Money Makers

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, talks to Simon Barnard, manager of the Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), and Ewan Lovett-Turner, head of investment trust research at Numis Securities. We are grateful for the support of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which enables us to keep the podcast free. Section Timestamps: 0:00:44 - This week's guest 0:01:25 - Review of the week 0:04:20 - Corporate news and announcements 0:09:06 - Money Makers Circle 0:10:02 - Summary of results 0:16:10 - Q&A with Simon Barnard 0:16:24 - The last seven months and where we are today 0:18:24 - The changing outlook for a recession 0:22:46 - The behaviour of the currencies and the impact on results 0:23:31 - Portfolio turnover 0:25:52 - Interest in AI 0:30:45 - Rightmove and the UK housing market 0:32:55 - Attractiveness of the UK market 0:34:05 - General message to shareholders 0:35:23 - Q&A with Ewan Lovett-Turner 0:35:34 - Discounts 0:37:25 - The outlook for interest rates and reratings 0:39:55 - Issues for boards to address 0:48:12 - Management changes 0:50:04 - Board decisions on capital allocation 0:57:16 - Value in alternative assets 0:59:09 - Equity trusts 1:00:04 - Close If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. As well as the regular features, this week sees the introduction of a new Readers' Questions feature. There is no fund profile this week, but next week's profile will be of BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust (BRFI). Jonathan has also published the first of his video reviews looking at sector performance, with a second video due soon. For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our 170 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. This podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, talks to Andrew McHattie, editor of the Investment Trusts Newsletter. We are grateful for the support of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, which enables us to keep the podcast free. Section Timestamps: 00:44 - This week's guest 00:57 - Review of the week 04:42 - Corporate news and announcements 09:51 - Summary of results 14:25 - Money Makers Circle 15:04 - Q&A with Andrew McHattie 15:15 - The current state of affairs 18:33 - Commercial property 25:17 - Consolidation and mergers 32:03 - Private equity 38:07 - UK smaller companies 43:49 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): Abrdn Smaller Companies Income (ASCI), Boussard & Gavaudan (BGHL), HydrogenOne (HGEN), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Abrdn New Dawn (ABD) / Abdrn Asia Dragon (DGN), Abrdn Smaller Companies Income (ASCI) / Shires Income (SHRS), Abrdn Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG), MIGO Opportunities Trust (MIGO), Home REIT (HOME), Taylor Maritime Investments (TMI), Invesco Asia (IAT), Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Law Debenture (LWDB), BlackRock Throgmorton Trust (THRG), Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), AEW UK REIT (AEWU), Dunedin Income Growth (DIG), Murray Income (MUT), Abrdn Private Equity Oportunities (APEO), HG Capital Trust (HGCT), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), ICG Enterprise (ICGT), Pantheon International (PIN), Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT), Rockwood Strategic (RKW), Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT), Seraphim Space Investment Trust (SSIT), Chrysalis Investment Trust (CHRY). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle features a profile of ICG Enterprise Trust (ICGT), followed next week by a profile of BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust (BRFI). Jonathan will also be completing his reviews of various investment trust sectors over the coming days. For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our nearly 170 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, talks to Duncan MacInnes, manager of the Ruffer Investment Company (RICA). Simon Elliott, client director at JPMorgan Asset Management and former co-host and co-founder of the podcast also returns after about a year off the show. Section Timestamps: 0:00:29 - This week's guests 0:01:39 - Sponsorship of the podcast 0:03:53 - The markets this week 0:07:20 - Announcements and results 0:13:58 - Corporate news 0:16:36 - Money Makers Circle 0:16:54 - Q&A with Duncan MacInnes 0:17:05 - Latest trust results 0:22:49 - Are markets losing touch with reality? 0:26:58 - Portfolio changes 0:29:33 - Thinking on commodities 0:32:13 - The demand for bonds 0:36:35 - Reaction to the derating of investment trusts 0:39:22 - Trust performance before and after crises 0:41:23 - The impact of politics 0:43:24 - Q&A with Simon Elliott 0:43:59 - About the sponsorship of the podcast 0:45:31 - Cause for the week's investment trusts sector bounce 0:47:34 - How bad is a fifteen percent discount historically? 