We meet Rob Peterman, Chief Commercial Officer at the Toronto Stock Exchange, to look at the newly released TSX30 list of top-performing Canadian companies.

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00:00 What is the TSX30?

03:04 The sectors dominating 2024's TSX30

05:20 Trends to be seen in this year's TSX30

09:33 What can we learn from the dividend picture of the TSX 30 components this year, compared with when the list was first launched?

11:28 How are leading Canadian companies using and raising capital?

13:12 Which companies are consistently in the TSX30, and why?

15:06 What does the TSX30 tells us about Canadian and global markets?

17:32 What does the TSX30 tell non-Canadian investors about the Canadian stock market?

19:40 Find out more about the TSX30

This week Stuart Fieldhouse meets Ryan Lightfoot-Aminoff, Investment Trust Analyst at Kepler Partners. On the episode they discuss how different trust managers handle the concentration risk of investing in Magnificent Seven stocks such as Apple and Nvidia, good reasons why trusts have discounts and the advantages of trusts over ETFs.

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00:35 Intro to Kepler

01:22 What is an investment trust's discount?

02:08 The US market and election results

05:11 Concentration risk in the Magnificent Seven stocks

08:03 Managing portfolio risk with investment trusts

11:11 Different reasons why investment trusts have discounts

16:10 Mergers in the trust sector

20:15 Why might it be easier to buy an existing trust rather than launch a new one?

22:09 Advantages of Investment Trusts vs ETFs

Stuart Fieldhouse meets fund manager Jordan Zinberg of Bedford Park Capital. Jordan manages the fund's portfolio of around 20 Canadian smallcap companies and describes how he selects stocks. He also talks with Stuart about the Canadian smallcap market in general and the effect that short-selling is having on stocks.

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00:00 Intro to Bedford Park Capital with Jordan Zinberg

01:41 Portfolio concentration, and the Canadian smallcap market

03:03 Overview of the Canadian equities markets vs the US market

05:44 How does a smallcap manager add value?

08:24 How Jordan picks his investments and generate alpha

11:52 Red flags to avoid

14:20 Jordan's top-performing stocks: Source Energy [TSX:SHLE]

21:08 Jordan's top-performing stocks: Propel [TSX:PRL]

23:33 Favoured sectors

25:02 Geographical bias

26:07 Short-selling in the Canadian market

This week on the Investing, Money & Markets podcast Stuart Fieldhouse talks to Mobeen Tahir, Director for Macroeconomics and Thematic Research at WisdomTree. Those who attended our Beyond the Channel investment event in London last year will have caught his excellent presentation on artificial intelligence.

Stuart and Mobeen chat about three of the key drivers of the technology sector at the moment, namely artificial intelligence, the cloud and cyber security. Each sub-sector has its own interesting dynamics in store for investors, although artificial intelligence certainly seems to be stealing the show at the moment.

NVIDIA aside, we discuss whether there are operational efficiencies in the AI value chain which could create opportunities for upstarts, how the cloud has changed in the last 15 years or so, and whether there is more to the cyber security sector than just the vanilla defence play.

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00:00 How did the pandemic change the Technology sector?

02:53 Nvidia hype, and the next Nvidia

05:51 The AI value chain

08:38 Ocado as an AI business

10:30 Cloud companies as an investment theme

13:20 How will the cloud computing sector develop over the next decade?

16:24 Can David beat Goliath in the AI space?

19:16 Cybersecurity: more than a defensive strategy

23:17 Internet of Things: an opportunity for cybersec

Stuart Fieldhouse talks with Dan Blondal, CEO of battery materials firm Nano One. Nano One is listed on the Toronto Venture Stock Exchange [TSX:NANO] and NASDAQ [NDQ:NNOMF].

Since Dan was last on the podcast, Nano One has progressed with its panel of strategic partnerships, including with giants like Rio Tinto and Sumitomo Metal Mining.

Nano One has established itself as an important component in the fast-growing area of lithium-ion battery supply chains thanks to its proprietary One Pot process. Dan takes questions from me on some of the challenges the battery sector still faces, and whether companies in the West can continue to compete effectively against Chinese counterparts.

Also up for discussion is Nano One’s recent announcement of a further partnership deal, this time with Worley Chemetics. We talk about how this could be a possible game changer for Nano One, helping it to quickly reach new markets under a time scale that would not previously have been possible. Dan also fills us in on his plans for the next 12-18 months.

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00:00 Intro to Nano One

01:47 What kinds of batteries use Nano One's products?

