Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Nick Greenwood, manager of MIGO Global Opportunities Trust (MIGO).
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Don’t fight the Fed
00:22 – Introducing the latest Investment Trusts Handbook
03:08 – Introducing Nick Greenwood
03:42 – Review of the week
05:35 – Selected results
07:37 – Money Makers Circle
08:54 – Q and A with Nick Greenwood
13:49 – The MIGO approach
15:47 – Exited positions
17:39 – UK Micro Cap
27:34 – Number of holdings in the portfolio
28:19 – Recent purchases
31:35 – What’s behind the dramatic biotech selloff?
23:20 – Aircraft leasing
32:14 – Broader portfolio themes
31:27 – Property
40:21 – Private equity and growth capital
47:35 – Are we through the worst of the discount widening?
51:26 – Hopes for 2023
54:25 – Close
Trusts mentioned in this week’s podcast (with tickers) include:
- Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT)
- JPMorgan Asia Growth and Income (JAGI)
- JPMorgan China Growth and Income (JCGI)
- JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ)
- JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT)
- Polar Capital Technology (PCT)
- Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH)
- GCP Infrastructure (GCP)
- Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF)
- Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF)
- Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI)
- Ediston Property (EPIC)
- Doric Nimrod Air One/Two/Three (DNA, DNA2, DNA3)
- Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT)
- Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income (SEQI)
- Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT)
- Alpha Real (ARTL)
- Dunedin Enterprise (DNE)
- Artemis Alpha (ATS)
- Strategic Equity Capital (SEC)
- River and Mercantile Micro Cap (RMMC)
- Miton UK Micro Cap (MINI)
- Downing Strategic Micro Cap (DSM)
- Third Point Investors (TPOU)
- Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF)
- Cambium Global Timberland (TREE)
- Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP)
- Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT)
- Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG)
- International Biotechnology Trust (IBT)
- Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4)
- VPC Speciality Lending Investments (VSL)
- Yellow Cake (YCA)
- Geiger Counter (GCL)
- Macau Property Opportunities (MPO)
- Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL)
- Chrysalis Investments (CHRY)
- Schroder UK Public Private (SUPP)
- Oakley Capital (OCI)
- NB Private Equity (NBPE)
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