{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/a4c5de36-8260-4222-8e38-ff997dc73436/b5d32fb6-6eba-4d7d-bd9a-f22ae7602e46?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"John Baron: \"Investment trusts are a superior investment option\"","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9b44742e856e989985776/61b9b4cc24374a00129af04e.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>On this episode of the IC Interviews, editor John Hughman speaks to the magazine’s regular investment trust columnist John Baron.</p><p><br></p><p>A former fund manager, John has provided updates on two live investment trust based portfolios for the Investors Chronicle since 2009, one focused on growth and the other on income.</p><p>John has recently completed an updated version of his book, the Financial Times Guide to Investment Trusts: Unlocking the City's Best Kept Secret.</p><p>In this interview, John explains why he favours investment trusts, how the techniques he uses to manage his portfolios have shielded them from the worst impacts of Covid-19, and why he’s top slicing technology and taking contrarian positions in commercial property and commodities.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Investors' Chronicle"}