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Merryn Talks Money

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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.

Latest episodes

  • 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…

  • The Stocks That Could Survive an AI Bust

    September 28, 2026 · 36 min

    Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Blue Whale Growth Fund Chief Investment Officer Stephen Yiu about what could derail the artificial intelligence boom — and where investors might look if it does. They discuss whether today’s enthusiasm is…

  • Is the Stock Market Sending a Warning?

    September 25, 2026 · 18 min

    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 consequence of the data-center buildout. See omnystudio.com/listener for…

  • Is Buy-to-Let Still a Good Investment?

    September 23, 2026 · 19 min

    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 at Hamptons, discuss how it went from accessible investment strategy…

  • What Career Should You Choose in the AI Age?

    September 21, 2026 · 31 min

    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 government’s expert panel on AI and the future of work. AI is expected to…