FEATURES:
Look past Europe and the world has plenty of thriving, fast-growing markets. Even so, stock markets everywhere are feeling the effect of investors turning their backs on equities as the eurozone's problems pile up - but that's creating value opportunities. Graeme Davies assesses the opportunities and the risks.
Philip Ryland reports on the investment system used by Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors
Maike Currie outlines the best ways to shield your Isa and Sipp investment portfolios from market turmoil.
Buying winners works. Since June 2007 our momentum portfolio has outperformed the FTSE 100 by 46 per cent. Algy Hall reveals the new shares and explains how the strategy works and why it's best used over the longer term.
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:
■ The implications for Italy of rescuing Spanish banks, first-quarter trading statements from the UK's largest grocers and a Middle East boom for Hyder.
COMMENT:
Our columnists offer in-depth analysis and investment ideas:
■ No free lunch: Self-serving Sorrell
■ Mr Bearbull: Understanding the Sharpe ratio
■ Simon Thompson: Another buying opportunity in the shares of a Bollywood film producer.
■ Chris Dillow: Our tendency to see what we want to see can help explain momentum investing (see other articles by Chris Dillow this week).
■ Property Matters: Two new property funds - do they make sense?
YOUR MONEY:
Financial planning, tax and investment wisdom:
■ Portfolio: David Stevenson's Sipp
■ Savings: Are premium bonds a premium investment option? Plus, the decision by Barclays Stockbrokers to move all clients' cash accounts to its parent company has highlighted the importance of knowing what compensation structure is in place to protect your funds.
SHARE TIPS OF THE WEEK:
■ Its significant eurozone exposure is what worries us about this lender, as large chunks of that exposure are to the troubled Spanish and Irish economies.
■ The market for this company's bread-and-butter product is growing fast and it's also got a thriving fine chemicals business. The company is throwing off so much cash, it's paying a 100p special dividend.
■ Combine the global deficit in rare earth minerals with a 40-year mining veteran adept at spotting opportunities and it adds up to a buy.
■ Drilling for oil is high-risk, but this company offers a low-risk way in. Its share price could double in a matter of months and there's a solid dividend record, too.
FUND TIP OF THE WEEK:
■ This actively managed fund has successfully beaten its benchmark over numerous time periods and it offers exposure to one of the world's healthiest-looking markets.
BROKERS' TIPS:
■ Brokers' views on Melrose and RusPetro.
SHARE TIP UPDATE:
Updates on:
■ Bellway
■ Serco
■ Redhall
■ Trap Oil
FUNDS:
■ Fund news: ETF 'death list' raises consolidation fears.
■ The big theme: The best ways of shielding your investment portfolios from market turmoil.
■ Fund profiles: Two safe-haven funds, Fidelity Cash Fund and Smith & Williamson Short-Dated Bond Fund.
■ Interview: Invesco Perpetual manager Mark Barnett talks about why now is a good time to be an equity income investor.
SHARES:
The lowdown on the latest company results, including:
■ RPC
■ RWS
■ TEG
■ Hornby
■ Flybe
■ Carclo
■ Sector focus: Big pharma's poison pill
■ Stock screen: Momentum blue-chips thrash FTSE 100
■ Directors' dealings: Notable transactions at Hardy Oil & Gas, plus a table of all boardroom share trades.
TRADING:
■ Trading news: Italian equities
■ Trading ideas: Chart-driven calls on Barclays, Dow Jones, sterling/dollar and Vedanta.
■ The Trader: No golden dawn yet
