Money Clinic with Claer Barrett
Financial Times
The FT’s money-making expert Claer Barrett responds to real-life money questions from a range of millennial guests gearing up to battle the cost of living crisis. Every episode is packed with nuggets, tips and takeaways shared by top FT writers and financial experts. There are no short cuts to wealth, but Money Clinic promises to tell you things you didn’t know about your finances and investing in ways that anyone can understand. Want to talk to Claer on the show? Email money@ft.com or drop her a line on Instagram @Claerb Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Dec 20, 2018 • 23min
Brexit buying opportunity, the top FTSE risers and fallers and should you take your claim to the small claims court?
FT Money editor Claer Barrett talks to Merryn Somerset Webb about how investors can take advantage of choppy markets. Plus, we highlight the winners and losers of the FTSE 100 stocks and is the small claims court a better bet than the ombudsman service? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 13, 2018 • 21min
Beyond Brexit, christmas lights for beards and the growing trend presents for teachers
FT Money editor Claer Barrett investing beyond Brexit - what action should you consider to ride out the volatility. Plus as Christmas approaches, what is this year's must have party accessory and will you be buying a present for your child's teacher this year? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 6, 2018 • 26min
Buying your first property, the pensions dashboard and private banking
Claer Barrett and guests discuss how tough it is for first time buyers to get onto the property ladder if they don't have help from mum and dad. Plus, the pensions dashboard - it's finally arrived, so what should we make of it. And Rich People's Problems columnist James Max tell us why he's happy to pay though the nose for old fashioned banking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 29, 2018 • 24min
What do you really think about financial advisers - and what do they say about you?
We've devoted this week's Money Show podcast to examining the changing relationship between financial advisers and their clients. Over the past month, more than 400 of you have bared your financial souls to us, completing FT Money's detailed survey about financial advice - covering what you most want to ask an adviser for help with. Claer Barrett and guests discuss what you love and hate about the advice profession. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 22, 2018 • 16min
Black Friday bargains, women's pensions and investment trusts
Claer Barrett and guests discuss Black Friday deals and talk about the campaign to reduce the state pension age for women born in the 1950s. Plus we take another look at investment trusts and whether small companies could bring investors high returns Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 15, 2018 • 19min
Can you learn about money from reading someone's financial diary?
Claer Barrett and guests discuss the phenomenal success of the Money Diaries - an online website that has enabled women around the world to anonymously share their financial spending secrets. Plus we hear from a former banker turned entrepreneur who has set up a company to help women take control of their money. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 8, 2018 • 16min
Britain's financial 'invisibles', child benefit fines repaid and why Lord Lee is selling some shares
Lucy Warwick-Ching and guests debate what it means to be refused access to credit, why HMRC is repaying fines it levied for unpaid tax, and how a volatile stock market has lead to Lord Lee selling some shares. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 1, 2018 • 15min
What will the Budget mean for you?
Claer Barrett and guests discuss how the chancellor's budget will hit your pocket. Is the new income tax change really as good as it sounds? And how will it affect you if you're self employed or a landlord. Finally, we unpick the pension contribution rules and spell out how much you can contribute. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 25, 2018 • 16min
Share incentive schemes and what you really think of financial advisers
FT money editor Claer Barrett is joined by Money Mentor Lindsay Cook to discuss the perks and pitfalls of company share incentive schemes and columnist Jason Butler stops in to talk curbing Christmas shopping enthusiasm. Finally, why FT Money wants to know what you really think of your financial adviser. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 18, 2018 • 18min
Remortgaging your home, holding cash and getting more women to invest
Claer Barrett and guests discuss why people are using their homes as piggy banks and what they are doing with the extra money. Other topics of debate include why more and more investors are sitting on cash rather than putting their money into the stock market, and how to get more women to engage with their finances. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
