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.
Active vs Passive: How to Help Your Kids Invest
10 mins; April 01, 2026
Why Investors Are Rotating Into Commodities with BlackRock's Evy Hambro
35 mins; March 29, 2026
Markets Wrap: Gold, Bonds and Bitcoin Struggle as War Uncertainty Clouds Investor Outlook
15 mins; March 27, 2026
What's Eating Away at Inheritance Money
47 mins; March 25, 2026
The Convergence Trade: Cathie Wood’s Boldest Predictions
36 mins; March 23, 2026
Introducing: Leaders with Francine Lacqua
1 min; March 21, 2026
Inflation Isn’t Done: Why the Next Shock Could Be Worse
27 mins; March 20, 2026
What Are Absolute Return Funds And Should You Invest In Them?
9 mins; March 18, 2026
Why Contrarians Can't Get Enough of Real Assets
31 mins; March 16, 2026
Markets Wrap: Private Credit, War and a Lack of Safe Havens
20 mins; March 13, 2026
UK Smart Savings Dilemma: SIPP, ISA or LISA?
10 mins; March 11, 2026
Gold, Debt and the AI Boom: A Financial Historian’s Warning
33 mins; March 09, 2026
Markets Wrap: War, Energy and the Return of Inflation Risk
11 mins; March 06, 2026
Exclusive: Rachel Reeves on Iran Shock, US Trade and Inflation Risks
29 mins; March 03, 2026
What Can Quant Trading Strategies Teach Us About Markets?
42 mins; March 01, 2026
Markets Wrap: From YOLO to HALO
13 mins; February 26, 2026
The 51% Graduate Tax
18 mins; February 25, 2026
Diversification Play: Why It's Not Too Late to Buy Asia
39 mins; February 22, 2026
Markets Weekly: Inflation Falls, Wage Growth Cools, and Bets on BOE Cuts
20 mins; February 19, 2026
REITs Explained: How Real Estate Investment Trusts Work and What Moves Their Prices
27 mins; February 18, 2026
Modern Monetary Theory: Free Money or Fiscal Fantasy?
27 mins; February 15, 2026
Markets Weekly: AI Sparks Market Rotation, UK Political Risk, and the Pensions Property Debate
18 mins; February 12, 2026
What Reform Plans to Do If It Takes Over the UK with Richard Tice
21 mins; February 10, 2026
The 'Boring' Industries the UK Can’t Afford to Lose
32 mins; February 08, 2026
Emergency Pod: Is It All Over for Bitcoin?
24 mins; February 06, 2026
Markets Weekly: Tech and Crypto Slide, BOE Surprise, Turbulence for Gilts and Pound
14 mins; February 05, 2026
Best of: How Do You Pick the Best Wealth Manager?
25 mins; February 03, 2026
Why the Price of Gold Reflects a Long-Term Shift
36 mins; February 01, 2026
Markets Weekly: Gold’s Moves, Yen Intervention, and Fallout From a Weaker Dollar
17 mins; January 30, 2026
How Much Insurance Do You Really Need?
30 mins; January 28, 2026
In Greenland with Pippa Malmgren: Why the Arctic Is the New Geopolitical Battleground
34 mins; January 25, 2026
Markets Weekly: Japan’s Bond Shock and the Global Ripple Effect
14 mins; January 22, 2026
Asking Prices vs Reality: The True State of the Housing Market
19 mins; January 20, 2026
GMO's Jeremy Grantham on buying start-ups, an AI bubble and why the small-cap premium is a myth
44 mins; January 18, 2026
Silver’s Surge, Oil’s Bounce, London Flat Prices and the Quiet Gilt Rally
23 mins; January 15, 2026
You’ve Spent Your Life Saving. Now Learn How to Spend
27 mins; January 14, 2026
Venezuela’s Oil Reserves Versus Reality: Why Output Can’t Jump Overnight
41 mins; January 11, 2026
FTSE 100 Hits 10,000 as Defence, Commodities and Gold Lead Market Themes
21 mins; January 09, 2026
Your 2026 Money Reset: Practical Steps to Be Better Off by Year-End
24 mins; January 06, 2026
From Q-Day to Mars: The Market Shocks That Could Define the Year Ahead
40 mins; January 04, 2026
John Law: The Gambler Who Invented Modern Money (Part 2)
43 mins; January 01, 2026
John Law: The Gambler Who Invented Modern Money (Part 1)
33 mins; December 22, 2025
Gold’s Shine, Small Cap Hopes and What to Watch in 2026
17 mins; December 18, 2025
How Much Should You Really Give Your Kids? Inheritance, Incentives and Money Mindsets with Hamish Leng
25 mins; December 17, 2025
Permira's Kurt Björklund: Where Are We in the Private Equity Cycle?
49 mins; December 14, 2025
Silver Breaks Out. Oil Breaks Down. Markets Hold Their Breath.
