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  2. Magazine - 26 May 2016

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Feature

  • Director dealings: Top buys & sells

Feature

  • Best & Worst Performing Small Caps Table

Feature

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

News

  • News in brief: GVC, Cerillion, Royal Mail, Halfords, Ladbrokes, Elegant Hotels, Ubisense, Guscio

News

  • EOne’s new Peppa push

Plays

  • Plays update: Hogg Robinson

Plays

  • Plays update: Homeserve

News

  • Corero’s SmartWall climb

    Cyber security business starting to show more than mere promise

News

  • Dividends grow (slightly) in Q1

    But should investors look abroad or to ‘beautiful’ small caps for more reliable income?

News

  • AquaBounty’s Canadian breakthrough

    Small cap gets permission to sell genetically-modified salmon

News

  • Hikma back in growth mode

    More attractive earnings outlook for FTSE 250 pharmaceutical firm

Plays

  • Plays update: Safestyle UK

Plays

  • Grab Watkin Jones for income

    Student housing specialist’s business model should facilitate handsome dividends

News

  • Reasons to reassess investment views

    Re-examining the bull and bear case for a stock is an ever-important discipline

News

  • Telit turns taps on SAP

    Enterprise analytics partnership looks a promising development

Plays

  • Big Pick for 2016 update: Dalata Hotel

News

  • Ultra lifted by UAV fit-out deal

    Improving global defence spending also providing tailwinds

Feature

  • Preview: Wolseley

    Increasing momentum in America is crucial to plumbling specialist

Plays

  • All eyes on Thomas Cook

    Bombed-out share price leaves tour operator vulnerable to takeover bid

News

  • Euro GDP enjoys consumer boost

    A trio of factors sees eurozone GDP outstrip Japan and US

Feature

  • Follow the Clinigen money man

    New finance boss buys £100,000 worth of shares

Feature

  • Golden currency trends

    Taking a look at the precious metal from a forex perspective

Chartist

  • New trades on major indices

    Our latest technical analysis calls on the UK and US market

Feature

  • The delisting conundrum

    DDD wants to jump ship, but will shareholders let it?

Feature

  • Zytronic hits great wall in China

    Gaming boom offsets vending/ATMs slide

Feature

  • Time to bag up Bonmarche

    Shares in women’s value fashion retailer look oversold

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  • Speedy’s new sales velocity

    Tool hire outfit expected to return to growth this year

Feature

  • Hidden value at Zotefoams

    High performance foam specialist may have overlooked potential

Feature

  • The active and passive management debate

    Research shows each style can be important in investor portfolios

Feature

  • The changing face of the FTSE 100

    We reveal how certain sectors no longer play such a powerful role in driving the stock market

Under The Bonnet

  • SDX is producing the goods

    No debt, growing production and exploration upside make AIM newcomer very interesting

Personal Finance

  • Decision time for annuities

    Beware pitfalls as Osborne paves way for annuity ‘freedom’

Investment Trusts

  • Lifting the lid on Mercantile

    We explain how 132-year-old investment trust picks stocks

Funds

  • BlackRock has finger on Asia’s pulse

    Fund manager tries to time business cycles

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  • Survey the tax landscape

    The introduction of new types of ISAs could affect your choice of wrapper

Personal Finance

  • Taxing times for EIS

    Should you switch to VCTs?

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