Companies & Markets Show: Interest rates, banks & defence
On this pod this week, the companies team talks interest rates, high-yield commercial property, big bank earnings, and defence stocks in a week where markets shuddered at the prospect of military acti...
10 Aug 201727min
The ideal portfolio: The art of risk management
In the first in a two part special, IC writer James Norrington looks at how private investors can check they aren't left short-changed once returns are measured against risk.We also examine how to cor...
9 Aug 201722min
Boardroom Talk: LidCo
With a market capitalisation of £30m, Aim-traded LidCo (LID) may be small, but the hospital monitoring equipment specialist has grand plans for US expansion. Can it juggle these whilst continuing to l...
7 Aug 201716min
Personal Finance Show: How to escape the rat race
In this week's personal finance podcast the team look at which markets and funds have been performing well, funds which have been underperforming and ways to maximise your portfolio's income in order ...
4 Aug 201727min
Companies & Markets Show: Tobacco, estate agency & other vices
On this week's pod, the companies team discusses the US Food and Drug Administration's latest intervention in the tobacco sector, and some poor interim results for the estate agents. Also on the line ...
3 Aug 201726min
IC Questions: Can Shell, GSK and Astra keep their dividends?
Podcast editor Alex Newman and specialist writer Megan Boxall join companies editor Ian Smith to discuss what the interim results season told us about the income security of three of London's big paye...
31 Juli 201719min
Personal Finance Show: Getting the best of US equities
In this week's show Chris Justham, relationship manager at Seven Investment Management, joins the team to consider whether you should invest in US equities, and which funds are the best way to access ...
28 Juli 201725min
Companies & Markets Show: Are shops in for a shock?
IC editor John Hughman asks Harriet Russell whether we should be worried about household spending, catches up with Simon Thompson about his latest small-cap picks, and rounds up a big week on the resu...
27 Juli 201753min
