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Magazine - 07 Mar 2024

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Six stock ideas for your ISA. The team scans the UK market for growth, value and quality.

Plus, the underappreciated competitive threat facing Pets at Home, underperforming funds in the doghouse and the key details from the latest Budget.

Discover why buybacks are becoming more popular in the UK and what this means for investors and why there’s more to Bloomsbury than just popular sci-fi and fantasy novels.

Also in the digital magazine: don’t miss the tax boost from charitable donations, the global fund which delivers growth and income as well as articles on popular trust Brunner, Reddit’s US IPO and an investor in health care facilities.

Feature

Six great stocks for your ISA

Scanning the UK market for growth, quality and value

Great Ideas

JPMorgan Global Growth & Income shows its mettle whatever the backdrop

The managers are focused on the best total returns

News

Budget 2024: British ISA launched, booze duty freeze lifts pub stocks

New tax wrapper with £5,000 allowance will be limited to UK assets

News

Will the Reddit initial public offering live up to investors’ hopes?

The social media company has been eyeing a New York listing since 2021

Great Ideas

Rental growth drives long-term income at Primary Health Properties

As well as a growing dividend stream the shares offer upside potential

News

Indivior enjoys a strong recovery as it targets primary US listing

Opioid-use disorder treatment specialist is one of the top-performing UK stocks so far in 2024

Feature

Bloomsbury is more than just a successful publisher of sci-fi and fantasy books

Diversification into academic publishing and e-books has made a big difference

News

Halfords skids lower on weak demand and wet weather woe

Shares in the car parts-to-bikes purveyor are down 22% over one year following 25% profits downgrade

Week Ahead

Persimmon expected to post a one-third drop in sales for 2023

The outlook for 2024 is likely to be a bigger driver of the shares

Funds

Latest ‘Spot The Dog’ report sees near-trebling of laggard funds

Performance of US stocks means global funds have struggled to keep up

News

Is Adobe primed for an upside surprise?

Stock has drifted so far this year, but Q1 earnings could change that

Week Ahead

Focus on UK, US employment and European interest rates

Soft retail sales mean March starts on a down note

Personal Finance

Giving to charity? Don’t miss the tax boost

Additional and higher rate payers could be in line for a rebate

Great Ideas

How all-weather global equity fund Brunner has rewarded our faith

The diversified dividend hero has beaten its benchmark once again and the shares are testing new highs

News

Competitive pressures are piling up for Pets at Home

Ownership change at Jollyes could keep UK pet care leader’s growth on a tighter leash

Editor's View

When cutting the dividend can be the right thing to do

Travis Perkins’ decision to slash its payout suggests management are taking its problems seriously

Feature

Why more UK companies are purchasing their own shares

More buybacks are done around market tops and fewer near market bottoms

Russ Mould

How gold and emerging markets are warning about US debt growth

Precious metals and developing economies can do well when borrowings surge across the Atlantic

Ask Rachel

I’ve paid into more than one ISA of the same type, what do I need to do now?

Our expert helps a reader who has fallen foul of a rule governing the popular tax

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