02:39 The investment by Sumitomo Metals Mining

04:33 The Worley Chemetics connection

11:49 Waste in the battery production chain

14:40 Commercialisation plans for Lithium-ion materials

19:43 Nano One's portfolio of IP and patents

22:33 Can the West compete effectively with China in this space?

24:41 Future plans and government funding

On the podcast with Stuart Fieldhouse for this episode we have Paul Major, Investment Manager of FTSE 250-listed, GBP700m Bellevue Healthcare Trust (LON:BBH).

Stuart and Paul discuss the future of the healthcare sector in the UK, US and China, the use of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare, ESG and the expansion of private healthcare around the world.

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00:00 Intro to the Bellevue Healthcare Investment Trust

03:57 The trust's share buybacks and gearing

06:14 Upside of healthcare sector tech stocks

11:12 Tapping into the expansion of private healthcare

15:55 Why have healthcare companies been doing so well?

23:15 How important is government funding to profitability?

26:16 Healthcare in China and Asia

29:40 Use of AI in healthcare

37:00 The obesity epidemic

45:20 ESG factors in the healthcare sector

Stuart Fieldhouse is joined for a Commodities update by regular guest Nitesh Shah, Head of Commodities & Macroeconomic Research at WisdomTree.

Stuart and Nitesh cover Gold, Silver, Oil and Natural Gas, and two 'softs' - Cocoa and Coffee. What's affecting the price of coffee and will a future of changing weather patterns throw out established patterns in the commodity market?

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00:00 Welcome back Nitesh Shah

00:28 Gold

05:33 Why are Central Banks loading up on gold?

10:27 Silver

13:44 Copper

18:32 Cocoa and Coffee

24:23 Commodity cycles and changing weather patterns

28:24 Crude oil and Natural Gas

32:22 Natural Gas and concentration risk

35:58 Oil prices and geopolitical risk

Host Stuart Fieldhouse is joined on this podcast episode by Annabel Brodie-Smith of the Association of Investment Companies. Annabel explains the world of investment trusts for the complete beginner: what are investment trusts and why should you have them in your portfolio?

We discuss the relationship between investment funds and the managers who make the investment decisions, and the sorts of markets and strategies investors can access using these listed vehicles. Annabel explains how investment trusts are priced and how the discount / premium equation works. 

Also on the podcast we look at why investment trusts own an advantage over open ended funds when it comes to illiquid assets like property and private equity, and why and how a trust board can fire its manager. We also briefly look at some of the excellent research tools available for investors on the AIC's own website

00:00 What is an Investment Trust?

02:38 How the board of directors and the fund manager interact

05:18 What sorts of assets do trusts invest in?

07:37 Who invest in trusts: retail investor, institutions and professionals

08:46 ISA millionaires: putting investment trusts in ISAs and SIPPs

09:50 Dividend Heroes: for income investors

11:48 What are the Discount and the NAV?

15:41 Accessing private equity and illiquid assets such as property

17:44 Why are a few trusts restricted to "experienced" investors?

20:55 How often do boards fire fund managers?

22:54 Management fees

24:21 Share buybacks

25:35 Find out more on theaic.co.uk

Pierre Debru is back on the podcast to chat with host, Stuart Fieldhouse about the biggest market themes right now. Pierre talks about designing a portfolio with thematic ETFs while managing concentration risk.

Pierre is the head of Quantitative Analysis and Multi-Asset Analysis at WisdomTree.

00:00 What is Multi-Thematic investing?

04:10 What themes have performed well lately?

08:41 What is the appeal of this type of investing?

10:51 How does WisdomTree designing these funds?

15:49 Is the ETF sector overweight in some themes?

16:29 How an investors build their own multi-thematic strategy?

21:41 Managing risk in portfolios

26:01 Concentration risk in the US stock market

This week, podcast host Stuart Fieldhouse chats to Steve Palmer of AlphaNorth Asset Management, a Canadian firm which runs a hedge fund focused on the small-cap end of the Canadian stock market.

00:00 Intro to AlphaNorth Asset Management

01:19 Biases in the Canadian small-cap market

02:40 Steve's views on market sectors

03:37 Focus on mining and oil stocks

04:09 Are mining stocks cheap to buy right now?

05:39 Predicting the next hot mining sector

06:24 What to look for in a good small-cap investment

07:32 Warrants

08:47 IPOs and advice for companies looking for investors

10:43 Private placements

11:35 Optimism for the Canadian small-cap market

13:55 Interesting sectors

15:45 Company debt

16:35 Are long track records important for small-caps?

19:04 Stocks Steve likes

20:20 PDAC Toronto

22:48 Checking the other shareholders