Dan Lane, lead analyst at Robinhood UK, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on markets, money, and the future of investing in Britain.
We open with the big macro picture, examining what the latest volatility in the Middle East means for equities and how investors should think about interest rates and inflation in an uncertain geopolitical environment.
From there, we turn to the UK investing environment. Dan gives his honest take on whether Britain has a cultural problem with investing, how younger generations are approaching the stock market differently, and what still needs to change.
We dig into ISAs and why so many people leave their annual allowance untouched, the most damaging myths Dan hears regularly, and his verdict on whether government policy will actually shift behaviour.
We finish with a look at how AI is transforming what retail investors can do today versus five years ago, and the most exciting applications Dan has seen emerging in the space.
We close on UK-listed companies. We ask whether Dan is optimistic or pessimistic right now, and if he had fresh money to put to work in one corner of the UK market today, where would it go?