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Our finance podcast MoneyTalk Radio includes two weekly episodes (Market Week and MoneyTalk) and explores the key issues in personal finance, investing, financial news, stock markets and economics. You can subscribe to MoneyTalk Radio today to listen to episodes through your preferred podcast provider.
Is now the time to buy for dividends? | A new commodities supercycle
This week, after a tough year for income hunters are UK dividends at last in line for a recovery? We’ll take a look.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 06 May 2021
Market Week podcast - Earnings continue to outperform expectations
In this week’s market update: earnings continue to outperform expectations; commodities rise as economies re-open; and the dollar slides as the rest of the world catches up
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 05 May 2021
Consumer staples: the stock market’s ‘middle child’
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss those companies that fit somewhere in the middle between growth and value stocks.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 29 Apr 2021
Market Week Podcast - Earnings season gets into full swing
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as earnings season gets into full swing and Brexit continues to squeeze trade in Europe.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 26 Apr 2021
Are you an "accidental saver"?
This week, we’re looking at the rise of so-called “accidental savings” that households have built up over the past 12 months as a result of the pandemic.
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 21 Apr 2021
Market Week Podcast - Is the stock market ready to pause for breath?
In this week’s market update: is the market ready to pause for breath; or will trillions of excess savings fuel an extended recovery?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 19 Apr 2021
Market Week Podcast - US stock market hits record highs
In this week’s market update: new market records as America’s post-pandemic boom begins; Britain starts to re-open its economy; and Europe looks through the latest Covid wave.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Apr 2021
Investments for the new tax year
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss some fund ideas for the new tax year and look at which assets could perform well.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 31 Mar 2021
Market Week Podcast - Shares enjoy their best 12 months since the 1930s
Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as shares enjoy their best 12 months since the 1930s; but bonds are hit hard by inflation fears.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 30 Mar 2021
Bonds & inflation
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss the outlook for bonds and the latest inflation figures released for the UK.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 25 Mar 2021
The GameStop generation & Premium Bonds
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson look at two very different ends of the financial universe - share trading versus Premium Bonds.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 17 Mar 2021
Market Week - Inflation and rising bond yields in focus
In this week’s market update: inflation and rising bond yields remain the key focus; stimulus cheques are destined for the stock market; and it’s a big week for central banks.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 16 Mar 2021
How to turn investments into an income
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss how to turn your hard-won pot of investments into an income for retirement.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 11 Mar 2021
Budget 2021: Rishi’s balancing act
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss Rishi Sunak’s second Budget and what it means for the economy and investors.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Mar 2021
What will and won’t be in the Budget?
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss the forthcoming Budget and what the Chancellor may do to balance Britain’s books.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 25 Feb 2021
Market Week Podcast - Investors start to worry about inflation
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as investors start to worry about inflation and the dark side of ESG investing comes under scrutiny.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 23 Feb 2021
Lessons a year on from the Covid-19 shares crash
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss the lessons investors have learned over the 12 months since COVID first hit markets.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 18 Feb 2021
Market Week - Optimistic outlook push shares higher
In this week’s market update: shares push higher in a perfect storm of positives; the pound heads towards $1.40 on re-opening hopes.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 16 Feb 2021
S&P 500 at a new high
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss the outlook for the US stock market as the S&P 500 gets close to hitting 4,000.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 11 Feb 2021
Market Week - Investors focus on big US stimulus
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors as investors focus on big US stimulus and earnings season picks up on the positive market mood.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 09 Feb 2021
Winners and losers from GameStop
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson assess the damage from the GameStop episode and ask what it means for investors.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Feb 2021
Investing for a correction
In this podcast Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson and Ed Monk discuss the growing number of predictions that a market correction is on its way.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 28 Jan 2021
Will inflation rise from the dead?
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson the outlook for inflation and what this means for markets as well as household budgets.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 21 Jan 2021
Market Week Podcast - China's growth returns to pre-pandemic levels
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors with all eyes on Biden’s inauguration, while China’s growth returns to pre-pandemic levels.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 19 Jan 2021
Is this a late-stage bubble?
