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Here's the audio from Steve and Steve's recent appearance on the JKR Investing show. In this one we talk stocks, macro and general investing tips and tricks! Enjoy!

What’s Steve D been thinking about in the middle of the night? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Paul is back! And we’re celebrating by talking about some of our favourite things – earnings reports and 13Fs filings. Steve W has been looking at what Berkshire Hathaway has been up to. They’ve been selling banks (as he’s been investing the other way) but they’ve been buying Apple shares, whic...

0:00 Intro 8:56 Bard / Chat GPT 19:29 Disney 33:10 Adyen 43:33 Nintendo 51:01 Stock One - Intercontinental Hotels 59.31 Stock Two - VAT Group

If the FTSE 100 was a tech stock, which one would it be? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve and Steve are in at the end of the week to talk about some of the earnings reports that have been coming out lately. There’s lots to discuss, though maybe not lots to do… First up is Alphabet, because – appropriately – it’s first alphabetically. Search advertising was steady, YouTube was down,...

Whose portfolio is in the green for the first time in six months? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Podcast! Paul, Steve, and Steve are here this week with lots to talk about. ISAs, buybacks, dividends, and earnings are the themes of this week’s show. We’re starting off with a UK story. There’s talk of ISAs being capped at £100,000, rather than the £20,000 annual allowance we currently get. The...

Who’s been piling money into real estate? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! With Paul not here, the Steves are taking the time to discuss their more distinctive interests. This week, it’s lemon farming. Steve D has a lemon tree and Steve W is wanting to start a small orchard. We’re starting this show off in a weird place. But there’s plenty of your regularly-scheduled content to go around....

0:00 Intro 4:44 7 Stocks If We Were Starting A Portfolio Today 20:12 Chat GPT’s 7 Stock Portfolio. 26:56 Stonks 4 Paul Who’s been outsourcing their podcasting work to ChatGPT? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Podcast!   On the edge of earnings season, Paul, Steve, and Steve have been thinking about what stocks they’d put into a beginner portfolio. And the Steves have been thinking about st...

Our appearance on JKR Investing: https://youtu.be/jZmCdA66FAE  What’s Steve D found down the back of his sofa? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show!   Steve and Steve are in the house this week as Paul is in… some other house. With not a huge amount happening so far this week, we’re looking forward to what we’re wanting to achieve in 2023.   First, though, there’s news from the...

Happy New Year everyone! Welcome to the PlayingFTSE Show!! This week, our show is about everything that we’ve learned from 2022 and everything that we’re looking forward to in 2023. At the end of 2021, we made some bold predictions – which ones were right and what have we learned from those that weren’t? Steve D was predicting the takeover of either ASOS or Boohoo. That doesn’t seem to have happen...

What have Steve and Steve been doing with gingerbread? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show!! As 2022 comes to its end, we’re looking back at our favourite stories of the year, why they’re important to us, and what we’ve learned from those stories. We’ve gone for three similar ones this year – nobody really took Russia-Ukraine, or Elon Musk buying Twitter. Steve D’s eye was caught on the year...

How far can Steve D go in his Tesla? And how many countries has Steve W heard of? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve and Steve are on deck this week to have a look at this week’s news. And they’re starting with interest rates. The US hiked rates to 4.5% this week and the UK increased them to 3.5%. The stock market seems to be selling off in response – but haven’t we seen all of this b...

Where does Kasper buy his car accessories? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Podcast! We’re all together for this week’s episode and there’s lots to talk about. Kicking off, Steve D’s found some interesting data about app downloads in November. TikTok vs Instagram? Zoom vs Teams? Spotify? We discuss who’s winning the battle for space on people’s phones and get an insight into what Paul looks at...

What will the stock market do in 2023? Is the Legal & General dividend safe? Where’s Paul? Find out the answer to none of these questions on this week’s PlayingFTSE show! Kicking us off, Steve D has some fun facts about the show. As a podcast, we get a Spotify wrapped just like (or nothing like) everybody else. At one point, we made it into the top 5% of most followed podcasts on Spotify! Than...

