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How can investors keep up with the extraordinary pace of change in the past six days? Since US voters went to the polls on Tuesday, some investors have sold up and piled into safe havens like gold, only to see the financial markets do an unexpected about-face. With impeccable timing, the Open University Business School is staging its annual conference with the theme of "investor behaviour", and its Research Professor, Janette Rutterford, spoke to Share Radio's Nigel Cassidy about recent investor behaviour, and what it tells us about our understanding of finance.

As Donald Trump prepares to assemble his economic team, markets are rallying in expectation of a new period of fiscal stimulus. However, with Republicans in Congress set on strict deficit reduction targets, Mr Trump may be unlikely to achieve his policy pledges, including $1trn worth of spending on infrastructure. Robert Van Egghen has been speaking to Jim O'Sullivan, Chief US Economist at High Frequency Economics, who explained why the Republican party could stop Mr Trump from fulfilling his spending promises.

Gadgets and Gizmos with Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin.

Simon Rose was joined by John Phelan chief economist at Agrimoney to discuss Trump and Hilary’s economic policies. Trump seems to view trade as a zero sum game, a fight with winners and losers. He talks of the all the money the US supposedly 'loses' to China or wherever. What he fails to mention is the goods and services China 'loses' to the US in return for these bits of paper. Hilary thinks all government spending is investment and believes in myths like the minimum wage and the gender pay gap.

Employment outlook continues to grow in the UK but at a slower pace and real wages look likely to fall amid continued Brexit uncertainty That's according to the CIPD/Adecco Group Labour Market Outlook report which highlights finds that employers don't want and aren't ready for a hard Brexit To find out more about this I'm now joined by Gerwyn Davies, Labour Market Analyst at the CIPD

Today is the start of Anti-Bullying Week which aims to shine a spotlight on bullying and encourage people to take action against bullying throughout the year. And it's not just an issue for the playground. Research shows that 30% of people admit to being victims of bullying in the workplace. To find out more about this Jinan Rahma spoke to Victoria Lewis - Chief Executive byrne·dean training and started by asking what counts as bullying in the workplace.

The number of people visiting our high streets and shopping centres has fallen for the second month in a row. Overall, retail footfall in October was 0.4% lower compared to the same time a year ago, but it was still better than September's fall of 0.9%. This is according to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor, which found that customer traffic in shopping centres fell for the ninth consecutive month. Despite this, the 1.8% drop signalled an improvement on September's 2.5% drop. To discuss the findings in more detail, Simon Rose spoke to Diane Wehrle, Marketing and Insights Director at Springboard

Optimism among UK companies has dipped to its lowest in over four years. This is according to the latest Markit Business Outlook survey. Furthermore, worldwide business confidence fell to its lowest level in over six years due to growing political uncertainty, enhancing worries of the potential impact of Brexit on the UK economy. Chris Williamson, IHS Markit's chief economist, spoke to Simon to discuss the survey in more detail.

Share Radio's Ed Bowsher spoke to top technology fund manager Walter Price, Head of Allianz Technology Trust. He's based in San Francisco - but joined Ed in the studio to give his thoughts on the US election, Trump tariffs, and the investment approach of his trust.

Crowdfunders is our weekly look at what's hot and what's not in the crowdfunding and peer-to-peer space, examining the latest news and developments in the fast growing world of alternative finance. Your host is Ed Bowsher, and on today's show he'll investigate crowdfunding that supports community projects such as swimming pools or playgrounds, as well looking at new data from Altfi showing how equity crowdfunding projects have performed since the sector's creation in 2011. Enjoyed Crowdfunders? You should try the Investment Trust Show, Share Radio’s examination of the world of investment trusts: https://audioboom.com/channel/shareradio-investmenttrustshow