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
The MoneyWeek Podcast: climate change, global population and inflation
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 MoneyWeek Podcast: lorry drivers, Brexit, and why now is a good time to buy UK stocks
The MoneyWeek Podcast: lorry drivers, Brexit, and why now is a good time to buy UK stocks
The UK is facing shortages of everything from chicken to microchips. Is Brexit really to blame? Merryn and John discuss the boom-bust nature of the ha…
27 Aug 2021
Edward Bonham Carter: things will only get harder from here
Edward Bonham Carter: things will only get harder from here
Merryn talks to Jupiter Asset Management's Edward Bonham Carter about where to find cheap assets, what happens if we have a "Japan like bear market", …
20 Aug 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
Joe Bauernfreund: why Japan is an active investor's dream market
Joe Bauernfreund: why Japan is an active investor's dream market
Merryn talks to Joe Bauernfreund of the AVI Japan Opportunity Trust about the opportunities for investors in Japan, a hugely under-researched market w…
29 Jul 2021
Brian Pellegrini: why America isn't going back to work
Brian Pellegrini: why America isn't going back to work
Brian Pellegrini, founder of Intertemporal Economics, talks to Merryn about the post pandemic economy; why Americans aren't returning to work; plus in…
22 Jul 2021
The MoneyWeek Podcast: Asia, financial repression and the nature of capitalism
The MoneyWeek Podcast: Asia, financial repression and the nature of capitalism
Russell Napier talks to Merryn about financial repression – or "stealing money from old people slowly" – plus how Asian capitalism is taking over in t…
16 Jul 2021
Niall Ferguson: why we'll never be prepared for disaster
Niall Ferguson: why we'll never be prepared for disaster
Professor Niall Ferguson talks to Merryn about the nature of catastrophe and disaster; why we should perhaps stop worrying about Covid and start worry…
9 Jul 2021
Jim Mellon: What I'm buying now – UK stocks, agtech and commodities
Jim Mellon: What I'm buying now – UK stocks, agtech and commodities
Jim Mellon tells Merryn which stocks he likes (and which ones he doesn't), why the future of meat is lab-grown, and why you should definitely have som…
2 Jul 2021
Andy Haldane: bitcoin as money is a fanciful idea that should fill us with horror
Andy Haldane: bitcoin as money is a fanciful idea that should fill us with horror
Andy Haldane, the Bank of England's outgoing chief economist, tells Merryn why he isn't a fan of bitcoin as money; why the BoE is actively considering…
25 Jun 2021
The MoneyWeek Podcast: inflation and what to do about it
The MoneyWeek Podcast: inflation and what to do about it
John and Merryn talk about the latest inflation figures and ask if it really is a temporary thing, Plus, the origin myth of the 2% target; demographic…
18 Jun 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
The MoneyWeek Podcast: the things on which we are definitely right
The MoneyWeek Podcast: the things on which we are definitely right
Merryn and John talk about the UK's V-shaped recovery; how private equity is gobbling up UK listed companies; and bitcoin – is it worth anything? Is i…
21 May 2021