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This week's articles 7 February 2020

All the articles in this week's magazine in one place
February 6, 2020

FEATURES

 

Bargain Shares

We reveal Simon Thompson’s top picks for 2020

 

Investment trust portfolios – Seeking superior returns

John Baron highlights some favoured investment strategies

 

SEVEN DAYS

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week

 

NEWS

Future falls victim to short-seller’s attack

Imperial impairs on vape flavour pods

Avast tumbles on data allegations

BT to take £500m hit from Huawei decision

Aston secures £500m lifeline with F1 boss in driving seat

 

News Spotlight – Catching a market recovery from coronavirus

News Spotlight – Brutal time for commodities as coronavirus hits demand

 

News Feature – RBS results preview: a Rose without a thorn?

 

Economic Outlook – The coronavirus threat

 

COMMENT

The Editor – Leaps of faith

Simon Thompson – A lesson in value creation

Chris Dillow – A tracker fund bubble?, The big market delusion

Mr Bearbull – The viral effect

The Trader – Fractals and fragmentation in a fickle market

Phil Oakley – Sage: Does every cloud have a silver lining?

 

MONEY

 

The platform functions you need to work

 

Portfolio Clinic – Avoid selling in falling markets

 

TIPS

 

Rentokil’s sustainable growth

Avoid stretched Zotefoams

Small cap stars sold on 4imprint

S&U dividend motors

Build a good US core with less downside via JPM US Equity Income

 

Tips updates

Disney

Drax

Valeura Energy

Ferguson

Mulberry

 

FUNDS

 

Woodford debacle: Income Focus Fund to reopen

Shares I love: Burberry

IC Top 100 Funds Update: Fidelity’s Nicholls still confident on long term China prospects

Big Theme – When funds hold too much cash

 

SHARES

 

Taking Stock – Retail investors and price discovery

 

Stock screens – Two FTSE350 shares for yield and growth

 

Results

 

Unilever

Renishaw

Orsted

Rank

Hargreaves Lansdown

Diageo

Porvair

Royal Dutch Shell

RM

BP

Micro Focus

Mattioli Woods

Barratt Developments

St Modwen

Redrow

Frontier Developments

 

WEEK AHEAD

 

TAKEOVERS

 

DIRECTORS DEALINGS

 

Asos chief exec ups stake

IntegraFin founder sells down