Is this a late-stage bubble?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 14 Jan 2021
Market Week Podcast - US in focus
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors with the US in focus as the Trump presidency goes with a bang and earnings season begins.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 12 Jan 2021
Investment Outlook: what you’re asking us as 2021 begins
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss the questions investors have asked us on the year ahead in our latest Investment Outlook.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 07 Jan 2021
Market Week Podcast - Investors in optimistic mood
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as investors head into the new year in optimistic mood on vaccine hopes and a Brexit deal secured.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 05 Jan 2021
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.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 16 Dec 2020
Market Week - Brexit hopes offset Covid gloom
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors as surging IPOs carry echoes of the dot.com bubble and Brexit hopes offset Covid gloom.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 15 Dec 2020
Are these gains over-exuberance? | Brexit shock to markets?
This week, should we be worried that the market appears in the grip of widespread euphoria?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 09 Dec 2020
Market Week Podcast - Brexit negotiations in focus
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead for investors as shares give back some of their recent gains as vaccine and Brexit optimism fades.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 08 Dec 2020
Can shares take off in 2021? | Why gold losses are welcome
In this podcast Fidelity’s Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss the outlook for shares next year and why gold currently appears out of fashion.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 03 Dec 2020
Market Week Podcast - Global shares deliver record gains
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as global stock markets hit record gains in November and commodities also head for new highs.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 01 Dec 2020
Does investing sustainably have an adverse effect on returns?
In this podcast Fidelity experts Toby Sims and Tom Stevenson discuss whether investing ethically can mean the potential for better returns.
Toby Sims Fidelity Personal Investing - 26 Nov 2020
Market Week Podcast - Vaccine news continues to boost markets
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as news of another vaccine boosts stock markets and Rishi Sunak spells out his spending priorities.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 24 Nov 2020
Market Week Podcast - Vaccine hope boosts markets
In this week’s market update: markets break out of their recent range on vaccine hopes; Brexit talks hit the final straight; and retail is in focus at the end of earnings season.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 17 Nov 2020
Market Week Podcast - Shares soar on vaccine hopes
Tom Stevenson looks at the week ahead as shares soar on vaccine hopes, Joe Biden becomes President-elect and Brexit talks enters a crucial week.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 10 Nov 2020
Who can you talk to about money?
In the latest Fidelity podcast Tom Stevenson and Ed Monk go over the best ways to chat about money worries as part of Talk Money Week.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Nov 2020
What markets do and don’t know after the 2020 US election
This week, we are, like you, digesting a US presidential election that is yet to be decided. Markets, however, are already reacting to what they know and that’s our focus today.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Nov 2020
Market Week Podcast - Investors focus on a tight US election
In this week’s market update: the point of maximum uncertainty as investors focus on a tight US election, widespread lockdowns in Europe, volatile markets, central bank meetings and third quarter earnings season.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 03 Nov 2020
Market hopes in hands of the FAANGs
This week, it’s a big week for the biggest companies in the world. The giants of US tech are updating investors on their performance, and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Oct 2020
Market Week Podcast - All eyes on the US election and earnings season results
In this week’s market update: the last days before a watershed US Presidential election; earnings season serves up a torrent of big company results; and the first sign of whether the US economy bounced back in the third quarter.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 27 Oct 2020
China powers out of Covid gloom
In this podcast Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson discuss the outlook for investing in China, following an impressive recovery of the Chinese stockmarket.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 22 Oct 2020
Market Week - China's recovery continues
In this week’s market update: China’s recovery continues, if slightly slower than expected
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 21 Oct 2020
Quarterly Outlook Special: what you’re asking us
The latest Quarterly Investment Outlook from Fidelity Personal Investing is out and, as is now traditional, we have asked you to submit your questions to the Outlook’s author, Tom Stevenson.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 14 Oct 2020
Market Week - Earnings season gets underway
In this week’s market update: stocks rally on hopes for post-election stimulus; earnings season gets underway.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 13 Oct 2020
Is water the next great investing theme?
