Podcasts

Alec Cutler: it feels like the 1970s – what should you buy?
Investment strategy

Alec Cutler: it feels like the 1970s – what should you buy?

Merryn talks to Alec Cutler of the Orbis Global Balanced Fund about the inflation of the 1970s compared with that of today, and what investors can do …
18 Feb 2022
Shareholder democracy – returning power to to the people
Stockmarkets

Shareholder democracy – returning power to to the people

Merryn and John talk about returning power to the ultimate owners of corporations – the shareholders. Most of us own stakes in companies, but we can't…
11 Feb 2022
Sandy Nairn: the end of the “everything bubble” could destroy $75trn of assets
Stockmarkets

Sandy Nairn: the end of the “everything bubble” could destroy $75trn of assets

Merryn talks to Sandy Nairn of Edinburgh Partners about his new book and the bursting of the “everything bubble” as liquidity drains out of the market…
4 Feb 2022
Julian Brigden: markets are at a huge inflexion point
Investment strategy

Julian Brigden: markets are at a huge inflexion point

Merryn talks to Julian Brigden of Macro Intelligence 2 Partners about the unwinding of the US stockmarket's super-bubble, and the risks and opportunit…
25 Jan 2022
Barry Norris: investing for a post-pandemic world
Investment strategy

Barry Norris: investing for a post-pandemic world

Barry Norris, manager of the Argonaut absolute return fund, explains what the investment landscape looks like in a post pandemic world, with the end o…
21 Jan 2022
Temple Bar’s Ian Lance and Nick Purves: the essence of value investing
Investment strategy

Temple Bar’s Ian Lance and Nick Purves: the essence of value investing

Ian Lance and Nick Purves of the Temple Bar investment trust explain the essence of “value investing” – buying something for less than its intrinsic v…
14 Jan 2022
The MoneyWeek Podcast: happy new year! Are we in for a year of misery?
Investments

The MoneyWeek Podcast: happy new year! Are we in for a year of misery?

Merryn and John ring in 2022 with the first podcast of the new year, discussing energy prices, house prices and interest rates, plus the definition of…
7 Jan 2022
The MoneyWeek Podcast: a very strange year, when forecasting anything became almost impossible
Investment strategy

The MoneyWeek Podcast: a very strange year, when forecasting anything became almost impossible

Merryn and John talk about the past year in the markets, the rise of inflation and the bond market's reaction (or lack of it), and conclude that nothi…
23 Dec 2021
Steen Jakobsen: reality has become outrageous
Investment strategy

Steen Jakobsen: reality has become outrageous

Merryn talks to Steen Jakobsen of Saxo Bank about his annual “outrageous predictions” – and how reality is proving a match for anything he can come up…
17 Dec 2021
The MoneyWeek Podcast: George Maher on what we can learn from the fall of the Roman Empire
Economy

The MoneyWeek Podcast: George Maher on what we can learn from the fall of the Roman Empire

In the latest MoneyWeek Podcast, Merryn talks to actuary and author George Maher about the economy of the Roman Empire and what eventually led to its …
10 Dec 2021
Ewan Markson-Brown: the joy of small companies
Investment strategy

Ewan Markson-Brown: the joy of small companies

Merryn talks to Ewan Markson-Brown of Crux Asset Management about why when it comes to emerging markets, he much prefers to invest in micro- and small…
3 Dec 2021
Vivek Ramaswamy: beware of the "woke industrial complex"
Investment strategy

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
Tim Hayes: why I'm bullish on US and European stocks, but not the UK
Investment strategy

Tim Hayes: why I'm bullish on US and European stocks, but not the UK

Merryn talks to Tim Hayes, chief global investment strategist of Ned Davis Research, about why he's so bullish on US growth stocks, but not so keen o…
24 Nov 2021
Spencer Adair: getting rich slowly with “cockroach” companies
Investment strategy

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
The MoneyWeek Podcast: climate change, global population and inflation
Investment strategy

The MoneyWeek Podcast: climate change, global population and inflation

Merryn and John talk about the COP climate change summit; why the short-term answer to our energy needs is be nuclear (and why it's a lot safer than p…
12 Nov 2021
Dale Robertson: why Europe is a great place to be a stock picker
European stockmarkets

Dale Robertson: why Europe is a great place to be a stock picker

Merryn talks to Dale Robertson of the Chelverton European Select Fund about the opportunities available to investors in European companies – especiall…
5 Nov 2021
Andrew Hunt: why it's a great time to be a deep value investor
Value investing

Andrew Hunt: why it's a great time to be a deep value investor

Merryn talks to Andrew Hunt, author of Better Value Investing, about his adventures in the market's dark underbelly, looking for the hated and neglec…
22 Oct 2021
Inflation, energy crisis, strikes – have we gone back to the 1970s?
Investment strategy

Inflation, energy crisis, strikes – have we gone back to the 1970s?

Merryn and John talk about rising prices, productivity and the state of the labour market, plus are bond investors really the adults in the room, and …
15 Oct 2021
James Ferguson: the scope for bond-market disaster is very real
Economy

James Ferguson: the scope for bond-market disaster is very real

Merryn talks to James Ferguson of Macro Strategy partners about central bankers, money supply and inflation, plus why we're on the edge of a very sign…
8 Oct 2021
Gary Channon: the importance of allocating capital wisely
Investment strategy

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
Rob Arnott: Covid's hidden investment opportunities
Investment strategy

Rob Arnott: Covid's hidden investment opportunities

Merryn talks to Rob Arnott of Research Affiliates about some of the unexpected consequences of Covid and their opportunities for investors, plus the "…
24 Sep 2021
Kieran Heinemann: the history of shareholder capitalism
Investment strategy

Kieran Heinemann: the history of shareholder capitalism

Merryn talks to Kieran Heinemann, author of Playing the Market: Retail Investment and Speculation in Twentieth-Century Britain, about the history of t…
17 Sep 2021
The MoneyWeek Podcast: Anna Macdonald on hunting down the big companies of tomorrow
Investment strategy

The MoneyWeek Podcast: Anna Macdonald on hunting down the big companies of tomorrow

Merryn talks to Anna Macdonald of Amati Global Investors about the opportunities in UK small companies, the sectors she likes now, and how she finds t…
10 Sep 2021
The MoneyWeek Podcast: Sebastian Lyon on the benefits of being boring
Investment strategy

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