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Chartist

Chartist: Schroders

Commodities

Rio’s recovery potential

Use commodity forecasts to make informed investment decisions on miners

Cover Story

Get on board for the turnaround

Spotting a sustainable recovery play is no easy task, but as Dan Coatsworth and the Shares team explain there are some useful pointers to look out for

Agenda

Chartist

Chartist: iShares MSCI Japan

Commodities

Empyrean gushes ahead

Ramifications of upgrade to reserves and resources missed

Databank

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

Small Caps

Chartist

How to understand charts: Price velocity

This week: Time for quick word about why price velocity is important

Diary

Preview: Phoenix IT

Director Deals

Director dealings: Top buys and sells

Plays

Diary

Preview: RPC

Director Deals

Luff backs Lloyds

We suggest investors follow director purchase as bank returns to form

Feature

Full metal packet

Uncertainty on China’s economic outlook, Ukraine’s political turmoil and range-bound prices provide a confusing palette for retail spreadbetters looking for a metals trading cue. But, writes Andrew Macdonald, there are some pointers to be found

Sector Reports

Beverages to bounce back

High-quality drinks names still offer plenty of earnings fizz

Feature

Think about the future

Innovative companies are looking to address huge issues such as the cost and availability of energy, water and food

Fight For Your Rights

Pensions review warning

Cold callers could put your retirement savings at risk

Fixed-Income Focus

Beware of the CoCo popping

The financial crisis gave birth to a new issuer-friendly bond

Feature

Get ready for the invasion – Part IV

In the final part of this series, Russ Mould looks at where you can find out more about the biggest activist investors and how you can emulate their trades

Fight For Your Rights

Shareholder spring mark II

Investors exercise their ‘say on pay’ rights for the first time

Forex

Pile into Aussie on pullback

Any sell-off related to a rise in risk appetite would provide a buying opportunity

Funds

Lowson leads the way

AXA Framlington portfolio offers record of capital growth

Letters

Letters: Dollar doldrums

Mr Market

Float to the top

To pull off an IPO small and mid-size companies need to make a good case

Opinion

Animal spirits in wine world

Bid for Aussie grape-grower shows importance of three-dimensional view of valuation

The Big Debate

Distributors lag UK recovery

We examine why electronic component sellers’ sales don’t match growth statistics

Under The Bonnet

Talking itself into a corner

Telecoms group boxed in by bargain-basement pricing

Forex

Inflation to bolster Japanese yen

Even a technical spike in generalised prices could prompt ‘less QE’ talk

Letters

Letters: The frustrations of being a mining investor

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Market Overview

FTSE 350 Risers and Fallers

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