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Merryn Talks Money

Merryn Talks Money

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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.

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Episodes
  • What's the Smartest Way to Save in 2025?

    What's the Smartest Way to Save in 2025?
    May 27 2026

    Hosts Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek take another listener question, this time around the pros and cons of ISAs, LISAs, and SIPPs. They debate the most tax-efficient method of saving depending on one's circumstances and why savers need to be aware of the withdrawal rules to avoid any nasty surprises.

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

    Price Controls, Britain's Struggling Jobs Market, and the SpaceX IPO
    May 22 2026

    In Merryn's absence this week John Stepek and Sam Unsted, editor on the Bloomberg Markets Today live blog, discuss how weak UK economic data has actually provided some relief for gilts this week, look at the problems with both proposed and existing government price controls, and wonder whether the coming wave of mega-IPOs led by SpaceX might take some of the exuberance out of stocks.

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    17 mins
  • Your Questions Answered: Pensions, Capital Gains Tax and More

    Your Questions Answered: Pensions, Capital Gains Tax and More
    May 20 2026

    Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek answer listener questions on how retail investor flows, passive investing, and social media have reshaped markets, arguing that the surge in everyday investing has significantly boosted stock prices — particularly in the US.

    They also discuss practical personal finance challenges around pensions, capital gains tax, and passive versus active investing.

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    21 mins
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