This week, if you could predict what the next great trends in how we live and work will be, what an advantage that would be as an investor.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 07 Oct 2020
Market Week - Stocks rise on further stimulus hopes
In this week’s market update: all eyes on the US after the President tests positive for Covid.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 06 Oct 2020
Does the 60/40 rule still work?
This week, do the old rules of investment still work?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Sep 2020
Market week - crunch time begins for US & UK
In this week’s market update: shares rebound after the worst week in three months; the US election looms over Wall Street; while on this side of the pond, it’s all about Brexit.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 29 Sep 2020
How can beginner investors decide which shares to buy?
This week, we’re dealing with a question that is pretty fundamental to investing - how should you decide which shares to buy?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 24 Sep 2020
Market week - new lockdown fears
In this week’s market update: shares retreat on new lockdown fears; but higher prices encourage more companies to float their shares; and can the precious metals rally continue?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 22 Sep 2020
Should you follow Buffett and back Japan?
This week - what’s the world’s most famous investor - Warren Buffet - doing in Japan?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 17 Sep 2020
Why it didn’t pay to ‘sell in May’
This week - ‘selling in May’, as the old adage says, wouldn’t have been the smartest move this year.
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Sep 2020
Market Week - Volatility spikes higher
In this week’s market update: there’s a spike in volatility as big derivatives bets on tech stocks are uncovered.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 09 Sep 2020
What gets in your fantasy share portfolio?
This week - what companies would make it into your fantasy share portfolio?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Sep 2020
Market Week - UK housing market in focus
In this week’s market update: The UK housing market is in focus; employment figures are due on both sides of the Atlantic; and is the Chancellor looking for ways to claw back the cost of Covid rescue measures?
Daniel Lane Fidelity Personal Investing - 02 Sep 2020
Tech is dragging the market to new levels - is that a problem?
This week, with the US stock market now having fully recovered its losses since the outbreak of Covid-19, we’re taking a look at what’s driven that recovery - and why new dangers are emerging.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 27 Aug 2020
Market Week - US shares hit new highs
In this week’s market update: The S&P hits a new high but it’s a worryingly narrow rally; dividends suffer their worst fall since 2009; and central banks gather for a virtual Jackson Hole summit.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 25 Aug 2020
Why a recession isn’t always bad news for investors
This week, after gloomy news on recession and prolonged lockdown, we’re looking for reasons to be cheerful.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 19 Aug 2020
Market Week - US stocks flirt with new highs
In this week’s market update: US stocks flirt with a new record high on the back of Chinese stimulus; investors shrug off plunging Japanese economic activity
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 18 Aug 2020
1979, gold and why 2020 may be the end of an era
This week it’s a bit of a history lesson. Like 2020, 1979 was a year the world dramatically changed.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 14 Aug 2020
Market Week Podcast - US/China tensions heighten
In this week’s market update: in a quiet August week for company and economic news.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 11 Aug 2020
Hunt for income put junk bonds in the sun
This week, why, when GDP is through the floor and an historic recession beckons, have the market’s riskiest company bonds just enjoyed their best month for nine years?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 06 Aug 2020
Market Week Podcast - Q2 earnings beat expectations
In this week’s market update: stocks hold on as some evidence emerges of economic recovery and second quarter earnings beat expectations; high yield bonds complete their best month since 2011; and gold heads further into uncharted territory.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 04 Aug 2020
Squeezed middle: 40-somethings to stump up for care?
This week, who will pay for you in your old age?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 30 Jul 2020
Market Week Podcast - Gold hits record high
In this week’s market update: Gold hits record highs, earnings updates come in from the big players in Silicon Valley and we wait to hear detail on the cost of removing Huawei from the UK’s 5G network.
