Money Makers

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.

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Duncan MacInnes, manager of the Ruffer Investment Company (RICA). Section Timestamps: 00:59 - Highlights of the week 02:31 - Money Makers Circle this week 03:25 - Investment trust news highlights 06:09 - Q&A with Duncan MacInnes 07:00 - Why 2022 was a good year for Ruffer 12:25 - Trading around the impact of UK index-linked gilts during the Truss administration 13:47 - Exposure to energy 18:28 - Ruffer's selling point 24:18 - Lagging indicators and company earnings 28:07 - Navigating choppy waters 31:57 - The dollar and the US 36:40 - Capacity constraints on the investment trust? 41:25 - Difficulties in achieving numbers that beat inflation 42:32 - A strategy to deal with volatility 45:18 - Close Trusts mentioned (with tickers): 3i Group (III), Literacy Capital (BOOK), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), Invesco Asia Trust (IAT), CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust (CMPG/CMPI), Henderson Smaller Companies Trust (HSL), Edinburgh Worldwide (EWI), BH Macro (BHMG), Home REIT (HOME), Finsbury Growth and Income (FGT), Blackstone Loan Financing (BGLF). 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 features a profile of Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF), and Jonathan provides the first of his reviews of the four Money Makers Model Portfolios. 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.

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Matt Hose, alternative assets analyst at the investment bank Jefferies, and Stuart Widdowson, manager of the Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT). Section Timestamps: 00:13 - Introducing this week's guests 00:51 - Review of the week 02:53 - Money Makers Circle highlights 03:43 - Q&A with Matt Hose 33:53 - Q&A with Stuart Widdowson 54:30 - Close Trusts mentioned (with tickers): BH Macro (BHMG), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Triple Point Social House (SOHO), Home REIT (HOME), Baker Steel Resources Trust (BSRT), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), Pantheon International (PIN), Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities (APEO), NB Private Equity Partners (NBPE), Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG), Starwood European Real Estate Finance (SWEF), NB Global Monthly Income (NBMI), VPC Speciality Lending (VSL), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), Schiehallion Fund (MNTN). 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. In addition to the regular features, the Circle features a profile of Oakley Capital Investments (OCI), and Jonathan summarises his notes from the Winterflood Annual Investment Trusts Conference. 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. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Max King, former fund manager at Investec and columnist in MoneyWeek,  and Andrew Rees, property investment trust analyst at Numis Securities. Section Timestamps: 00:13 - Review of the week 02:28 - Money Makers Circle 02:58 - Q&A with Max King 03:11 - Max's comments on the latest developments 05:57 - Will world markets do better than US markets? 07:31 - Chinese investment trusts 10:42 - Home REIT (HOME) and RIT Capital Partners (RIT) 17:49 - IPO announcement: AT85 Global Mid-market Infrastructure 18:33 - Aurora Investment Trust (ARR) 19:59 - Risks for the year 20:54 - Changes with Max's investments? 22:17 - Commercial property Q&A with Andrew Rees 22:58 - Summarising what happened to the shares of commercial property trusts in 2022 24:00 - What sectors were worst affected by the change in environment and why 24:57 - The scale of the change in share price performance and ratings 25:52 - Comparing discounts to previews periods of significant discount movements 27:49 - What will happen from here? 29:44 - Dividend yields and their sustainability 33:47 - Further valuation pressures on capitalisation rates 37:36 - Trusts with long-term inflation-linked leases 39:35 - Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR) and the Sainsbury's Supermarket portfolio 41:34 - LXI REIT (LXI) and refinancing 44:14 - Social housing sector 49:21 - Specialist healthcare trusts 53:14 - The trusts that Andrew is looking for 55:38 - Close Trusts mentioned (with tickers) Henderson Diversified Income (HDIV), AT85 Global Mid-market Infrastructure Income, Home REIT (HOME), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), Aurora Investment Trust (ARR), Rockwood Strategic (RKW), Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT), North Atlantic Smaller Companies, Temple Bar Investment Trust (TMPL), Edinburgh Investment Trust (EDIN), Regional REIT (RGL), Alternative Income REIT (AIRE), Ediston Property Investment Company (EPIC), AEW UK REIT (AEWU), LXI REIT (LXI), Value and indexed Property Income (VIP), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), Abrdn Property Income (API), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Triple Point Social Housing (SOHO), Target Healthcare REIT (THRL), Impact Healthcare REIT (IHR). 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. In addition to the regular features, this week the Circle features a profile of SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEIT) 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. Our podcasts are also available on the Association of Investment Companies website, www.theaic.co.uk. Produced by Ben Gamblin.

