Money & Markets Podcast

How tariffs shock markets, Alphabet’s big challenge, and why we want to see changes to the Lifetime ISA

0:00 ~54 mins

How tariffs shock markets, Alphabet’s big challenge, and why we want to see changes to the Lifetime ISA

Welcome to the latest episode of the AJ Bell Monet & Markets podcast.

Tariffs have been on everyone’s minds this week and they’ve caused some big movements on the markets and dominated the discussion for many companies. Danni Hewson runs through the key points and how they relate to investments. [04:06]

Tom Sieber and Ian Conway from Shares magazine explain why tariff issues have cast a cloud over Diageo and the key takeaways from its latest results. [13:04]

A government consultation on Lifetime ISAs closed this week so Dan Coatsworth explores the pros and cons of the account and the changes AJ Bell hopes to see in the near future. [26:06]

Rachel Vahey talks about new figures on changes to the UK population and how this links to pensions. [29:05]

Danni and Dan take a look at the latest numbers from Alphabet, Disney, Estee Lauder, GSK and Mattel. [37:17]

Dan also chats about how certain activist investors are getting what they want, with major changes announced at Smiths Group and YouGov. [49:35]


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