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The Financial Outlook: The Big Call - How to pick an ETF

Ed Bowsher
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The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors

The Financial Outlook: The Big Call - How to pick an ETF
You may have heard recently that it's possible to use ETFs to invest in crypto-currency: but what are ETFs? They're a cheap and simple way to invest in markets. Trouble is, there are more than two thousand listed on the London market alone. So how do you pick the right ones for you and your circumstances? In a '[Big Call' programme originally broadcast on 1st February 2019, Ed Bowsher gets tips on how to do it from two experts in ETF selection: Oliver Smith from IG Smart Portfolios and Hoshang Daronga from Copia Capital.
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Hoshang Daronga, Oliver Smith


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The Big Call: A new rating system for ETFs

Ed Bowsher
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The Big Call

The Big Call: A new rating system for ETFs
Ed Bowsher finds out about the ‘Elston Top 50’, which is a new rating system that could help private investors pick the best ETFs for their needs. Ed speaks to Henry Cobbe from Elston Consulting, who created the top 50, and Ed also finds out about Henry’s new book ‘How to invest with Exchange-Traded Funds.’ Later in the show, Ed speaks to Hoshang Daroga from Copia Capital about whether the Neil Woodford disaster could be repeated in the world of ETFs.
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Henry Cobbe, Hoshang Daroga


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The Big Call: Building blocks for a portfolio

Ed Bowsher
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The Big Call

The Big Call: Building blocks for a portfolio
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.
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Oliver Smith, Adam Laird


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The Big Call: Smart Beta performance and more!

Ed Bowsher
Original Broadcast:

The Big Call

The Big Call: Smart Beta performance and more!
Ed Bowsher finds out more about smart beta investing – passive funds that can follow particular investment strategies such as value or momentum. He speaks to Adam Laird, Head of ETF strategy at Lyxor and Steve Goldin, Managing Partner at Parala Capital. Steve gives the rundown on recent Smart Beta performance and also looks at how smart beta ETFs that look similar may actually be very different.
Guests:

Adam Laird, Steve Goldin


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The Big Call: The Ultimate EFT Guidebook

Ed Bowsher
Original Broadcast:

The Big Call

The Big Call: The Ultimate EFT Guidebook
ETFs (exchange traded funds) have revolutionised the investment world, offering a wide range of new opportunities for private investors. A new book on the funds has just been published called ‘The Ultimate ETF Guidebook’. Beginners can easily read the book, and more experienced investors will probably find fresh insight as well. In the latest edition of The Big Call, Ed Bowsher talks to the co-author of the book, David Stevenson.
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David Stevenson


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The Big Call: Investing in the UK - Time to pick up some Brexit bargains?

Ed Bowsher
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The Big Call

The Big Call: Investing in the UK - Time to pick up some Brexit bargains?
As the Brexit crisis becomes ever more unpredictable, Ed asks whether now is a good time to buy some cheap UK shares. Do long-term investors need to worry as they see their portfolios sway up and down? Ed speaks to Oliver Smith, Portfolio Manager at IG Smart Portfolio, and Howie Li, Head of ETFs at Legal & General Investment Management. Howie tells Ed about a new UK ETF that LGIM has just launched which has a management charge of just 0.05% a year and takes a slightly different approach from the more established UK ETFs. There’s more to this ETF than just being cheap. Howie also explains more about five other ETFs that LGIM launched last month.
Guests:

Oliver Smith, Howie Li


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The Big Call: Where next for technology?

Ed Bowsher
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The Big Call

The Big Call: Where next for technology?
The technology sector has had a serious wobble in the last fortnight. Ed Bowsher asks what’s next for this part of the market and whether now is a good time to invest. He speaks to Howie Li of Legal & General Investment Management and Hector McNeill of HAN ETF.
Guests:

Howie Li, Hector McNeill


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The Big Call: What is smart beta and is it a good idea?

Ed Bowsher
Original Broadcast:

The Big Call

The Big Call: What is smart beta and is it a good idea?
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.
Guests:

David Stevenson, Nicolas Samaran


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The Big Call: How to invest your money in a world of rising interest rates

Ed Bowsher
Original Broadcast:

The Big Call

The Big Call: How to invest your money in a world of rising interest rates
Interest rates and bond yields are slowly starting to rise in 2018, so it’s a good time to ask what investors should do with their money as we begin to return to a world of monetary normality. Is it time to get out of bonds? Or stay in shares? Ed Bowsher asks James Butterfill, investment strategist, Sean Corrigan of Cantillon Consulting and Russ Mould of AJ Bell.
Guests:

James Butterfill, Sean Corrigan


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The Big Call: How to get a sustainable dividend

Ed Bowsher
Original Broadcast:

The Big Call

The Big Call: How to get a sustainable dividend
It’s pretty easy to find investments that can pay you a chunky 5% or 6% yield. The challenge is to find investments where the dividend is sustainable and won’t be cut. Ed Bowsher heads to the “Big Call: Dividend Debate” conference and finds out several tips on how to do this by speaking to: Edward Lam of Somerset Capital Management, Mark Baker of Link Asset Services, Chanchal Samadder of Lyxor and David Stevenson of ETFstream.
Guests:

Edward Lam, Mark Baker, Chanchal Samadder, David Stevenson


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