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Ewan Lovett-Turner, head of investment trust research at Numis Securities. Section Timestamps: 00:37 - The markets this week 04:22 - Introducing Ewan Lovett-Turner 04:46 - Looking back at 2022 09:41 - Anything distinctive about last year's winners and losers over previous years? 10:53 - Post-pandemic anomaly 12:55 - The impact of bond yields on alternative assets 16:29 - The alternatives sector moving to a discount 19:04 - Issuance figures 23:05 - Will there be trusts that are now unable to raise expected money? 26:27 - Consolidation in the equity investment trust sector 29:44 - The latest from Home REIT (HOME) 32:48 - Sell-off in RIT Capital Partners (RCP) 37:18 - Discount opportunities 47:01 - Opportunities in alternatives 55:22 - Money Makers Circle 55:50 - Close Trusts mentioned (with tickers) include: Riverstone Energy (REL), Artemis Alpha (ATS), TR Property (TRY), Abrdrn Latin American Income (ALAI), Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT), JPMorgan Emerging Europe, Middle East, and Africa (JEMA), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust (EWI), Allianz Technology Trust (ATT), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust (ASL), Chrysalis Investment Trust (CHRY), Schiehallian Fund (MNTN), BH Macro (BHMG), BioPharma Credit (BPCR), Capital Gearing Trust (CGT), Ruffer Investment Company (RICA), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Home REIT (HOME), LXi REIT (LXI), Supermarket Income REIT (SUPR), International Public Partnerships (INPP), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), City of London Investment Trust (CTY), Merchants Investment Trust (MRCH), Law Debenture (LWDB), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), TwentyFour Income Fund (TFIF), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund (SMIF), Schroder Real Estate (SREI), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG), Templeton Emerging Markets (TEM), Schroder Japan Growth (SJG), JPMorgan Indian (JII), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Monks Investment Trust (MNKS), International Biotech (IBT), Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG), Bellevue Healthcare Trust (BBH), Syncona (SYNC), Henderson Smaller Companies Trust (HSL), BlackRock Smaller Companies (BRSC), Triple Point Social Housing (SOHO), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Schroder Real Estate (SREI), HG Capital Trust (HGT), Oakley Capital (OCI), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW). 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. In addition to the regular features, this week the Circle features a profile of Monks (MNKS). 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.

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.

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Peter Hewitt, manager of the CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust (CPMG/CPMI). Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Majadie Investment Trust (MAJE), JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust (JII), Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust (EGL), Aberdeen Diversified Income and Growth (ADIG), Chenavari Toro Income Fund (TORO), Artemis Alpha (ATS), MIGO Opportunities Trust (MIGO), Atlantis Japan Growth (AJGF), Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Triple Point Social Housing (SOHO), VPC Speciality Lending (VSL), NB Global Monthly Income (NBMI), TwentyFour Income Fund (TFIF), Biopharma Credit (BPCR), GCP Asset Backed Income (GABI), Home REIT (HOME), Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust (SMT), HG Capital Trust (HGT), Fidelity Special Values (FSV), Law Debenture (LWDB), Finsbury Growth and Income (FGT), BH Macro (BHMG), Ruffer Investment Company (RICA), Personal Assets Trust (PNL), Capital Gearing Trust (CGT), Aurora Investment Trust (ARR), Bellevue Healthcare (BBH), HBM Healthcare Investments (SWX:HBMN), BB Biotech (SWX:BION), Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG), International Biotechnology Trust (IBT), Princess Private Equity (PEY), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG), Round Hill Music Royalty Fund (RHM). Section Timestamps: 0:00:35 - Recapping the week 0:02:00 - Summarising results 0:05:41 - Corporate news 0:08:10 - Money Makers Circle 0:09:00 - Q and A with Peter Hewitt 0:09:56 - How has the year been? 0:14:22 - How does this bear market compare to the past? 0:17:14 - Growth versus income 0:19:54 - Will next year see the bottom of the recession? 0:23:25 - The investment trust sector 0:24:10 - Winding up trusts: a healthy development? 0:25:56 - Has Peter invested in a debt fund? 0:28:06 - Social housing trusts 0:35:28 - Discounts and discount controls 0:39:48 - The growth portfolio 0:44:54 - The income portfolio 0:49:47 - Managing currency risk 0:51:57 - Underlying discount on the portfolio 0:55:50 - Music royalty trusts 1:00:20 - Looking forward to next year 1:01:48 - Investment Trusts Handbook 1:02:43 - 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. In addition to the regular features, this week the Circle features a profile of JLEN Environmental (JLEN), along with notes from Jonathan on the markets 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.

