

    Passive investing was designed to track the market, not shape it. But as Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek explore in the second episode of The Portfolio Reset, the enormous growth of passive investing has changed the market it was…

  • The Case for Buying Small Caps Now

    October 19, 2026 · 36 min

    After years of being overshadowed by US megacaps and the artificial intelligence boom, could smaller companies finally be ready for a comeback? Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Downing fund manager Simon Evan-Cook and Odyssean Capital’s…

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

    October 16, 2026 · 12 min

    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 cracks appearing in the AI boom, as well as why UK house prices could…

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  • The Portfolio Reset: Episode 1

    October 14, 2026 · 22 min

    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 that it feels like the obvious choice. Yet as Merryn Somerset Webb…

  • Why the Commodity Bull Market Is Just Beginning

    October 12, 2026 · 49 min

    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 still be in its early stages. They discuss why gold could fall before…

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

    October 9, 2026 · 26 min

    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 mirrors the eurozone debt crisis, why governments are struggling to…

  • What to Do If Your Mortgage Rate Jumps

    October 7, 2026 · 31 min

    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 discuss rising mortgage rates and borrowers facing a jump in…

  • How to Outsmart Your Investing Instincts

    October 5, 2026 · 38 min

    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 sophisticated investors struggle to overcome the psychological biases that…

  • Markets Wrap: The Triple Lock, Bond Yields and Housing

    October 2, 2026 · 19 min

    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 Somerset Webb and John Stepek ask whether the sums add up, what the…

  • Physical Gold, Stocks and Retirement: Your Questions Answered

    September 30, 2026 · 11 min

    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 not buying shares actually benefits the company you've invested in, and…

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About the show

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.