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Magazine - 29 May 2014

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The Best & Worst Performers: Markets, Commodities, Forex, Sovereign Yields

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Director dealings: Top buys and sells

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Small Cap Best & Worst Performers table

News

Preview: Johnson Matthey

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Letters: Dollar doldrums

Plays

Polypipe in the flow

Company set to benefit from improving construction sector conditions

Plays

Plays update: Halfords

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Float to the top

To pull off an IPO small and mid-size companies need to make a good case

Plays

Plays update: Bank of Georgia

News

boohoo.com to pompt smiles

Fast-fashion site’s rating looks reasonable given global growth attractions

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Preview: Phoenix IT

News

ARM to show muscle

UK chip champion to rally as royalty revenues recover

Plays

Plays update: Rightmove

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Luff backs Lloyds

We suggest investors follow director purchase as bank returns to form

News

KBC pursues quality

Placing should accelerate business transformation

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Pile into Aussie on pullback

Any sell-off related to a rise in risk appetite would provide a buying opportunity

News

Chart of the week: DCC’s storming returns

Mid-cap distributor boasts terrific dividend growth track record

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Preview: RPC

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Inflation to bolster Japanese yen

Even a technical spike in generalised prices could prompt ‘less QE’ talk

News

P2P offers income glee

New investment trust has the scope to pay juicy dividends

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Animal spirits in wine world

Bid for Aussie grape-grower shows importance of three-dimensional view of valuation

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Distributors lag UK recovery

We examine why electronic component sellers’ sales don’t match growth statistics

Fixed-Income Focus

Beware of the CoCo popping

The financial crisis gave birth to a new issuer-friendly bond

Under The Bonnet

Talking itself into a corner

Telecoms group boxed in by bargain-basement pricing

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Full metal packet

Uncertainty on China’s economic outlook, Ukraine’s political turmoil and range-bound prices provide a confusing palette for retail spreadbetters looking for a metals trading cue. But, writes Andrew Macdonald, there are some pointers to be found

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Rio’s recovery potential

Use commodity forecasts to make informed investment decisions on miners

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Redcentric’s payout potential

IT supplier’s strong cashflow makes it a growth and income opportunity

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Diamondcorp’s sparkling plan

Miner brings forward ambitions to start underground production

Chartist

Chartist: Schroders

Chartist

Chartist: iShares MSCI Japan

Chartist

How to understand charts: Price velocity

This week: Time for quick word about why price velocity is important

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Empyrean gushes ahead

Ramifications of upgrade to reserves and resources missed

Fight For Your Rights

Pensions review warning

Cold callers could put your retirement savings at risk

Fight For Your Rights

Shareholder spring mark II

Investors exercise their ‘say on pay’ rights for the first time

Sector Reports

Beverages to bounce back

High-quality drinks names still offer plenty of earnings fizz

Plays

Tungsten shows metal

Alternative financing provider can capitalise on credit constraint

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Get on board for the turnaround

Spotting a sustainable recovery play is no easy task, but as Dan Coatsworth and the Shares team explain there are some useful pointers to look out for

Funds

Lowson leads the way

AXA Framlington portfolio offers record of capital growth

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Think about the future

Innovative companies are looking to address huge issues such as the cost and availability of energy, water and food

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Get ready for the invasion - Part IV

In the final part of this series, Russ Mould looks at where you can find out more about the biggest activist investors and how you can emulate their trades

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Letters: The frustrations of being a mining investor