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  2. Magazine - 07 May 2015

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

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  • Director dealings: Top buys & Sells

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  • Best & Worst Small Cap Performing Tables

News

  • News in brief: Victoria, Atlas, James Fisher, Pinnacle, Fitbug, Vernalis

Plays

  • Plays update: Royal Mail

Plays

  • Plays update: Devro

News

  • Shake-up at Menzies

    Activist takes 3% stake, calls for break-up

News

  • AuM surprise for Schroders

Plays

  • Escapology and S&U

    Growth and value at well-run lender

News

  • Headwinds to hit Hiscox

    Don’t get sucked in by positive headlines

Feature

  • What we are saying

News

  • Laura Ashley looking sharp

    Catalysts in place for cash-generative fashion-to-home furnishings firm

Feature

  • Preview: Compass

News

  • Expect first half uplift at EasyJet

    Revised guidance on first half losses to lift budget airline

Plays

  • Plays update: Diamondcorp

News

  • Gear4music’s discount IPO

    Musical instruments retailer set to unveil plans to float on AIM

News

  • Zoopla’s cash flow switch

    Acquisition of price comparison site should yield strong returns

Plays

  • Portmeirion’s a cracking play

    New Royal arrival should provide demand boost for high-quality heritage homewares maker

Chartist

  • Reacting to financial results

    Investor response to company figures can act as trading catalysts

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  • Annuity providers strike back

    Don’t write off Partnership Assurance and Just Retirement following pension rule change

Fight For Your Rights

  • Activists up ante at Rolls

    Heads roll in Europe’s ‘Activist Spring’

News

  • Hornby is on the right track

    Model railway maker steams towards first annual profit in three years

Plays

  • Plays update: Cambria Automobiles

Feature

  • Keep faith with Berkeley

    Pidgeley sale prompts political speculation and market soul-searching

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  • COME TO THE RETIREMENT MONEY SHOW

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  • The City’s Best-Kept Secret

    Investors can make big money when companies split into two

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  • It could be a long wait

    Hopes are dashed for a near-term rebound in the uranium price

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  • Sunny side up for NextEnergy

    Smart acquisitions and savvy asset management key to success

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  • Shoe Zone’s on sale

    Sell-off at budget footwear retailer looks severely overdone

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  • E-Therapeutics’ trial news

    Newsflow on drug candidates expected

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  • Immedia’s white label hit

    BT first to sign up to new mobile audio streaming platform

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  • Belvoir’s door to growth

    Sales operation to complement rising rental demand

Trading Strategies

  • How to trade currencies

    Market expert David Jones draws on his own experience and quizzes a host of industry experts to help you avoid the pitfalls and make the most of FX opportunities

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  • Focusrite calls the tune

    Studio equipment maker is a unique, high growth and cash generative stock

Investment Trusts

  • Portfolio power

    Specialist investment trusts offer diversification via global utilities approach

Under The Bonnet

  • Speed check for Auto Trader

    Used car digital marketplace carries substantial debt and faces growth challenges

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  • Time to take a stand

    The £10 billion cost of financial neglect

Funds

  • Golden generation gains

    Specialist fund offers way to ripen portfolio profits

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    We take a look at the most heavily bought and sold stocks by retail investors

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