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The aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus are predicting bumper orders over the next twenty years from India, the world's ninth biggest economy. They believe that India's position as a fast growing market has the potential to offset weaker sales elsewhere. Some analysts believe that by 2040 over 50,000 new planes could be in the skies thanks to strong demand from emerging markets. So is aviation a sector worth sticking with? What are the ethical issues investors need to think about? Or should they be looking at alternative sectors? Ketan Patel is Associate Fund Manager of the Amity UK fund at EdenTree Investment Management and joined Juliette Foster in the studio.

Published: Tue 29 March 2016

Investment Perspectives: Welcome to today's 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 their own individual share portfolios. They have a minimum of eight stocks, which they've been buying and selling through The Share Centre. So, how well are they doing? Have their portfolios risen in value, or are they wallowing in the depths of the financial doldrums? Apprentices Valsa de Winter and Alexi Phillips join Juliette Foster in the studio along with Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.

Published: Mon 21 March 2016

Japan's central bank kept its powder dry at its March policy review and held off from bolstering its record stimulus policy. Economists believe that BOJ governor Kuroda Haruhiko could produce further stimulus measures in July as the economy absorbs the negative rate strategy the bank introduced in January. So, where does that leave investors tempted to put their money into Japan's markets? Can they get good returns, or are the risks too high? Juliette Foster was joined in the studio by Richard Aston, Manager of the Japan Income & Growth Fund at Coupland Cardiff Asset Management.

Guests: Richard Aston

Published: Tue 15 March 2016

The Institute of Financial Services student investor challenge is the UK's largest investment competition for schools. The competition gives small teams two virtual investment portfolios of £100,000. With this they are challenged to make both short-term and strategic trades over 3 months. This year, five hundred teams of students have outperformed the stock market and secured places in the Semi-finals. In the final they will have a shot at an all-expenses paid trip to New York as well as a £2,000 cash prize. On the line was Vice Principal of IFS University College, Alison Pask for more.

Published: Mon 7 March 2016

Welcome to today's 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 their own individual share portfolios. They have a minimum of eight stocks, which they've been buying and selling through The Share Centre. So, three months into the New Year how are they doing? Are they in the money...or are they out of pocket? Apprentices Alexi Phillips and Valsa de Winter are in the studio and standing by with plenty of advice is Share Radio's Senior Analyst Ed Bowsher.

Published: Mon 7 March 2016

Investment Perspectives: Stephen Peters, Investment Analyst at Charles Stanley discusses unit trusts, Open Ended Investment Companies and more

Published: Tue 1 March 2016

As we head towards April the countdown is already underway for the ISA deadline...or Individual Savings Account - which is why it's timely that IG Group, a leading online trader, has today launched an offer allowing clients to trade their Exchange Traded Funds - or ETFs - commission free, during the ISA season. But is there a catch? Juliette Foster was joined in the studio by Ian Peacock, IG Group's Head of UK and Ireland to find out.

Guests: Ian Peacock

Published: Tue 1 March 2016

Today's 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 can own a minimum of eight stocks, which they've been buying and selling through The Share Centre. So, as we roll towards the end of February are the five cash strapped, or cash wealthy? Apprentices Ruby Johnson and Alexi Phillips join Juliette Foster along with Share Radio's, Senior Analyst, Ed Bowsher.

Published: Mon 22 February 2016

Here at Share Radio, we like to educate as well as inform. With that in mind, Juliette Foster recently spoke to Tim Bennett of Killik and Co to find out what moves a market.

Published: Tue 16 February 2016

In this week’s Apprentice Investor Olivia Demetriades and Valsa De Winter are in the studio while Ed Bowsher casts his forensic eye over their portfolios

Published: Mon 15 February 2016