The Personal Investor

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December 16, 2020 What did you learn in 2020?
This week on the show, the last we’ll record this year, we’re looking back on 2020 to ask what lessons it holds for investors as well as casting forward to 2021.
It hasn’t been an easy year for anyone, but many investors, at the end of it all, will be thankful it wasn’t much worse. What went wrong - and right - this year?
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27 min
December 15, 2020 Market Week - Brexit hopes offset Covid gloom
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets.
In this week's update:
Surging IPOs carry echoes of the dot.com bubble
Shares hold recent gains as Brexit hopes offset Covid gloom
Commodities and emerging markets push ahead

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13 min
December 09, 2020 Are these gains over-exuberance? | Will we see a Brexit shock to markets?
This week, should we be worried that the market appears in the grip of widespread euphoria? Dissenting voices have been banished for now but the past tells us that could be a sign of a melt-up in markets.
After optimism last week - now for a dose of pessimism.
And then, we’ll take stock of the latest Brexit developments and the prospect of No Deal.
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18 min
December 08, 2020 Market Week - Brexit negotiations in focus
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets.
In this week's update:
Shares give back some recent gains as vaccine and Brexit optimism fades
Emerging markets are analysts' favoured investment for 2021
ECB meets to discuss how to put a lid on the soaring euro

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11 min
December 03, 2020 Can shares take off in 2021? | Why gold losses are welcome
This week, we’re discussing the market’s latest change of mood. All of a sudden, haven assets like gold are out of fashion and optimism abounds that growth can take-off in 2021.
We’ll discuss why conditions might be set for a stock market growth spurt.
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20 min
December 01, 2020 Market Week - Global shares deliver record gains
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets.
In this week's update:
Shares complete their best-ever month in November
Commodities also head for multi-year highs despite grim economic news

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11 min
November 26, 2020 Does investing sustainably have an adverse effect on returns?
Today on the show, we’re taking a look at sustainable investing and asking the age-old question of whether investing ethically really need come at the expense of returns. Recent Fidelity research looking at company performance over 2020 suggests it doesn’t and that, in fact, the opposite may be true - companies that boast strong sustainability credentials have outperformed those that don’t this year.
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15 min
November 24, 2020 Market Week - Vaccine news continues to boost markets
In this week’s market update: markets look beyond Covid as the chance of a vaccine rises; Brexit talks come down to the wire; and Rishi Sunak’s spells out his spending priorities.
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12 min
November 18, 2020 Markets given a vaccine boost | Will tax on gains rise?
This week, we look back on a very good few days for markets, thanks of course to long hoped-for news of an effective vaccine for Covid-19. Can markets go on to even greater things from here and will we finally see that rotation back to value?
And then - what chances a tax raid on investment gains? We run the rule over new proposals for CGT.
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18 min
November 17, 2020 Market Week - Vaccine hope boosts markets
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the stories moving markets.
In this week's update:
Markets break out of their recent range on vaccine hopes
Brexit talks hit the final straight
Retail is in focus at the end of the earnings season

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11 min

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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.