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  1. Archives
  2. Magazine - 22 May 2014

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Feature

  • Small Cap Best & Worst Performers Table

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  • Director dealings: Top buys and sells

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  • The Best & Worst Performers: Markets, Commodities, Forex, Sovereign Yields

News

  • News in brief: Brewin Dolphin, IFG, Telford Homes, Kalibrate Technologies, William Sinclair, Rose Petroleum

Plays

  • AO World looks hyped

    Bubbly valuation suggests de-rating risk at web-based retailer

News

  • Stick with Scapa

    Adhesive tape-maker is enjoying the fruits of a restructuring drive

News

  • Hansteen a property winner

    Acquisitive regional buyers looking for bargains

News

  • Nichols is a summer sizzler

    Swoop on branded soft drinks star ahead of hot weather dividend

Feature

  • Follow the cashflow

    AstraZeneca’s management must work hard to justify turning down a generous bid

News

  • PV powerless on pricing

    Cheap Chinese solar modules are flooding global markets again

Plays

  • Plays update: Hayward Tyler

News

  • Kentz cleaning up

    Current valuation looks enticing given flood of orders

Plays

  • Kier gets the mix right

    As UK construction picks up the firm is ticking over nicely

Feature

  • Preview: Kingfisher

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  • Preview: McKay Securities

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  • Preview: SQS Software Quality Systems

Plays

  • Plays update: Zytronic

Plays

  • Plays update: Tribal

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  • Still time to sell in May

    If last year is any guide investors should prepare to exit equities

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  • Euro set for losses

    Growth fears are likely to weigh heavily on the single currency

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  • Sterling outlook uncertain

    Questions over the sustainability of UK recovery continue to linger

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  • Letters: Call for a fresh prognosis

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  • Aim high with BPI

    Director buy a cue to take advantage of share price weakness

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  • Severfield to show some steel

    A name change is only part of the story for recovering metal fabricator

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  • Cognition’s profit focus

    Mental health test specialist is building its growth pipeline

Under The Bonnet

  • Rosslyn has to convince

    Data analytics specialist needs to impress on execution

Chartist

  • Chartist: Anite

Fixed-Income Focus

  • Driving off with a convertible

    Product offers a regular income and equity-linked capital gains

Chartist

  • Chartist: iShares Global Clean Energy

Fight For Your Rights

  • Flint sparks opposition

    Pirc urges oppose votes on pay and chairman’s re-election at HSBC AGM

Fight For Your Rights

  • Selftrade in retreat

    UKSA says investors ‘deserve better protection’ from probing information requests

Feature

  • Bounding higher

    Despite the UK equity market’s rapid ascent it has struggled to make much headway in the past year amid some scary pullbacks. Seán Flynn and the Shares team highlight seven companies to buy on the dips

Chartist

  • How to understand charts: Aroon

    Aroon method can help to define the direction and the strength of a trend

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  • Get active on fund debate

    Sage of Omaha reignites the perennial argument between active and passive management

Funds

  • Target healthy returns

    Reit taps into demographic trends and aims for a 6% yield

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  • Serabi set to succeed

    Gold producer is poised for a share price breakout as output increases

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  • Get ready for the invasion - Part III

    In the third of a four-part investigation, Russ Mould looks at some of the biggest and best-known activist investors

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  • Harness the power of social media

    Networking sites can help participants become better traders and investors

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  • Broaden your horizons

    By investing overseas you can gain access to sectors which are under-represented in the UK

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  • Lifting the lid on new market entrants

    After many disappointing IPOs we reveal the key ingredients for a successful float

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  • Letters: The long and the short of it

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