Warren Buffett’s net worth: how the billionaire built his fortune
Warren Buffett’s net worth: how the billionaire built his fortune
Warren Buffett is considered by many to be the best investor of all time. Rupert Hargreaves examines how much Buffett is worth, how he made his fortun…
9 Jun 2022
James Anderson: innovation is still the key to returns
James Anderson: innovation is still the key to returns
James Anderson, the man behind the Scottish Mortgage investment trust, tells Merryn Somerset Webb what he’d buy now
13 May 2022
A simple investment lesson from Warren Buffett that even children can learn
A simple investment lesson from Warren Buffett that even children can learn
Warren Buffett has an incredible investment record. And at the core of his strategy there is one very simple principle. Rupert Hargreaves explains wha…
6 May 2022
James Anderson: the trouble with the fund management industry
James Anderson: the trouble with the fund management industry
Merryn talks to Baillie Gifford's James Anderson about his career at Scottish Mortgage; the roles and responsibilities of the wider fund management in…
22 Apr 2022
Carl Icahn: “King Kong” takes a bite of McDonald’s
Carl Icahn: “King Kong” takes a bite of McDonald’s
Legendary corporate raider Carl Icahn is showing a softer side, taking a slice of fast-food giant McDonald’s to improve animal welfare. No doubt he is…
12 Mar 2022
Vivek Ramaswamy: beware of the "woke industrial complex"
Vivek Ramaswamy: beware of the "woke industrial complex"
Merryn talks to author and investor Vivek Ramaswamy about how big fund managers are using ESG investing to undermine the foundations of democracy.
26 Nov 2021
Spencer Adair: getting rich slowly with “cockroach” companies
Spencer Adair: getting rich slowly with “cockroach” companies
Merryn talks to Spencer Adair of the Monks Investment Trust about how he shuns “glamorous” growth to find solid “cockroach” companies that thrive over…
19 Nov 2021
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Gary Channon: the importance of allocating capital wisely
Gary Channon: the importance of allocating capital wisely
Merryn talks to Gary Channon of Phoenix Asset Management about his investment style and the balance between diversification and performance. Plus, cap…
1 Oct 2021
The MoneyWeek Podcast: Sebastian Lyon on the benefits of being boring
The MoneyWeek Podcast: Sebastian Lyon on the benefits of being boring
Merryn talks to Sebastian Lyon, founder and CEO of Troy Asset Management and manager of Personal Assets Trust, on his “boring” approach to asset manag…
3 Sep 2021
The US is in one of the greatest bubbles in financial history
The US is in one of the greatest bubbles in financial history
Jeremy Grantham, who has a history of getting big calls right, fears slumps in several wildly overpriced markets (including UK property). He tells Mer…
3 Sep 2021
Jeremy Grantham, we're in one of the greatest bubbles in financial history
Jeremy Grantham, we're in one of the greatest bubbles in financial history
Merryn talks to Jeremy Grantham of GMO about the current state of the markets and where investors can "hide" from all the craziness, plus inequality, …
5 Aug 2021
Mayssa Al Midani: agritech, nutrition and climate change – feeding the world while caring for the planet
Mayssa Al Midani: agritech, nutrition and climate change – feeding the world while caring for the planet
Merryn talks to Mayssa Al Midani of the Pictet Nutrition fund about how she invests in feeding the world's expanding population in a sustainable way, …
4 Jun 2021
Simon French: why post-pandemic inflation will be short-lived
Simon French: why post-pandemic inflation will be short-lived
Merryn talks to Simon French, chief economist with Panmure Gordon, about why he believes inflation will be transitory and the world will be back to th…
28 May 2021
Tom Slater of Scottish Mortgage: growth, the pandemic, and the importance of optimism
Tom Slater of Scottish Mortgage: growth, the pandemic, and the importance of optimism
Merryn talks to Tom Slater of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust about investing in growth, the pandemic and its aftermath, why optimism will alwa…
30 Apr 2021
Warren Buffett: things are looking bleak for bond investors
Warren Buffett: things are looking bleak for bond investors
Warren Buffett, America’s best-known investor, has warned shareholders in his investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway that “bonds are not the place to b…
5 Mar 2021
James Henderson: buy banks
James Henderson: buy banks
James Henderson, director of UK investment trusts at Janus Henderson Investors, is a fan of British banking stocks.
22 Feb 2021
Cathie Wood: the superstar investor shooting for the stars
Cathie Wood: the superstar investor shooting for the stars
Cathie Wood has quietly built a reputation for picking the unloved and misunderstood stocks that go on to thrive. She has just launched a new ETF that…
21 Feb 2021
Bondholders beware – inflation is coming, says Jeremy Siegel
Bondholders beware – inflation is coming, says Jeremy Siegel
With vaccines promising an end to lockdowns, inflation won't be far behind, warns Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at Wharton.
26 Jan 2021
Why investment forecasting is futile
Why investment forecasting is futile
Every year events prove that forecasting is futile and 2020 was no exception, says Bill Miller, chairman and chief investment officer of Miller Value …
18 Jan 2021
Bill Ackman: beware of short-term market volatility
Bill Ackman: beware of short-term market volatility
Bill Ackman, founder of the Pershing Square hedge fund, is upbeat on prospects for markets in 2021, but is worried about short-term volatility as coro…
27 Nov 2020
Jeremy Grantham: US should focus on “green” infrastructure spending
Jeremy Grantham: US should focus on “green” infrastructure spending
Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of asset manager GMO, says the US must set out on a new “green” Marshall Plan to tackle climate change.
13 Nov 2020
Jonathan Ruffer: tech stocks have become “long-duration assets”
Jonathan Ruffer: tech stocks have become “long-duration assets”
As with bonds, tech stocks are now held not because of that they are, but because of what investors fear if they don't hold them, says Jonathan Ruffer…
16 Oct 2020