18 mins; December 11, 2025
Debt Traps, Interest Rates and Global Shifts: A Candid UK Outlook with Gerard Lyons
39 mins; December 09, 2025
Why Europe’s Banks and Energy Stocks May Lead the Next Rally with Blackrock's Helen Jewell
32 mins; December 07, 2025
Investment Trust Turmoil, Silver’s Surge, and Bitcoin’s Wild Ride
15 mins; December 04, 2025
Dambisa Moyo on Why the AI Bubble Still Has Room to Grow
42 mins; December 01, 2025
UK Budget Special: What Will It Cost You?
48 mins; November 27, 2025
The UK Government Must Cut Spending - Here's Why (with Kallum Pickering)
58 mins; November 24, 2025
Why This Controversial Investment Trust Deal Has Riled Key Shareholders
26 mins; November 20, 2025
Offshore Bonds: What They Are and Who They’re For
20 mins; November 18, 2025
Jim Reid on Why Cash Is the Riskiest Investment of All
40 mins; November 16, 2025
UK Housing Jitters, Market Moves, and "Psychic Wealth"
22 mins; November 13, 2025
Why UK Small Caps Could Soar — Rockwood’s Richard Staveley on Value, Catalysts & Momentum
39 mins; November 12, 2025
Yes It’s an AI Bubble. Here’s Why (with Albert Edwards)
43 mins; November 09, 2025
Rate Cuts, Fiscal Resets, and AI Reality Checks
20 mins; November 07, 2025
Where to Invest $1 Million Right Now
21 mins; November 05, 2025
Rob Arnott on AI Mania: Lessons From the Dot-Com Era
43 mins; November 03, 2025
Art Laffer Has a Prescription for Britain’s Economic Woes
43 mins; October 29, 2025
UK Renters’ Rights Act: What Tenants and Landlords Need to Know
25 mins; October 27, 2025
When Gold Loses Its Shine
12 mins; October 23, 2025
How the US-China Rivalry Is Reshaping the Global Economy with Neil Shearing
34 mins; October 19, 2025
Outbreaks of Reality: Markets Catch Up to the Warnings
15 mins; October 16, 2025
Crypto ETNs: How Dangerous Are They?
14 mins; October 15, 2025
How to Find—and Force—Value From Tokyo to Seoul
37 mins; October 12, 2025
In Gold We Trust: What Surging Metals Say About a Shaky Economy
15 mins; October 09, 2025
We Speak to the Pensions Expert Who is Taking His Tax-Free Cash Now
17 mins; October 07, 2025
Can Gold Keep Rallying?
43 mins; October 06, 2025
UK IPOs Have Dried Up, US Tech Booms, and Japan’s Surprise Rally
16 mins; October 02, 2025
What Labour’s Tax Talk Really Means for Your Money
13 mins; October 01, 2025
Could a Fiscal Crisis Bring Down the Government?
44 mins; September 29, 2025
Introducing IVF Disrupted: The Kindbody Story
1 min; September 28, 2025
Burnham’s Bond Gamble, Gavekal’s Turkish Play, and Gold’s Crowded Hedge
14 mins; September 26, 2025
Your Money Questions Answered: Pensions, Taxes and the UK’s Debt Outlook
26 mins; September 23, 2025
What to Buy Now as The US Loses Its Edge
36 mins; September 21, 2025
UK Jobs Squeeze, AI Disruption, and Diverging Rate Cuts
12 mins; September 19, 2025
UPDATE: Why Your Tax-Free Pension Lump Sum Is Under Growing Threat
23 mins; September 17, 2025
The Real Reason UK Energy Prices Are Skyrocketing
32 mins; September 14, 2025
Gold vs. Bitcoin: What’s Driving the Safe-Haven Rally in 2025
17 mins; September 12, 2025
How University Students Should Approach Their Finances
15 mins; September 09, 2025
Odd Lots: Liz Truss on the 'Doom Loop' Engulfing the UK Economy
59 mins; September 08, 2025
Gilts, Gold and Property Tax
17 mins; September 04, 2025
Live from Fringe: Virtue, Vice and the Price of Money
46 mins; September 03, 2025
Live from Fringe: How to Prevent AI From Causing an Economic Catastrophe
39 mins; September 01, 2025
Live from Fringe: What Would Adam Smith Think About Trump’s Tariffs?
43 mins; August 29, 2025
Best of: The 'Humble' Investor Says Sell Private Equity, Sell US Tech, Buy Polish Small Caps
46 mins; August 14, 2025
Have We Finally Turned a Corner?
13 mins; August 14, 2025
Best of: Is There a Tradeoff Between Net Zero and UK Growth?
33 mins; August 07, 2025
Tactics, Tariffs and Truth Bombs
14 mins; August 06, 2025
The Global Reallocation of Trust
34 mins; July 31, 2025
The US-EU Tariff Deal and Reeves vs Bailey
21 mins; July 30, 2025
Are UK Retirement Homes Worth the Investment? And More Housing Questions Answered
20 mins; July 28, 2025
Why Playing the Long Game Still Matters with Scottish Mortgage's Tom Slater
41 mins; July 25, 2025
Downward Spiral: UK House Prices on the Slide
8 mins; July 23, 2025
Hot Tips for Saving Money on Summer Vacation
11 mins; July 21, 2025
US Stocks Are Expensive. You Should Still Buy Them