{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/630c95da217a210012b7a018/652170bd35acc0001173041e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 40 (part 2): Paul Scott's thoughts on macro, plus other small cap ideas","description":"<p>I hope this is of interest, some more random stuff about small caps, markets, and macro - eg</p><p>Avoiding profit warnings from highly indebted companies - vital! Check those balance sheets!</p><p>Will we get political pressure to force central banks back into QE &amp; low rates?</p><p>PER can be a flawed concept in a downturn.</p><p>Top-down thoughts - finding sectors with tailwinds, avoiding ones with headwinds?</p><p>Rising profits from interest on cash piles - but what about the deterioration in the real value of the cash pile?</p><p>Switching from dead positions into more buoyant ones?</p><p>AIM mostly rubbish, but a smaller number of lovely companies in there - needles in haystack!</p><p>Frustration from prices grinding down on no news - do sellers know something? Probably not!</p>","author_name":"Paul Scott"}