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EPISODE · Aug 7, 2026 · 16 MIN

Markets Wrap: Gold Rallies, AI Briefly Blows Up and the UK Market Still Needs Saving

from Merryn Talks Money · host Bloomberg

It's been a tumultuous few weeks for markets, and yet nothing much has changed. Join Merryn Somerset Webb and John Stepek as they discuss why an AI hedge fund implosion and US intervention in the Japanese yen appear to have merely strengthened market optimism. Meanwhile, the FTSE 250 has hit a new record high, even as the underlying need for practical policy help to save the UK market from extinction becomes ever more urgent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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