Jul 24, 2026 · 13 min
Paul Scott marks 5,000 subscribers before London wine tasting
Paul's Podcast - Fri 24 July 2026
The episode is chiefly a milestone update, offering a brief snapshot of the podcast’s growing audience and its presenter’s schedule.
- 1Paul Scott celebrates the podcast surpassing 5,000 total subscribers, including free-account subscribers.
- 2The episode is released early because Scott is attending a wine tasting in London later that day.
- 3The available outline provides no substantive discussion of the companies listed among the candidate entities.
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Paul Scott celebrates the podcast surpassing 5,000 total subscribers before explaining the episode’s early release.
The brief
Paul Scott opens by welcoming free-account subscribers and marking the podcast’s milestone of surpassing 5,000 total subscribers.
The early release has a practical explanation: Scott is due to attend a wine tasting in London later that day.
Beyond the welcome and scheduling note, the supplied outline offers no developed argument or company-specific analysis to summarize.
What was said on this episode
27 statements · 13 positive · 13 negative · 1 mixed
Rising oil prices could increase inflation and interest rates.
“the oil price is rising relentlessly, uh, which of course then brings the potential for higher inflation, which then means potentially higher interest rates”
Listen at 1:05
Paul Scott assesses Donald Trump as reckless and lacking planning.
“Trump's an absolute maniac, isn't he? Let's face it. Just a total loose cannon. Doesn't think or plan anything whatsoever.”
Listen at 1:47
Paul Scott recommends that Donald Trump leave office sooner.
“the sooner he's gone, the better, I think”
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Wars are easier to start and escalate than to end.
“it's very easy to start and to escalate wars. It's very difficult to actually end them.”
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Global oil inventories have been substantially depleted.
“inventories have been drawn down heavily”
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Oil-market supply pressures could worsen in autumn.
“the autumn is the period, and when the weather starts to get colder and all the rest of it, that is when these things could home, come home to roost”
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Authorities are seizing substantial amounts of Bitcoin.
“large amounts of Bitcoin are being seized by the authorities”
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Bitcoin is less anonymous and secret than commonly believed.
“maybe it's not quite as anonymized and secret as people thought it was”
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Paul Scott's service gets roughly 90% of directional calls right.
“we get about 90% of them right, roughly”
Listen at 5:07
Renishaw rose 8% and Discovery rose 12% in early trading.
“Renishaw rose 8% in early trades, and Discovery was up 12%.”
Listen at 5:23
Renishaw and Discovery shares rose 8% and 12% respectively in early trading.
“Renishaw rose 8% in early trades, and Discovery was up 12%”
Listen at 5:23
AOT may be an interesting speculative investment.
“shares in AOT were up about 29% in early trades. Could be worth a punt, that one, actually. Looks quite interesting”
Listen at 5:52
Discovery's valuation remains reasonable.
“the valuation is still reasonable, I think”
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Wise was denied a U.S. National Trust Bank charter application.
“Wise has been denied an application for a National Trust Bank charter in the US”
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Wise may have a systemic regulatory or compliance problem.
“it does look as if there's some sort of systemic problem within Wise”
Listen at 7:06
Wise may have a systemic regulatory or compliance problem.
“there's some sort of systemic problem within Wise”
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Paul Scott is considering buying Wise shares speculatively.
“I'm tempted to just buy a few and tuck them away and just have a punt on it”
Listen at 7:42
Volex appears good value at £5.48.
“I think actually it's quite good value now at £5.48”
Listen at 8:19
Volex is worth reassessing as an investment.
“I would say Volex is worth a fresh look actually”
Listen at 8:25
Volex is interesting and reasonably priced.
“Volex we like, and we think it's interesting, reasonable, reasonably priced again actually”
Listen at 8:53
Renishaw's forward P/E of 27 is high enough.
“forward PE— oops, sorry, bashed the microphone— forward PE 27 times. I think for me that's high enough”
Listen at 9:14
Victoria's pending refinancing is likely to proceed.
“I think the refinancing that's currently pending looks like it's going to go ahead”
Listen at 10:46
Victoria's pending refinancing will likely avert immediate bankruptcy risk.
“the refinancing that's currently pending looks like it's going to go ahead. Definitely staves off any immediate bankruptcy risk, I think.”
Listen at 10:46
Victoria's refinancing would avert immediate bankruptcy risk.
“Definitely staves off any immediate bankruptcy risk, I think”
Listen at 10:51
Victoria's recovery is unlikely to generate enough cash to reduce debt.
“the recovery that it needs to be able to generate enough cash to reduce its debt, to even make it, even chip away at it, I think is looking not feasible”
Listen at 10:58
Victoria equity could multiply substantially or become worthless.
“the equity is a stub. It's just an equity stub that could be worth— could multi-bag if things go really, really well, or it could go to zero”
Listen at 11:25
Victoria shares can produce rapid trading gains of two- to fourfold.
“they're very good to trade. You can get rapid spikes where you can double, triple, quadruple your money”
Listen at 11:36
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