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How can you use ETFs to build an investment portfolio? And what should investors focus on when they’re choosing an ETF? Ed Bowsher finds out from Oliver Smith, Portfolio Manager for IG Smart Portfolios, and Adam Laird, Head of ETF Strategy at Lyxor.

Smart beta is sold as a way for private investors to follow sophisticated investment strategies at low cost. These include value (looking for cheap shares) and momentum (investing in companies where the share price is rising fast.) Ed Bowsher discusses the pros and cons with David Stevenson of ETFstream, Nicolas Samaran of Invesco, and market strategist Richard Wiggins.

Will markets carry on rising this year? Is Gold the best insurance policy against something going wrong? And how will the ETF industry evolve? Will ESG be the big theme of the year? Ed Bowsher finds out from James Butterfill of ETF Securities, Adam Laird of Lyxor, David Stevenson of ETFstream and John Davies of S&P Dow Jones.

Share Radio's Juliette Foster looks back on the corporate week and and looks ahead to what we can expect in the next 7 days on the business calendar. Joining her is Share Centre's Investment Research Analyst Ian Forest. Discussed: Corporate performances by Next, Morrisons and more.

If you like the idea of tax breaks, you may want to consider Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) - they enable you to invest in young businesses whilst benefiting from big tax breaks. The Government's Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) might also attract you for the same reason. And if you want to find out more about these vehicles, you might want to attend the WiseAlpha VCT & EIS Investor Forum 2016, which is happening in London on November 24th To find out more, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Modwenna Rees Mogg, Chair of this investor forum.

Today was a good day for commodity investors given that the share prices of big mining companies were on the up. But if you step back from today's activities, the last three years haven't been such a good period for the world of commodities - especially when you look at the prices of commodities such as copper, So to look at where commodities might go from here, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Nitesh Shah, Director and Commodities Strategist at ETF Securities.

Biotech stocks often appeal to private investors because they can deliver big rewards. But with big potential rewards come substantial risk. Share Radio's Ed Bowsher discusses Biotech stocks with Tom Bulford, Editor of the 'Breakthrough Biotech' newsletter and former City fund manager.

John Barass and Jason Baxter from the Wealth Management Association to find out more about the launch of their new stock market indices: Conservative, Income, Growth, Balanced, Global Growth. They explain what these indices measure and how you might choose between them.

Investment Perspectives teamed up with the FT to talk ‘Serious Money’. On this edition Claer explained venture capital trusts and enterprise investment schemes

Helal Miah, Investment Research Analyst at the Share Centre was in conversation with today’s guest host – Ed Bowsher for a look at the week’s stockmarket news and a look ahead to what’s coming up next week - Persimmon, ABF, M&S & Carillion, with a forward look to Taylor Wimpey & Barratt Dev, RPC, Burberry & DCC next week.