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We're a UK based podcast discussing all types of investing. Light-hearted and info-packed, we'll try our best to bring you great coverage of the markets, stocks, politics, and loads of other things in a way that’s accessible and (we hope) entertaining!
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- Democrats Win! Sector Tailwinds & Sector Traps · 1 h 5 minTrick or treat? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! We recorded this show on Thursday after the US midterms. But did the stock market’s reaction help or harm the Steves…
- Shoddy Earnings, Shoddy Budget? · 1 h 9 minWhat’s the opposite of resilience? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Neither Steve has had a good week in the stock market. Is this the week that Q4 – and the rest of –…
- How to Stream Shows, Get Robot Surgery, and Retire Rich · 1 h 4 minWhy haven’t the Steves been sleeping well? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Both Steves have outperformed this week and it’s the same one stock carrying them higher. A…
- 1 Growth Stock, 1 Dividend Stock, 1 Value Stock · 1 h 18 minWhat does winning feel like? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve W’s winning streak in the stock market continues, with a good all-round performance. And Steve D’s…
- New Buys & Sells! · 1 h 0 minHow much cheese can you buy in a Makro? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Both Steves are finally finding out what winning feels like in the stock market this week…
- Reviewing Our Q3 - It Was Going So Well.... · 1 h 1 minWhose health is suffering along with their wealth? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! It’s the end of Q3, so that means two things. One is Steve W’s joke about waking up…
- Empires, Dynasties and Broken Promises · 59 minWho makes the best mayonnaise? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve D is back, but probably wishing he wasn’t. It’s a story of the bad and the worse in the stock…
- We Meet ISA Investor! · 1 h 11 min**Check Out ISA Investor on YouTube** https://www.youtube.com/@ISAInvestorUK Where is Steve D? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! This week, Steve W is sitting down with…
- Chips, Dinosaurs and Strippers · 1 h 4 minWhat’s got more flavour than an Oxo cube? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! It’s been a dreadful week for both Steves in the stock market. Steve W’s losses are three…
- Top 10 Solar Stocks + Investing in a Sports Team?! · 1 h 11 minWhen did Steve D nearly buy a sports team? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve W’s back from holiday, but he doesn’t have anything good to report from this week in…
- The Doctor Is Back! And His Diagnosis Is Clear... · 1 h 26 min**Check Out James On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trade_pass/** What’s harder: building a data centre in space or a house in the UK? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE…
- Building, Credit & Market Measuring · 1 h 15 minWhat’s the most crowded trade right now? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Another middling performance from Steve and Steve this week. But with both the FTSE 100 and…
- Monday, Adyen and is Abel Able? · 1 h 2 minWhat day of the week does Monda.com report earnings on? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve D has absolutely run away with it in the stock market this week. With…
- E-Commerce to SaaS: BIG Earnings Recap · 1 h 14 minWhat’s Michael Burry buying? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! It’s a close-run thing in the stock market this week. At least, it is between Steve and Steve – the FTSE…
- Bugs, Bakes and Bots · 1 h 13 minWhat’s Steve D doing with his tights? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! The Steves are back to winning ways in the stock market. But Steve W’s had a disaster on one name…
- Ins, Outs & Shaking All Abouts -- Is That Really What It's All About? · 1 h 8 minWhere are the 2027 Test Matches taking place? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! A truly dreadful week for both Steves in the stock market. The FTSE 100 and the S&P 500…
- Banks, Buildings & Discount Ferraris · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 4What are bumpers for? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! The Steves are flying again this week, with both well ahead of the FTSE 100 and the S&P 500. But which surprise…
- Stocks We're Buying, Selling & Fundsmith Meltdowns! · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 3Who’s not impressed by the seaside? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! This week, Steve W’s had one to forget (just). But Steve D’s managed to do a better job – enough to…
- Revealing All of Our Stocks! · 1 h 9 minWho’s turning 2026 around? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Q2 is in the books, so it’s time to check in on what the Steves have been buying and selling. And there are…
- Semis, Sheds & Stealthy Taxes · 1 h 17 minWhat unusual things have been going on with Vistry shares? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! They say a broken clock is right twice a day. Steve W’s now been right twice…
- Not Yet, But Maybe: Warsh, Veeva, Adobe · 1 h 11 minWhat does Steve D use to edit our show? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! It’s been an odd week in the stock market. But Steve D extends his winning streak to two in a…
- Meta and Nintendo's Dirty Tactics · 1 h 21 minWhy does the sound of an ocarina make grown men cry? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! It’s a win for both Steves in the stock market this week. A proper one too –…
- London Calling, Silicon Stalling · 1 h 8 minWho can’t keep it in his pants? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! We recorded this show on Thursday before the stock market dropped on Friday. Pity, that might have…
- Fuel, Fuel and AI Fuel · 1 h 17 minWho gets away with calling a liquid ‘gas’? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Both Steves are in the middle of the indices – as usual – this week. But the software rally…
