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Markets

Is the glass half full, or half empty?

SECTORS: The forthcoming regulatory review is causing ripples of discontent in the water sector

2 December 2008

Next week's economics

WEEK AHEAD: More gloomy data expected

02 December 2008

Gold sparkles against the gloom

IC/COPPOCK: But the rise in key gold indices was not enough to trigger any more buy signals

02 December 2008

Shares are cheap, but are they good value?

STRATEGY: It's not hard to find shares that cost a lot less than they used to. But is that reason to buy them? Almost certainly not...

02 December 2008

Insurers set to outperform

THE BIG MOVERS: Shares in banks, brokers and asset managers have cratered. But it's a different story for the general insurers - which look set to continue their outperformance

02 December 2008

Don't fear deflation

Deflation isn't the danger it's widely thought to be

02 December 2008


Sectors

A broker's view of water

SECTORS: Brewin Dolphin analyst Elaine Coverley comments on the prospects for utilities

03 December 2008

Bleak outlook for housing market

ANALYSIS: Promised government intervention merely holds a candle to the gale of discontent blowing through the housing market

26 November 2008

Metal bashers bashed

SECTOR FOCUS: The general industrials sector faces a period of soul searching, says Julian Hofmann, but any sign of a rise in exports will benefit the industry.

25 November 2008

Retail directors stop shopping

DIRECTORS' DEALS: Retailers' bosses are not as keen as they used to be on their companies' shares

25 November 2008

Chip boom turns to bust

ANALYSIS: The worsening economic environment has seen a sharp retrenchment in electronics sales, and semiconductor sales will fall in 2009 for the first time since the dot-com crash

24 November 2008


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