How the Global Economy Has Been 'Rewired' and What That Means for Your Portfolio
Not many investment trusts made a positive return last year. The Ruffer Investment Company did -- partly by using strategies not open to the retail investor but also using ones that are. In this week’...
13 Jan 202345min
The bad news may soon be over for UK small caps
Smaller UK companies were among the worst performing assets in the world last year. That made 2022 a tough time for small cap fund managers. But small caps very rarely see two down years in a row, say...
6 Jan 202337min
Why the best small UK companies have a global niche
Harry Nimmo, one of the most successful investors in smaller UK companies over the past three decades, is retiring from asset manager Abrdn at the end of this month. But that didn’t stop him from pred...
23 Dec 202239min
Losing money is the price of making money
Tom Slater, co-manager of the UK’s most popular investment trust, Scottish Mortgage, joins this week's episode of Merryn Talks Money. Shares in the trust are down 40% year-to-date. What went wrong? Ma...
16 Dec 202243min
Saxo’s ‘Outrageous’ Prediction? Gold Will Top $3,000 in 2023
Holding gold? Better load up since it may jump to $3,000 soon. Work in private equity? Maybe get out now: there could be a new tax regime on the way. As for 2% inflation? Not in this "war economy." Th...
9 Dec 202248min
Introducing: Merryn Talks Money
Merryn Somerset Webb and Bloomberg Wealth senior reporter and author of the daily Money Distilled newsletter John Stepek are reunited to give listeners a taste of what is to come on Merryn Talks Money...
16 Nov 202212min
