Merryn Talks Money

Merryn Somerset Webb

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Merryn Talks Money is hosted by Merryn Somerset Webb covering Inflation, Fiscal Policy, Geopolitics, and UK Economy. Notable guests include Carson Block (CEO & Founder, Muddy Waters Capital), Lawrence Hulst (Founder, Onward Opportunities), Merryn Talks Money, and Gareth Wilson (Global Banking Industry Leader and Executive Vice President, Capgemini). Episodes span from Apr 2026 to Jun 2026.

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23 episodes

Muddy Waters CEO Carson Block on How AI May Cause a Market Crisis

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Jun 22, 2026 · WITH Carson Block, Merryn Talks Money

Carson Block predicts that exponential improvements in AI, driven by models coding their own successors, will displace ~15% of US knowledge workers within 2-5 years. This mass layoff will trigger a...

AILabor DisplacementKnowledge WorkersPassive Investing+11 more

The Contrarian Investor Outperforming UK Small Caps

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Jun 15, 2026 · WITH Merryn Talks Money

Onward Opportunities is a specialist UK small-cap investment trust employing a concentrated, 'brutalist' strategy to find undervalued 'gems' in an unpopular market. The fund has materially outperfo...

UK Small-CapsInvestment TrustsActive ManagementValue Investing+12 more

Are Public Markets Back?

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Jun 12, 2026 · WITH Merryn Talks Money

Gold remains a key portfolio holding for insurance, with a bull case supported by central bank/Asian buying and the deteriorating US debt picture, despite recent price volatility. A significant mar...

GoldPortfolio AllocationAsset ManagementPersonal Assets Trust+13 more

The Rich Are Getting Richer: What Do They Want From Wealth Managers?

Jun 10, 2026

SpaceX Emergency Podcast: FOMO is Not an Investment Strategy

Jun 10, 2026

BONUS: Merryn Talks Money - Africa’s Growth Engine | Next Africa

Jun 9, 2026

Your Questions Answered: Pensions, Capital Gains Tax and More

May 26, 2026

Price Controls, Britain's Struggling Jobs Market, and the SpaceX IPO

May 26, 2026

The UK Is Still Losing Cheap Stocks to Private Equity Bargain Hunters

May 18, 2026

Why Investors Should Expect Lower Returns From Here

May 18, 2026

Emergency Podcast: Why Britain's Political Turmoil Will End In Crisis

May 13, 2026

The Smartest Move You’re Not Making on Your Mortgage

May 13, 2026

AI, Productivity and the Surprising Risk No One’s Talking About

May 11, 2026

Free Booze to Real Power: Why Shareholder Perks Matter

May 7, 2026

Temple Bar's Ian Lance on the Fund's Winning Formula

May 4, 2026

What Red Squirrels Reveal About Britain’s Broken Investing Culture

Apr 30, 2026

Markets in a Permanent Mini-Crisis: Why Investors Are Waiting, Not Predicting

Apr 27, 2026

Andy Haldane: The UK Economy Is Fixable (Here’s How)

Apr 27, 2026

Your Pension, Your Problem? Inside Nest’s Big Investment Shift

Apr 22, 2026

How to Invest Amid an Upended Global Financial Order

Apr 17, 2026

Are Markets Just Plain Wrong to Keep 'Looking Through' The Iran War?

Apr 17, 2026

The Contrarian Case for London Real Estate After a Decade of Stagnation

Apr 15, 2026

Why You Should Wait Out AI’s Super-Spending False Start

Apr 13, 2026

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