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This week's articles: 31 May 2019

All the stories from this week's magazine
May 31, 2019

FEATURES

Top 50 ETFs

Taha Lokhandwala reveals our updated selection of 50 core building-block ETFs for use in all types of portfolios

Further reading: Private equity’s perverse drivers

There has been a ‘gold rush’ in capital flows to private equity companies. Alex Newman finds out why

SEVEN DAYS

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week

 

NEWS

IPF raises debt and questions for shareholders

NMC signs off Saudi JV

Serco buoyed by US acquisition

Tobacco stocks fall on weak sales data

 

News Spotlight – The metamorphosis of LondonMetric

Economic Outlook – Brexit's inflation hit, Next week's economics…

 

COMMENT

The Editor – Beyond Brexit

Simon Thompson – Gresham House organic expansion underpricedBargain Shares: result updates

Chris Dillow – On positive feedbackTime the revelator

Phil Oakley – Dividends in danger for SSE and National Grid

The Trader – Currency casualties and fighters

 

MONEY

Portfolio Clinic – You can reduce IHT with careful planning and by making gifts

 

TIPS

Just Eat off the menu

FDM offers steady growth

AA’s bumpy road continues

Draper Esprit’s value gap

Offset UK risk with BlackRock Continental European Income

 

Tips Updates

Tarsus

Henry Boot

Severn Trent

Stagecoach

Galliford Try

 

SHARES

Taking Stock – Silver producers regain their lustre

Stock Screens – What works? Quality not Value

Sector Focus – Mining plays that dodge risk

Results

QinetiQ

Great Portland Estates

Warehouse REIT

Topps Tiles

Renew

Greencore

C&C

Pets at Home

TalkTalk

Mediclinic International

Tate & Lyle

United Utilities’

Hollywood Bowl

Mitchells & Butlers

Helical

NewRiver Reit

PayPoint

AJ Bell

Young & Co

Bushveld Minerals

Premier Asset Management

Telford Homes

B&M European Value Retail

Oxford BioDynamics

Amigo

Kainos

Stobart Group

Aveva

Renold

 

WEEK AHEAD

DIRECTOR DEALINGS

Cineworld directors buy in

Ocado chairman unloads more than a third of his stake