Planet Finance

Inflation is high, interest on savings is low, and investment apps are easy and cheap. That’s why the new generation seek their fortune on the financial market these days. But do these millions of new investors really know how the market works? In six episodes, director Marije Meerman takes viewers on a tour of 'Planet Finance', a parallel world where you can make money if you think you know what the future will bring.

Planet Finance does not offer investment tips, nor is it a crusade against bankers or the wealthiest 1%. It simply looks behind the shiny scenes of the big bucks. Marije Meerman travels through an unpredictable and mostly opaque world where returns beckon at every corner, meeting a colourful procession of traders, shortsellers and currency gurus. This world has the reputation that it can make you rich while you sleep and keep you poor while you struggle.

Episode overview: 
Please note, Planet Finance is available as seperate documentaries, as an arc of 3 documentaries (episode 2, 5 and 6) and a complete series of 6 episodes. 

Episode 1: The Nature of the Beast
From zero to a trillion: how the financial market was created

Episode 2: Free Oil
The day the oil futures market dropped below zero

Episode 3: Fortune Hunters
About the appeal of Planet Finance to individual investors 

Episode 4: The Biggest Flotation Ever
How a financial app puts a strain on relations between China and Planet Finance 

Episode 5: Disaster for Sale
How the chances of an environmental disaster can be a lucrative business

Episode 6: Bubbles & Crashes
Why hope is easier to sell than harsh reality