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This week's articles 11 September 2020

All the articles published in this week's magazine in one place
September 11, 2020

FEATURES

 

Top100 Funds 2020

We reveal our 2020 selection of the UK’s best actively managed funds

 

Investment Trust Portfolio – Of testing markets and troublesome KIDs

John Baron sees through market volatility and reports on proposed regulation

 

SEVEN DAYS

 

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week

 

NEWS

 

Oxford/AstraZeneca trial paused due to illness

Hochschild forecasts 40 per cent production drop

Investigation into housebuilders deepened over leasehold mis-selling

Halfords rides cycling boom, but applies brakes on forecasts

Hut debut keeps tech giants at forefront of IPO activity

 

News Spotlight – Will the construction recovery prove short-lived?

Economic Outlook – Hunting the natural rate, Next week’s economics

 

COMMENT

 

The Editor – Wishful thinking

Simon Thompson – Regaining control

Mr Bearbull – Mind boggling

Chris Dillow – Diversifying housing risk, Emerging markets’ dollar boost

Michael Taylor – Why Sylvania Platinum is a trader’s dream

 

MONEY

 

Getting the best out of fund best-buy lists

 

Portfolio Clinic – Think before you purchase an additional property

 

What should I do with all the cash in my Sipp?

 

TIPS

 

Unilever: one for the stock pot

Kick off with EA

Buy into Headlam’s recovery

Ibstock has recovery potential

WHEB Sustainability: ESG without the greenwashing

 

Ideas Farm – Profit from ESG

 

FUNDS

 

Big Theme - Should you follow Buffett into Japan?

 

The Interview – Vietnam: a key beneficiary of rising anti-China sentiment?

 

SHARES

 

Taking Stock – The surest investment in electric motoring

 

Stock Screens – Twelve High Quality large caps

 

Results

 

Melrose

NCC

PPHE Hotel Group

Gulf Keystone

Curtis Banks

Eurocell

Dechra Pharmaceuticals

IQE

Meggitt

Midwich

Signature Aviation

Tullow Oil

Luceco

JD Sports

Vistry

DWF

Fevertree

Nucleus Financial

Gamma Communications

Emis

Frontier Developments

Sanne

Computacenter

International Personal Finance

Genus

 

WEEK AHEAD

 

TAKEOVERS

 

LVMH walks away from Tiffany

 

DIRECTOR DEALINGS

 

Balfour Beatty chief exec tops up

US executive share sales hit five year high

 

COMMODIITIES

 

Carbon capture’s questionable place in net zero push

Net zero ideas from many in oil and gas

 

EDUCATION

 

Phil Oakley – The changing role of investment analysts

 

Lessons from history – Adapting to a changing energy mix

 

Further Reading – Big investors did worse in the corona-crash