- Seals, Space & Printing Money · 1 h 13 minWho’s firing the money printer? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! It’s been an ok week for the Steves in the stock market this week. And some unfamiliar names are…
- Our Worst Ever Week in the Stock Market? · 1 h 14 minWho queues for a vegan sausage roll? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! This could be the worst week in the stock market for both Steves. But they’re here to talk about…
- Warren Buffett, Organs, and S&P 500 Bargains! · 1 h 15 minWho has a cold, cold heart? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! The Steves are up the middle this week. But which FTSE 100 laggard is starting to show some life? We’ve…
- NIke, Mastercard & A Big Tech Roundup! · 1 h 16 minWhose moat is being destroyed by PayPal?! Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Underperformance from Steve this week. Doesn’t matter which one – it’s true of both of them……
- 4 Sectors, 4 Stocks - Which to buy? · 1 h 14 min► Free Share + Exclusive Deals — Start Here: 🎁 Free Fractional Share — Open a Trading 212 account through our link and grab shares worth up to £/€100, completely free. Terms…
- Meet Niall -- Show Me The Value · 1 h 29 min► Get a free fractional share! This show is sponsored by Trading 212! To get free fractional shares worth up to 100 EUR / GBP, you can open an account with Trading 212 through…
- Changes, Competitions, Gamma, Unilever & A Cybersecurity Mega Play? · 1 h 10 min► Get a free fractional share! This show is sponsored by Trading 212! To get free fractional shares worth up to 100 EUR / GBP, you can open an account with Trading 212 through…
- 4 Portfolio Updates - What's Up & What's Down? · 1 h 2 minHow can you get a free t-shirt and a copy of Poor Charlie’s Almanack? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! It’s that time of the year where we reflect on how badly Q1 has…
- Diploma Shows Terry Smith & 3I How It's Done! · 1 h 0 minWhen should you fire your fund manager? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Both Steves were pleasantly surprised when they looked at their portfolios this week. Neither…
- Meet Charlie Huggins -- Quality Shares from a Quality Investor · 1 h 13 min***CHECK OUT CHARLIE'S SUBSTACK*** https://charliehuggins.substack.com/ (Comment below -- we have three free 30-day trials to offer our listeners). This week on the PlayingFTSE…
- Berkshire, Salesforce & Making Money From Free Money · 1 h 7 minWho buys t-shirts by the bale?! Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Not much good from either Steve in the stock market this week (again). But what’s been going wrong this…
- The Small Cap With 6 Huge Tailwinds · 1 h 2 minWhat’s Steve D spent £100 on? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! The FTSE 100 took a hit as investors rotated away from materials and back towards quality. But which…
- 5 Reports From A Crazy Week of Stocks! · 1 h 12 minWho’s bought a Zapdos this week? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Big divergences in the stock market this week. The FTSE 100 is up, the S&P 500 is down and both of the…
- Two Buys & A MASSIVE Avoid · 1 h 1 minWhere is Steve W seeing cockroaches? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve D’s portfolio has been running away with it, once again. At the other end, there’s a tie for…
- More SAAS Madness - Three Companies We Think The Market Is Getting Wrong! · 1 h 15 minWho doesn’t like Mondays? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! A difficult week in the stock market for both Steves. But which one’s done badly and which one’s been awful?…
- Amazon, Google & Atlassian Bull & Bear! · 1 h 15 minWhat does SteveD think about when he wakes up in the morning? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! It’s been quite the week in the stock market. But which Steve has been…
- Meta, Visa & Steve Gets SAAS-y · 1 h 14 minWhere can you find PDF files? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Both Steves are between the indices this week. But we’re doing something a bit different with the return…
- Our Appearance on the JKR Show! · 2 h 4 min► Get a free fractional share!This show is sponsored by Trading 212! To get free fractional shares worth up to 100 EUR / GBP, you can open an account with Trading 212 through…
- Is NETFLIX Being WISE, Do We trust KKR's JUDGEment? · 1 h 8 minWho’s struggling in Sri Lanka? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Down weeks all round this time in the stock market. But Steve D at least has something worth reporting…
- Credit Wobbles, False Starts & A Tax On Semiconductors · 1 h 8 minWho’s spent £130 on Vistry shares? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve D’s managed the show’s standard performance – between the FTSE 100 and the S&P 500 this week…
- Huge Buys At This UK REIT + EU Tech and US Defense Changes! · 1 h 17 minWhere is Botley? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Steve W is feeling pretty good about his portfolio – ahead of the S&P 500 and the FTSE 100. But Steve D is feeling…
- Making New & Reviewing Old Predictions! · 1 h 10 min► Get a free fractional share! This show is sponsored by Trading 212! To get free fractional shares worth up to 100 EUR / GBP, you can open an account with Trading 212 through…
- Portfolio Reviews + Eurobox & Britbox Results! · 1 h 3 minWhose portfolio has been gold and whose has been meh? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! Merry Christmas Everyone! We’re actually recording this about a week early, but…
- Holidays, Rollups and a Deep Dive On Lockers?! · 1 h 11 minWhat happens when a roof truss goes into cardiac arrest? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! With one week to go before Christmas, the Steves have generated the same…
- Last Weeks Missing Episode · 1 h 7 minHappy birthday to who? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! This show is the one we recorded, but a Cloudflare outage prevented us from airing it when it was originally…
- Who's Toddling Off? · 1 h 11 minWho makes a self-destructing phone? Find out on this week’s PlayingFTSE Show! There’s nothing good to report from the Ashes, so the Steves are sticking to the stock market this…
