This week's articles: 7 September 2012

■ How to choose a stockbroker

With dozens of stockbrokers in the UK, how do you choose which one is right for you? Our in-depth survey of prices and services will help you decide.

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.

NEWS:

Iron ore meltdown hurts miners, investors flood into bonds, Eland offers Nigerian prospect and will the Fed lift commodities?

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK:

■ Wanted: borrower - In a world of high savings, the global economy needs a big borrower. That borrower should be the US government, for now at least.

COMMENT:

Our columnists offer in-depth analysis and investment ideas:

■ No free lunch - Bank tellers in the dock.

■ Mr Bearbull - Choosing a risk premium.

■ Chris Dillow - Britain's trade trouble.

■ Property Matters - Montague's build-to-let revolution.

YOUR MONEY:

Financial planning, tax and investment wisdom:

■ Portfolio - Big dividends from small caps: The UK small-cap sector is a good hunting ground for income-seekers and John Baron has found a low-risk way in.

■ Financial planning - Falling annuity rates - what are your options?

■ SmartMoney - Four short rules of saving for children.

SHARE TIPS OF THE WEEK:

■ An environmental dispute means operational improvements at this US gold miner have been overlooked, and it looks a great way to play the rising gold price.

■ This manufacturer of sophisticated cameras proved an Olympic winner, but sensible acquisitions mean it is set to benefit from industrial demand for its video equipment, too.

■ A new name has helped this financial consultant overcome its image problem, and a decent dividend yield adds credibility to the recovery story.

■ Shares in this equipment hire company have fallen out of sync with peers, and it's only a matter of time before they follow them down.

FUND TIP OF THE WEEK:

■ This smaller company investment trust trades at a hefty discount despite consistently beating its benchmark.

SHARE TIP UPDATES:

■ Barclays

■ RBS

■ Paragon

■ Ubisense

■ DS Smith

■ Alkane Energy

FUNDS:

■ Fund news - Growth opportunities on your doorstep.

■ Interview - Simon Brazier talks about how he is going to turn around the performance of UK Select Trust.

■ The big theme - Have US equities had their run?

■ 2012 US fund tips review.

SHARES:

The lowdown on the latest company results:

■ 32Red

■ A&J Mucklow

■ Admiral

■ Advanced Medical Solutions

■ Alumasc

■ Aminex

■ Anglo Eastern Plantations

■ APR Energy

■ Aureus Mining

■ Bioquell

■ Bisichi Mining

■ Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment

■ Chesnara

■ Churchill China

■ Circle Oil

■ City of London

■ ComputaCenter

■ Concurrent Technologies

■ Corero Network Security

■ Corin

■ Craneware

■ Cupid

■ Dechra Pharmaceuticals

■ Emis

■ Evraz

■ Exillon Energy

■ Genus

■ Glanbia

■ Goldenport

■ Grafton

■ Green Dragon Gas

■ Greka Drilling

■ Griffin Mining

■ Hardy Oil & Gas

■ Hargreaves Lansdown

■ Hays

■ Headlam

■ Hunting

■ Johnson Service

■ Kentz

■ Kofax

■ Lavendon

■ Lupus Capital

■ Macfarlane

■ Marshalls

■ McBride

■ Medusa Mining

■ Melrose

■ Molins

■ Monitise

■ Ophir Energy

■ Perform

■ Pilat Global

■ Playtech

■ Polymetal

■ Polyus Gold International

■ Quindell Portfolio

■ Restaurant Group

■ Salamander Energy

■ Shaft Sinkers

■ Stadium Group

■ Staffline

■ Unite

■ Vislink

■ WPP

■ Sector focus - Time to take property profits? The property sector will struggle to maintain its exceptional performance so far this year warns Stephen Wilmot.

■ Stock screen - Our five cash comforters selected a year ago have returned 24 per cent. We've now found seven more.

■ Directors' dealings - Notable transactions at Cape, plus a table of all boardroom share trades.

■ Week ahead - A summary of key company announcements expected in the coming week.

TAKEOVERS:

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TRADING:

■ Coppock - what our unique set of market indicators is saying now.

■ The Trader - Resilient indices.