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This week's articles: 20 January 2017

All the articles published in this week's magazine in one place
January 19, 2017

FEATURES

Recharge your portfolio

Mark Robinson reports on battery technology’s new dawn and explains how investors can take advantage

Making a fresh start

Corporate scandals can shake share prices and put a painful dent in your portfolio – but when should investors be prepared to forgive and forget, asks Theron Mohamed.

SEVEN DAYS

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week

NEWS

Rolls looks to move on

Gulf Keystone boss douses takeover rumours

Miners’ return should see record dividends shovelled

Pearson’s shares dive after profit warning

Premier Foods falls 15 per cent on update

News Spotlight – M&S isn’t a margins-based recovery, sales matter

Economic Outlook – Horror Stories, Next week’s economics

COMMENT

The Editor – Brexit plans

Simon Thompson – Four trading plays

Chris Dillow – Moderate gains, The pound puzzle

Mr Bearbull – Beta minus, alpha plus

The Trader – Davos Man is dead

Property Matters – Home owners sit on their hands

No Free Lunch – Rentokil Initial: A fable for our times

MONEY

Make a sweet start to investing

Portfolio Clinic – Rotate towards income

TIPS

Get on Senior’s road to recovery

Countrywide under pressure

Exillion returns from the cold

Bet against the high street with Shoe Zone

Capture US financials growth with Jupiter Financial Opportunities

Tips Updates

Merck

Anglo Pacific

AO World

Atlas Copco

Dechra Pharmaceuticals

FUNDS

Trump entices investors into equity funds

Alliance Trust names managers for proposed new structure

Big Theme – Will emerging market bond funds continue to outperform?

Why it’s time to buy value ETFs

SHARES

Taking Stock – On the eternal return of Fox/Sky

Sector Focus – Safer bets on Aim in 2017

Stock Screen – Do these four shares really have it all?

Results

SuperGroup

Watkin Jones

WEEK AHEAD

TAKEOVERS

BAT bags new technology with Reynolds purchase

DIRECTORS DEALINGS

Ashtead UK chief sells £4m in shares

GVC’s Teufelberger linked to £8.4m share sale