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This week's main feature explores quality European names trading at reasonable valuations.

Shares also offers various investment ideas including a small cap with big growth opportunities and an electronic engineer whose shares are displaying strong momentum.

Find out about the hydrogen boom and what travel chaos is doing to airlines' earnings forecasts.

Great Ideas

XP Power is worth paying up for

Electronics engineering gem a stock to tuck away for the medium-to-longer-term

News

Tesla to split stock in five-for-one deal

Change will not alter company’s valuation but may make it more accessible for some investors

News

Food comes to the rescue for Marks & Spencer ahead of Ocado test

Sales slump, savage job cuts revealed and much hinges on online groceries venture

Great Ideas

Kainos continues to shine

Our digital transformation idea for 2020 more than 57% up

Great Ideas

Anexo primed for further profitable growth

Credit hire and legal services business is an AIM star in the making

News

Mining proves no safe haven as BHP cuts dividend

Sector less reliable for income as BHP joins Glencore and Anglo American in scaling back its payout

Great Ideas

UDG Healthcare shares press ahead and the dividend is back

Specialist services firm is holding up well to Covid-19 disruption

Great Ideas

Diversified Gas & Oil remains a generous dividend payer

Recent first-half results demonstrated the resilience of the gas producer and its cash flow

News

Travel stocks hammered on quarantine chaos

Forecast earnings have been cut as airlines and tour operators miss out on crucial summer trading

News

Buffett backs away from banks in latest portfolio reshuffle

Berkshire’s much-watched filing reveals some surprise portfolio changes

Ask Tom

Help, I’ve been overtaxed on my pension

Our resident pensions expert Tom Selby explains how to claim back what you’re owed by HMRC

Editor's View

Hurray! Dividends are back on the menu again

More than £2.2 billion of payments have been declared by companies which previously paused the shareholder reward

Russ Mould

Are commodities primed to shine again?

Prices have rallied since the spring but still lagged equities

Under The Bonnet

SAP is one of the most important stocks in Europe

The German tech giant generates billions in revenue and profit every year

First-time Investor

What moves a share price

Forecast-beating results, game-changing contract wins and takeovers are just some of the catalysts that shift a stock

Feature

Don’t get sucked into the hydrogen hype

There is potential in the sector but UK-listed participants are priced for perfection

Feature

Shining a light on Europe

The continent is wrongly painted as full of cheap cyclicals but actually has superb growth companies

Feature

Managing your pension in your 50s

What to think about with your retirement pot in your sixth decade

Feature

The case for credit report services

There are good reasons to keep track of your financial profile

Personal Finance

Joining the kids savings boom

How spending deferred by lockdown could translate into a tidy nest egg for your children