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Algy Hall

Profiting from the IPO bonanza

BIG MOVERS: Will an increase in IPO activity add fuel to the fire in the hot market for closed-end private-equity funds?

2 February 2010 written by GuestColumnists

Not all rosy in Euroland

ECONOMICS: Recovery may seem entrenched across the Channel, but some big risks remain

09 February 2010 - ChrisDillow

How to set a stop loss

THE TRADER: Having been stopped out of his latest short-sales, the Trader turns his mind to the eternal question of where best to place a stop loss order.

09 February 2010 - TheTrader

Luxury at bargain price

SIMON THOMPSON: Our companies editor uncovers an undervalued small-cap consumer cyclical company which could grow earnings by 30 per cent this year

08 February 2010 - SimonThompson

Power to the private investor

COMMENT: UKSA's new manifesto is essential reading for all policymakers

03 February 2010 - NoFreeLunch

Reputational risk

MR BEARBULL: Reputations are at stake at TV operator ITV. But not as we might imagine

03 February 2010 - BearBull

The defensive sectors worthy of the name

MOMENTUM: Even sectors that traditionally offer bolt holes in tough times have been battered during the current market slide, but it's not time to give up on their charms.

25 November 2008 - SectorWatcher

Casablanca

COLUMNIST: In the final extract from his diary, Bernard Jones finds life is more than a hill of beans

21 November 2008 - BernardJones

City Trades: S&P 500 (SPX)

TRADING IDEA: Long-term buying opportunity in oversold US shares, reckons Wall Street wizard Tarquin Coe

08 October 2008 - ChartChatter

Another Aim first

SMALLWORLD: The junior market now has its first Shariah-compliant fund, and more look set to follow

28 July 2008 - SmallWorld

Your opinion

Is UK borrowing out of control?

THE BIG QUESTION: Greece is on the ropes. Spain could be next. And debate is raging about whether the UK faces a currency crisis and a rating downgrade

  • 2 February 2010
  • Written by:
    Jonas Crosland

Will growing Iraqi production dent the oil price?

THE BIG QUESTION: Opinion is divided over the extent to which Iraq's ambitious plans to boost production will impact negatively on the oil price

  • 27 January 2010
  • Written by:
    Martin Li

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