AJ Bell Money & Markets

Mar 07 2025 319 ep. 40 mins 468
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The Money & Markets podcast brings you the latest personal finance and stock market insights to help you manage your investment portfolio. To contact us visit ajbell.co.uk For legal info visit ajbell.co.uk/disclosures.

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Markets rattled by trade war fears, a deep dive into BAE and what next for Greggs

Mar 07 2025 45 mins  
On this episode of the AJ Bell money and markets podcast Dan Coatsworth and Danni Hewson assess the impact on markets after Donald Trump brought in 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Is a global trade war inevitable and have investors been caught on the hop because of the President’s unpredictability or is it a storm set to fizzle out. [02:10] As the global order shifts European c

Investment Trust Show #12: how to pick a trust, why European markets are racing ahead, best and worst performers, Greencoat UK Wind deep dive

Mar 03 2025 60 mins  
Dan Coatsworth explores some of the best and worst performing trusts so far this year and what this tells us about investor appetite towards certain parts of the market. [01:15] We’ve been very thin on the ground for new investment trusts joining the stock market for a long time but things are looking up. Laith Khalaf discusses the launch of Achilles Investment Company (AIC). [05

Apple’s big investment plans, BPs net zero reset, energy bills to rise, and top dividend investment trusts to watch

Feb 27 2025 50 mins  
This week on the AJ Bell Money and Markets podcast, Danni Hewson and Laura Suter dive into the latest market news, including Apple’s big investment plans [01:19] and BP’s plans to roll back it’s green investment after pressure from an activist investor [09:13]. We also look at why Tesla shares are under pressure [04:39] and discuss Unilever’s CEO stepping down after less th

UK bank results, a surprise jump in inflation and are Elon Musk's politics starting to hurt his business interests

Feb 20 2025 45 mins  
In this week’s episode, Charlene Young and Laith Khalaf mull over the latest numbers from the UK banking sector after Barclays, NatWest and HSBC have posted their full year results. [1:30] There’s also been a slew of UK economic data over the last week, so we’ll be taking a look at the jobs figures and a big jump in inflation back up to 3%. We’ll also be asking whether we s

Deep Dive #1: How to protect your money from the rising tax tide

Feb 17 2025 71 mins  
Welcome to the first episode of the AJ Bell Money & Markets Deep Dive podcast. This is a new series which will take a long look at some of the key issues in markets and personal finances. First up we’ll be diving into a subject which will affect almost everyone – taxes. Personal taxes are on the rise and we’ll be looking at some of the main ways you can save tax on your s

UK interest rate cut impact, what’s behind the FTSE 100 rally and Elon Musk’s bid for OpenAI

Feb 13 2025 45 mins  
In this week’s episode, Charlene Young and Danni Hewson look at what’s happened since the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee cut the base rate to 4.5% last Thursday. Expectations for a cut were high so has the reaction from markets and mortgage lenders been unsurprising too? [01:30] Danni gives the low down on the latest results from McDonald’s and BP. Does activi

How tariffs shock markets, Alphabet’s big challenge, and why we want to see changes to the Lifetime ISA

Feb 06 2025 54 mins  
Welcome to the latest episode of the AJ Bell Monet & Markets podcast. Tariffs have been on everyone’s minds this week and they’ve caused some big movements on the markets and dominated the discussion for many companies. Danni Hewson runs through the key points and how they relate to investments. [04:06] Tom Sieber and Ian Conway from Shares magazine explain why tariff issue

Investment Trust Show #11: Fighting off activist investors and the attractions of Japan

Feb 03 2025 52 mins  
Investment trusts have been all over the news as activist investor Saba targets seven companies with the hope of gaining control and becoming the investment manager. Herald (HRI) shareholders have already voted Saba down and we’re about to find out the fate of the other six investment trusts. Laith Khalaf brings us up to speed on the key events. [01:32] Dan Coatsworth talks to Ja

US tech selloff, taxpayer frustrations, Guinness selloff denied and emerging market insights

Jan 30 2025 37 mins  
In this week’s episode, Dan Coatsworth and Laura Suter discuss the recent selloff in US tech stocks, and what sparked the market turmoil [01:32]. They also look at WHSmith’s potential sale of its UK business [06:27], and Diageo denying rumours about selling Guinness [09:17]. Laura looks at the frustration taxpayers are facing with HMRC’s long call wait times, as some new dat

Markets brace for Trump 2:0, FTSE 100 hits new record high, regulators under pressure as the UK goes for growth

Jan 23 2025 55 mins  
On this episode of the AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast, Dan Coatsworth is joined by AJ Bell Investment Director Russ Mould to discuss how markets reacted to Donald Trump’s return to the White House [00:02:14]. From halting the TikTok ban to confusion about the President’s plans for tariffs, it’s already been a wild ride. Dan is joined by Danni Hewson to assess what’s be