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 28 Jul 2020
All you need to know about ESG and sustainable investing
This week, we’re asking - can your investments do well for the world, as well as doing well for your bank balance?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 23 Jul 2020
Market Week Podcast - Stock markets tread water
In this week’s market update: markets tread water as investors watch the economic data and wait for the Presidential election; UK dividends plunge in the second quarter as companies conserve cash; and earnings season gets into full swing.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 22 Jul 2020
Investment Outlook: what you’re asking us
The latest Quarterly Investment Outlook from Fidelity is out and, as is now traditional, we have asked you to submit your questions to the Outlook’s author, Tom Stevenson.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 15 Jul 2020
Market Week Podcast - Investors brace for second quarter earnings
In this week’s market update: Investors brace for the key second quarter earnings season; central bank meetings and economic announcements vie for attention in a busy week ahead; and markets prepare for life under Biden.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 14 Jul 2020
Best way to save for your child
This week, we’re focusing on saving and investing for children.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Jul 2020
All you need to know about investing for children
How to make your child financially independent
Emma-Lou Montgomery Fidelity Personal Investing - 10 Jul 2020
Market Week - Chinese share bounce on recovery hopes
In this week’s market update: Chinese shares bounce on recovery hopes; fresh economic data points to strong pent up demand; and Wall Street starts to price in a Biden presidency
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 07 Jul 2020
Who do markets want to win the US election?
In this week’s podcast we look ahead to the 2020 Presidential election later this year.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 03 Jul 2020
Market Week - Shares end a remarkable quarter in nervous fashion
In this week’s market update: shares end a remarkable quarter in nervous fashion; while attention shifts as the second half gets under way to Brexit and the US election.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 30 Jun 2020
Green shoots? A view from the company coalface
This week, how do the people whose job it is to assess company fortunes view what is going on in the economy right now?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 26 Jun 2020
Market Week- Shares are heading for their best quarter in 10 years
In this week’s market update: shares are heading for their best quarter in ten years despite recent worries about both the pandemic and trade
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 23 Jun 2020
Counting the cost of a wild week in markets
Ed Monk and Tom Stevenson examine the reasons behind the recent stock market volatility and discuss what investors should do next.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 18 Jun 2020
Market Week: Volatility returns
In this week’s market update: Volatility returns to stock markets as stimulus battles with poor news-flow; and economies try to get back to work after a heavy economic hit in April.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 16 Jun 2020
How much do you need to retire?
Today on the show we’re hoping to answer one of the most fundamental financial questions any of us will have - how much do I need to give up work and retire?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 11 Jun 2020
Market Week - Shares rally as investors see the glass as half full
In this podcast Fidelity’s Tom Stevenson reviews the week ahead for global stockmarkets, which have rallied on the back of positive US job news.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 10 Jun 2020
Growth and value: a tale of two stock markets
This week - when will value investing have its day in the sun again?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 04 Jun 2020
Market Week: Markets shrug off trade wars and focus on recovery
In this week’s market update: markets shrug off US-China row and focus on Covid recovery hopes; Citi warns that markets are out of line with reality; and Brexit is back in focus.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 02 Jun 2020
The challenges facing markets (that aren’t Covid-19)
This week, with Coronavirus the only news story in town right now, what have investors been taking their eyes off during the pandemic?
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 28 May 2020
Market Week: Shares continue to rally on lockdown easing hopes
In this week’s market update: Shares continue to rally on hopes for lockdown easing; investors focus on life after the crisis; and what did we learn from first quarter earnings?
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 27 May 2020
Who should pay the Coronavirus bill?
This week we’re taking the pulse of ordinary investors with the first results of Fidelity’s Investor Survey for 2020.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 21 May 2020
Market Week - Shares and oil rise as lockdowns start to ease
In this week’s market update: Shares and oil rise as lockdowns start to ease and gold hits a seven year high as inflation fears return
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 19 May 2020
Will Coronavirus extinguish the FIRE movement?
This week we’re revisiting FIRE in light of the pandemic.
Ed Monk Fidelity Personal Investing - 15 May 2020
Market Week - Investors question the speed of recovery
In this week’s market update: Markets pause as investors question the speed of recovery; US jobs data confirm the depth of the economic plunge; and rising trade tensions remind us that pre-Corona issues have not gone away.
Tom Stevenson Investment Director - 12 May 2020
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