IC Alpha Podcast: Diamonds in the rough
On this week's new IC Alpha Podcast, John and Phil discuss the worrying outlook for the UK economy and the pound as a result of the government's disastrous handling of Covid-19 and now the final stage...
11 Sep 202036min
John Baron: "Investment trusts are a superior investment option"
On this episode of the IC Interviews, editor John Hughman speaks to the magazine’s regular investment trust columnist John Baron.A former fund manager, John has provided updates on two live investment...
7 Sep 202035min
Investment Hour: ESG's dirty secret
For the vast majority of investors, the stock market remains primarily a place for making money work harder. But increasingly, environmental and social consciousness is playing a role in investment de...
3 Sep 20201h 3min
Peter Toogood: "Apparently the only stocks you need to own in the world are the five American FAANG stocks"
Peter Toogood is the chief investment officer at retirement solutions provider Embark Group, having worked for 25 years in financial services including as an advisor, researcher and investment manager...
1 Sep 202032min
The Investment Hour: Hanging Up
BT’s chief executive seems to have spent much of the last few weeks preparing his company for a hostile takeover approach. The fate awaiting BT and its shareholders raises questions about how the comp...
27 Aug 202045min
To PE or not to PE?
Private equity has developed a bad reputation for extracting value from companies and then foisting their remnants on unsuspecting equity markets. At the same time Private Equity trusts have delivered...
20 Aug 20201h 2min
The Investment Hour: The platform paradox
The platform market has changed a lot since Hargreaves Lansdown launched in the UK nearly 40 years ago. The market's growth in products, information and legitimate online brokers is surely only a good...
13 Aug 20201h 16min
Walter Price: "The Chinese are a force to be reckoned with in technology"
Last week was big for US tech - with a fiery Congressional hearing and bumper quarterly earnings. “With the exception of Amazon, all of these companies are not expensive stocks now”, argues Walter Pri...
7 Aug 202026min
