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This week's articles: 16 August 2019

All the stories from this week's magazine
August 15, 2019

FEATURES

Chameleon companies

How to profit from great adaptors and avoid being caught out by change. James Norrington reports

Searching for 100-baggers

John Rosier focuses on the art of finding shares that have the potential to rise in value by at least 100 times

Debt by any other name

In part 1 of a new must-know accounting standards series, Philip Ryland explains new rules on accounting for leases

NEWS

The biggest business and investment stories of the past seven days: plus what’s rising, what’s falling, what’s making the headlines, and the key market statistics

Rolls-Royce downgraded over cashflow fears

Thomas Cook cap in hand after poor summer trading

Tullow makes Guyana discovery

News Spotlight Burford still in the dock

Economic outlook Yuan problem; Next week's economics…

 

COMMENT

The Editor Smoke and mirrors

Mr Bearbull Against the flow: When profits and cash flow move in opposite directions it may be time to worry

Simon Thompson Beating the market: The 2019 Bargain Shares portfolio has beaten all of the UK stock market indices by a country mile

The Trader Finance turned on its head

Chris Dillow The spread of negative yields

Phil Oakley How a company’s balance sheet can mislead investors

 

MONEY

How to manage your pension allowance

Equities could help you hit your target

 

TIPS

Buy into Burberry’s revival

Renew on track for growth

Bank on Secure Trust’s growth

Tough times ahead for Gooch & Housego

Unearth hidden gems with Marlborough s Micro-Cap Growth

 

Tip updates

AA

M&C Saatchi

Benchmark

On The Beach

Polypipe

 

FUNDS

Fund news Finding the winners in UK equity income funds

Big theme Prepare for volatility with US-light funds

 

SHARES

Taking Stock Procter & Gamble – virtue comes at a price

Results

WPP

Tritax Big Box Reit

Vitec

Phoenix Group

PageGroup

Shield Therapeutics

Flutter Entertainment

ContourGlobal

Evraz

Derwent London

Arrow Global

Hargreaves Lansdown

Aviva

Cineworld

Balfour Beatty

Hastings

Funding Circle

William Hill

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

G4S

Savills

John Menzies

Mears

CLS Holdings

Plus500

JPJ Group

Network International

Prudential

Avast

Hochschild Mining

Admiral

Lookers

Diversified Gas & Oil

Clarkson

ShantaGold

Marshall Motors

 

Week ahead: 19-23 August 2019

Sector Focus Buy into the plant-based food revolution

Directors’ dealing

IQE CEO enters share repurchase deal