Talking Trusts: Weekly Review with Simon Elliott (17 April 2021)

Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, and Simon Elliott, head of investment trust research at Winterflood Securities, review the week and the main market movements in the latest edition of our weekly investment trust podcast.

Listener numbers continue to rise as the podcast enters its second year. We are grateful for your continued support and the enthusiastic and favourable response since launch. This week we reflect on another strong week for the equity markets, with Wall Street hitting new all-time highs and the FTSE 100 index reaching 7,000 for the first time in a long time.

Trusts mentioned this week (with tickers) include: BH macro (BHMG/BHMU), BH Global (BHGG/BHGU), F&C (FCIT), Invesco Select (IOVP) and Invesco Income Growth (IVI), UIL (UTL), US Solar (USF), Merchants Trust (MRCH), Schroder British Opportunities (SBO), Aberdeen Standard Asia Focus (AAS), Middlefield Canadian income (MCT), North American Income Trust (NAIT), Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies (SST), Caledonia Investments (CLDN), Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM), BMO Commercial Property Trust (BCPT), Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), PRS REIT (PRSR), and Schroder European Real Estate (SERE).

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This week sees the first of a series of forums in which leading investment trust experts give their answers to a currently topical issue. The weekly investment trust portfolio will continue to be free.

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Produced by Ben Gamblin.