Merryn Talks Money

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Why Dying Broke May Not Be a Bad Idea Mar 18, 2025

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On this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek discuss a selection of reader questions.
Among them are why pension planning could be different between men and women, what to consider when choosing an Individual Savings Account in the UK and why dying broke might not be such a bad idea.

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Looking to Protect Your Wealth In Crazy Markets? Here's How. Mar 14, 2025

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Troy Asset Management founder Sebastian Lyon joins Merryn this week to talk strategies for protecting your capital in these crazy markets. They also discuss how the low interest-rate environment hit the UK investment trust industry hard, and the way he sees it rebounding, as well as American exceptionalism and why there are good reasons to be cautious about investing in the US, and his outlook for gold.

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Time To Consider Investing in German Companies and What About That 'Trump Put'? Mar 13, 2025

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The great John Authers, senior markets editor and Opinion columnist at Bloomberg, joins Merryn and John Stepek for this week's roundup. He talks about his time in Frankfurt, explaining "the biggest turning point for German economic policy at least since reunification, and possibly much longer." He also points out why German companies look like good value ( "take 10 percent out of your Mag7 ETF and put it into a Stocks Industrials ETF, and that will move things very quickly") and whether Wall Street is losing hope in the 'Trump put.'
Disclaimer: Merryn's audio isn't great in this episode but we'll have it fixed by next week. The Johns sound excellent.

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Is There a Tradeoff Between Net Zero and UK Growth? Mar 06, 2025

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There’s no tradeoff between net zero and growth in the UK. That’s the conventional wisdom and the position of the current government. But what if it’s the decline in available electricity that’s causing productivity, GDP and living standards to stagnate?

New research from Kallum Pickering, chief economist at Peel Hunt, suggests there may indeed be a connection. He joins Merryn Somerset Webb and senior reporter John Stepek on Merryn Talks Money to explain that the rise of power-hungry artificial intelligence and the UK’s renewed focus on defense may mean the government should reexamine its energy policies.

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Where to Invest $100,000 Right Now Mar 04, 2025

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Merryn speaks with Bloomberg personal finance and wealth reporter Suzanne Woolley about the latest instalment in her "Where to Invest" series. They discuss where four money managers said they’d put a $100,000 stake right now. Opportunities mentioned include stocks outside the US, tech and a holiday house in Greece.
Read the story here: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/how-to-invest-100k-q2-2025/

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GMO's Jeremy Grantham Warns US Stocks Are About to Be Crushed Feb 28, 2025

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Merryn Somerset Webb interviews GMO co-founder and notorious caller of market bubbles Jeremy Grantham. Grantham, who also serves as the firm’s long-term investment strategist, leans in to his more than five decades of investing experience to explain the current “super bubble” in the markets. He comments on when we’ll see a correction, the fate of the green transition and why he’s so concerned about population decline.
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Magnificent 7 Stocks Slip Into Correction, Bitcoin Dips and Trump's "Gold Card" Idea Feb 26, 2025

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In this week's roundup, Merryn speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about the souring mood on America’s equity market, particularly megacap tech.
In case you missed it (or were on holiday like John), the seven behemoths that powered a 54% surge in US stocks over two years tumbled into a collective correction Tuesday. They also discuss the latest moves in Bitcoin and Donald Trump's "gold card" plan.

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Which Golden Visas Are the Shiniest of All? Feb 26, 2025

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Want a different passport? Wish you lived somewhere with a better tax policy or even better weather? With enough money, it is possible. It’s called citizenship by investment, a process of gaining permanent residency by purchasing property or investing in the economy. On this week’s episode of Merryn Talks Money, host Merryn Somerset Webb speaks with Dominic Volek, group head of private clients at Henley & Partners, about why expats are deciding to move—and which countries have the best offers.

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Why Avoiding Investments Is as Important as Investing Feb 21, 2025

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Every decade has its story for investors. The 1970s were all about gold. The 1980s were all about Japan. In the 1990s it was the Internet. In the 2000s, we all shoveled money into China and emerging markets. And in the 2010s, we had eyes for nothing but software and American exceptionalism. So what’s next? That’s the question Jawad Mian, founder and managing editor of Stray Reflections, tries to answer on this week’s Merryn Talks Money.

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UK Inflation Rises to 10-Month High, Protecting Your Savings, and Energy Talk Feb 19, 2025

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In this week's roundup, Merryn speaks with Money Distilled newsletter author John Stepek about why the inflation reading was so surprising, why it's more important than ever to protect your savings, and why the cost of energy is such a hot topic globally.

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