The Investment Cuddle

This month the cuddle covers inflation with a little help from https://www.inflationarypressure.com . We outline the types of inflation measurements and whether inflation really matters anymore? Using inflationary pressure.com we look at RPI, CPI, compound interest, average earnings and compare these to council tax, food, automobiles, rail fares and clothing.   You can compare the charts for yours...

This month the cuddle covers the second part of how to structure a portfolio. We outline the 100 year portfolio and how this differs to a single fund approach, thanks to Mr Terry Smith and highlight how too much diversification can damage your long-term goals. Information links: Chris Cole, 100-year portfolio https://taylorpearson.me/thedragon/ Terry Smith, fundsmith equity www.fundsmith.co.uk/fun...

This month the cuddle covers how to structure a portfolio. We outline the traditional 60:40 portfolio, investment trust portfolio, single funds, and the 100 year portfolio. Information links: Helen Pridham articles https://www.ii.co.uk/authors/helen-pridham 100-year portfolio https://taylorpearson.me/thedragon/ Macrovoices podcast link  https://www.macrovoices.com/832-macrovoices-215-chris-cole-dr...

This month the cuddle covers success and failure in trading and investment.  We are joined by our producer and a guest who is currently trading out of Hong Kong, and get a view on the trials and tribulations, adventures and misadventures from retail traders and investors.

Are you using your allowances effectively?  This month the cuddle tackles the delightful subject of tax and how to invest efficiently.

Investing for dependents whether new born, older children or adults. We discuss national savings, premium bonds, pensions and find time to include barbarous relics.

This month the cuddle tackles range trading.  We discuss some of the tools, techniques and periods over which you can use these.

This month we cover individual company investing looking at IPOs, rights issues, share buy backs, SPACs and even have time for a mini book review.

When it comes to unit trust investing does the size of the fund matter? 

This month the investment cuddle covers bond investing. We include discussions on a number of investing options, unit trusts, investment trusts and exchange traded funds.

This month we cover credit rating agencies . Why are these important? For bond investing it's always good to know your risk versus return.

This episode looks at what index funds are available. We cover unit trusts and exchange traded funds. As well as explaining Bull and Bear markets we also venture into the world of bond funds for the brave!

This episode looks at index investing.  We cover why they exist and the difference between market capitalisation versus price weighted indexes.  This provides a good grounding on indexes ready for our next episode on how to use these investment vehicles.

This special episode looks at some of the requests that have come in from listeners over the past few months.  We cover the current volatile market and peer to peer lending.  Please keep the questions coming and we hope that you like our new name.

This episode starts with a recap of investment product options discussed in episode 3 and then expands this to look at lump sum investing.  Different amounts of money incur different charges and we address the impact of each investing style. 

A light hearted cuddle this time with a look at financial movies.  We pick our top 5. Enjoy.

This months episode covers Unit trusts, investment trusts and exchange traded funds (Etf).

Episode 2, debt and investing. Focussing on the balance between these two and understand your options to minimise the cost of debt and maximise your investment opportunities.

A finance and investing podcast.  Produced by individual investors for individual investors in the retail market.  Episode 1 aims to start with the basics.  Focussing on the aspects of risk associated with money and options for investing.