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                            Episode 18 of the Investor’s Champion Podcast
                             
                                                        
							
                            
                                
                            
                            
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                In this episode of the Investor’s Champion Podcast Chris and Lee consider the recent highs of stock markets, takeover activity on the UK stock market, the IPO of Shein, low-cost investment platforms and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's ambitions for a $1 trillion UK company. Companies discussed include Stonking Small Cap IQGeo, travel companies TUI and On the Beach and high-flying constituent of our Ultimate Stocks Portfolio, Experian. Small Caps and AIM stocks covered include Brickability, Michelmersh Brick, Lords, Angling Direct, Zotefoams, Creo Medical and Renew.  
Timestamps: 
1:20 FTSE and UK economy news including more takeovers, listing of Shein and Jeremy Hunt's ambitions.
13:10 Travel news from TUI and On the Beach Group (LON:OTB).
15:30 Experian (LON:EXPN)
17:40 Brickability Group (AIM:BRCK), Michelmersh Brick Holdings (AIM: MBH) and Lords (AIM:LORD).
23:00 Angling Direct (AIM: ANG).
27:10 Innovation vs boring Zotefoams (LON:ZTF) and Creo Medical (AIM: CREO) vs Renew (AIM: RNWH).
Podcast Platform Links: 
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3seyNBmXa9Cv7k4yC9FMYT
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/investors-champion-podcast/id1725567487
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/31cc6259-f400-414f-8bad-c0e31a03385e/investor's-champion-podcast
                             
                            
							
                            
                                
                                	 
                                        
                                    
                                	
                                    
                                        
                                        	
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