Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
Paul Mumford is on of the longest serving fund managers in the UK, with 50 years experience in the markets. He run's the Cavendish Opportunities fund, their AIM fund and their Select Fund, all of which focus on smaller capitalised companies. He's also the author of "The Stock Picker, a financial history of the sharp end" and he joined Share Radio's Robyn Dwyer in studio.
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
The US presidential election was a notoriously bitter race. With chants of 'Lock her up', never before had America seemed so divided. But whilst Donald Trump is now in the White House, his pick for a top judge looks set to further inflame divisions. Share Radio's Alex Clark reports.
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It's time now to talk politics. As always on a Wednesday at this time of the week, Share Radio is joined by Mike Indian, Senior Political Analyst at De Havilland. He and Share Radio's Robyn Dwyer take a looki at why the Labour leader's accused the Government of offering a 'sweetheart deal' to a local authority that threatened to hold a controversial council tax referendum. Surrey's abandoned plans for a 15 percent hike in bills to fund social care in the county. Jeremy Corbyn claims to have seen texts suggesting the council and the Government reached an 'understanding'.
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
Following Donald Trump's rise to power, boycotts are on the up. Amazon, Uber and Budweiser are just some of the big names caught up in this - and it's coming from both sides of the political divide. But are the boycotts having an effect? And could a wider boycott on US goods spread to the UK? Share Radio's Peta Fuller reports.
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
Share Radio's Robyn Dwyer brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the businesses of Britain and the world. To help put the day's events in context, Robyn was joined by Russ Mould, investment director at the online stockbroker's AJ Bell. On today's show: mining giant Rio Tinto is launching a share buyback programme of $500m due to an increase in the price of iron ore, Sir Andrew Witty, GlaxoSmithKline's outgoing chief executive, has defended his long-standing decision not to break up the company as he presented his last set of results before stepping down next month & homeware retailer Dunelm has warned that the slump in the pound since the Brexit vote will result in price rises on thousands of products.
Guests: Russ Mould
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Oil prices are falling again today as the market waits for US inventory data to come through this afternoon. But early estimates indicate it'll be far above analysts' expectations - at around 11 million extra barrels. Sean Cronin, editor at Argus Media, joined Glen Goodman for more on this story.
Guests: Sean Cronin
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Concerns about Greek debt levels are back on the radar as negotiations between the Eurozone and International Monetary Fund look increasingly shaky. Head Analyst at MacroPolis, Manos Giakoumis, joined Share Radio's Glen Goodman to explain the current situation.
Guests: Manos Giakoumis
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Parliament will face a 'take it or leave it' vote on the eventual Brexit deal according to the government. For more on the day's political news John Ashmore, Chief Political Reporter at Politics Home, spoke to Share Radio's Glen Goodman.
Guests: John Ashmore
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Original Broadcast: Share Radio Afternoon
Earnings were out for miners Rio Tinto, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and home furnishings retailer Dunelm, while there are reports that L’Oréal is considering the sale of The Body Shop as it reviews operations. Chris Bailey founder of Financialorbit.com joined Share Radio's Glen Goodman for these and more of the day's company news.
Guests: Chris Bailey
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Are interest rates too low? One of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee members has signalled she's on the verge of voting for a rate rise. And Brexit will cost UK 30,000 finance jobs according to a think tank. Ben Kumar, investment manager at Seven Investment Management, joined Share Radio's Glen Goodman to talk through the day's big economic stories.
Guests: Ben Kumar
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