The Personal Investor

Nov 20 2024 100 ep. 17 mins 217

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With its approachable style and no-nonsense views, The Personal Investor is the essential weekly investing podcast for smart investors. Join Ed Monk as he explores investing, financial news, stock markets and economics.

With his 360˚ view of the world of investment, Ed provides a well-balanced take on the latest developments together with expert insights to help you grow your capital, manage your investment portfolio and make the most of the money markets.

Popular for its jargon-free approach, clear analysis and fresh perspective, The Personal Investor podcast helps shine a light on the latest market developments for the savvy UK investor.

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Please remember that the value of investments, and the income from them, can go down as well as up, so you may get back less than you invest. The views expressed may no longer be current and may have already been acted upon and is not a personal recommendation for any particular investment. If you are unsure about the suitability of an investment you should speak to an authorised financial adviser.

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Is the UK economy about to catch a cold?

Nov 20 2024 20 mins

This week, with the world changing around it, what kind of shape is the UK economy in? The latest updates on growth were disappointing, and there may be more difficult news to come on inflation and interest rates. What does that mean for our finances, the Government’s accounts, and the stock market? That’s the focus today, as well as the latest ups and downs in markets. Host, E

Market news today - 1998 all over again?

Nov 18 2024 11 mins

Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets. This week in the markets: investors position themselves for Trump 2.0 nearly two weeks after the Presidential election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Help! I missed the ‘Trump Bump’

Nov 13 2024 22 mins

This week - did you miss the ‘Trump Trade’? And if you did, and with markets surging all over the place, is FOMO setting in? We're focusing today on the prospects for investing money after Donald Trump’s victory in the US Presidential Election - especially for those who have been sat on the sidelines. Is the Trump bounce over, will it last and what’s the smart place to put

Market news today - weighing up the Trump Bump

Nov 11 2024 9 mins

Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets. This week in the markets: US investors assess the Trump bump; the UK weighs up Rachel Reeves’s Budget; and China stimulus disappoints.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Are investors right to cheer Trump's victory?

Nov 06 2024 23 mins

This week, we’re reacting - along with the rest of the world - to the Donald Trump victory in the US Presidential Election. Not all the permutations are known - at time of recording at least - but the direction of travel is not in doubt. Four more years of Trump and a powerful mandate to deliver on his agenda. Popular for its jargon-free approach, clear analysis and fresh perspec

Market news today - America decides

Nov 04 2024 9 mins

Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets. This week in the markets: Investors watch nervously as a knife-edge US election approaches; markets settle after Rachel Reeves tax, spend and borrow Budget; central banks are expected to cut rates on both sides of the Atlantic; and highly rated markets in the US and India lose momentum.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr

Autumn Budget 2024: Labour’s big tax gamble

Nov 01 2024 33 mins

This week, we are reacting, of course, to the Budget - the first of this Labour government and historically significant in its scale. What are the stories revealed in the numbers that the Chancellor didn’t tell us from the dispatch box this week? And where does it all leave our finances? Popular for its jargon-free approach, clear analysis and fresh perspective, The Personal Inve

Market news today - politics in focus

Oct 28 2024 9 mins

Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets. This week in the markets: politics is in the spotlight as the UK prepares for a big tax-raising budget; America heads towards a crucial Presidential election; and Japan punishes the ruling LDP party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Market news today - can the winning streak go on?

Oct 21 2024 5 mins

Fidelity’s Ed Monk reviews the stories moving markets. This week in the markets: Around a fifth of companies in the S&P 500 are due to report this week, likely testing the market’s six week-long winning streak as gold surges and UK investors brace for incoming tax rises at the Budget next week.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Bull Run is two years old - will it make three?

Oct 16 2024 16 mins

This week, we’re celebrating the second anniversary of the stock market bull run. And with share prices breaking new ground seemingly as each week passes, investors will be celebrating too - but can the party last? That’s the focus today, as well as the latest ups and downs in markets. Host, Ed Monk, and his occasional guests provide a well-balanced take on the latest financial