China's Drive to Financialise Will Shape the World
The video argues that China’s next strategic priority is financialisation – the ability to settle international trade, services and asset purchases in yuan using domestically‑controlled payment infrastructure. Beijing has already built an alternative cross‑border network and is pioneering central‑bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for settlements, a move that could bypass the slow, correspondent‑bank system. The United States’ recent push for a stablecoin framework is portrayed as a direct response to China’s digital‑currency ambitions. As the speaker notes, “China does not want to displace the US dollar now; it first needs to be the world’s manufacturing hub.” Yet the emphasis shifts from factories to finance, suggesting that the next 5‑20 years will be shaped by how China monetises its global trade. If China succeeds, global payment standards, currency exposure and supply‑chain financing will tilt toward yuan‑based solutions, forcing multinational firms and banks to adapt their risk‑management and treasury strategies.
How EMs Are Responding to Trump and Middle East Tensions
Emerging‑market investors are grappling with the dual shock of President Trump’s tariff regime and heightened geopolitical risk in the Middle East, according to Charles Jillings of Utilico Emerging Markets Trust. Since the tariff announcements, EM equity indices have slipped roughly...
Strait of Hormuz: What Does the Blockade Mean for the Economy?
The video examines how the ongoing blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint traditionally associated with oil, threatens a broader swath of commodities and the global economy. Analysts note that helium—critical for semiconductor manufacturing—and roughly one‑third of the world’s fertilizer...
Why Former Team GB Boxer Delicious Orie Traded His Gloves for the World of Finance | MoneyWeek Talks
Former Team GB boxer Delicious Orie, a Commonwealth gold‑medalist and Olympian, walked away from a promising professional boxing career to become a qualified financial adviser. The MoneyWeek Talks interview traces his journey from picking up gloves at 18, earning...
The 7 Year Inheritance Tax Rule
The video explains the UK’s seven‑year inheritance tax rule, often misunderstood by families attempting to shield assets. It clarifies that a gift only escapes inheritance tax if the donor lives at least seven years after the transfer, and that using...
This Is Why Hong Kong Is Important to China
The video explains how Beijing now views Hong Kong as the linchpin of its expanding financial sphere, moving beyond a gateway for foreign capital to a core conduit for domestic savings. Through a series of “stock connect”, “bond connect” and other cross‑border...
What Does the Oil Crisis Mean for You? | MoneyWeek Talks
The MoneyWeek Talks episode dissects the oil shock triggered by the US‑Iran conflict, which forced the Strait of Hormuz—carrying about 20% of global oil and gas—to close, removing roughly 11 million barrels per day from the market. Analysts note that while global...
Venezuela, Iran and the US-China Resource War
The video examines the emerging resource war between the United States and China, using Venezuela’s oil crisis and Iran’s isolation as case studies to illustrate how control of energy and mineral supplies is reshaping geopolitical calculations. It notes that the U.S....
Diana Choyleva, Enodo Economics | China, the Iran War and the US | MoneyWeek Talks
Diana Choyleva of Enodo Economics says her decade-old forecast of a fracturing global order driven by US–China great-power competition has largely played out, accelerated by shocks such as COVID, the tech conflict, inflation and Russia’s war in Ukraine. She argues...
Is Someone Close to You Struggling?
The video addresses how difficult it can be to spot when friends or family members are silently struggling with mental‑health challenges, emphasizing that many hide their pain until it escalates. It points out several subtle indicators—withdrawal, mood shifts, and especially changes...
You're Losing Money by Not Investing
The video argues that most financial advice focuses on the dangers of market loss, while neglecting the far greater danger of never investing. It warns that failing to allocate money to equities can severely diminish one’s standard of living in...
The '100 Minus Your Age' Formula Explained
The video explains the "100 minus your age" rule, a straightforward guideline for retail investors to determine how much of their portfolio should be allocated to equities. By subtracting one’s age from 100, investors arrive at a target percentage of...
Why Buying a House Is Better than Renting
The video argues that owning a home can be financially superior to renting, especially when retirement income is modest, because mortgage payments build equity while rent is a sunk cost. It highlights that renting provides mobility for younger workers, but the...
The Greatest Invention in History Is Capital Markets
The video argues that capital markets are humanity’s greatest invention because they let people live on capital rather than labor. By creating stock and bond markets, societies invented a mechanism to convert future earnings into present wealth, giving rise...
Vietnam Knows What It Needs to Do to Succeed
The video marks Vietnam’s 50th anniversary of modern unification and outlines a new national directive: to be proud, ambitious, and to “get stuck in” as the country seeks to cement its status as a genuine emerging market. Senior officials from the...