How many Japanese trading houses can Paul name? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE show! We’ve got World Cup Fever this week on the show. It’s an exciting time in the world of football and an exciting time in the world of stocks. We kick the show off with news from the FCA — it’s encouraging trading apps to stay away from ‘gamification’ and falling into gambling territory. Is that too little too...

Steve D’s avoiding crashes and Paul’s going straight down. Welcome to the PlayingFTSE Show! The Autumn Statement is this week’s big news and there’s a lot in it. Up go taxes (for higher earners anyway) and down goes the Dividend Allowance. There’s more money for the NHS and less tax free money for dividend investors. Will it stabilise the UK markets? Is it a good budget? Should we be worried? Ther...

Who’s won themselves a hoodie? Find out in this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! With Paul away on top secret business, the Steves are looking after this week’s show. What have they been doing, what have they been buying, and what have they been thinking about? First, though, it’s the business of sorting out the competition from last week. Steve’s put his replies to all of the correct comments into a rand...

Who likes playing mini golf with an Oculus headset on? Find out in this week’s PlayingFTSE Podcast! We’ve finally reached 1,000 subscribers! There are so many people to thank. Everyone who’s been on the show, bought us a coffee, bought themselves a hoodie, left us a comment, or even just liked and subscribed. It means an awful lot to all three of us. Thank you all very much, To celebrate, we’re ha...

How does Steve D feel about whippets and flat caps? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! We're starting off with the new UK government. Rishi Sunak is in charge now and the FTSE 100 has been going up. Why? Steve W has an idea. From there it’s on to UK stocks and Steve D has been looking at Barclays. Paul has some thoughts on this one. Mostly that he isn’t that interested. After that, it’s som...

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► Invest Engine:   This week's show is in partnership with InvestEngine.  If you sign up using this link click here you'll get a £25 welcome bonus when you invest at least £100 (T's & C's apply).    InvestEngine (UK) Limited is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FRN: 801128).   ► Episode Notes: Why has Paul been selling his stocks in a bear ma...

It’s Q4 and Steve and Steve are here. Welcome to the PlayingFTSE Podcast! September’s ended. The guy from Green Day might have been asleep, but the Steves have been doing stuff. They’re here to check in with their portfolios as well as their buy and sells. We’re kicking off with a summary of the biggest holdings in our portfolios at the start of Q4. Steve D has Netflix in there. We’ve talked about...

Our archers pick up their bows and arrows and take aim at this week’s stories. Only on the PlayingFTSE show! Steve and Steve are in this week to talk about stories. And they’re starting with the small stuff. It’s the UK’s latest economic plan. This has been top of mind for Steve W for a few days now and he’s been trying to figure his way around it. He’s not a fan, but he thinks it’s been badly cov...

Two of us have terrible internet connections. Welcome to the PlayingFTSE Podcast!   We are three again. Paul's back from his latest adventures. Except he's not really, and he's with us live from a hotel room. We're recording this show on a Tuesday, so mark our homework as we go through the week where we boldly make unimaginative predictions about interest rates.   Paul wants to know whet...

No Paul this week – it’s another round of Playing FTSTEVE! On this week’s show, we’re talking about Adobe, Ethereum, stocks we’d like to buy, and the new FAANG stocks. We’re kicking off with some impromptu news about Ethereum. There’s a merge going on. What’s happening and what does it mean for stocks? Steve D has the news and Steve W is thinking about Nvidia… Next is the new FAANGs. Steve W’s bee...

Wow. What an episode this turned out to be. Fracking, Hargreaves Lansdown, and Damien Talks Money. Only on this week’s PlayingFTSE Podcast! Not much has happened this week. We’ve got a new Prime Minister, though. With Liz Truss taking charge, friend of the show Damien from Damien Talks Money is here to help us make sense of it all. We’re starting off with energy. The new Prime Minister has announc...