Fund Your Retirement Podcast

John Rosier is a former city fund manager turned esteemed financial writer who runs the model portfolio. The JIC Portfolio which John started in 2012 has returned 303% vs, the FTSE all share of 125% over the same period. During this episode, John shares his investment approach and the value of keeping a detailed investment diary. John discusses the importance of dividends, which have grown from £2,000 a year to a projected £29,000. Finally, John shares what he would say to those who are just getting started.

Rosemary Banyard is an award-winning fund manager specialising in UK medium and smaller companies with over 30 years of experience in understanding business models, industry structures, barriers to entry, and risks, on both the buy and sell side. Rosemary talks about her investing journey and how it has evolved over the years from investing in quality businesses to sharing some of her best investments, and some not so good. Rosemary shares her guiding principles, Investor red flags to look out for in company accounts and of course much, much more.

Neil was a fantastic guest sharing many valuable insights that would benefit the experienced investor and the new investor. During this conversation, Neil shares the macro view of the UK stock market, including insights from Neil’s extensive network of fund managers. Neil Shah is the director of research at Edison Group, an investment research and advisory company with over 80 investment analysts spanning the globe.

Mark Bentley has been a full-time stock market investor since 2004, having pursued investing as a rewarding hobby for 20 years previously. Some of the stand-out talking points were Mark shares in detail some of his best investments and how he came across them. Some of Mark’s worst investments and what he learnt from them. Two stocks Mark has high hopes for today and the reasons why and why does 60% of Mark’s portfolio consist of investment companies?

Chris shares some of his best investments in the last 20 years, which he still holds to this day, and weaved throughout the conversation a handful of companies he has high hopes for presently. Chris Boxall is the co-founder, and the director of Fundamental Asset Management with primary responsibility for equity research and management of client portfolios, including the high-performing AIM portfolio services. Chris specialises in UK small-cap investing with over 20 years of experience operating in this area as a fund manager and as a private investor.

Bruce Packard talks about the advantages amateur investors have over professionals and how he believes amateurs can outperform most Professional fund managers, he talks about his top five holdings, his latest current high-conviction positions, his biggest investing mistakes, and much more. Bruce regularly writes for share pad, money week and his blog site Bruce Packard.com.

Jonathan Davis is the founder and host of Moneymakers, a weekly podcast show dedicated exclusively to following the latest news and developments in the investment trust sector. Jonathan is a private investor and has been writing about the financial markets for some of the major national publications such as the times, the economist, the independent and the financial times for over four decades. Jonathan’s main interests are in “big picture” investment issues – asset allocation, Investment trust strategy and fund selection – but he also invests in private and listed equities where he sees exceptional opportunities.

Mark Simpson is a deep-value investor and has been investing in individual stocks since 2003. Over the last decade, Mark has generated a 19% compound annual return following a Value methodology. He has achieved this out-performance by developing a strategy that plays to his unique strengths and overcomes his weaknesses, in particular finding practical ways to overcome behavioral biases. Mark shares his investing journey and demonstrates his stock-picking methodology by breaking down a company from his portfolio that he has a high conviction in.