Country: United Kingdom

A new survey in America shows that a third of Gen-Z are swiping stuff from the shops as cost-of-living pressures rise.

Today Simon and Sascha look at the new adopters of dynamic pricing, and ask - will we ever pay the same again?

Oil prices are causing headaches for central banks this week, UK supermarkets are paying police to do their job, half of 18-29-year-olds are stuck at home, and your car is selling your data at an alarming rate.

It’s another favourite of The Dive fans - 3 stories in 15 minutes. We’ve gone around the office and asked for the stories that are grabbing our attention. We’re chatting about the new music deal Universal have arranged with a French music streamer, the concrete crisis that’s the main conversation in the UK, and a battle that’s bringing two major streaming services head to head.

Daniela unpacks how sustainable investing has evolved over the years, how regulators are looking into this space and what we as everyday investors can do to assess ESG claims and avoid greenwashing.

Join Sascha and Darcy as they travel through three headlines that have them intrigued. Apparently, Twitter no longer exists, one million people are going to be given free vapes in the UK.

The World Cup has kicked off, will it have an impact on markets. The UK has a new Treasure and a new budget which The Economist Magazine has described as 'thankfully sane'.

Earnings season. It’s that time of year when publicly traded companies tell the public how they’re going. How much they’ve sold, did they make a profit, and what their plans are for the future. We’ve just got through earnings for the third quarter - that is July to September this year.

The United Kingdom was already staring down the barrel of a difficult Winter, but the failed leadership of Liz Truss’ has plummeted the country into further chaos. Today Darcy and Sascha ask, where did it all go wrong for Liz Truss? And what’s going on in Britain?

The boys were in Sydney for Finfest over the weekend, so Ren from Equity Mates joins them to talk about the train wreck in the UK financial system (note this was recorded before Kwarteng was fired), what the latest earning results are telling us about the economy, the outlook for Aussie property, and why a pub in Dublin is turning off the heating. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.

There's so much happening around the world of business and hopefully this headline companion helps keeps you more informed.

in this episode Bryce & Alec discuss 3 investor letters that caught their eye this week, from different parts of the world. They discuss some of the types of companies these fund managers are writing about, with the aim to show how valuable investor information can be found by us, everyday investors.

Today Alec and Sascha ask: what do I need to know about OPEC Plus and their recent decision to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day?

Kerry Craig is a Global Market Strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management. Before working at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, he worked in economic research positions in the NZ Government and in the UK Pension industry..

We're 9 months into the year, so we look at some of the major news headlines from the ASX in the past year and discuss how they have affected the markets. Plus a bit of fun 'predicting' what some of the headlines might be in the next 9 months.

A four-day work week is gaining momentum. One of the most significant trials of this new way of working is taking place in Britain at the moment. And at the halfway point, the people involved are saying that productivity levels haven't fallen at all.

The UK dropped a mini-budget on Friday. It went down like a bad-fart, despite being the most aggressive tax-cutting package in 50 years. The four-day work week trial is coming to Australia, Westpac has lifted their estimate of where rates will top out, and the boys give us a sneak preview of their FinFest panel. All this and more on this week's Comedian v Economist.

Today Alec and Sascha talk about what’s going on with rail strikes all over the world, and ask is there more at play than just the cost of living and inflation story?