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Magazine - 18 Dec 2014

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Chartist

Income-backed selections

Technical analysis identifies two FTSE 350 constituent trading opportunities

Cover Story

Property power

There ' s more than one way to make money from bricks and mortar

Databank

The Best & Worst Performers: FTSE 350, Global Market, Commodities, Forex, Sovereign Yields

Small Caps

Diary

Preview: Berendsen

Director Deals

Director dealings: Top buys & sells

Feature

Funds in Fashion

Frequent the multitude of investment platforms and websites and you’ll note the perennial presence of a select band of open-ended funds, investment trusts and ETFs. The popularity of these funds reflects investors’ appetite to access the acumen of proven portfolio managers, gain exposure to hot sector trends or play the improving prospects of geographic territories. Yet blindly following the herd is never a sensible strategy, so investors need to do some homework to separate future winners from portfolios whose past glories could prove tough to repeat.

Plays

Diary

Preview: Rangers International Football Club

Director Deals

Bellway's safe as houses

Directors’ buys show board confidence in burgeoning housebuilder

Feature

Giving you a better platform

Simplified mobile apps, videos and stock ideas will form part of the new era of investment/trading services

Director Deals

Egdon gets busy

Director buying is a cue to take a look at unloved shale gas play

Feature

Get smart with ETFs

We explore the growing range of smart beta products

Fight For Your Rights

Shape up, says QCA

Listed companies need to up their game

Forex

No end to rouble's ruin

Russian woes continue while Swiss franc could rebound against dollar

Funds

A dynamic approach

Focus on cash, valuation and engagement brings rewards

Griller

Go with the Flow

Energy supply business with a twist holds organic growth and takeover promise

Letters

What we are saying

Mr Market

Crude cash crunch

How can E&P companies survive in a lower oil price environment

News

News in brief: President Energy, Macau Property Opportunities, Frontier Developments, Distil and IS Solutions

Opinion

Top of the leaderboard

A large number of FTSE 100 stocks beat the market n 2014

The Big Debate

Go ahead for further gains

Rail franchise wins will benefit some more than others

Trading Strategies

Super-sized upside from micro caps

Leveraged products can maximise returns from small companies but there are risks

Under The Bonnet

Put your .trust in NCC

Emerging Domain Services business an exciting opportunity

News

Novae to dodge rate pressure

Move into general liability insurance to help grow profits

News

Join the jet-set with Hangar8

Reverse takeover of Gama could see combined group double earnings in three years

News

Chart of the week: Next is still smart

Clothing group on course for robust earnings despite downgrades

News

Commodity currency sell-off

Aussie and Canadian dollars tank on oil glut

News

Costa demerger unlikely soon

Whitbread’s coffee business needs to return to profit and build scale before separation

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