The Market Meter Podcast

By TheMarketMeterPodcast

This a podcast hosted by young Kenyans passionate about demystifying finance, economics, blockchain technology, and geopolitics. Topics of discussion include business, investment, financial markets, macroeconomics, technology, entrepreneurship, and geopolitics.

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Episode 8: Global markets, NSE sell-off, Inflation, KES devaluation, Supply chain issues, Russia/Ukraine conflict, Rising crude oil prices, food shortages, rising interest rates, and so much more

The Market Meter PodcastJun 13, 2022

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Episode 8: Global markets, NSE sell-off, Inflation, KES devaluation, Supply chain issues, Russia/Ukraine conflict, Rising crude oil prices, food shortages, rising interest rates, and so much more

In this episode, the hosts delve into the reasons behind the recent market sell-off. We go in-depth on catalysts for the recent bear market in the global stock markets including rising inflation, crude oil prices, supply chain issues, rising interest rates, food shortages, KES/USD exchange rate, and so much more.

Jun 13, 202243:55

Episode 7: The Great Crypto Debate, Decentralised Finance (DeFi), DApps, CBDCs, data privacy, & web 3.0

Join us in this episode as we give a succinct introduction to the digital asset space. We explore all the main technological breakthroughs based on blockchain technology, including cryptocurrencies, decentralised finance (DeFi), Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), and web 3.0. The hosts cut through the jargon to give you a detailed idea of the different ways in which blockchain technology is revolutionising how we transact, our privacy, and the control we have over our data.

Feel free to continue the conversation on Twitter @TheMarketMeter, we are always happy to engage, learn, and grow together.

May 10, 202238:13

Episode 6: Russia-Ukraine conflict, Bitcoin, Elon Musk, Tesla, Twitter, & So much more.

Season 2 is finally here! Join the team as we break down the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Bitcoin as a store of value, Time's person of the year (Elon Musk), Tesla, the Twitter buyout, and so much more.

Feel free to reach out on any of our social media pages @TheMarketMeterPodcast, we are always happy to engage.

May 03, 202259:22

Episode 5: MTN UG IPO, Safaricom share price, Uchumi, Crypto and Women in Finance with Faith Ngala

In this episode we hosted our first ever guest, Faith Ngala, who is a research analyst at a local stock brokerage firm. We engaged her on the MTN Uganda IPO, Uchumi's 'turnaround' strategy, the Safaricom share price and the impact of the geopolitical situation in Ethiopia, Finance Movies and her experiences as a woman in Finance.

Nov 12, 202101:01:22

Episode 4: Financial crime, unregulated financial products, the Great Financial Crisis, Pyramid schemes, predatory lending and corruption

In this jam-packed episode, we delved into the ever so present world of financial crimes. The hosts touched on unregulated financial products, the Great Financial Crisis, Pyramid schemes, predatory lending and corruption. We also broke down the role or regulators and the political class in combating financial crime.

Oct 20, 202153:07

Episode 3: Kenya's National Debt Sustainability, Inflation, Shifting world order, Kenya's GDP re-basement

In this episode the hosts delved into Kenya's public debt outlook, its composition and sustainability. The hosts also opined on the way forward, the role of the political class, GDP re-basement, rising energy prices (inflation) and the implications of a default. There was also commentary on the global debt outlook and the long term debt cycle.

Oct 04, 202138:16

Episode 2: Sacrifices to be made in your investment journey, Delayed Gratification, Opportunity Cost and Common Investment Strategies.

In this episodes the hosts delved into the sacrifices that one has to make in their investment journey, delayed gratification, opportunity cost and the common investment strategies used by investors.

Sep 03, 202122:56

Meet the Gang, Chinese tech crackdown, Afghanistan, the Kenyan Shilling and the NSE

In this episode we thought it best to give YOU, our audience, an idea of who we are as a podcast. What better way to do this than to share our individual investment journeys and how we got introduced to the investment world.

We also got to break down and comment on different factors that have been driving markets recently. We talked about the Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on their corporations, the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the recent slump in the Kenyan shilling and the rally seen in banking stocks at the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

Aug 27, 202130:43

TRAILER: WHO WE ARE

A brief summary of what THE MARKET METER PODCAST is all about.

Aug 27, 202100:56