

Market Maker
The AmplifyME Market Maker Podcast makes finance fun and easy to understand. Hosted by LinkedIn Top Voice Anthony Cheung, alongside trader-turned-founder Piers Curran and former investment banker and entrepreneur Stephen Barnett, each week they break down the biggest market stories and trends shaping the global economy. Get real insight, build your commercial awareness and learn how markets really work, with top guests from leading banks, hedge funds and asset managers sharing their expertise, career journeys and advice.
Episodes


US-Iran Ceasefire Rally Explained: Why Markets Are Ignoring Risk (Oil, Bonds & Bitcoin)

Q1 Investment Banking League Tables, M&A Outlook, SpaceX IPO & Whoop Funding

Oil Prices, Stagflation & Market Volatility: What’s Driving Global Markets?

Are Traders Front-Running Trump’s Announcements?

$27bn Meta AI Deal & UniCredit launches €35bn Commerzbank takeover offer

Rate Cuts Are Gone. Rate Hikes Are Back.

Prediction Markets: Kalshi, Polymarket & This Week’s Biggest M&A Deals

The Oil Shock That Caught Hedge Funds Off Guard

Inside the Biggest M&A Deals You Need to Know (BlackRock, Toyota Industries, Pinterest, Paramount)

Oil Shock: What the Iran Conflict Means for Inflation & Markets

The Rogue Trader Who Broke Barings Bank: A Conversation with Nick Leeson

AI Scare Trade: Nvidia, Market Rotation & the 2028 AI Crisis

$58bn Oil Deal, AI’s SaaS Apocalypse & Why Private Equity Loves Cricket

Investment Banking: The Mindset & Tactics That Get You In

Inside the Biggest M&A Deals You Need To Know (Glencore, Schroders, Paramount, Anthropic)

How to Think Like a Sovereign Debt Investor: Career Lessons from the IMF to Wall Street

Elon’s $1.25T SpaceX-xAI Merger: Vision or Hype?
SpaceX’s acquisition of xAI creates a $1.25 trillion entity, signaling a shift toward vertical integration where Starlink’s recurring revenue funds xAI’s massive compute requirements. This strategic consolidation aims to monopolize data infrastructure, with Elon Musk proposing space-based data centers to bypass terrest...

What do traders ACTUALLY do? | Day in the Life of an Investment Bank Trader

Fed Shake-Up, Tech Earnings Divergence & Tesla’s Strategic Pivot
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