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Magazine - 17 May 2018

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Are you interested in funds with a track record of consistent outperformance? The new issue of Shares features 10 of these funds and explains to find other successful funds using a simple metric.

Also in this week's digital magazine: Could you get 6% dividend yield from Royal Bank of Scotland? Three investment trusts to play the stronger oil price; and why ZPG's £2.2bn takeover bid highlights the appeal of digital platform businesses.

Shares discusses the financial issues around early retirement and explains how a stock's liquidity can affect your returns. Discover why gambling stocks are racing upwards and how investors have withdrawn large amounts of money from emerging markets.

News

CYBG refuses to elaborate on Virgin Money approach

Mixed opinion on whether it is offering enough

Great Ideas

Red tape is no barrier for Ideagen’s growth ambitions

Management are aiming for 200p share price which looks achievable

Great Ideas

XP Power’s Glassman acquisition looks very clever

The acquired high margin business looks a neat technology design fit

News

Investors exit emerging markets funds

Outflows driven by ETFs with Russia out in the cold

News

Is investor excitement over US gambling breakthrough premature?

Taxes, regulatory requirements and competition could all be obstacles for UK firms looking to capitalise on stateside opportunity

Great Ideas

Avesoro’s new financial year is off to a storming start

Gold miner is on a roll with strong production and costs well under control

Great Ideas

Buy Auto Trader as the market has completely misunderstood its situation

Its shares trade at an unjustified discount to other internet-based businesses

Editor's View

ZPG bid highlights appeal of digital platform businesses

Look for companies embracing technology to make customers’ lives easier

News

Could you get 6% yield from Royal Bank of Scotland?

The bank is expected to pay its first dividend since 2008

Russ Mould

Four lessons to draw from the year so far

Many of the consensus calls have been wrong in the first half of 2018

News

Angling Direct is a good catch in the retail sector

Flourishing fishing tackle specialist represents a rare retail success story

Funds

The micro cap fund streets ahead of its peers

Livingbridge UK Micro Cap’s focus on profitable, sensibly valued growth tiddlers is a winning formula

Feature

Next Fifteen’s superior performance still has legs

Marketing firm should be able to ride out short-term negativity towards the tech space

Personal Finance

How young savers can bridge the intergenerational divide

A new report calls for a £10,000 payment to over-25s and major changes to various parts of the tax system

Feature

Vertu’s shares look really cheap given its very strong asset backing

Contrarian investors should hop behind the wheel at the UK’s sixth largest car seller

Feature

Why Provident Financial’s shares are still erratic

We explain what’s going on and reveal the views of several investment experts

Feature

10 funds that outperform again and again

We use the information ratio to spot investment products that have consistently done well.

Investment Trusts

Investment trusts exposed to Argentina’s inflation, currency and interest rate problems

Certain Latin America and emerging markets trusts are facing major headwinds

Feature

Walmart flips out over Flipkart

Walmart lays down the gauntlet to Amazon in gargantuan Asian economy

Feature

BT payouts tally with pension funding gap growth

Telecoms giant sees scheme deficit soar as dividend is frozen

Week Ahead

Much for Marks & Spencer still to do

Retail bellwether to update the market on its recovery strategy

Feature

How a stock’s liquidity can affect your returns

What are bid/offer spreads, what do they mean for investors and what role do market makers play?

Week Ahead

Has Babcock kept up its recovery momentum?

Amid lower spending by the UK’s Ministry of Defence, investors are keen to hear the impact this has had on a large contractor

Feature

Melrose to address excessive pay concerns

More than 20% of shareholders rebel on remuneration

Investment Trusts

Three investment trusts to play the rising oil price

We look at the options for investors looking to gain exposure to crude

Personal Finance

Is an early retirement possible anymore?

Retiring before age 65 requires careful planning and considerable savings