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  1. Archives
  2. Magazine - 12 Dec 2013

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Feature

  • Director Deals: This Week’s Key Data

Feature

  • This Week’s Best & Worst Performers

News

  • News In Brief: Proactis, Keller, Brady, API, EMED Mining, Proteome Sciences

Plays

  • Pru prepares for growth

    Asia, UK and US all ready to drive new business for life insurer

Feature

  • Preview: National Express

News

  • RWS makes the right noises

    Patent translation group looks confident with potential business pipeline

Plays

  • Plays Update - Photo-Me

News

  • Domino’s to beat indigestion

    Directors scramble for the exit but company remains very cash generative

Feature

  • Preview: Dixons Retail

Feature

  • Start me up

    New business data and blossoming technology industry bode well for the future

Feature

  • Preview: Cohort

News

  • Stat of the week: Discover value at Trinity

    Find offshore Trinidad bolsters Caribbean oil play

News

  • Chart of the week: See Debenhams squeeze

    Margin pressure likely to persist at department store chain

Plays

  • Hayward pumps it up

    Increased quality of earnings yet to be fully reflected in valuation

News

  • Insurer’s boss looks on Brightside

    Profit warning and failed takeover approach all in the past

Plays

  • Plays update - Consort Medical

Plays

  • Plays update - Standard Chartered

Feature

  • Pound is too potent for euro

    Single currency is trying to rally but gains may not last long

Feature

  • Dollar gains look overdone

    Bank of Japan rhetoric is already priced in by the market

Feature

  • Epistem is up with events

    Chairman backs British biotech firm but risks remain elevated

Feature

  • Get carried away by pound

    Technicals and fundamentals look to support sterling at yen’s expense

Feature

  • Build on the UK’s recovery

    Later-cycle construction plays may now take the lead from housing specialists

Plays

  • Plays update: Regenersis

Under The Bonnet

  • Arria set to fall to earth

    Aberdeen University firm has enormous potential but a valuation to match

Feature

  • Bosses place faith in Caracal

    Exploration next year targets up to a billion barrels of oil

Chartist

  • Chartist: Scapa

Chartist

  • Chartist: Chemring

Chartist

  • How to understand charts: Breakouts

    This week: Breakouts - the call to action all technical traders must heed

Feature

  • Accsys to develop right formula

    Belgian deal to help chase away wood specialist’s earnings blues

Feature

  • Miners stay on message

    Investors grasp opportunity to grill directors in person

Feature

  • Toy firm shows its Character

    Trading momentum looks good ahead of crucial Christmas season

Fixed-Income Focus

  • Dive away from Ocean bond

    Lack of disclosure is a concern

Fight For Your Rights

  • Stand out from the crowd

    Shareholder group looking to have a voice on new crowdfunding rules

Fight For Your Rights

  • Forum shines light on strategy

    New investor vehicle is set to be launched in June next year

Sector Reports

  • Politics hits energy stocks

    Risk of government intervention refuses to go away

Feature

  • Power in your pocket

    Mobile platforms are an essential part of the modern trader’s toolkit

Feature

  • Bloomsbury is in business

    Publisher shifts its focus with a move to professional digital products

Feature

  • Letter: Reach for the skies

Feature

  • Letter: Chew on tax, dividends and doughnuts

Funds

  • Follow Webster’s way

    Patience costs nothing but Aberdeen investment trust makes it pay

Feature

  • Ride the rally

    As global markets keep rising, Dan Coatsworth and the Shares team look at the case for stocks that have hit a record share price high in the past six months.

Feature

  • Follow the smart money

    Keep a careful watch on positions taken by select fund managers

Feature

  • RPC packs a punch

    Visibility is an issue but disciplined approach should support dividend growth

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    Building products firm Genuit has great growth potential
  • 6
    Gaming Realms in on a roll and remains a buy
  • 7
    Frasers Group targets Hugo Boss dividend policy and treasury shares
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    Musk risks alienating supporters with new political intervention
  • 9
    Netflix set to smash second-quarter earnings forecasts
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    How do I replan my financial future after divorce?

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