AJ Bell Money & Markets

Nov 14 2024 302 ep. 40 mins 453
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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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Budget business backlash, interest rate cut fallout and ETFs inflows and Bitcoin both breaking records

Nov 14 2024 58 mins  
On this week’s episode, Charlene Young and Laith Khalaf talk you through the impact on business of rising National Insurance and minimum wage bills. Plus, labour market data for the period to September showed us the gloomy reality for businesses before the Budget as stalling investment and hiring plans fuelled rising redundancies and unemployment. The Bank of England voted 8-1 to

Trump, Tariffs, Budgets and Biscoff – what the big events mean for savers and investors

Nov 08 2024 67 mins  
On this week’s episode of the AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast, Danni Hewson and Charlene Young assess the market reaction to Donald Trump winning the US presidential election and heading back to the White House. There have been some clear winners and losers as investors pile into so-called “Trump Trades” with bitcoin, banks and Tesla among the biggest gainers. The potenti

Investment Trust Show #9: The China recovery, Scottish Mortgage underperformance, and the lowdown on VCTs

Nov 03 2024 53 mins  
This month’s bonus podcast from the AJ Bell Money & Markets team on investment trusts explores the underperformance at the UK’s biggest investment Trust, Scottish Mortgage, and looks at why investors are becoming less enthused with ESG. Danni Hewson catches up with Dale Nicholls, manager of the Fidelity China Special Situations Trust to talk about Chinese stimulus measures

Budget reaction: what the announcement means for pensions, savings, investments and personal finances

Oct 30 2024 22 mins  
The AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast team react to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget, explaining how the new rules affect consumers and businesses. There was a lot of speculation about big changes to the tax system so Danni Hewson, Charlene Young and Dan Coatsworth cover off the main points, explaining which rates are changing and which ones are staying the same. This includes

The good, bad and ugly of earnings season plus what to consider ahead of the US elections

Oct 25 2024 44 mins  
On this episode of the AJ Bell money and markets podcast Danni Hewson is joined by Shares Magazine editor Tom Sieber to pick through the most interesting points of this earnings season so far. From the re-jig of the menu at Starbucks from the new man in charge as sales keep falling to a Netflix subscription slowdown, Tesla’s return to better form and in the UK Hollywood Bowl’s

Why UK inflation is in good news territory and the future for weight-loss drug companies

Oct 18 2024 60 mins  
On this week’s AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast, Danni Hewson and Charlene Young assess the market reaction to a large fall in UK inflation which has raised expectations that the Bank of England might cut rates twice before the end of the year. They’re joined by Tom Selby, AJ Bell’s director of public policy, to discuss ongoing Budget speculation which has unsettled many p

Google’s break-up threat and why US markets have performed badly for UK investors

Oct 11 2024 55 mins  
On this week’s episode of the AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast Danni Hewson and Laith Khalaf discuss if Google could really be broken up. It’s something the US government has asked a court to consider over concerns over its dominance of the search space. They also discuss why our waning appetite for snacks has taken a bite out of PepsiCo’s sales and why a cost shock sent U

Investment Trust Show #8: Investing in private equity, finding income and exploring Baillie Gifford’s Monks trust

Oct 07 2024 54 mins  
This month’s bonus podcast from the AJ Bell Money & Markets team on investment trusts explores two different ways to add a flavour of private equity to ISAs and pensions. We talk to Oakley Capital Investments’ Steven Tredget about tapping into private equity funds, while Gresham House’s Ken Wotton, fund manager of Strategic Equity Capital, explains how to apply private eq

The fight against scams, investing in Wetherspoons, and money still flooding into Cash ISAs

Oct 04 2024 56 mins  
This week’s episode of the AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast discusses scams and how banks and big tech companies are working together to protect consumers and stop people losing money. Dan Coatsworth chats about the divergent fortunes for Nike and JD Sports as they issue their latest financial results. Laith Khalaf explains the big changes to energy bills and what people can d

China leads share rally, tax traps for high earning parents and £1.4 billion in unclaimed child trust funds

Sep 27 2024 54 mins  
On this week’s episode of the AJ Bell Money & Markets podcast: Dan Coatsworth looks at the market reaction to China’s stimulus package to boost growth and a six-times earnings mortgage announcement from Nationwide. Charlene Young talks us through a cliff-edge in the tax system that could lose high earning parents up to £20,000 in childcare support and how pension contribu