Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University says getting serious medical treatment abroad has doubled in three years to half a million a year. Private health care hjere grows by 8-10% a year yet NHS waiting lists are still rising. Those now paying twice for healthcare may favour massive change in the NHS. Milei's unexpected mid-term win in Argentina is a huge win for free-marketeers and libertarians and may set a framework for governments wanting to turn their economies around. And with Budget talk of further tax increases, Tim discusses how moving to the United States could cut Britons' tax bills in half.
Guests: Professor Tim Evans
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
James Cameron-Wilson says that October could be the worst for cinema since the late 1990s, despite the high quality of many films. Docudrama #1 Springsteen:Deliver Me From Nowhere is enjoyable, if not emotionally engaging. #2 Regretting You is a mother and daughter drama with great acting but the annoying screenplay makes the characters' lives unnecessarily difficult. He laughed more than he should have done. He loved All Of You on Apple TV+, with Imogen Poots and Brett Goldstein friends in a near-future world. It's a lovely, dramatic, fresh and charming film. He also recommends seeking out the prescient S1m0ne from 23 years ago, with Al Pacino digitally creating an actress.
Guests: James Cameron-Wilson
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Original Broadcast: Gadgets and Gizmos
Steve Caplin says that the massive Amazon outage was caused by nothing more than an empty data record. Google has been providing misleading information on pensions and driving licences. There's a clever AI military helmet. Customers of Starling Bank have a new way of avoiding scams. A device attached to your lavatory can monitor your gut health. A German company is offering to 3D-print personalised bike saddles, if you can translate its website. Scientists have found that the most expensive TV screens are pointless. And battery-grade lithium is now being mined in Cornwall.
Guests: Steve Caplin
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Original Broadcast: The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors
Neil Shah of Edison group feels that Primary Health Properties, which does what it says on the tin, will benefit from the takeover of Assura. 80-90% of its income is backed by the government so the shares can be compared to gilts, except that the company will produce growth and rising dividends. It's on a prospective yield of 7.7%. He is also upbeat on the UK market. American investors are looking for value, yield and safety outside the US and, despite all the doom and gloom, there are positive signs in the UK. Neil thinks there will be a Santa rally this year.
Guests: Neil Shah
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Original Broadcast: Thought for the Week
General Data Protection Regulation was introduced in 2016, but it's already past its sell-by date. With 56% of UK web browsers choosing to accept all cookies, there's plenty of data available for harvesting by tech businesses, while that and creativity is throughly exploited by AI. Meanwhile, employment opportunities for young people are steadily reducing, while data protection restrictions are cited by government as one of the reasons for not automatically releasing HMRC-allocated mature Child Trust Funds. We need a new approach, prioritising people. Background music: 'Digital Solitude' by Silent Partner
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Original Broadcast: This is Money
The dream of becoming an ISA millionaire will be a common ambition among many This is Money listeners. Most will probably dismiss it as fantasy but what if you could actually get there? Recently a long-time This is Money reader got in touch to tell us that he had managed just that... at the age of 36. Ollie Perry was happy to share his story, not to boast but to try to inspire others and to show that it isn't just wealthy boomers who can manage to make an ISA million. Georgie Frost, Lee Boyce and Simon Lambert discuss his story and what we can learn from it. How did he do it, are the big risks he took suitable for others, and what if you if prefer to get rich slower but with less chance of something going wrong? With a new top rate in town, Lee takes a look at the best buy savings deals on the market, Simon delves into why so many homes are seeing asking prices cut, and Georgie ponders why people are rushing to pay big money for retro tech that doesn't work.
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
We discuss how cloud outages may impact stocks beyond Amazon. Plus, GM’s great results may show how weak EV sales will be in the U.S. and how Co-CEO roles have become so popular in tech. Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Jason Hall discuss cloud outages, GM’s results and the EV future, the rise of the co-CEO, and Apple’s iPhone growth. Companies discussed: Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), General Motors (GM), Tesla (TSLA), NVIDIA (NVDA), General Electric (GE), Walmart (WMT), Meta (META), Netflix (NFLX). Host - Travis Hoium; Guests - Lou Whiteman, Jason Hall
Guests: Lou Whiteman,Jason Hall
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
In our second quarterly call, Motley Fool CEO and co-founder Tom Gardner talked about the current market and what to do about it. Tom also shared five investment ideas. For today's Motley Fool Money episode, we're sharing the audio version of that Quarterly Call. First, where are we now? Then, what to do about it? Finally, five investment ideas. Guest - Tom Gardner
Guests: Tom Gardner
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Effective negotiation requires both clarity of what you want to achieve and a clear understanding of what you're not willing to tolerate: confusion and anxiety are not the way to achieve successful outcomes. But best of all is to aim for a 'win—win' solution, where both parties feel satisfied with the outcome. And if negotiations can be undertaken in a optimistic and even playful atmosphere, so much the better. Try listening to this episode and then weighing up what you make of Donald Trump's skills in deal-making: he clearly thinks he's the bees' knees at it!
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As the clocks went back last weekend, many of us no doubt looked forward to an extra hour in bed. But, according to new research, that won’t be enough to fix our poor sleep quality. Joining Rory McGowan now to discuss this is Julie Cameron, the Associate Director for Scotland from the Mental Health Foundation.
Guests: Julie Cameron
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