On this week's show Adrian Lowcock, head of personal investing at Willis Owen, joins the team to look at what drove markets in 2018 and what might shape the investment landscape in 2019. They assess the prospects for areas including UK equity growth and income, China and tech shares. 

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As 2018 ends with UK equity markets on shaky ground, big clouds hang over many sectors for the year ahead. From struggling high street retailers to safe property plays, and buoyant industrials to takeover-ripe payments firms, our companies writers look at the themes which are set to dominate 2019, whichever way near-term political sentiment blows. 

Produced by Dominic Toms. Featuring music by Scotch and Soda feat. Pastor McPurvis.

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The psychology of investing is different to the psychology of trading. Longer time horizons mean the investor’s mindset needs to be different to that of a trader. Self-made millionaire investor and author Mark Shipman and Oliver Smith, Portfolio Manager at IG, discuss how to ignore short-term noise, hold your nerve in times of market volatility, and retain focus on long-term targets.

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On this week's Personal Finance Show, the team are joined by Peter Elston, chief investment officer at Seneca Investment Management, and Dave Baxter, deputy editor of Money Management and Asset Allocator, to discuss how investors should prepare for potential volatility in stock markets next week.

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On the week's Companies & Markets Show IC editor John Hughman talks to Julia Faurschou and Phil Oakley about two companies turning their backs on North American expansion, and two very UK-centric companies faring rather better than you might expect.

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Every trader makes mistakes. But there are a number of things you can do to minimise those occasions. Andreas Clenow, Chief Investment Officer at ACIES Asset Management, and Chris Beauchamp, IG's Chief Market Analyst, share their thoughts on how to avoiding making mistakes. Solid preparation, sticking to a trading plan, keeping records and cutting losses quickly can make a big difference.

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On this week's Personal Finance Show, the team discuss how politics and central banks dominated the news agenda this week, and how bizarre comments from across the pond sent US equities higher. Investors Chronicle economist Chris Dillow and manager of the Odyssean Investment Trust Stuart Widdowson explain what the Bank of England report on Brexit really means, and what signs investors should use to decide asset allocation. Stuart talks about the impact of political uncertainty on UK equities and what this has meant as a fund manager and deputy personal finance editor, Taha Lokhandwala, and Chris discuss this week's Portfolio Clinic.

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On this week's IC Companies and Markets Show, editor John Hughman talks to Alex Newman about what could be the twilight of the oil industry, while Phil Oakley explains why the share prices of some former investor favourites are on the slide.

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In trading, you can make more losing trades than winning trades and still make money. But while it is key to always cut losses and run profits, that can be harder than it sounds. Pride means wanting to be proved right, while fear can drive us to grab at profits. Bestselling author and founder of TurtleTrader.com Michael Covel, and self-made millionaire investor and author Mark Shipman mull taking the correct psychological approach with each trade. 

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In this week's show David Cornell, manager of India Capital Growth Fund, says where he is finding the best growth opportunities in the Indian market. Deputy personal finance editor Taha Lokhandwala profiles some financials funds that are turning to tech, and David explains why two of his largest holdings are technology companies.

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