The Investing Show

In this video, Robin Powell speaks with Helena Wardle, a financial planner and entrepreneur, about what financial planning really means. According to Wardle, financial planning is about understanding your own circumstances around money and using that knowledge to give yourself direction for achieving your goals. She provides additional tips and advice on how to find the best Financial Planner and...

Get financial advice for every aspect of life with Paul Lewis' new book, Money Box. From savings to insurance, learn how to navigate the complexities of the finance system and protect yourself from bad advice. Learn all about Paul's new book in our latest episode, where Robin Powell asks all the questions you want answers to! 📖 In this YouTube video, Abraham shares his analysis on effecti...

Episode 6 of The Investing Show looks at 2022 and what it's meant for investors - can you remember a year quite like this one? In the episode, Abraham shares his insight on why "This time ISN'T different" for many investors and the impact on UK bonds and equities. Robin Powell also interviews Joe Wiggins, Chief Investment Officer at Fundhouse (UK) on why markets are so inherently...

Episode 5 of The Investing Show takes a look at how the global financial markets have panned out in 2022. Taking a deep dive into what investors should be focussing on and how fund managers are managing your money. In the episode, Robin Powell interviews David Pitt-Watson, co-author of "What they do with your money" and a key member of the Transparency Task Force, which is the collaborat...

Episode 4 of The Investing Show looks at active and passive investing (and the debate that seemingly surrounds it) with Ian Tonks, Professor of Finance at the University of Bristol. Ian is involved in an ongoing study on domestic active equity funds in the UK. Anyone who knows the subject, active vs. passive, knows the debate has a clear winner. But are investors viewing low-cost passive funds as...

Episode 3 of the Investing Show examines the Bear Market with the world-renowned behavioural scientist Professor Meir Statman of Santa Clara University and the pressure on both investors and advisers to act in such times 📊. Around the world, stock markets and even government bonds have fallen in value this year, some experiencing the worst performance since 1970. It's very important that inve...

In this episode, we look at one of the biggest indicators of people's tendency to be swayed by bad investment advice: their susceptibility to put their faith in pseudo-profound financial jargon. We are joined by two of the authors of a new academic study by the University of Linköping in Sweden who sought to measure consumers' ability to detect financial bullsh*t using an online survey of...

In episode 1, presenters Robin Powell and Abraham Okusanya discuss Neil Woodford, the star Fund Manager who spectacularly fell to earth as we pass the third anniversary of one of the biggest financial mis-selling scandals in the UK. We look at the lessons investors can learn, and speak to two authors who know more about the Woodford scandal than anyone else: journalists Owen Walker from the FT and...