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Bear Bull
Mr Bearbull's column has appeared since the 1950s, and aims to help readers manage portfolios. The current Mr Bearbull is a former fund management professional with four decades of experience in the City
Recent articles
The scattergram approach
MR BEARBULL suggests that it might be time to 'buy for recovery' - but only if you buy the right sectors at the right times. And that's where the scattergram comes in handy
19 August 2008
Selective hearing
COLUMNIST: Stock markets are stubborn things, says Mr Bearbull. They only hear what they want to hear
12 August 2008
Bottom Marks
COLUMNIST: Marks and Spencer's shareholders are paying the price for an ill-conceived dividend plan, says Mr Bearbull - and the payout could even be cut for the first time ever
29 July 2008
Nailing the floor
COLUMNIST: Share prices are close to levels where they are obviously cheap, says Mr Bearbull
22 July 2008
The Templeton way
COLUMNIST: Sir John Templeton, one of the greatest asset managers and stock pickers of the century, is dead. Long live his investment methods, says a humbled Mr Bearbull
15 July 2008
Toasters are toast
COLUMNIST: Mr Bearbull explains what makes some companies special, while so many are condemned to the investing equivalent of churning out toasters
01 July 2008
Easy pickings
BEARBULL: Sometimes, our preoccupation with big winners leads us to ignore smaller, but less risky, investment opportunities. Our columnist identifies two such potential situations
24 June 2008
Slough of despond
COLUMNIST: Mr Bearbull suggests the valuation yardstick to check when stock markets are despondent
17 June 2008
Your opinion
How safe is my money (2)
READER QUESTIONS: If money is held in an offshore account, does it have the same protection as it would onshore?
- 13 May 2008
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Bargain Shares
Simon Thompson picks six stocks with good prospects, huge asset backing, and bombed-out share prices!
Find out which they are, and track their share price performance, here
How safe is my money (1)
READER QUESTIONS: Are Isas covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme?