Original Broadcast: Small Cap Investors
Market and economics indicators have been closely watched since the historic EU referendum vote on the 23rd of June. Perhaps most closely watched of all has been the performance of small cap companies as they adjust to a new reality. Joining Juliette Foster on the line for more on this was David Thornton, Editor of Growth Company Investor, a monthly publication which focuses on stocks all AIM stocks plus the FTSE small cap.
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Original Broadcast: The Investment Hour with Ed Bowsher
John Barass and Jason Baxter from the Wealth Management Association to find out more about the launch of their new stock market indices: Conservative, Income, Growth, Balanced, Global Growth. They explain what these indices measure and how you might choose between them.
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Original Broadcast: Serious Money with Claer Barrett
Investment Perspectives teamed up with the FT to talk ‘Serious Money’. On this edition Claer explained venture capital trusts and enterprise investment schemes
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Original Broadcast: The Investment Trust Show
"The Investment Trust Show" is brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors. Each week we explore the main features, factors and developments affecting investment trusts at the moment. This week we're looking at fixed income or investing in various forms of bonds. That's an important topic when bond prices are at record highs. Joining Share Radio's Ed Bowsher in the studio are Alan Borrows. Senior Investment Manager at Seneca Investment Managers, and John Pattullo, Co-Head of Strategic Fixed Income at Henderson.
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Original Broadcast: Consuming Issues
Sarah Pennells is joined in the studio by digital editor of Pensions Insight and Engaged Investor Sara Benwell. Today they discuss the latest league tables of UK energy suppliers as well as the growing popularity of contactless payment. Plus could viewers be fined for using BBC iPlayer without a licence? All these stories and more on The News Review.
Guests: Sara Benwell
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Original Broadcast: My Portfolio with Lord John Lee
John Lee - or Lord Lee of Trafford to quote his official title - has been playing the financial markets since he was a teenager. It's fair to say that since those early days he has gone on to build a sizeable investment portfolio. Well every week Lord Lee will be joining us at Share Radio to talk strategy and to share his stock choices. Today he joins Juliette Foster to look at the international publishing group Quarto which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. Founded in 1976, Quarto's subject range includes gardening, lifestyle and childrens' books. Marcus Leaver is the Chief Executive Officer, a position he's held since 2012, and he also joins Juliette in the studio.
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This is Crowdfunders, the show that covers the fast growing world of alternative finance. In today's show, Ed Bowsher looks at the peer to peer sector in China and, in particular, a scandal where investors ended up lending money to a high risk 'mega-bus' project. The investors probably won't be getting their money back. Ed also looks at risk in peer to peer lending with Neil Faulkner from the 4th way website.
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Original Broadcast: The Investment Trust Show
Our regular weekly programme "The Investment Trust Show" is brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors. Each week we explore the main features, factors and developments impacting on investment trusts. This week we examined how investors can achieve high income from UK stocks, An especially relevant issue when UK interest rates are so low. Ed Bowsher was joined in the studio by David Smith, manager of the Henderson High Income Trust and Simon Crinage, Head of Investment Trusts at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
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Original Broadcast: The Apprentice Investor
This is a new edition of The Apprentice Investor. Regular listeners to the show will know that our Apprentices are five members of the Share Radio team who've each been given fifteen thousand pounds of virtual money to build individual share portfolios. They have a minimum of eight stocks which they've been buying and selling through The Share Centre. So, after what is turning out to be a tumultouous summer, how are our apprentices faring? Are they down to their final pennies or are they so awash with cash they'll be treating their colleagues to lunch? Apprentices Valsa de Winter and Alxi Philips joined Juliette Foster in the studio and standing by with plenty of advice was Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.
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Original Broadcast: Small Cap Investors
It is that time of the week where we focus on the small cap sector. This week we have an expert in the field with over 30 years experience. His name is Gervais Williams, he is from Miton Group and he manages a range of funds which aggregate to 1 billion pounds which includes the Miton UK MicroCap fund. He has also written the book "The Future is Small" and he spoke to Juliette Foster in the studio.
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