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Nick Greenwood, manager of MIGO Global Opportunities Trust (MIGO). Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Global Smaller Companies Trust (GSCT), JPMorgan Asia Growth and Income (JAGI), JPMorgan China Growth and Income (JCGI), JPMorgan Japanese (JFJ), JPMorgan European Discovery (JEDT), Polar Capital Technology (PCT), Polar Capital Global Healthcare (PCGH), GCP Infrastructure (GCP), Gore Street Energy Storage (GSF), Foresight Sustainable Forestry (FSF), Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI), Ediston Property (EPIC), Doric Nimrod Air One/Two/Three (DNA, DNA2, DNA3), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income (SEQI), Octopus Renewables Infrastructure (ORIT), Alpha Real (ARTL), Dunedin Enterprise (DNE), Artemis Alpha (ATS), Strategic Equity Capital (SEC), River and Mercantile Micro Cap (RMMC), Miton UK Micro Cap (MINI), Downing Strategic Micro Cap (DSM), Third Point Investors (TPOU), Nippon Active Value Fund (NAVF), Cambium Global Timberland (TREE), Tufton Oceanic Assets (SHIP), Polar Capital Global Financials (PCFT), Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG), International Biotechnology Trust (IBT), Amedeo Air Four Plus (AA4), VPC Speciality Lending Investments (VSL), Yellow Cake (YCA), Geiger Counter (GCL), Macau Property Opportunities (MPO), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), Chrysalis Investments (CHRY), Schroder UK Public Private (SUPP), Oakley Capital (OCI), NB Private Equity (NBPE). Section Timestamps: 00:22 - Introducing the latest Investment Trusts Handbook 03:08 - Introducing Nick Greenwood 03:42 - Review of the week 05:35 - Selected results 07:37 - Money Makers Circle 08:54 - Q and A with Nick Greenwood 11:35 - Widening discounts an opportunity? 13:49 - The MIGO approach 15:47 - Exited positions 17:39 - UK Micro Cap 27:34 - Number of holdings in the portfolio 28:19 - Recent purchases 31:35 - What's behind the dramatic biotech selloff? 23:20 - Aircraft leasing 32:14 - Broader portfolio themes 31:27 - Property 40:21 - Private equity and growth capital 47:35 - Are we through the worst of the discount widening? 51:26 - Hopes for 2023 54:25 - 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. In addition to the regular features, this week the Circle features a profile of the Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG). 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 130 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.

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Alastair Laing, co-manager of Capital Gearing Trust. Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Civitas Social Housing (CSH), Home REIT (HOME), LXI REIT (LXI), Value and Indexed Property (VIP), Hipgnosis Songs Fund (SONG), Schroder UK Mid Cap Investment Trust (SCP), Finsbury Growth and Income (FGT), Monks (MNKS), Securities Trust of Scotland (STS), Templeton Emerging Markets (TEM), Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities (BEE), BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust (BRFI). Section Timestamps: 00:39 - The Investment Trusts Handbook 02:23 - Capital Gearing Trust 03:33 - Q&A with Alastair Laing 04:36 - The thinking behind CGT's defensive stance 07:53 - Any significant changes at CGT? 10:48 - What would it take to start thinking about increasing equity and risk asset exposure? 14:04 - Could the US avoid a recession? 16:18 - Inflation cannot be won in one battle 18:32 - Danger of a wage-price spiral in the US? 20:05 - Opportunities from wide discounts in the investment trusts sector 21:56 - The rise of alternative assets 24:02 - Commercial property 30:24 - Music royalties 31:55 - Renewable energy trusts 35:13 - Equity markets, investment style, and small vs large cap 45:26 - Emerging markets, and the role of single country or specialist regional trusts in a portfolio 47:34 - The role of Japan in the portfolio 50:22 - Money Makers Circle 50:56 - 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. In addition to the regular features, this week the Circle features a profile of the JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets Trust (JARA). 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 130 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.

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, is joined in this week’s edition of the Money Makers Weekly Investment Trust podcast by Max King, columnist for MoneyWeek, and former fund manager at Investec Asset Management; and also previews a discussion with Ben Rogoff, manager of Polar Capital Technology (PCT) - available in full for subscribers to the Money Makers Circle. Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: Digital 9 Infrastructure Trust (DGI9), US Solar Fund (USF), Home REIT (HOME), Keystone Positive Change (KPC), Baillie Gifford UK Growth (BGUK), Baillie Gifford European (BGEU), JPMorgan Emerging Markets (JMG), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), Fidelity Emerging Markets (FEML), Chrysalis (CHRY), Schiehallion (MNTN), Literacy Capital (BOOK), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), TR Property (TRY), Odyssean Investment Trust (OIT), JPMorgan Global Core Real Assets (JARA), Life Science REIT (LABS). Section Timestamps: 00:32 - The Investment Trusts Handbook 2023 01:16 - Q&A with Max King 01:22 - The last three months and where we're at now 04:39 - Thoughts on investment trusts in general 06:27 - Discounts and alternative assets 09:05 - Markets and politics 09:53 - Looking at specific trusts 17:15 - Equity investment trusts sector 20:09 - Vietnam, China, and emerging markets 23:12 - Private equity 25:08 - Commercial property 28:43 - What has Max been doing? 31:17 - A summary of the week's results 34:15 - Money Makers Circle 34:44 - Q&A with Ben Rogoff (extract) 43:52 - 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. In addition to the regular features, this week the Circle features a piece by Edward Chancellor about the cryptocurrency market, and a profile of Pantheon International (PIN). Subscribers can also listen to the full conversation with Ben Rogoff, manager of Polar Capital Technology. Ben spoke about many issues including whether the market environment remains favourable to technology stocks, and some of the larger stocks in the sector. 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 130 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.