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This week's articles 26 June 2020

All the articles published in this week's magazine in one place
June 25, 2020

FEATURES

 

Survival of the fittest

Winners and losers in the post-Covid M&A boom

 

Go with the cash flow

Ultimately, cash flow trumps profit, so it pays to understand the accounting standard controlling cash flow statements. Philip Ryland reports

SEVEN DAYS

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week

 

NEWS

Surge in housing demand starts to ease

Apple breaks up with Intel

Use Covid-19 recovery to slow climate change, says IEA

 

News Feature – Can commercial landlords expect income recovery?

News Spotlight – What BP’s hybrid bond sale means for shareholders

 

Economic Outlook – When aggregates mislead, Next week’s economics

 

COMMENT

The Editor – Ice cold in Essex

Simon Thompson – Five small cap buys

Chris Dillow – On long term uncertainty, The US profits crisis

Michael Taylor – Buy the breakout at Boohoo

Mr Bearbull – Knee deep in confusion

 

MONEY

The best platforms for buying overseas stocks

 

Portfolio Clinic – Don’t invest too much with one manager

 

TIPS

 

Tap into Safestore’s quality income

AA running out of road

Try on Joules

Industrial collapse knocks Victrex

Pick up cheap growth with T.Rowe Price Japanese Equity

 

Ideas Farm – Wheat from chaff

 

FUNDS

 

Big Theme – Top gear: how equity investment trusts are using borrowings

 

The Interview – Finding reliable income in the UK and beyond

 

SHARES

 

Taking Stock – Oil majors’ non-standardised response to ESG

 

Stock Screens – Thirty Cash Magic stocks

 

Results

 

National Grid

CareTech

Kingfisher

Berkeley

Blue Prism

Polar Capital

Cranswick

Scapa

Speedy Hire

Codemasters

Alpha FMC

Iomart

DiscoverIE

 

WEEK AHEAD

 

TAKEOVERS

 

DIRECTORS DEALINGS

 

Ashmore CEO banks £43.5m in share sale

Renishaw director sells down

 

EDUCATION

 

Phil Oakley – Does Checkatrade check out for Homeserve investors?

Further Reading – O’Shaughnessy’s guide to small caps

 

SUPPLEMENT

Investing in Asia: How investors can navigate the region’s dynamic markets

 

Asia’s mega potential

The outlook for Asian economies

Bull in a China shop

India: still a favourite?

Ambitious Vietnam

Thailand – ‘home to outstanding businesses’

Accessing growth and income

Titans of the East

Tech, tariffs and political turbulence