The charts that matter: Britain elects and the risk is on

John Stepek looks at how the week's events have influenced the charts that matter the most to the global economy.

After a lengthy drought we have not one but two podcasts for you this week. First, Merryn and I give our take on the election result. You'll not be surprised to know that we think it's good news for investors and the UK economy.But what about the prospects for Scottish independence? And the future for the Labour party? And the pound? Listen here and don't forget to send us your hate mail.

Secondly, I joined the team at The Week Unwrapped for their latest podcast. I talked about the Saudi Aramco listing and what it means for oil and geopolitics, while The Week team talked about psychopathy and the proliferation of privilege in the acting profession. I spend a lot of this one in a state of mildly baffled cynicism but it was fun to do.

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John Stepek

John Stepek is a senior reporter at Bloomberg News and a former editor of MoneyWeek magazine. He graduated from Strathclyde University with a degree in psychology in 1996 and has always been fascinated by the gap between the way the market works in theory and the way it works in practice, and by how our deep-rooted instincts work against our best interests as investors.

He started out in journalism by writing articles about the specific business challenges facing family firms. In 2003, he took a job on the finance desk of Teletext, where he spent two years covering the markets and breaking financial news.

His work has been published in Families in Business, Shares magazine, Spear's Magazine, The Sunday Times, and The Spectator among others. He has also appeared as an expert commentator on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, BBC Radio Scotland, Newsnight, Daily Politics and Bloomberg. His first book, on contrarian investing, The Sceptical Investor, was released in March 2019. You can follow John on Twitter at @john_stepek.