The Personal Investor
The Personal Investor
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…Social links:
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Our biggest lessons - and mistakes - of 2024
This week - it’s our last podcast of the year and we are in reflective mood. We’ll be looking back at the year just gone and looking forward to the year to come, running through a few of the lessons that 2024 has held for investors. Popular for its jargon-free approach, clear analysis and fresh pe…
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Market news today - ending 2024 on a high
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets. This week in the markets: 2024 ends with a bang - will 2025 be a third year of gains or the end of the party; and the final week before Christmas clears the decks with inflation and growth data and the last interest rate decisions of the…
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Market news today - global unrest can’t shake market hopes
Fidelity’s Ed Monk reviews the stories moving markets. In the markets this week: Oil and gold react to Syria and South Korea unrest, but US market hopes grow for 2025
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Who should really be the target of Inheritance Tax?
This week - is Inheritance Tax about to move from being a rich person’s problem to something many more ordinary people have to worry about? Planned changes are expected to significantly widen the net of Inheritance Tax. Will you be affected and where will IHT hit hardest? That’s the focus today,…
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Market news today - the market view of Trump 2.0
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets. In the markets this week: reading the scorecard, a month on from the US election; and France briefly pays more to borrow than Greece.
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3 lessons from the past 25 years and cash returns in 2025
3 lessons from the past 25 years and cash returns in 2025 This week, how do you assess the first quarter of the 21st century in investment terms? Luckily Tom Stevenson has had a front row seat for all of it and joins us to answer that question. And then we’ll ask what the future holds for cash sa…
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Market news today - Trump Trade turns into Santa Rally
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets. This week in the markets: inflation is the main focus ahead of December’s rate-setting meetings; and continuing US leadership is the consensus view as investors settle on their 2025 Outlooks.
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Is the UK economy about to catch a cold?
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 marke…
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Market news today - 1998 all over again?
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.
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Help! I missed the ‘Trump Bump’
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 sideli…
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