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This week's articles 24 July 2020

All the articles published in this week's magazine in one place
July 23, 2020

FEATURES

 

Education’s transformation

What teaching’s tech-enabled future means for investors

 

SEVEN DAYS

 

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week

 

NEWS

 

Leasehold proposals remove barriers for home sellers

Synairgen shares surge on positive results for Covid trials

Tristel slumps on dual effects of pandemic

US banks’ trading surge fails to offset rising impairments

 

News Spotlight – Total return investing: tax grab ahead?

News Feature – UK unemployment: the eye of the Covid-19 storm?

 

Economic Outlook – The real danger to public finances, Next week’s economics

 

COMMENT

 

The Editor – Ghost town

Mr Bearbull – Savings opportunities

Simon Thompson – On the upgrade

Chris Dillow – Why we over-diversify, What the gilt market knows

Michael Taylor – Synairgen shows how to play soaring prices

 

MONEY

 

The real costs of commission-free trading

 

Portfolio Clinic – Diversify effectively

 

TIPS

 

Royal Mail: return to sender

Sage still looks a wise bet

Redrow’s discount looks too harsh

Elementis in need of a makeover

Capture Asian growth at a good price with Fidelity Asian Values

 

Idea Farm – The activists are back

 

FUNDS

 

Big Theme – Can investment trusts survive the dividend drought

 

The Interview – Seeking strong balance sheets to weather the storm

 

SHARES

 

Taking Stock – IBM’s bet on the cloud starts to pay off

 

Stock Screen – Seven cheap small cap growth plays

 

Results

 

Begbies Traynor

Redcentric

Stagecoach

Nichols

Knights

St Modwen

 

WEEK AHEAD

 

TAKEOVERS

 

DIRECTORS DEALINGS

 

Boohoo directors buy in after supply chain allegations

Outgoing Persimmon boss sells down

 

EDUCATION

 

Phil Oakley - How to measure a company’s business performance

 

Further Reading – Buckle up for inflation?