Playing FTSE

This week, Steve W harps on about Gousto boxes, Paul talks endlessly about thumbing it in, and Steve D reports on various car crashes. Plus some stuff about stocks. Only on the Playing FTSE Podcast. After three goes at recording the introduction, the boys hit their stride with that rarest of all things -- a game developed by Paul! The Steves consider how exposed different companies are to differen...

In a super slow, quiet week in the market, the guys make their own news. Starting off with an extended version of this week's game based on short interest - be sure to play along at home and let us know how you do. Afterwards it's ALL stocks with Steve W covering the best company for delivering peanut butter, Briscoe talks insurance and Steve D whittles on about a gravel company with a PE in the 4...

In a quiet week in the stock market, the boys talk about ETFs and Index Fund investments. Legendary investor Warren Buffett recommends that people should put their money into an S&P 500 ETF (or invest into indexes more generally). Find out if the boys agree in this week's Playing FTSE! We begin with Steve W's ETF game, where the boys discuss the pros and cons of Catholic Values and the costs assoc...

What’s been going on in the financial world and why should anyone care? Find out as we dive into the latest news and try to figure out what any of it means. We talk about stocks, markets, politics, and loads of other things in a way that’s accessible, light-hearted and (we hope) entertaining. For the people who know nothing, by the people who know even less. Enjoy!

This week Kasper (Briscord founder) has had a birthday! He's now 21. In his honour, Steve W has put together "Are You Smarter Than a 21 Year Old?" Paul and Steve D to battle to see if they can outsmart Kasper or each other. Then it's on to Berkshire Hathaway earnings to see what Steve W is looking for in assessing Warren Buffett's chances of outperforming the S&P 500 going forward. After that, it'...

Is Colon Capital a SPAC? Find out as we play Talking Smack or Talking SPAC? Steve D’s been busy on SPACtrack, so find out whether Paul can finally win one as we play this week’s game.    With the latest game out of the way, we turn to some FTSE news. Find out which FTSE company has been the target of an acquisition at 180% of its market cap, what Steve W thinks about the potential deal and what we...

Why does Paul watch so much kids TV? What has been happening to ASML lately? And which Chinese company would Steve W buy if he had to? The answers to all of these and more are in this week's Playing FTSE podcast! With the band back together, Paul and the Steves pile into Chinese investments, earnings reports, and SPACs. Starting with the situation with Didi and the Chinese government, the boys dis...

No risk it no biscuit? This week the Playing FTSE podcast takes a look at how to figure out how risky a stock is BEFORE you buy it. Steve D’s been busy having a look at the Motley Fool’s risk calculator and developed a series of 25 straightforward yes/no questions to help you assess risk by looking at intrinsic facts about the company, its leadership, its competitive position, and some other facto...

This week on the Playing FTSE podcast, SVEN CARLIN IS IN THE HOUUUUUSE! Steve D takes a rest as Paul and Steve W talk with the author of Modern Value Investing on personal finance, investing, stocks, and markets. We talk about Sven’s early days of investing and find out what the first stock Sven ever bought was, what he thinks about the UK and the wave of new investors entering financial markets f...

This week, the Steves take over the Playing FTSE podcast! With Paul away, the Steves get down to work. First up is a look back at Q2 and the year to date from the halfway point of the year. The Steves talk about what they've been buying and selling and how their (imaginary) 13Fs would look. Then it's onto news from the banks about capital releases following the latest stress tests from the FED. Fi...

In this show we celebrate the career of David Gardner—who announced his retirement with a 5 stock sampler on the theme of ‘pursued by a bear’. Led by Steve D, the boys talk about his latest picks, his success as a stock picker, and the rules he likes to break. Next, we come to a viewer question of how to divide up finances in a relationship. Unbelievably, both Steves are married and they talk abou...

This week, we talk about the top 5 positions in each of our portfolios. One company gets on everyone’s list—find out which one it is! We begin with Steve W and Briscoe duelling over “who’s got the biggest?” before tackling the FED’s latest comments and the response from the markets. Then it’s on to personal finance as we find out what investing sayings trigger Steve W, what Steve D’s been selling...

