FEATURES:
Companies come and go all the time, but some have more staying power than others. We look at 10 quoted companies from 1952 that are still in business today, and assess whether they can go on for another 60 years! Elsewhere, we look at the value of royal memorabilia, whether stock markets in monarchies outperform those in republics, meet the man who runs the Queen's £400m investment portfolio and how financial and royal events have coincided over the past 60 years.
Far from retiring, the veteran emerging markets manager is embarking on what he describes as his most exciting challenge yet – a new fund dedicated to Africa.
■ Highest yielding investment trusts
New rule changes mean that many investment trusts could pay substantially higher dividends. We look at the current top yielders and the impact of the new rules.
SEVEN DAYS:
All you need to know about investing in the past seven days: what's rising, what's falling and what's making the headlines, plus the key market statistics this week
NEWS:
A value opportunity in the North Sea, Kuwait buys into EnQuest fields, and how a Greek exit from the euro could plunge Europe into a deep recession.
COMMENT:
Our columnists offer in-depth analysis and investment ideas:
■ No Free Lunch - Alistair Blair has had enough hot air from British Gas
■ Chris Dillow - Seasonal patterns in equity returns are not necessarily evidence that stock markets are efficient.
■ Simon Thompson - Our companies editor sees 20 per cent potential upside in the shares of a small-cap leisure company that's firmly in play.
YOUR MONEY:
Financial planning, tax and investment wisdom:
■ Feature: The financial implications for women if they live as long as the Queen
SHARE TIPS OF THE WEEK:
■ Past successes are proving hard to repeat for this oil group.
■ The shares are illiquid, but they are attractively valued and the company is trading well.
■ Shares in this luxury goods group have been stellar performers since 2008, and are now priced for perfection.
■ The pain is mainly in Spain at this road and rail transport group.
FUND TIP OF THE WEEK:
■ Smaller companies are less volatile than you think, especially if you invest through this well established fund.
BROKERS' TIPS:
■ Leading analysts give their views on Cape and John Menzies.
SHARE TIP UPDATES:
■ Updates on Logica and Hydro International.
FUNDS:
■ Fund news - Think 'small' and 'British'
■ The big theme - Investment trusts can now pay dividends out of their capital profits rather than just their revenue. But what effect will this have on performance?
■ Interview - Dr Mark Mobius on Africa
SHARES:
The lowdown on the latest company results:
■ Booker
■ Asos
■ Qinetiq
■ PayPoint
■ Iofina
■ Aveva
■ Volex
■ VP
■ Acal
■ Renold
■ Pennon
■ Scapa
Directors' dealings
■ Notable transactions at Burford, plus a table of all boardroom share trades
Trading statements
■ Porvair
■ Netcall
TRADING:
■ Trading news - Sterling's euro-sceptic outlook
■ Trading ideas - Chart-driven calls on euro/dollar, sterling/dollar, sterling/yen and Morrison
■ The Trader - Bulls, bears and elephants: Dominic Picarda is not convinced the market has bottomed out.
