Most-popular funds for lump sum and regular investing

About this episode

Kyle and Dave discuss the pros and cons of lump sum versus regular investing and highlight trends among popular investment options.

In this week’s episode Kyle and Dave weigh up the pros and cons of lump sum and regular investing. The duo also run through key trends among the top 15 most-bought funds, investment trusts and ETFs for both approaches. Kyle Caldwell is Funds and Investment Education Editor at interactive investor. On The Money is an interactive investor (ii) podcast. For more investment news and ideas, visit www.ii.co.uk/stock-market-news . Important information: This podcast is intended for information purposes only and is not a personal recommendation. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. The value of your investments may go down as well as up, and you may not get back all the money that you invest. Full performance information can be found on the company or index summary page on the interactive investor website. The ii Personal Pension (SIPP) is for people who want to make their own decisions when investing for retirement. Usually, you won’t be able to withdraw your money until age 55 (57 from 2028). If you are in any doubt about the suitability of the ii Personal Pension (SIPP), Stocks & Shares ISA, Trading Account, and/or any related tax treatment of these products, you…

People in this episode

Host: Kyle Caldwell

Guest: Dave

Topics covered

• lump sum investing
• regular investing
• investment trends
• funds
• ETFs
• investment trusts

Keywords

• lump sum
• regular investing
• most-bought funds
• investment trusts
• ETFs
• investment news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: interactive investor

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