Share Sounds. presented by Simon Rose

Welcome to Emerging Opportunities, our chance to spend half an hour in some of the farther flung investment markets. Joining Simon Rose in the studio was Gavin Serkin managing editor of the Frontier Funds Consultancy, and the author of 'Frontier: Exploring the Top Ten Emerging Markets of Tomorrow'. Their guest on the show today was Aberdeen Asset Management's emerging markets fixed income money manager Kevin Daly, for a insight into the latest news and moves in emerging markets.

Robyn Dwyer stands in for Share Radio's Simon Rose and brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the bourses and businesses of Britain and the world. To help contextualise the day's events, Robyn was joined by Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher - they tackled the FTSE's drop, retailers exceeding their trading expectations, and Fiat Chrysler shares taking a hit after being accused of taking part in the Diesel Emissions Scandal.

Share Radio's Simon Rose brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the bourses and businesses of Britain and the world. To help contextualise the day's events, Simon was joined by Chris Bailey, the founder of Financial Orbit - they tackled Snapchat's British-based international hub, the FTSE's continued record breaking, and a very Morrisons Christmas.

Ian Forrest, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Centre, reviews this week's stock market activity with Share Radio's Simon Rose. They take a look back at Morrisons, Sainsbury's, and M&S. They also look ahead to Rio Tinto, Burberry, and Royal Mail.

David Talbot of FTI Consulting joins Simon to talk about the biggest political headlines of the day. This week, they discussed: Corbyn's Brexit comments, the NHS crisis and Boris Johnson's comments on trade and the US.

The ritz and glitz of the Golden Globes used to be an escape from the doom and gloom of US politics - no longer. At last night's ceremony, Meryl Streep took on Donald Trump as she received a lifetime achievement award, telling the President-elect that "disrespect invites disrespect". Trump replied in signature fashion, tweeting her speech to be "overrated". For this stories and all the rest of the day's politics, Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined in the studio by Kate Andrews and Nerissa Chesterfield from the Institute of Economic Affairs.

A former British ambassador to Russia has revealed he played a significant role in bringing the Donald Trump 'dirty dossier' to the attention of the American intelligence services. The dossier claims Russia has compromising material about Mr Trump. The US president-elect says the damaging claims made in the unverified report about him are "phony allegations" put together by "political opponents and a failed spy". With Share Radio's Simon Rose to discuss all of the day's political news is Cas Mudde, Associate Professor at Department of International Affairs, The University of Georgia.

VW executives knew about emissions cheating two months before the scandal broke, but chose not to tell US regulators, according to court papers. The bosses involved include Oliver Schmidt, who was in charge of VW's US environmental regulatory compliance office from 2012 until March 2015, and will appear in court on Monday. Meanwhile here in the UK, thousands of people owning VWs have expressed an interest in suing the car maker. Two law firms, are applying for a group litigation order, which could see owners being awarded several thousands pounds if judges decide their cars "weren't fit for sale." Share Radio's James Brydges has been speaking to David Bailey, Professor of Industry at Aston Business school.

This is the Weeks Update - our catch-up with Share Radio's economic commentator Professor John Weeks. Inaugurations mark new chapters in American politics. When a would-be president steps up to take the Oath of Office, the entire country is meant to step up with them. Wounds of the campaign season should be healed, while attention turns to the road ahead. It's perhaps unprecedented though, for a ceremony to be shadowed by fears that the road may have been chosen by a foreign power. Donald Trump begins his presidency amidst allegations from all of America's intelligence agencies of Russian electoral inference. And yet it was only last week that Trump budged on continued scepticism of the US intelligence community's conclusions. Should the intelligence community - both in the US and here in the UK - be nervous about the new President's arrival? And what exactly does Russia want? As well as Professor Weeks, Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined by Sir David Omand, a former head of GCHQ, now visiting professor at King's College, London and a former UK Intelligence and Security Coordinator.

What does the year hold for the relationship between President and Federal Reserve in the US? They're arguably two of the biggest names that can influence the US -- and indeed global -- economy. Matt Cox has been looking into North America, and discussing the Fed and Trump with Professor Peter Rupert of Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Former Senior Economic Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank.