Weekly Investment Trust Podcast with Jonathan Davis (04 Feb 2023)

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Chris Clothier, fund manager at Capital Gearing Trust (CGT). Section Timestamps: 00:29 - Introducing Chris Clothier and upcoming guests 01:31 - Central banks rate changes 03:01 - Investment trust sector performance 03:52 - This week's news and results 04:34 - Money Makers Circle 09:56 - Q&A with Chris Clothier 10:17 - Central banks and rate rises 13:33 - Avoiding a bad recession 16:19 - Will this rally shortly run out of steam? 19:14 - Japanese bonds and equities 24:14 - Investing in China 25:18 - CGT asset allocation and positioning 27:38 - Limits to movements in the current trend 31:36 - Discount movements in investment trusts 34:20 - Commercial property sector 38:31 - Social housing sector 41:07 - Opportunities arising from funds winding down 47:17 - Renewables sector 48:58 - What could prompt a move back to risk assets etc.? 50:07 - Close Trusts mentioned (with tickers): Octopus Renewables Infrastucture Trust (ORIT), Ecofin Renewables Infrastructure (RNEW), Aquila European Renewables (AERS), Riverstone Energy (RSE), Abertforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Henderson Opportunities Trust (HOT), BlackRock Income and Growth (BRIG), Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), Chrysalis (CHRY), Castelnau Group (CGL), Doric Nimrod Air One (DNA), NB Global Monthly Income (NBMI), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), LXI REIT (LXI), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Home REIT (HOME), Triple Point Social Housing (SOHO), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON). 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. This week, as well as the regular features, the Circle features a profile of Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT). 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 over 140 podcasts since launch. You can find more information, including relevant disclosures, at www.money-makers.co. Please note that this podcast is provided for educational purposes only and nothing you hear should be considered as investment advice. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.