Earnings, Fears & How We Budget For Children!

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► Episode Notes:

Why is Steve D doing victory laps? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show!

Steve and Steve have a lot to get through this week. One of them has had a quiet week in the markets, but the other one has been tearing things up.

Staying invested is important – miss the best days and you miss most of the returns. Steve D has been absolutely smashing the ball out of the park recently, so what’s been winning for him?

In the long term, the stock market is a weighing machine, in the short term, it’s a voting machine. But how long do investors have to wait before the voting gives way to the weighing?

We’ve also got everyone’s favourite topic – money market funds. What are they, why are some different from others, and why might investors like us want to put our cash in them?

One of our users has asked how we think about our finances now that we’re both parents. So why does Steve W refuse to rely on the government for child benefit?

Disney shares are roaring higher as the company gets its streaming costs under control. But is the new sports investment a huge win, or snatching defeat from the jaws of victory?

Adyen is back – did it ever really go away? Rumours of the company’s death have been greatly exaggerated, and Steve D is here to explain why…

With UK share prices where they are, there’s a chance of M&A activity. But Steve W has been looking at two companies looking to expand together with some internal UK acquisition.

Only on this week’s PlayingFTSE Podcast!

► What We Consumed This Week:

Adyen

https://www.thewolfofharcourtstreet.com/p/adyen-volume-acceleration-validates

FINAiUS

https://youtu.be/us5PoN3jN4o?si=CoXE8vpaOATDMV3s

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► Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

3:31 Portfolio Updates

9:37 Fearmongering

14:58 Consumption

22:27 TRADING 212 5%

32:30 How Much Do Kids Cost

45:24 Disney

52:18 Adyen

1:00:27 Barratt’s Buys Redrow

► Show Notes:

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

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