Money & Me Podcast

In today's episode Graham Rowan meets the UK's first ISA millionaire, Lord John Lee of Trafford. 

John explains his approach to investing, why he likes ISAs rather than pensions and names some of the companies that feature in his portfolio. 

He also explains why he defected from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats and why he stays away from investing in property. 

I'm proud of the range and calibre of guests who have given up their time to appear on Money & Me, but I have to rank the Steve Baker session as the best so far.  Just a flavour of what we covered and his response to some challenging questions:

- "We didn’t get into this mess with government that was too small or money that was too sound - whatever crisis we’re in, it’s a crisis of Big Government"

- "This is an epoch defining moment where we either seize liberty and continue the upward march of human progress or we demand even bigger government and the destination is ruin and despair."

- "This is a time for choosing and we’re going to need some fantastic leadership from some great world leaders in the next couple of years". (The strange noise you hear in the background is me holding my breath waiting for this great leadership to emerge).

- "What do you want? More government, more coercion, more false promises that can’t be kept or to live in a system of honest money, honest taxation and honest government that lives within its means."

- On Brexit – "the governing class has fundamentally not accepted the result. Most people in politics want power for themselves, I want to give it away."

This interview will restore your faith in the calibre of our politicians, at least until you realise that Steve is more or less a loan voice even within the Tory party. 

Graham Rowan interviews property expert John Howard to find out how he thinks the property market will fare after lockdown. He also reveals his own formula for getting his rent paid and who might be the winners and losers in a post Covid19 world.

What is really happening in the UK property market at the moment?

Lots of gurus are offering opinions but, as serious investors, we want to base our decisions on data. So we went to the top - Richard Donnell, the research and insight director of Zoopla, the UK's largest property platform.

My guest in this episode has over 25 years experience in analysing the UK and international property markets including 12 years as Research Director for Savills, 13 years as a Director at Hometrack and now as Research and Insight Director at Zoopla 
He is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the residential market by Property Week.

Graham Rowan interviews Richard Donnell to discover:
- how much the Covid19 shut down impacted property transactions
- what has happened since the property sector was allowed to open up again
- regional differences across the market
- changes in the rental market versus the sales market
- changes to commercial property brought on by new habits developed in lockdown
- most important of all, where are property prices heading in the aftermath of the pandemic?

Graham Rowan catches up with one of the most popular guests from the original series of Money & Me, Claer Barrett. @ClaerB is the personal finance editor of the Financial Times and winner of the coveted Financial Commentator of the Year Award. 

Graham Rowan meets stock market legend Justin Urquhart Stewart to hear what Mr Red Braces thinks about the impact of Coronavirus and what investors should do about it. He even has a creative suggestion that the government might just buy into... 

Graham Rowan interviews Money Week writer and value investing fund manager Tim Price about the impact of Covid19 on the financial markets and what investors should do about it.    

Elite Investor Club chairman Graham Rowan meets Money Week writer and value investing fund manager Tim Price to find out what makes him tick and what advice he has for investors in the troubled waters of 2019. 

Graham Rowan from Elite Investor Club meets comedian, author, voice over artist and Money Week writer Dominic Frisby. 

Graham Rowan from Elite Investor Club interviews serial entrepreneur and top business coach Dan Bradbury. Find out about his famous former girlfriend and the near fatal cycling accident that changed his life.