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Magazine - 21 Feb 2019

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Discover how to get a better return on your cash by reading the new issue of Shares. The digital magazine also looks at a trend among investment trusts to cut performance fees.

Learn why some investors are happy to pay a high rating for certain stocks and discover why PMI data is so important to the stock market.

Shares looks at the challenges facing utility group SSE, why AstraZeneca's shares have moved up, and why HSBC has disappointed the market.

News

BHP, Royal Bank of Scotland, Reckitt Benckiser and other news

We look at some of the past week’s share price movers

News

Retail sales figures return to form in January

ONS retail sales figures provide grounds for encouragement, though the nation’s shopkeepers remain cautious

Great Ideas

Bigblu’s big broadband opportunity in the backwoods

Structural growth and limited competition could see its share price surge in time

Great Ideas

Personal Assets Trust could be a source of comfort in difficult times

The trust aims to avoid permanent capital loss while growing income over the long term

Great Ideas

AstraZeneca shares wake up after pharma giant revives sales growth

We believe positive sales momentum should keep pushing up the share price

News

Eyes on March update as dividend doubts beset SSE

The UK’s second largest electricity and gas supplier is facing big questions

Great Ideas

JD Sports surprises by taking 8.3% stake in Footasylum

The retailer says it may increase its stake but doesn’t intend to make a full takeover

News

Global dividends expected to grow by 5.1% in 2019

Bright spots over the past year for income investors included North America, Japan and emerging markets

Great Ideas

Six reasons to be excited about Cineworld’s shares

The valuation is compelling but the risks are high

News

Is HSBC’s 6% yield enough compensation for disappointing results?

There is no growth in the dividend as 2018 numbers come in short of expectations

News

Is the US about to deliver a growth shock?

Postponed GDP estimate follows the worst retail sales figures in nearly a decade

Russ Mould

Why investors need to start watching the race to the White House

Will Donald Trump start to run more growth-orientated policies?

Great Ideas

Clinigen soars on potential for large earnings boost

The pharma firm has struck a very interesting deal with Novartis

Investment Trusts

HG Capital Trust set for software slowdown

Technology investor is unlikely to match 2018’s busy year of investment disposals

Investment Trusts

Pershing Square hopes quarterly dividend can put dent in discount

Hedge fund hopes move will attract income-oriented investors and help narrow the discount

Investment Trusts

BlackRock Throgmorton exposure to shares at nine-year low

The fund delivers an eighth consecutive year of benchmark-beating performance

Editor's View

Don’t take your eye off the news flow

Stay on top of events for companies that are both thriving and diving

Feature

Can expensive shares ever offer good value?

The popular price-to-earnings valuation metric does not always tell the full story

Funds

How the next generation of fund managers are trained

There are various ways in which future stars can cut their teeth

Ask Tom

‘Should I invest my pension in cash while markets are uncertain?’

AJ Bell’s Tom Selby answers readers’ questions about retirement issues

Education

Forget non-farm payrolls, you need to focus on PMIs instead

We discuss how this data offers an extremely useful insight into the economy

Feature

Beat the bank: how to get a better return on your cash

We look at the top rates for cash ISAs and a selection of lower-risk investment bonds

Investment Trusts

How do fund managers pay for new investments?

We explain how fund managers get hold of cash to buy stocks or other assets

Investment Trusts

Why are investment trusts ditching performance fees and is it a smart move?

We look at these controversial charges and why many trusts are phasing them out