Word on the Street
Barclays
Welcome to Word on the Street, a weekly podcast from Barclays Bank where our experts help ordinary investors make sense of the latest news and events impacting the world’s financial markets.
Please note that past performance is not a guarantee of future performance. All investments can fall as well as rise in value and you can lose some or all of your money. Additionally, this podcast does not constitute an investment recommendation.
Please note that past performance is not a guarantee of future performance. All investments can fall as well as rise in value and you can lose some or all of your money. Additionally, this podcast does not constitute an investment recommendation.
Episodes
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Sep 25, 2020 • 21min
#79 What does another lockdown mean for UK PLC?
For this episode, we talk about the busy week in Westminster and the chances that we are heading for another lockdown in the UK, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Sophie Traherne (UK Government Relations Expert) and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).
Sep 21, 2020 • 31min
Autumn Special - Why is now as good a time as ever to invest?
As we head into autumn, Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), along with four of the Barclays investments team, tackle some of the key questions posed recently by our clients and customers. These include the outlook for the UK and global economy, the forthcoming US election, government debt, and why now is as good a time as ever to invest.
Sep 18, 2020 • 25min
#78 Zero cash interest rates here to stay?
This week, we take a closer look at the world of fixed income. With ever-falling interest rates and the scarcity of attractive yields on bonds, we talk about what investors should know about today’s bond markets, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation), and Sabina Raza, (Investment Specialist).
Sep 17, 2020 • 8min
Monthly Market Insights: An unprecedented policy response
Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting) talks to Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) about the long-term effects of the pandemic and the latest changes in portfolio positioning.
Sep 11, 2020 • 27min
#77 New trends for the UK consumer?
In this episode, we discuss what trends we are seeing from the all-important UK consumer and the latest from another busy week of newsflow from the wider world, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Darren Foulds (Head of Customer Insight and Design), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).
Sep 3, 2020 • 19min
#76 Are we witnessing another tech bubble?
This week, Head of Investments Nicky Eggers talks to Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer, about concerns that we are watching another technology bubble inflate. They discuss if such dominance of a handful of companies is unusual and what is driving it. Also, does it make these still surging stock markets more vulnerable? And what has the Black Death got to do with any of it?
Aug 27, 2020 • 21min
#75 Opportunity in the UK
This week, we look at the opportunities in UK equities, while also discussing whether the Eat Out to Help Out scheme has helped and what the near-term outlook for the UK economy is, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer), and Stephen Peters (Senior Investment Manager).
Aug 20, 2020 • 18min
#74 The crisis that saved the planet?
For this episode, we have Head of Product Nicky Eggers, talking to Ian Aylward, Head of Fund Selection, and Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer, about a way to save the rainforest, the link between air pollution and crime, and what companies (and economists) can do to help save the world.
Aug 14, 2020 • 30min
#73 A vaccine already?
For this episode, we have Head of Product, Nicky Eggers talking to Will Hobbs, CIO and Rob Smith, Head of Behavioural Finance about the UK’s record breaking plunge in output, the outlook for vaccines and treatments after Russia’s announcement and whether the pick for vice president in the US really matters on the campaign trail.
Aug 7, 2020 • 17min
#72 Is the recovery over?
For this episode we have Head of Product, Nicky Eggers, talking to CIO Will Hobbs and Investment Funds Director Mike Haslam about the shape of the economic recovery to come and how our panel of preferred fund managers are trying to sift through the potential winners and losers.
