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  2. Magazine - 13 Aug 2015

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Feature

  • Director dealings: Top buys & Sells

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  • Best & Worst Small Cap Performing Tables

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

News

  • News in brief: Annuity providers, Millennium & Copthorne, China, Fitbug, PPHE Hotel

News

  • Spectris’ balance sheet muscle

    Buyers could swoop as controls supplier runs against the wind

News

  • Aggreko stops to refuel

    CEO: ‘We’re a still a growth business’

Plays

  • Plays update: Polypipe

News

  • UK Mail fails to deliver

    Delivery firm warns on profits after teething problems at new Coventry hub

Plays

  • 15 for 2015 update: Gamma Communications

News

  • Hidden value at NWF

    High earnings quality at well-run firm

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  • Preview: Rank

News

  • Rockhopper lands smart deal

    New assets add reserves, production and cash flow at nice price

News

  • Pearson feels pinch

    M&A moves should not obscure fundamental problems facing publisher

Under The Bonnet

  • The tech gold rush

    E-invoicing land-grab is on

Feature

  • Come to The Stock Market Show

    Swot up on investing strategies by attending our September conference

Plays

  • Deal frenzy for Avon Rubber

    The InterPuls acquisition will boost earnings and looks a good fit

Feature

  • Healthcare M&A’s new dawn

    Pharmaceutical companies are switching from mega mergers to more targeted, albeit high-priced, acquisitions.

News

  • TalkTalk target doubts

    Ambitious margin goals look stretched

News

  • Take a gamble on Playtech

    First-half results are a buying opportunity ahead of acquisitions

Plays

  • Plays update: SSP

Plays

  • Gloo’s media revolution

    Cash shell set to shake-up publishing industry revenue model

Feature

  • FTSE 100’s star turn

    Two thirds of the blue chip index have delivered share price gains this year

Feature

  • Waiting on the euro

    If the euro-sterling pair breaks through 0.7500 things could get interesting

Chartist

  • Trades using 200-day tactic

    We use one of the most popular charting methods to spot trading ideas

Sector Reports

  • Seek out home comforts

    Growth and capital returns remain up for grabs in home improvement sub-space

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  • Norcros chair builds holding

    Bullish signal for investors in bathroom fit-out specialist

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  • Bolt-on bolsters Cohort

    Earnings-accretive deal is a good fit for aerospace and defence firm

Feature

  • Marwyn’s big switch

    It is ‘out with the old’ and ‘in with the new’ for investment fund

Feature

  • Biofrontera plots US launch

    Series of approvals and clinical trial results expected in the next 12 months

News

  • Swallowfield can fly higher

    Profit prospects improving at personal care-to-beauty products supplier

Investment Trusts

  • Infrastructure bonanza

    Stocks trade at a premium as investors chase high-yield potential

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  • Professional services appeal

    Stocks well placed to benefit from infrastructure spend

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  • Big companies going cheap

    Stocks trading below their historic average PE could represent compelling value opportunities. Tom Sieber and the Shares team identifY the names poised for a re-rating

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    Peer-to-peer loans will soon be available in an ISA, but will the tax-free returns outweigh the risks?

Personal Finance

  • Money Matters: Diversification

    What is diversification and does it really protect you in a financial crisis?

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