Mark Atkinson
Bio
Creator and host of The Desert Island Investor podcast and the Question in a Bottle sub-series of podcasts.Appears in 54 Episodes
Question in a Bottle. What is your favourite stock?
Question in a Bottle is a series of short discussions where private investor Mark Atkinson answers questions sent in by listeners of his podcast The Desert Island Inve...
My review of UK biotech company Bioventix (BVXP)
Bioventix are a UK biotech company that specialise in creating antibodies from sheep that are then used in diagnostic blood testing. The ailments that the Bioventix pr...
Question in a Bottle. What are your top ten holdings and weightings?
Question in a Bottle is a series of short discussions where private investor Mark Atkinson answers questions sent in by listeners of his podcast The Desert Island Inve...
I interview Adam Rackley, fund manager at Cape Wrath Capital
Fund manager Adam Rackley accredits his robust financial decision making to a lifestyle which includes numerous physical challenges. One of those challenges was to row...
20 year old Joe Barry agrees that it’s never too early to start investing
In this episode of the podcast Mark talks with Joe Barry who is an undergraduate at the London School of Economics and a relatively new private investor. Although Joe ...
GREGGS. My stock update, a spot of lunch and some shoplifting.
In this episode Mark provides an update on the company's share performance. He also takes Paul for lunch at a GREGGS in Manchester where they discover that contrary to...
Question in a Bottle. Does flattery ever affect your decision making?
Question in a Bottle is a series of short discussions where private investor Mark Atkinson answers questions sent in by listeners of his podcast The Desert Island Inve...
A review of my holding in engineering polymer experts Victrex plc (VCT)
Victrex plc are producers of high performance engineering polymers and a range of thermoplastic products including films, tapes, pipes, fibres and filaments. Victrex a...
Question in a Bottle. How will Trump's tariffs affect your investments?
Question in a Bottle is a series of short discussions where private investor Mark Atkinson answers questions sent in by listeners of his podcast The Desert Island Inve...
The fight wasn't over when I visited the 2025 Titon Holdings AGM
Titon Holdings plc (TON) is one of Mark's investments that has been dogged with problems and it is currently a loss-making component of his portfolio. In this podcast,...
Question in a Bottle. From the Financial Times, about Entain plc.
Question in a Bottle is a series of short discussions where private investor Mark Atkinson answers questions sent in by listeners of his podcast The Desert Island Inve...
My personal review of the 2025 Fundsmith Annual Shareholders' Meeting
Fundsmith, under the guidance of portfolio manager Terry Smith, invest in equities on a global basis and the company’s approach is to be a long-term investor in its ch...
My review of M.P. Evans (MPE). Part two. I visit an M.P. Evans plantation
The M.P. Evans Group PLC owns a number of oil-palm plantations in Indonesia and the company is certified by the RSPO as a producer of sustainable palm oil. This is par...
My review of M.P. Evans (MPE). Part 1. Sustainable palm oil
The M.P. Evans Group PLC owns a number of oil-palm plantations in Indonesia and the company is certified by the RSPO as a producer of sustainable palm oil. This is a t...
Question in a Bottle. Is it ethical to be a tax exile?
Question in a Bottle is a series of short discussions where private investor Mark Atkinson answers questions sent in by listeners of his podcast The Desert Island Inve...
A festive review of my 20-year holding in TESCO (TSCO)
In this episode of the podcast, Mark reviews his 20-year holding in supermarket giant TESCO and looks at how the 2024 budget and other issues are likely to affect futu...
Question in a Bottle. How much time do you spend on research?
Question in a Bottle is a series of short discussions where private investor Mark Atkinson answers questions sent in by listeners of his podcast The Desert Island Inve...
John Walter talks about his life and being a Zytronic non-executive director
As well as talking about John's globe-trotting childhood and his illustrious career, Mark and John discuss one thing that they have in common, their investment in touc...