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June 14, 2013

FEATURES:

Freedom: retire rich and young

Moira O'Neill reveals what you need to do to retire rich and young.

Dash from cash

David Stevenson holds too much cash, but frothy markets mean he's not investing it just yet.

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:

Water loses safe-haven status.

Defensive weakness.

Re-privatisation for the banks?

Chequebooks out for Paris Air Show.

ORB going cheap.

The IC confidence index.

 

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK:

How to handle the inflation genie: Jonas Crosland says the US debt is so large that inflation looms as a possible panacea.

Next week's economics: House prices, inflation and confidence take the economic centre stage this week.

 

COMMENT:

Our columnists offer in-depth analysis and investment ideas:

The Editor: Made in Britain - The predicted retail recovery would be more economically productive were it backed by a meaningful domestic manufacturing base.

Simon Thompson: Packaged for material gains: Our companies editor sees significant upside in a lowly rated small-cap company enjoying robust earnings growth.

Simon Thompson: A buying opportunity: Simon Thompson finds a company displaying bullish share price characteristics, fully supported by a strong fundamental investment case.

Property Matters: Housing boom 2.0?: Unprecedented government intervention has restored optimism to the regional housing market.

 

YOUR MONEY:

Financial planning, tax and investment wisdom:

Portfolio: Confusing being right with being reckless.

Pensions: Payment delay to cause havoc.

Tax: Seven ways to reduce your capital gains tax bill.

Savings: Premium Bonds win over paltry savings rates .

 

SHARE TIPS OF THE WEEK:

This serviced office provider is opening new centres fast and, as they mature, the group's earnings look set to soar.

■ Robust sales and strong dividend growth mean there's no froth here. The shares look to us like a core leisure sector holding.

■ A falling gold price, rising costs, labour problems, director sales and the loss of a chief executive spell problems for this gold miner.

■ These shares are worth buying ahead of an imminent upsurge in demand for the company's maritime tracking devices.

 

FUND TIP OF THE WEEK:

■ Here's a chance to buy cheap exposure to Europe - complete with a good performance history, reasonable costs and a strong dividend yield.

 

SHARE TIP UPDATES:

Ithaca Energy and Parkmead

Keller

Triumph

William Sinclair

Zambeef

 

BROKERS' TIPS:

ISG

Ricardo

 

FUNDS:

Fund news: Mid-caps dominate the best of British.

Shares I love: Hutchison Whampoa offers exposure to fast economic growth but still trades at a discount of around 25 per cent to the sum of its parts.

Top 100 funds: The right approach for PAT.

The big theme: What does your fund really yield?

Feature: Too risky for the regulator.

 

SHARES:

Stock screen: Momentum's top 10.

 

Sector focus: Cultivate big returns from these farmers' friends.

 

■ The lowdown on the latest company results:

Bumi

Carclo

Castings

Charles Stanley

CML Microsystems

Creston

Falkland Islands Holdings

Gooch & Housego

Great Eastern Energy

Green Dragon Gas

Hornby

Hyder Consulting

Johnson Matthey

 

Kcom

Latchways

Oxford Instruments

Printing.com

Real Estate Credit Investments

RWS Holdings

Silverdell

Workspace

 

Directors' dealings: Notable transactions at MoneySupermarket.com, plus a table of all boardroom share trades.

 

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

  

TAKEOVERS:

Download this week's takeover tables as a PDF.

 

TRADING:

Trading ideas: Chart-driven calls on Amec, AstraZeneca, euro/New Zealand dollar and FTSE 100.

The Trader: Sensationalist diversions: The stock market is in a correction, but that's no reason to heed alleged omens of doom.

The Trader, Dominic Picarda, publishes his outlook for ten major equity, currency and commodity markets on a daily basis. You can view his articles on his comment page, or sign up to The Trader's market outlook emails.