Original Broadcast: This is Money
Should you save cash and accept low interest rates, or invest and take the risk that you could lose money? This is the perennial dilemma for those with some money to set aside, who are looking to build their wealth. And it’s not been made easier by a rollercoaster 20 years. Since the turn of the millennium, we’ve had three hefty stock market crashes, but we’ve also had the past decade of historically low interest rates. In response to paltry savings rates, more people have been encouraged to invest in shares for a better return, but the coronavirus crash has left the UK’s flagship stock market index, the FTSE 100, below its level on 31 December 1999, and burnt the fingers of many recent investors. So, is it worth investing, or should you just stick with the relative stability of cash? On this episode of the This is Money podcast, Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost look at our exclusive statistics on who is investing, who is bowing out of the market, and what the new generation of younger investors are doing. They also dive back into the question asked last week: how long do you need to invest for to avoid losing money? With some charts and data sent through to the team by Duncan Lamont, head of research and analytics at Schroders, they compare how putting money into either cash or the stockmarket fared over the past 150 years against inflation – and what the likelihood was of losing money over varying time periods. The team also look at what might happen next to house prices after the coronavirus lockdown put the property market into a deep freeze. Simon dives into the varying predictions of how much property prices could fall – and the bullish suggestion of one estate agent that it’ll all be fine. And finally, we discuss the businesses that we spoke to this week who are fighting veteran insurer Hiscox, because they believed they should be covered against coronavirus with policies that cite infectious or contagious disease… but it says they are not.
Guests: Simon Lambert,Lee Boyce
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This short reading of Night Prayer, without psalms, is taken from 'Prayers for use during the coronavirus outbreak' published by the Church of England.
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Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University asks what the unlock will look like and which nations have got right their response to the coronavirus pandemic - if we can yet tell. He examines the power war between China and the United States within the World Health Organisation. And he highlights the project that is keeping track of government interventions and the impact they are having around the world.
Guests: Professor Tim Evans
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Original Broadcast: Gadgets and Gizmos
Tech maven Steve Caplin delves into the launch of the hugely-funded phone entertainment service Quibi, with some bizarre initial offerings. He recommends some theatre shows to view at home, including the original Fleabag show that became such a hit on TV. He warns of hackers taking advantage of the lockdown situation, explains the origin of the word "phishing" and points out that Google Maps has been updated to show restaurants that do deliveries and takeaways.
Guests: Steve Caplin
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
James Cameron-Wilson examines the UK box office chart for 2020 before the lockdown began, which contains a few surprises. Moving online, he looks at Netflix's Taiwanese film Tigertale and the Australian perspective of the Vietnam War in Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan. And for his DVD of the week, he reviews the controversial film Blue Story, which was banned from his local cinema.
Guests: James Cameron-Wilson
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Original Broadcast: The Week That Was and The Week Ahead
Helal Miah of The Share Centre looks at recent company news from AB Foods (parent of Primark), Boohoo, Unilever and Taylor Wimpey. Looking forward he considers what we might hear from large companies in the oil, pharmaceutical and banking sectors.
Guests: Helal Miah
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Adam Cox is joined by Jessica Kate, founder of the Inspiring Minds Movement in Australia. Jessica completely transformed her life by making some very big changes,which some would view as very risky – like leaving a successful professional life and marriage to start again from scratch. She lives by the mantra "what you're not changing, you're choosing". Jessica shares tips on how to transform a life, the importance of inspirational role models and what personal development means to her. Find out more on her Facebook page: shorturl.at/bqtCU
Guests: Jessica Kate
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Vicky Sayers is joined by film critic and broadcaster, James Cameron-Wilson, to explore the complex world of the documentary film. James shares his top ten picks of what he feels is a neglected genre, offering them up as a challenge to anyone who might think of documentaries as “boring”. In this episode: Man With a Movie Camera (1929), Triumph of the Will (1935), Shoah (1985), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Man on Wire (2008), Senna (2010), Searching for Sugar Man (2012), Citizenfour (2014), They Shall Not Grow Old (2018), The Cave (2019).
Guests: James Cameron Wilson
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Adam Cox is joined by home fire safety experts Mike Wright and Andy Speake, to talk about the importance of ensuring home fire and carbon monoxide alarms are in good working order, especially during lockdown. They discuss important information about home fire safety and advise on the best ways to keep our homes, and families, safe from fire and carbon monoxide.
Guests: Mike Wright,Andy Speake
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Adam Cox is joined by the founder and chief executive officer of the UK charity the Pumping Heart Foundation, Nick Hartshorne-Evans, to talk about new research which demonstrates an underdiagnosis of iron deficiency amongst heart failure patients. They discuss the effects iron deficiency can have on a heart failure patients, in addition to the impacts and financial pressure underdiagnosis can put onto the NHS long term.
Guests: Nick Hartshorne-Evans
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