Is Pokemon Dollar a cryptocurrency? Why are fence panels so expensive? And what’s been going into Steve W’s arm this week? Find out in this week’s Playing FTSE Podcast! Briscoe’s in charge of the games this week, as the Steves try to distinguish cryptocurrency from computer game currency. Next it’s on to talk about everyone’s favourite subject: tax, as we discuss whether the G7 ambition to finally...

Approaching the half-year mark for 2021, we look back on how some of the stocks that have been in the news have performed in a game of ‘Cathie Wood You Rather?’ Be prepared for some surprises! After that, we talk about the FED’s recent decision to start selling corporate bonds. What does it all mean? None of us knows, but won’t stop us talking about it. In the third part of the show, Briscoe is ou...

How much would you pay for The Pink Panther? This week, our games take an entirely new direction as Steve D introduces 'Does the Cap Fit?' and exposes how little the others know about their own portfolios. Afterwards, we get onto Amazon's recent acquisition of MGM, Netflix, Disney, and the streaming giants. Lastly, you can find out a bit more about what Steve W does for a living, and why he's our...

What have ARK been doing that’s jumped out at Steve D? What does Paul think is ‘poppycock’? And why does Steve W wish Warren Buffett was more like Paul Briscoe? Find out in this week’s episode of Playing FTSE! Market volatility has been putting downward pressure on high-growth stocks. So this week, Steve W leads us out with a game of “Is the ARK Sinking?”. We then go on to talk about Michael Burry...

I know we always say this one’s a long one - but my god this one is a long one! Go! Quick! Grab some supplies or you’ll be seeing mirages before the end! We kick it off with our new game show: “You Suck at Cha-Math”, grab a pen and paper and play along - let us know your score in the comments section. After this, we talk about our portfolios, how we’re doing, our actions when we’re having a bad we...

Hello & welcome to episode 14! We're still a threesome this week due to illness (get well soon Zak!) but welcome back Steve W from his honeymoon. In this one, we open with how our portfolios are doing, touch upon BoE Governor Andrew Bailey’s thoughts on crypto, and how FAANG has seemingly hoovered up the US stimulus. Our main topic, following the Motley Fools Chairman David Gardner stepping down,...

We're minus one this week as Steve W is on Honeymoon - but we didn't let that stop us. In this one, we discuss Britcoin, Biden and the Fed's new tax proposals, Netflix's latest earnings, and what this means for the streaming wars and lastly Zak gives us a rundown on his new favourite penny stock!

In this week's podcast we discuss our favourite Emerging Market stocks, we cover Alibaba and JD.com and tell you about a hidden way to get Tencent in your ISA dirt cheap! So grab a cuppa', this one's an hour and is jam-packed.

With Cathie Wood and her ARK heading straight for the moon with their new ETF, ARKX, built around space st0nkz, we try catching up in our space tractors (courtesy of $DE) and figure out why on Earth (or should we say, OFF EARTH) is Netflix included in the holdings. What’s more - get to hear a better angle on #SuezBLOCKED from the inside and what sort of ramifications this would have on small cap c...

This week the lads entertain you with the idea of investing in livestock (yes, you heard that right!), and AVOCADOS. And, there’s more. We get to grips with the BEEF that’s being slowly cooked between a sleeping giant (Volkswagen, or should we say Voltswagen?) and the milky bar kid if he was on the ecstacy herbal cigarettes; Tesla. With VW flexing its muscle with it’s new SUV EV and expansions int...

Due to popular demand, the lads give insight into their portfolio strategies, why and where they see their portfolios going, discuss the crypto-heroic #Coinbase and its highly anticipated IPO, discuss why FRX could be terrible, and what it means for UK buyers if the USD devalues. It’s economics made simple mixed with our usual "Brit banter" - so grab a cuppa, and let’s get to it!