Weekly Investment Trusts Podcast - Featuring Bruce Stout (04 March 2023)

In this week's edition of the Weekly Investment Trust Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook, speaks to Bruce Stout, manager of the Murray International Investment Trust (MYI). Also, while Jonathan is away in the Netherlands, Stuart Watson, author of the Money Makers Circle trust profiles, joins the podcast to bring a summary of the week's news and market movements.

Section Timestamps:
00:29 - Introduction, this week's guest, and the Money Makers Circle
02:15 - This week's news and market movements with Stuart Watson
10:59 - Q&A with Bruce Stout
11:41 - Was 2022 a reckoning some time in the making?
17:06 - Are government bonds a dangerous alternative?
19:19 - Portfolio split between the US and the rest of the world
23:19 - Yield on the Trust and dividends
26:20 - The trust's portfolio
28:51 - Impact of the dollar
32:37 - China
35:38 - Sustainability of results over the coming few years
38:21 - The use of gearing
40:16 - Portfolio holdings
45:18 - No easy solutions to the world's problems
48:13 - Looking at recent management changes
56:39 - Close

Trusts mentioned (with tickers): RIT Capital Partners (RCP), JPMorgan Global Growth and Income (JGGI), Mid Wynd International (MWY), Murray International (MYI), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), BlackRock World Mining (BRWM), Law Debenture (LWDB), Murray Income (MUT), Abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth (AUSC), Tritax Big Box (BBOX), Princess Private Equity (PEY), European Smaller Companies (ESCT), Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), Triple Point Social Housing (SOHO), Riverstone Energy (RSE), Greencoat Renewables (GRP), Mobius Investment Trust (MMIT), CQS New City High Yield (NCYF), Pacific Horizon (PHI), Apax Global Alpha (APAX), Pantheon Infrastructure (PINT), Aquila Energy Efficiency (AEET), Home REIT (HOME).

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