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Paul’s back! What’s he been doing? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! All the best things come in threes. We’re back up to three on the podcast and Steve W’s family is up to three. In Steve D’s house, the animals are insisting that three is the optimum number too, as his cats are deciding there’s only room for one of them. On the PlayingFTSE show, we like to keep things simple. So gaze in w...

Is Steve D having his kitten put down? Which price notification has gone off on both Steves’ brokerage accounts? And what do Amazon and CostCo have in common? Find out on this week’s Playing FTSE Show! The Steves have been seeing prices coming down in markets lately. And that brings some interesting questions. Should we be looking at concentrating our deposits into a few stocks, or spreading them...

How many legs will the latest addition to Steve W’s family have? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE show! This week, it’s a special UK-themed edition. We’ve got interest rate news from the Bank of England, and the good, the bad, and the ugly of FTSE-listed stocks. While the Briscoe is away, the cat will play. Specifically Steve D’s new cat. He’s got himself an adorable new kitten and the to celeb...

Call sign Burgundy is away this week, so it’s call sign Growth and call sign Doctor looking after today’s show. We recorded this on Wednesday, which explains why Steve D’s feeling pretty good about his portfolio at the start of the show… Both Steves have more Amazon shares than they had at the start of the week. The stock split 20-for-1 taking Steve W’s holdings between 50 and 100. That’ll have to...

Sell in May and go away? Not on the PlayingFTSE show! The Steves are back they’ve got a lot on their minds this week. Our show kicks off with some news about Orca — not the whale, but the investment platform. It’s winding down. Neither Steve has anything much to do with the platform, but this might be a sign that VC cashflows are tightening and both Steves have shares on Monzo to think about. Shou...

With no Paul this week, the Steve’s have a hell of a lot to get through. Stock updates, 13Fs, and an earnings report from Steve D to keep an eye on. We’re kicking off this week with an update on our 5 stock samplers from last July. As we approach the year mark, it’s time for an update. We’ve had some interesting results so far to say the least. One of us has a stock that’s been holding up well aga...

*** IMPORTANT***  If you don't want to know how "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" ends, don't watch this show...    This week on the Playing FTSE Show, we're talking CRM stocks. The big dog here is Salesforce, but we've got a few others that have been catching our eye.    First up is Wix. Paul is a customer and he's been looking at the company recently. Steve W doesn't own thi...

With Paul away celebrating his 44th birthday, the Steves are running this week’s show… Growth stocks have been coming down lately. Are they a buy? That’s what we’re looking at in this show. Steve W starts us off with the causes of the drop in growth stocks. Inflation, interest rates, and the possibility of a recession are weighing on growth stocks. Steve discusses why and what he’s keeping an eye...

Following Sundays earnings bonanza the guys this week play the noticeably absent game. This one is all about companies meeting analyst expectations, watch Steve D fumble his way through earnings achieving a grand score of...well you'll have to see for yourself!

This week, it’s the good, the bad, and the ugly from the earnings report scene! No game this week, no time for that. This week was the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting. Paul has a bold idea about how Charlie Munger’s feelings about bitcoin might be solved. You don’t want to miss that. But it’s earnings this week. And Teladoc reported. That means it’s time for Steve D to deliver his qu...

his week the guys bring you the three new stocks they're most excited about for May 2022! We have housebuilders, streaming services and a Portuguese pseudo fashion tech hybrid - bet you can't tell whose that is!   This one is long so we've timestamped it for you and oh, apologies for the ending we got...sidetracked.   01:15 Steve W's Stock 05:35 Pauls Stock 13:24 Steve D's Stock

This week, Paul makes a bold prediction about Meta Platforms. Will he be right? Earnings reports are continuing to come in and we’re looking at advertising monster Alphabet, streaming specialist Spotify, and a little bit on recreation vehicle manufacturer Polaris. First up, though, it’s a game. It’s been a while since the three of us got together for a podcast and Steve D has a game to ease us bac...

This week the boys are answering a question from friend of the show Kacper about Peer to Peer lending and giving our thoughts on it. Steve's tried it, Paul has bought a cow before so between them there's something like an answer in there...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This week on PlayingFTSE, it's a tale of two growth stocks.    With Steve D away this week, Paul and Steve W gamely take on two stocks that have been attracting the attention of growth investors over the past months and years. Both Tesla and Netflix announced earnings this week and they've had contrasting fortunes.    Netflix...

In this one we answer Sean's question regarding advice to our younger selves. We cover general advice regarding our savings and investments, how we wish we started earlier, how investing is so much more accessible now and why it's not ok to have a cupboard full of Malbec! Enjoy!

We've got a special one this week, the first ever PlayingFTSE awards with categories like, Best Bank, Best Place For Your Emergency Fund and Best Up & Comer!  First though, we have a game. Steve W has been looking very hard at Stanley Druckenmiller's 13F and has built a game about his holdings! Its a tough one!   Darting onwards we're heading into the first category - Best Savings Ac...

This week we answer the second part of Kevin's question regarding our best and worst performing stocks - who's 50% down on Teladoc, who's losing their arse on Pinterest, who's lost a bunch on Roku and who bought ASOS at the handles at the top of the slide? Find out on this weeks midweek FTSE!

This week the two Steve's are excited for the new ISA Season, they have four new stocks for you to put on your watchlist! Spoiler - there's two from the UK!  Game this week is a quiz about Disney - a Quiz-ney if you will. Steve W is tasked with answering ten tough questions about the origins of Disney, when they acquired Pixar and how much goodwill they have on their balance sheet!   Mov...

This week we answer the first part of Kevin's question regarding our best and worst performing stocks - find out each of our top twos and some honourable mentions along the way!

Which is Steve D more excited about: the UK budget, or the Tesla stock split? Find out in this week's PlayingFTSE!   No game this week -- there's no time for that. With Chris Hill on the show last week, we've got too much news to catch up on.    We kick off with the UK budget. Up goes the NI threshold -- what does that mean for people's state pensions? This is something of an import...

In this one we go over the key learning s we took from our guest Chris Hill. We reflect on Chris's views on the role luck plays in investing, his stoic view on time horizons and of course why you should definitely buy stocks whilst high!

This week, we’re joined by podcasting superhero Chris Hill! Chris hosts the daily podcasts at the Motley Fool. Chris reached out to us after we were offering an unsolicited review of the Motley Fool’s new podcast format. Trying not to be too starstruck, we made time to have a sit-down and a chat about his investing life, his career at the Motley Fool, and what he thinks about stocks. Well, two of...

In this one we take a look at Amazon and Googles recent stock split announcements. We discuss our theories as to why they're doing this and why we don't think Amazons recent buyback announcement is a departure from their growth focused mindset.

The band are back together for this week's show!    Steve D has this week's game. Paul and Steve W revisit some of their least favourite subjects as we look at how Chamath Palihapitiya's SPACs from before been performing. Most of them are down, two are up -- who will win this time at "U suck at ChaMath II"?    With Paul back on board, we talk about the economic consequences of...

The Steves discuss their takeaways from the Feroldi interview, take a closer look at the key points and offer their takes on what was we learned from Brian.