This week on the Money Makers Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook (pre-orders for the 2027 edition are now available) and three times winner of the AIC’s Best Broadcast Journalist award, is joined by Charlie Morris of ByteTree Research. Their discussion, recorded before the results of the US midterm elections were known, includes: the unwinding of extreme market concentration; the then-upcoming US midterm elections, oil prices and bond yields; and portfolio positioning across defensive trusts, real estate and alternative assets
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361: Charlie Morris
0:03:40 – This week’s guest
0:04:34 – The Investment Trusts Handbook 2027
0:06:48 – Charlie Morris
0:09:24 – Trump after the US Midterms
0:13:01 – The priority for an investment strategy
0:16:14 – A short break
0:16:59 – Bitcoin and Ethereum
0:20:25 – The model portfolios
0:25:44 – Currencies
0:27:19 – Close
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