Episode Summary
Executive Summary: The transcript is primarily a promotional introduction for Bloomberg’s new short-form audio products, especially the Odd Lots podcast and the Stock Movers report. It explains the concept, audience, and editorial purpose: offering concise, expert-driven market coverage, longer-form discussion on finance and economics, and frequent updates on stock winners and losers with reporting-backed context.
Main Topics: Introduction to Bloomberg's Stock Movers: Lisa Mateo presents Stock Movers as a short audio report focused on daily equity movers and the news/data behind market gains and losses. Odd Lots podcast launch: Joseph Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway introduce Odd Lots as a new Bloomberg podcast designed for deeper conversations about markets, economics, and related themes. Audio-first media rationale: Tom Keene explains why podcasts work well, emphasizing that audio consumption is more predictable and effective than video. Markets and financial breadth: The hosts frame Odd Lots as a place to explore stocks, credit, bonds, commodities, market structure, geopolitics, and broader financial ideas. Long-form conversation format: The podcast is positioned as an overflow space for topics that deserve more time than blogs, tweets, or quick charts allow. Promotion and subscription call-to-action: The transcript repeatedly encourages listeners to subscribe and follow Bloomberg’s podcast and social channels.
Key Arguments: Short audio reports are useful because they let listeners stay informed without watching the market all day. Odd Lots exists to provide deeper, more expansive discussions than Bloomberg’s fast-moving web and social content can offer. Bloomberg sees audio as a strong medium because it is easier to consume and has fewer uncertainties than video. The podcast will cover a broad range of financial and economic topics, not just equities. Listeners benefit from Bloomberg’s large reporting network and analyst base, which provides context for market moves.
Data Points: Stock Movers length: Five minutes or less - Describes the format of Bloomberg's Stock Movers report. Reporting network size: 3,000 journalists and analysts - Bloomberg promotes the scale of its reporting behind Stock Movers. Podcast frequency suggestion: A couple times throughout the day - Listeners are encouraged to check in multiple times daily for market updates.
Pivotal Quotes: "We can think of odd lots as the overflow area for all the interesting financial and market stuff that we see." — Tracy Alloway: Defines the purpose of the Odd Lots podcast. "There is no mystery about audio. Audio gets consumed." — Tom Keene: Explains why podcasting is an attractive medium. "Stockmovers fills you in on the day's winners and losers on Wall Street and tells you about the news and data that's driving those gains and losses." — Lisa Mateo: Summarizes the value proposition of the Stock Movers report.
Implications: Bloomberg is expanding its audio strategy to serve both quick-hit market updates and deeper analysis, suggesting podcasts will be a major channel for reaching finance-focused audiences with timely, expert commentary.
From the Episode
To tell me what you think about it to really get into some of those themes that we're seeing and discuss them in a bit more detail. Right, we're going to be talking about finance, market, economics, market structure, geopolitics, and everything that we kind of want to talk about. We can think of odd lots as the overflow area for all the interesting financial and market stuff that we see. I wanted to have longer conversations with people. You always want more time. For our first episode, we're going to be talking with Tom Keene, the legendary host. At Bloomberg, of Bloomberg Surveillance on TV and radio. Hello, Tom. Hello. Good to be here. Why do you like podcasts? And you talk about why you like them and you think it's a good format. What appeals to them? Yeah, it's really important. We learned a lot years ago with iTunes with doing podcasts. The number one thing we know is what we don't know about video. There's a huge mystery to how video is going to be consumed. There's no mystery about audio. Audio gets consumed. That's the number one thing about.
Hi, I'm Lisa Mateo, introducing you to the new Stock Movers report from Bloomberg. These are short audio reports, five minutes or less, delivered right to your podcast feed throughout the day. Stockmovers fills you in on the day's winners and losers on Wall Street and tells you about the news and data that's driving those gains and losses. If you want to stay plugged into the stock market but don't want to spend all day watching tickers scroll across your screen, then StockMovers is a place for you to get Get informed. Listen a couple times throughout the day to find out what's moving equities and why. Search for stock movers on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere else you listen. Get the latest stock news and data backed by reporting from Bloomberg's 3,000 journalists and analysts across the globe. Subscribe to Stock Movers wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome to Odd Lots, a new podcast from Bloomberg. I'm Joseph Weisenthal, co-host of What You Miss on Bloomberg TV and an editor at Bloomberg Markets. I'm here with my colleague Tracy Alloway. Hi there, I'm executive editor of Bloomberg Markets and I'm really excited to be here for our new podcast, Odd Lots. For those of you who don't know, an Odd Lot is a small bundle of stocks or bonds. It's relatively unusual. People usually pay a premium to trade it. This is free.
About Odd Lots
Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway analyze the weird patterns, the complex issues and the newest market crazes. Join the conversation every Tuesday and Thursday for interviews with the most interesting minds in finance, economics and markets.