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This week's articles 3 April 2020

All the articles published in this week's magazine in one place
April 2, 2020

FEATURES

 

A changed world

How Covid-19 could permanently alter the way we live, work and invest

 

Get ready for the recovery

22 shares for your watchlist that Algy Hall and the IC Companies team believe could help readers benefit most from the bouceback when it comes

 

SEVEN DAYS

 

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week

 

NEWS

 

Banks axe dividends

Shell borrows as oil tumbles further

Pensions regulator grants emergency rights to DB schemes

EasyJet grounds entire fleet and furloughs cabin crew

DWF tumbles on Covid-19 update

Alpha FX volte-face spooks investors

 

News Spotlight – New rental losses risk for landlords

News Feature – What the Covid-19 fallout means for the UK’s housing market

Economic Outlook – Optimisation versus resilience, Next week’s economics

 

COMMENT

 

The Editor – Just a mirage

Simon Thompson – Exploiting market mispricing

Chris Dillow – When to break the rules, Simplicity works

Phil Oakley – Renishaw: An excellent business that’s hard to weigh up

Mr Bearbull – Major and minor

Michael Taylor – Why IG is a volatility winner worth buying

 

MONEY

 

Protect your retirement savings from coronavirus

 

Portfolio Clinic – Can I achieve my income goal using ethical criteria?

 

TIPS

 

Diageo: shaken, not stirred

LondonMetric’s growth prospects

Cash out of G4S

Don’t cry for Boohoo

Tap into coronavirus solutions with Polar Capital Technology

 

Tips Upate

John Menzies

Kier

Next

Royal Mail

SIG

 

FUNDS

 

Barnett funds hit by unquoted writedown

Big Theme – Investment trusts to weather the dividend drought

IC Top 100 Funds Update – M&G Global Macro Bond’s caution rewarded with 7 per cent rise

 

SHARES

 

Taking Stock – How long will the bears be with us?

 

Stock Screen – Eleven high yield shares for risky times

 

Results

CVS

Applegreen

Michelmersh Brick

Boku

James Halstead

 

WEEK AHEAD

 

TAKEOVERS

 

Gambling merger gets CMA nod

 

DIRECTORS DEALINGS

 

Cranswick chairman reduces stake

Ten Entertainment placing entices key shareholders