Original Broadcast: Gadgets and Gizmos
Steve Caplin explains about the Amazon AWS outage, the biggest in the history of the internet. He also points out how many Amazon book titles, even best-sellers, are fake and written by AI. He warns against OpenAI's internet browser. He wonders how wise it is using dead animals' DNA to help endangered species. Police in Islington soon intend sending drones to incidents. There's a concept "robot phone" which seems a bit weird. Japanese scientists think they can brew sake in space, for a steep price. And there's a crowdfunded guitar pedal that may please rock musicians.
Guests: Steve Caplin
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Original Broadcast: The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors
Russ Mould of A J Bell says that he is being bombarded with questions about whether there will be a market meltdown. On the negative side are government debt and interest bills which inhibit growth and might lead to a deflationary bust; soaring private debt; the private credit wobble; unbalanced markets; and high valuations. On the positive side the US economy might run hot as Trump wants; central banks might cut interest rates; and AI could produce an amazing productivity boom. Nervous investors should maintain a diversified portfolio and keep nothing that is giving you ulcers or sleepless nights.
Guests: Russ Mould
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Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
Tim Price of Price Value Partners (Citywire's #1 fund YTD & over 12 months) feels that the performance of gold this year is less a gold story than a currency one. Freezing Russia's reserves torpedoed the US's funding powers when it has $38tn debt to fund. Since then, central banks have been disinvesting US debt in favour of gold bullion. The fiat currency jig is up. We know what a kilogram is, but no longer what a dollar is. Tim also discusses the malign effect of over-regulation, a fantastic book by Dominic Frisby about gold, how investors can tell when gold and silver have gone high enough and why you should not put your faith in debt and cash.
Guests: Tim Price
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(Prince) Andrew is not alone in undergoing a seismic fall from grace which has been amplified by a prolonged absence of remorse and contrition: politicians, senior business people and church leaders have all walked this path. Personal failure is an endemic part of humanity, but we need to accept when things have gone wrong and search for reconcilation. Not easy, but the alternative is escalation resulting in an even heavier fall from grace. Background music: 'Metamorphosis' Quincas Moreira Image source: Wikipedia
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Original Broadcast: This is Money
Rachel Reeves is in a sticky position ahead of the Budget. Forecasts suggest she will need £30 billion to balance the books — and having made such a fuss about the Tory 'black hole' and her fiscal rules, the Chancellor is in a bind. Problematically, the Government also painted itself into a corner with Labour's election pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT — which amount for two-thirds of tax revenue. So what can Rachel Reeves do? Should she fiddle at the edges and try to raise bits here and there, distorting behaviour with tax even more, or should she break that promise and hike one of the big three? Georgie Frost, Helen Crane and Simon Lambert look at why the Chancellor is in a pickle and what leading economists at the IFS say she could do. And whether just because she could, does it mean she should? Plus, should you doom-prep your finances; why are millennials becoming landlords; and would you ride in a driverless taxi?
Guests: Helen Crane
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
Stocks with a high short interest have outperformed the market over the past five years, but is this meme-trading or a new trend in long-term investing? Plus, the crew talks about Taiwan Semiconductor’s earnings, Google’s medical AI, and the 'cockroaches' that could be hiding in the market. Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Dan Caplinger discuss how highly-shorted stocks and memes have outperformed the market, TSMC and ASML’s earnings, hidden leverage in the market, and Google’s new medical AI. Companies discussed: Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), ASML (ASML), AMC (AMC), Gamestop (GME), Bitcoin (BTC), Alphabet (GOOG), Palantir (PLTR), Coinbase (COIN), NVIDIA (NVDA), AMD (AMD), Joby (JOBY), Delta (DAL). Host - Travis Hoium; Guests - Lou Whiteman, Dan Caplinger
Guests: Lou Whiteman,Dan Caplinger
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
Long-time analysts Emily Flippen, Jeff Santoro, and Jason Hall dive into bank earnings, Robinhood’s meteoric rise, and take a look at how alcohol consumption has changed the landscape for vice investments. Companies discussed: JPM, GS, WFC, HOOD, STZ, SAM. Host - Emily Flippen; Guests - Jason Hall, Jeff Santoro
Guests: Jason Hall,Jeff Santoro
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Original Broadcast: Modern Mindset
October is ADHD Awareness Month, and this year’s theme is the many faces of ADHD. It presents an opportunity to look at how the condition affects people from all backgrounds, genders, and ages. Joining Rory McGowan to discuss this is Dr Alice Ashby and/or Dr Hayley Ponsford and/or Sascha Landskron from London Psychiatry Clinic.
Guests: Alice Ashby
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Original Broadcast: The Hypnotist
Post-traumatic stress disorder — reliving traumatic memories — is widespread in today's society. This episode seeks to help in finding a way to break unsettling links between such past experiences and the way they impact today's emotions. Once those links are addressed and memories are settled into the past, it's possible to look forward to a more empowered future.
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Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
With the marking of Margaret Thatcher's 100th birthday, Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University says that many political experts now rate her even more highly than Churchill, a less successful peacetime Prime Minister. As the IMF warns about the UK's debt, growth and inflation, Labour's inability to cut profligate spending is taking the country to the edge while talk of higher taxes in the Budget is undermining confidence. It feels like all that has changed is the colour of the PM's tie. And, tongue firmly in his cheek, he wonders – with the French Fifth Republic in turmoil – whether what the country really needs is a constitutional monarchy.
Guests: Professor Tim Evans
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