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The stock market contains many companies trying to fight the world's biggest diseases. While investors have plenty of options to back potentially life-saving businesses, can you actually make any money from these types of high-risk investments? Read the new issue of Shares to find out.

Also this week: How to earn £10,000 a year from your investments; three ways to smooth investment returns; and a comparison of two multi-manager investment trusts: Alliance Trust versus Witan.

You can learn about a £1.66bn chemicals company in hot demand; discover the bull and bear case for Morrisons; and read a debate on whether the stock market is over-reacting to bad news.

News

Impressive earnings ‘beats’ from service companies and engineers

But watch the margins on some companies as costs are rising

Great Ideas

Midwich has gained nearly 50% in seven months

This company moves with the times and grows exponentially

Great Ideas

Superb results push shares in Somero to an all-time high

The concrete levelling equipment supplier continues to produce fantastic numbers

Great Ideas

We got it wrong with Micro Focus and Greencore

Two of our Great Ideas don’t go to plan

News

Barclays now in Edward Bramson’s cross-hairs

Activist investors have a history of improving share price performance and total returns for shareholders; will Barclays’ new stakeholder do the same?

News

What does Putin’s win mean for Russia-focused investments?

Investment bank UBS remains positive on the region after election results

News

FTSE 100 in a spin amid takeovers, restructures and spin-offs

There is an unusually large amount of corporate action involving the UK’s largest listed companies

News

Is there more to come from Burford Capital?

After an exceptional 2017 the signs are positive but results can be hard to predict

News

Pound see-saws on Brexit progress and softer price growth

Volatility in sterling after transition terms agreed and inflation drops

Great Ideas

We are big fans of Volution which is trading on a bargain rating

Ventilation products outfit trades at a discount to its peer group

Personal Finance

What does the change in auto-enrolment contributions mean for you?

We look at major changes to pensions savings

Editor's View

Is the stock market over-reacting to bad news with large share price declines?

It feels like companies are being punished on the slightest bit of bad news

Great Ideas

Demand is soaring for chemicals firm Synthomer

Its products are used in many ways and earnings should keep growing

Feature

The bull and bear case for Morrisons

Wholesale business is becoming exciting growth engine for the grocer

Feature

Cobalt price rally ‘could last for another two years’

New forecasts imply significant price appreciation in both 2018 and 2019

Feature

Further value wiped off toilet roll provider Accrol

Small cap disappoints the market yet again with terrible trading update

Week Ahead

Next gets set to deliver

Best-in-class retailer to update on current sales trends and consumer economy outlook

Feature

XLMedia looks exciting... but is there a catch?

The popular small cap stock could face regulatory and competitive challenges

Feature

Eurozone inflation revised down

Reading reinforces expectations for gradual exit from quantitative easing programme

Week Ahead

High expectations at Taptica ahead of full year results

Israeli ad tech firm set to report numbers on 26 March

Feature

EKF Diagnostics seen as a future takeover target

One analyst says the diagnostic devices specialist could be even more attractive if it gains scale

Feature

How to use moving averages to pin down the FTSE 100

There is a simple way to check the health of the stock market

Investment Trusts

Henderson EuroTrust prepares for debt-fueled spending spree

Investment trust is in talks to increase borrowing facility to have more firepower

Week Ahead

Has CMC weathered the storm?

Regulatory chances and the use of leverage raised serious concerns at the end of 2017

Feature

Why clarity is key when communicating strategy

Avoid management hooked on corporate jargon and focus on the best-in-class communicators

Investment Trusts

A tale of two multi-manager funds: Alliance Trust vs Witan

We compare two big names in the investment trust space

Personal Finance

How to get your investments to pay you £10,000 per year

How much would you need to invest and for how long?

Personal Finance

Three ways to smooth your investment returns

We explain how to ride out the ups and downs of the stock market

Feature

Saving the world: the companies trying to fight major diseases

There are plenty of investment options... but can you make any money from them?