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Saving, spending, planning — you've got money questions and we've got answers. Every week host Alison Southwick and personal finance expert Robert Brokamp challenge the conventional wisdom on life's biggest financial issues to reveal what you really need to know to make smart money moves. In this week's show, Jason Moser joins the team to answer your questions about trimming your winners, muni bond taxes, a War on Amazon basket of stocks, modern portfolio theory, and more.

Ian Forrest of The Share Centre looks at the latest news of US GDP and the effect of the new quarantine rules on travel to Spain. He examines recent results from retailer Next, iron ore producer Rio Tinto and Lloyd Bank. Looking ahead, he considers what we might expect when we hear the latest news from BP.

Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University looks at what the Covid-19 home-working revolution might mean to Britain's middle classes, who could find that their jobs no longer need to be done by people within the UK. He also considers what the changed work environment might mean to the status and role of London and the City. He also warns that we should be paying attention to the danger in the mounting tension between Australia and China.

James Cameron-Wilson brings news of more cinemas reopening and more new films to show in them. He looks at the top 10 movies on Netflix and reviews the Netflix success 365 Days, a Polish erotic drama which, says James, should be given a wide berth. More interesting, he found, is the DVD release of Radioactive, with Rosamund Pike starring as Marie Curie. He also looks at the life and career of Olivia de Havilland, one of the last of the stars from Hollywood's golden era.

Steve Caplin, Share Radio's technology editor, looks at Sainsbury's introduction of the virtual queue, which won't leave you standing around as long. There's also Amazon's announcement of free grocery deliveries, Sky Arts becoming free to view, Proteus – a non-cuttable material and Proteus - an underwater ISS, a Porche with acceleration so fierce you risk passing out, Lego's grand piano, a wooden robot arm kit, Garmin's ransomware attack and Google building its own underwater transatlantic internet cable,

Want to keep up with the latest earnings updates from the States? Well join Chris Hill and the Motley Fool Radio Show team here on Share Radio, direct from Washington DC, for news, views and analysis of the US stocks that matter. In this week's show: Intel plunges on chip delays; Microsoft declines despite a record quarter; Twitter pops on strong user growth; Chipotle serves up strong digital growth but slips on closed restaurants; Coca-Cola’s CEO says the worst is over; Intuitive Surgical surprises; Boston Beer surges; Tesla slides; Disney delays Mulan indefinitely; And Slack goes to war with Microsoft. Analysts Andy Cross and Jason Moser discuss those stories and share two stocks on their radar: Equinix and Qorvo. Plus, MercadoLibre’s Head of Investor Relations Federico Sandler talks online retail, online payments, and the future of the e-commerce giant.

Tim Price, director of Price Value Partners, looks at the government's response to the onset of Covid-19 and considers the likely effects of the economic measures taken. Wondering why equities have been so buoyant ahead of what he believes will be the worst economic depression anybody alive has experienced, he wonders why the mainstream media has been so unquestioning and why so little attention has been paid to the economic effects of lockdown. Although highly nervous of most stocks and bonds, he does offer suggestions for investors similarly concerned for the future.

James Cameron-Wilson bemoans yet another postponement for Tenet and wonders the effect the lack of new product will have on reopening cinemas. As well as considering the latest box office chart for the UK, he reviews the creepy plant-breeding sci-fi film Little Joe and beautifully-shot, French-set film Provenance with Christian McKay.

Share Radio's technology editor Steve Caplin looks at the sudden rush of space vehicles heading to Mars. He looks at the vast improvement in fortunes for the bosses of Amazon and Tesla. He considers scientific advances in the animal world and how they affect pigs, cattle and chickens. He unveils Zoom's first bit of hardware. And he coos over a couple of new e-bikes, one of which has a trailer that turns into a boat!

Graham Spooner of The Share Centre looks at the contrasting fortunes of Melrose and Kingfisher, affected in different ways by the Covid-19 pandemic. Looking ahead as the company reporting season starts up again, he looks at Barclays, Lloyds and RBS in the banking sector, at Reckitt Benckiser and whether their initial coronavirus benefit will persist, at Next and at Compass.