Is There a Role for Gold in Portfolio Insurance?

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Sebastian Lyon, manager of the Personal Assets Trust (PNL), and CEO of Troy Asset Management. During their discussion, Jonathan and Sebastian remember the former director of Personal Assets Trust, Robin Angus, who sadly died earlier this year, and they talk about the anthology of his quarterly summaries that have been released as a book, A Shared Journey. This book is available for free as a PDF download: https://www.patplc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/12/1941-PAT-Quarterlies-Anthology-Book.pdf Section Timestamps: 00:24 - Introducing Sebastian Lyon 01:51 - The year in historical context 04:53 - Has the investment game changed? 08:32 - Locking in a loss of wealth 10:23 - Looking at the stock market 14:34 - The problems faced by central banks 17:38 - Could we return to a Goldilocks scenario? 21:27 - Personal Assets Trust (PNL) and other funds 23:50 - Would PNL invest in commodities? 28:58 - Index linked potential 33:51 - Equity exposure 38:18 - Quality stocks 40:24 - Would PNL look at property? 42:24 - The sell-off of the dollar 46:03 - Remembering Robin Angus 53:59 - Close If you enjoy the weekly podcast, you may also find value in joining The Money Makers circle. This is a membership scheme that offers listeners to the podcast an opportunity, in return for a modest monthly or annual subscription, to receive additional premium content, including interviews, performance data, market/portfolio reviews and regular extracts from the editor's notebook. For more information about the Money Makers circle, please visit money-makers.co/membership-join. Membership helps to cover the cost of producing the weekly investment trust podcast, which will continue to be free. We are very grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic response to our nearly 140 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.