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Magazine - 13 Dec 2012

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Pork to sizzle

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Side with soybeans

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Take a shine to DiamondCorp

Value investors should look at small cap miner

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Make big bucks with yen trade

Weakness in the Japanese counter since the autumn could be the beginning of new multi-year trend

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Chartist’s choices fly higher due to saucers

Shares’ technical expert beats his benchmark and makes six picks which rise by at least 50%

Sector Reports

Time for a strong dose of pharmaceuticals

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Expect more yen weakness

Tip into recession illustrates worsening Japanese economy

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Berlusconi plan to puncture euro

Monti’s departure prompts fresh crisis in Italy

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Sterling to give ground against the dollar

Chancellor Osborne’s warning illustrates more pain ahead

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Five global themes to follow for 2013

Pricing power and barriers to entry are key in a low-growth world

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DIY INVESTOR’S TOOLKIT - PART 2

Simon Keane looks at how a safety conscious investor can generate a dependable level of return with minimal volatility

Funds

Make consumer trends your friends

Fund is a prime play on healthcare, mobility and demographics

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Park your cash

Growing gift vouchers-to-prepaid cards provider offers upgrade scope

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Hit right note with Blur

New products set to fuel rapid growth of creatives exchange business

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Ramp up Rambler exposure

Miner’s plans to accelerate development activity bode well for future earnings growth

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Bridge the value gap

Shares do not reflect growth potential of fully funded work programme

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Play H&T recovery

Sub-prime lender has been unfairly sold off on concerns about payday loans

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Time to buy the banks

The financial crisis highlighted how vulnerable the banking industry had become after certain practices were adopted in the late 1990s. Mark Dunne explains some banks are not just surviving but thriving.

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Zinc ready to sink on large surplus

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Changing winds for Aggreko

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Rail sale to spark Invensys takeover talk

Plays

Zambeef offers protein-powered profits

Play Africa’s consumer boom through the Zambian food producer

Plays

Dig into Duluth

Already working on a giant polymetallic joint venture, the US miner will soon show the potential for its own developments

News

Smoke signals growth for Consort Medical

New contract and strong results to drive shares higher

Plays

Cineworld is just the ticket for film-goers

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Gain credit with S&U

Consumer lending specialist to reassure on trading

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Top up on Tullow

Norwegian exploration adds new dimensionragment

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Put yourself in the picture with Photo-Me

Buy cash-generative photo booths operator ahead of chunky capital return

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Time to focus on quality

Bond investors may join Butch and Sundance in regretting a trip to Bolivia

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