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In the fourth and final part of our portfolio planning series Simon Keane looks at how a short-term investor can use collectives to build a safety-first book

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Issue Contents

Get to the core of Apple
Preview: AMEC
Preview: Morgan Advanced Materials
Preview: Avon Rubber
FTSE 250: Mid Cap Marvels
FTSE 250: Growth
FTSE 250: Income
FTSE 250: Momentum
FTSE 250: Value
FTSE 250: Best of British
FTSE 250: Investment Trusts
Tune into One Media
Aim high with CloudBuy
Feast on overcooked Finsbury
Why small is beautiful
The Perfect Portfolio, part 4: Understanding asset correlations
Letters: First-class performance
Letters: Thoughts on Glencore
Letters: Pharma funds
Letters: Going up a level
Letters: Disappointing call
Letters: Hard times
Letters: Where’s IGas?
Letters: Small is beautiful
Letters: Decision time for GVC
Letters: Warming to the Griller
Letters: Opportunity pipeline
CFDs: Derivative delights
Dig the vanadium game
Greenback to keep giving
Aussie dollar set to stall
Gravitate to golden Orbis
Profit with Parkmead
Director dealings: Essential data & Top trades
Build a position in Helical
Strike it rich with Europa
Raise a glass to Wetherspoon
The Best & Worst Performers - FTSE 350, Markets, Commodities, Forex, Sovereign Yields

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Issue Contents

Get to the core of Apple
Preview: AMEC
Preview: Morgan Advanced Materials
Preview: Avon Rubber
FTSE 250: Mid Cap Marvels
FTSE 250: Growth
FTSE 250: Income
FTSE 250: Momentum
FTSE 250: Value
FTSE 250: Best of British
FTSE 250: Investment Trusts
Tune into One Media
Aim high with CloudBuy
Feast on overcooked Finsbury
Why small is beautiful
The Perfect Portfolio, part 4: Understanding asset correlations
Letters: First-class performance
Letters: Thoughts on Glencore
Letters: Pharma funds
Letters: Going up a level
Letters: Disappointing call
Letters: Hard times
Letters: Where’s IGas?
Letters: Small is beautiful
Letters: Warming to the Griller
Letters: Opportunity pipeline
Letters: Decision time for GVC
CFDs: Derivative delights
Dig the vanadium game
Greenback to keep giving
Aussie dollar set to stall
Gravitate to golden Orbis
Profit with Parkmead
Director dealings: Essential data & Top trades
Build a position in Helical
Strike it rich with Europa
Raise a glass to Wetherspoon
The Best & Worst Performers - FTSE 350, Markets, Commodities, Forex, Sovereign Yields