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This week's articles 9 February 2018

All the articles published in this week's magazine in one place
February 9, 2018

FEATURES

Sage advice

Warren Buffett’s letters to shareholders are eagerly awaited every year. But what do his earliest letters from the days of the Buffett Partnership teach us? Philip Ryland finds out

Contrarian pointers for 2018

After the portfolios’ further outperformance last year and good start to this, John Baron highlights three undervalued themes.

SEVEN DAYS

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week

 

NEWS

RPC exposed to war on plastic

Bond sell-off sparks volatility

An alternative play on US shale resurgence

Stagecoach counts cost of over-bidding

 

News Spotlight – Vodafone outshines BT

Economic Outlook – Consumers as forecasters, Next week’s economics

 

COMMENT

The Editor – Faultlines

Simon Thompson – Enlightening calls

Chris Dillow – Worrying about bonds, Unavoidable uncertainty

The Trader – Markets by candlelight

Further Reading – Big bad tech

 

MONEY

 

Portfolio Clinic – Should I stick with Fundsmith?

 

TIPS

Unilever is ‘connected for growth’

Interserve still at risk

Urban&Civic: in its own league

Maintel primed for recovery

Fidelity Emerging Markets offers defensive growth

 

Tips updates

Purplebricks

Babcock International

Phoenix Spree Deutchsland

Shaftesbury

RPS

 

FUNDS

Hardenberg to leave Templeton Emerging Markets IT

 

Big Theme – Infrastructure trusts: cheap opportunity or political target?

 

The Interview – Adrian Gosden backs UK for income

 

SHARES

 

Taking Stock – America First – but who are the runners-up?

 

Stock Screen – Seven shares for reliable income

 

Sector Focus – US Tech: to big not to fail?

 

Results

Royal Dutch Shell

Rank

Alumasc

AstraZeneca

Randgold Resources

BP

St Modwen

GlaxoSmithKline

Hargreaves Lansdown

Frontier Developments

Amino Technologies

RM

Rio Tinto

Redrow

Mattioli Woods

Tullow Oil

Ocado

Smufit Kappa

 

WEEK AHEAD

 

TAKEOVERS

 

DIRECTORS DEALS

Midwich’s £6m man

Former Staffline CEO cashes in