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This week's articles: 23 August 2019

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August 22, 2019

FEATURES

Generation rent

In the final instalment of our three-part Estate of the Nation series, we explore whether investors can still make money from buy to let. Orwill tighter lending, economic headwinds and tax changes soon brick up the doorway to easy profits? Rosie Carr, Chris Dillow and Emma Powell report.

The art of stop-losses

Michael Taylor explains how to strip out our biases and emotions from selling decisions.

SEVEN DAYS

The biggest business and investment stories of the past seven days

NEWS

Greene King receives £4.6bn buyout bid

Shareholder adviser supports taking Merlin private

News Spotlight Libra-ration? It’s a risky business

Economic Outlook Looking for wage growth; Next week's economics…

 

COMMENT

Simon Thompson Duke’s royal credentialsIXICO on the upgradeExploit LMS’s ‘margin of safety’

Chris Dillow Yield curve warningThe rights and wrongs of negative rates

Phil Oakley Has James Halstead become an expensive chugger? 

Mr Bearbull The limits of the gut

No Free Lunch The Winters of their discontent

The Trader Scandinavian woes deepen

Further Reading Beware of the earnings mirage

 

MONEY

Portfolio Clinic Forget about buy-to-let before getting a home

 

TIPS

Boohoo expands markets

Buy into the IMI recovery

Valeura’s back-to-basics gas approach

Knights’ quest for regional growth

Get the most out of Asia with Schroder Asian Alpha Plus

 

Tip updates

AstraZeneca

Tracsis

Nostrum Oil and Gas

Regional Reit

 

FUNDS

Fund news JPMorgan lines up global real assets investment trust

Big Theme Tread carefully with bond funds

 

SHARES

Taking Stock Labour markets and their impact on returns

 

Results

BHP

Camelli

KAZ Minerals

Marshalls

GVC

H&T Group

Caledonia Mining

Ocean Wilsons

John Wood

Kenmare Resources

Empiric Student Property

Non-Standard Finance

Global Ports

Persimmon

Charter Court Financial Services

 

Sector Focus Find the Reit way to harvest property income

Directors’ dealings Notable transactions at Admiral and Synthomer