0:49:23 - Selecting funds which may bounce back the fastest 0:52:26 - Consolidation 0:55:01 - The UK and sterling 0:56:28 - Share buybacks 0:59:19 - Upcoming trust losses in the sector 1:00:44 - Diverting to the cricket... and Barry Manilow 1:03:39 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): TR Property (TRY), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Polar Capital Technology (PCT), TwentyFour Income Fund (TFIF), Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF), 3i Group (III), Brunner Investment Trust (BUT), Herald Investment Trust (HRI), Asia Dragon Trust (DGN), Abrdn New Dawn (ABD), Scottish Mortgage (SMT), LXi REIT (LXI), VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities Trust (GSEO), CT Property Trust (CTPT) / London Metric Property (LMP), JPMorgan Global Growth and Income (JGGI), JPMorgan American (JAM). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle features a profile of India Capital Growth (IGC). For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our nearly 170 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, talks to Alastair Laing, CEO of CG Asset Management. Section Timestamps: 00:29 - Review of the week 03:38 - This week's guest 05:57 - Money Makers Circle 06:33 - Coming next week 07:02 - News and announcements 11:18 - Summary of results 14:40 - Q&A with Alastair Laing 15:07 - Reasons for poor performance 17:50 - Index linked performance 23:39 - The equity market 30:52 - Rising bond yields and the extent of derating 38:04 - Commercial property 41:05 - Consolidation in the alternatives sector 42:49 - Opportunities to bring in a discount 52:02 - Summarising CGT's position 54:14 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): Scottish Mortgage (SMT), Seraphim Space (SSIT), LXi REIT (LXI), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), Capital Gearing Trust (CGT), ThomasLloyd Energy Impact (TLEI), US Solar Fund (USF), RM Infrastructure Income (RMII), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG), Artemis Alpha (ATS), Miton UK Microcap (MINI), Jupiter Green (JGC), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), CT Property Trust (CTPT), Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC), Civitas Social Housing (CSH). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle features a profile of Riverstone Energy (RSE). Jonathan has also posted a series of charts that summarise the performance of markets and investment trusts so far this year, and his quarterly video review of some individual trust performance will be coming soon. For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our nearly 170 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, talks to Anthony Leatham, head of investment trust research at Peel Hunt, and Tim Levene, CEO of Augmentum Fintech (AUGM). Section Timestamps: 00:29 - Review of the week 01:42 - This week's guests 03:13 - The week's performance 04:12 - Money Makers Circle 04:47 - News, announcements, and results 07:46 - Q&A with Anthony Leatham 07:53 - Reaction to the market 11:56 - The broking business 14:06 - Factors involved in derating investment trusts 15:49 - Infrastructure and renewables 19:28 - Trusts sensitive to bond yield changes 22:47 - Battery storage sector 25:52 - Trusts sending distress signals 27:51 - M&A possibilities 32:04 - Q&A with Tim Levene 32:38 - The definition of fintech 34:30 - Performance over five years 41:16 - Investor scepticism about private equity 45:04 - Views on the current environment 47:37 - Artificial Intelligence 50:14 - The portfolio 52:23 - Investment structure 53:40 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): Augmentum Fintech (AUGM), Oryx International (OIG), Schroder British Opportunities (SBO), Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Geiger Counter (GCL), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT), Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (SEQI), Bluefield Solar (BSIF), Gresham House Energy Storage (GRID), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle features a profile of Invesco Bond Income Plus (BIPS), and charts will be provided that summarise the year's developments in the markets and investment trust sector. For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our over 160 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, talks to Peter Hewitt, manager of the CT Global Managed Portfolio, and James Henderson, manager of the Lowland Investment Trust (LWI). Section Timestamps: 0:00:29 - Review of the week 0:00:53 - This week's guests 0:05:35 - Company news 0:15:42 - Summary of results 0:21:14 - Money Makers Circle 0:22:06 - Q&A with Peter Hewitt 0:22:51 - The last six months 0:29:58 - Discounts in the alternative assets sector 0:33:06 - Commercial property 0:35:53 - Portfolio changes 0:42:28 - Expectations for the next six months 0:45:47 - Q&A with James Henderson 0:46:09 - Looking at the UK market 0:48:12 - Factors behind the unloved nature of the UK market 0:52:26 - Where will interest rates peak? 0:55:19 - Performance impact of a small and mid cap bias 0:56:47 - What happens when the UK equity market turns around 0:59:01 - Fund manager style and philosophy 0:59:49 - Lowland's dividend 1:01:26 - The AIM market 1:04:19 - Lowland's discount 1:06:41 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): 3i Infrastructure (3IN), BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Regional REIT (RGL), Abrdn Property Income (API), PRS REIT (PRSR), Cordiant Digital (CORD), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Mid Wynd International (MWY), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Blackstone Loan Financing (BGLF), Ecofin US Renewables Infrastructure (RNEW), Chrysalis (CHRY), Schroder European Real Estate Investment Trust (SERE), RTW Venture Fund / RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW), Life Science REIT (LABS), Warehouse REIT (WHR), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), LXi REIT (LXI), SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT), Abdrn New India (ANII), Hansa Investment Company (HAN/HANA), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), JPMorgan Japan Small Cap Growth and Income (JSGI), Value and Indexed Property (VIP), Chelverton UK Dividend Trust (SDV), Abrdn China (ACIC), BlackRock Sustainable American Income (BRSA), Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT), Schroder UK Mid Cap (SCP), Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure (SEQI), Ruffer Investment Trust (RICA), Capital Gearing Trust (CGT), BH Macro (BHMG), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Home REIT (HOME), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Lowland Investment Company (LWI), Merchants Trust (MRCH), Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies (IPU), Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Finsbury Growth and Income (FGT). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle features a profile of AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (AJOT), and coming soon is Jonathan's look back at the year-to-date. For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our over 160 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, talks to James Carthew, former fund manager and current director of QuotedData, and Colette Ord, infrastructure and renewables analyst at Numis Securities. Section Timestamps: 00:29 - Review of the week 04:12 - This week's guests 04:32 - Money Makers Circle 04:59 - Corporate news 07:10 - Selected results 13:05 - Q&A with James Carthew 13:30 - Impact of the base rate change on investment trusts 18:13 - Monks Investment Trust (MNKS) 21:03 - Abrdn Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG) 26:18 - Rockwood Strategic (RKW) 28:58 - Civitas Social Housing (CSH) 31:49 - Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD) 35:05 - Investing in AI through investment trusts 37:54 - Q&A with Colette Ord 38:04 - Market reaction to the base rate rise 41:05 - Trust in the NAVs 43:27 - Using the wrong comparisons 46:05 - Trusts with minimal leverage while trading at significant discounts 48:31 - The impact of asset location 49:42 - Predatorial behaviours 52:59 - Lingering impacts of the windfall tax 55:33 - Liquidity issues and smaller trusts 59:24 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): Abrdn Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Princess Private Equity (PEY), Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (MTU), Montanaro European Smaller Companies (MTE), AEW UK REIT (AEWU), Urban Logistics (SHED), Triple Point Energy Transition (TENT), JPMorgan Emerging Europe Middle East and Africa (JEMA), Bankers Trust (BNKR), Henderson Opportunities (HOT), BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG), River and Mercantile UK Micro Cap (RMMC), CC Japan Income and Growth (CCJI), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Monks Investment Trust (MNKS), Scottish Mortgage Trust (SMT), SAINTS (SAIN), Abrdn Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG), Ediston Property (EPIC), JPMorgan Multi-Asset Growth and Income (MATE) , Rockwood Strategic (RKW), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD), Digital 9 Infrastructure (DGI9), Manchester and London (MNL), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Chrysalis (CHRY), Schroder Capital Global Innovation (INOV), VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO), NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), Aquila European Renewables (AERS). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle features a profile of Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH), and Jonathan has also provided his thoughts on recent market developments. Subscribers can also look forward to a review of market and investment trusts performance in the first half of the year, coming in the next few weeks. For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our over 160 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, talks to Nick Greenwood, manager of the MIGO Opportunities Trust (MIGO) and Merryn Somerset Webb, columnist and podcaster at Bloomberg and former editor of MoneyWeek. Section Timestamps: 0:00:29 - Review of the week 0:03:47 - This week's guests 0:04:20 - Summary of results 0:11:17 - Money Makers Circle 0:12:03 - Q&A with Nick Greenwood 0:12:21 - Investment trusts sector continues to languish 0:15:01 - Retail investor perceptions 0:16:47 - Effect of bond yields on demand 0:17:37 - Consolidation 0:18:43 - Alternative assets 0:19:32 - Renewable energy 0:24:41 - Private equity 0:26:30 - Equity markets 0:28:51 - Portfolio activities 0:32:28 - UK equity market 0:35:11 - Q&A with Merryn Somerset Webb 0:35:35 - Working for Bloomberg 0:36:40 - Thoughts on the investment trust sector 0:38:29 - Accuracy of price signals 0:43:29 - Baillie Gifford 0:46:42 - The role of the board in corporate governance 0:49:12 - Women on investment trust boards 