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  2. Magazine - 08 Aug 2013

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Feature

  • Sterling bounce could present short window

    With the pound packing a punch a sell against yen could be in order

Feature

  • Synthomer sell-off could be an opportunity

    Tough European end markets should not blind traders to Asian growth

News

  • LSL to ride housing upturn

    Property services group set to benefit from improving market

News

  • Dialight opportunity shines brightly

    Several new contracts on the cards after landmark North American win

News

  • Ultra accelerated growth

    Company highlights £1.9 billion worth of contract opportunities

News

  • Conviviality Retail could prove a bargain

    New Aim company offers compelling play on cut-price booze and convenience trends

Feature

  • Aussie dollar under pressure from dire economy

    As macro-economic newsflow down under deteriorates currency feels the heat

Plays

  • Demolition risk to Balfour forecasts

    Market remains too optimistic that worst is behind the infrastructure giant

Feature

  • Profit versus potential

    Keep it simple and focus on cold hard cash

Chartist

  • How to understand charts

    This week: Making sense of a Fibonacci sequence

Chartist

  • Trend spotting

Plays

  • Rightmove is a very hot property

    Momentum is likely to stay on the side of the search website

Feature

  • Take heart from LiDCO’s growth

    Sales momentum is set to continue at cardiac monitoring expert

Feature

  • Vertu is stepping on the gas

    Further forecast upgrades to drive upwards momentum behind the acquisitive motor dealer

Feature

  • Stitch Fiberweb into your portfolio

    Self-help measures and hints of stronger markets bode well for fabrics group

Plays

  • Plays update - Brightside

Sector Reports

  • Make the right call with telecom equipment plays

Feature

  • Source a profit from Interserve

    Diversified service group lays out its growth plans

Feature

  • Biotech Blockbusters

    Where there is risk there is reward and nowhere does this apply more than to biotechnology companies. Mark Dunne puts the sector under the microscope and discovers a quintet of portfolio-enhancing firms.

Feature

  • Why Aim is bang on target for technology companies

    Market provides the perfect environment for innovative firms to grow

Feature

  • QE’s demise - a positive for portfolio diversification?

    In his second article about the implications of tighter US monetary policy, Simon Keane asks if trusted correlations could re-emerge as quantitative easing is withdrawn

Feature

  • Preparing for a bright future

    Amid regulatory changes we look at the benefits of using a Sipp to build a retirement nest egg

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  • Best of British Part IV: The Midlands

    Dan Coatsworth raises a glass to metal bashers, pharmas and tech enablers as he unearths the region’s best quoted firms

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