0:51:27 - Challenges to investment trusts 0:53:10 - UK equities 0:57:41 - Advice for private investors 1:02:17 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Lindsell Train Investments (LTI), Templeton Emerging Markets (TEM), Baillie Gifford UK Growth (BGUK), Syncona (SYNC), Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG), JLEN Environmental (JLEN), Custodian Property Income Trust (CREI), Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF), Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF), Industrials REIT (MLI), Aquila European Renewables (AERS), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), NB Private Equity (NBPE), Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF), Abrdn Japan Investment Trust (AJIT), AVI Japan Opportunity Trust (AJOT), Life Settlement Assets (LSAA), Geiger Counter (GCL), Yellow Cake (YCA), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Rockwood Strategic (RKW), Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT), Scottish Mortgage Trust (SMT). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. Last week, as well as the regular features, the Circle featured a profile of Pacific Horizon Investment Trust (PHI). This week's fund profile will be of Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust (PCGH). For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our over 160 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, continues his conversation with Russell Napier, chairman of Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (MWY). Listeners can find the first half of this discussion in the podcast released on 27 May 2023. Jonathan then talks to Janette Rutterford, emeritus professor of finance at the Open University, to talk about lessons that can be learnt from the history of investment trusts. Jonathan remains on holiday this week, but Stuart Watson returns to provide the summary of the week's announcements and results. Next week's podcast will be released later than usual, on Tuesday 20 June 2023, after which the normal Saturday schedule will return. Section Timestamps: 00:29 - Coming up this week 01:44 - News and announcements with Stuart Watson 02:45 - Summary of the week's results 10:42 - Money Makers Circle 11:14 - Q&A with Russell Napier (Part 2) 15:16 - Commercial and residential property 17:52 - Thoughts on the investment trusts sector 24:50 - Recommended literature 27:52 - The Library of Mistakes 29:10 - Q&A with Janette Rutterford 29:41 - The Baring Crisis of 1890 35:36 - The 1920s 41:17 - The 1990s and the Split Capital Crisis 46:23 - Split capital trusts 47:29 - Lessons for investors 49:33 - Knowledgeable investing 52:54 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): Worldwide Healthcare Trust (WWH), Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS), STS Global Income and Growth (STS), LXi REIT (LXI), Warehouse REIT (WHR), JZ Capital Partners (JZCP), JPMorgan European Growth and Income (JEGI), Abrdn Japan (AJIT), Schroder Real Estate (SREI), BlackRock Frontiers (BRFI), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), JPMorgan Indian (JII), Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEMO), Abrdn Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG), Residential Secure Income (RESI). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, features a profile of HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN). Next week's profile will be of Pacific Horizon (PHI). For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our over 160 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined by Simon Edelsten, manager of the Mid Wynd International Investment Trust (MWY). Jonathan also spoke to Paul and Richard Pindar, respectively the chairman and CEO of Literacy Capital (BOOK). Jonathan is on holiday over the coming couple of weeks, but the podcast continues with pre-recorded interviews this week and next, with Stuart Watson providing the summary of the week's announcements and results. Section Timestamps: 0:00:29 - This week's guests 0:02:07 - Money Makers Circle 0:02:39 - Next week 0:03:26 - Summary of announcements and results with Stuart Watson 0:11:47 - Q&A with Simon Edelsten 0:12:31 - Artificial intelligence and big tech 0:17:56 - The situation with respect to interest rates 0:26:22 - Fear of missing out 0:29:37 - Japan 0:36:06 - Europe 0:38:45 - The UK 0:39:43 - Looking ahead 0:41:45 - Simon's plans 0:43:26 - Q&A with Paul and Richard Pindar 0:45:35 - How Literacy Capital is distinct compared to its peers 0:49:33 - The first quarter of 2023 0:54:47 - Reducing exposure to growth capital 0:58:35 - Reduction in gearing 1:01:06 - The UK 1:03:05 - Close Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers): Mid Wynd International (MWY), Literacy Capital (BOOK), Edinburgh Investment Trust (EDIN), CT UK High Income (CHI), Odyssean (OIT), TR Property (TRY), AVI Global (AGT), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), Home REIT (HOME), Aquila European Renewables (AERI). If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle features a profile of the Mercantile Trust (MRC). This will be followed by a profile of HydrogenOne Capital Growth (HGEN). For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our over 160 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.