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This week's issue of Shares sees a hunt for value on the stock market - examining five different ways of identifying shares where the price could be right.

Discover which has performed best - active funds or trackers. Find out about investing in overseas shares and get the lowdown on the UK's underappreciated vaccine play GlaxoSmithKline.

The digital magazine also includes a discussion of flexible investment trusts and how their multi-asset approach could help protect against inflation and market volatility.

Great Ideas

SSE is a great way to play the green revolution

Company is aiming to treble renewable energy output by 2030

Great Ideas

Flood of takeover bids boosts Odyssean

The investment trust’s portfolio has attracted six bids in the last 18 months

News

Spiralling housing demand causes price spikes in building materials

Home renovation boom could be knocked off course amid supply shortages

Great Ideas

Buy increasingly profitable safety and compliance firm Marlowe

Ambitious three-year targets could lead to significant uplift in firm’s value

News

Gold tops $1,900 again as it regains its haven credentials

Miners rally as investors pile into the precious metal, but Centamin falls behind after rare ‘sell’ note

Great Ideas

Hill & Smith posts faster growth and confirms full year view

Shares says: this latest update confirms our positive view, stay long

News

Competitive pressures face new listing Made.com

Furniture seller is millennials favourite but isn’t profitable

Editor's View

The clues in everyday life that give you an investing edge

Keep your eyes and ears open for information that could help you make better informed investment decisions

News

Aveva eyes renewables as part of its digitisation growth strategy

UK’s biggest listed software firm could be a key partner for oil majors’ green shift

Feature

Why GlaxoSmithKline could bid for Astra’s vaccine

Glaxo’s response to Covid has been one of the broadest in the industry with two potential treatments as well as multiple vaccine candidates

Great Ideas

Major share overhang finally removed from Brunner

We continue to like this quality-focused fund with growing dividends

Investment Trusts

Flexible investment trusts can protect you against inflation

Assets like gold, commodities, property and bonds can aid the preservation of capital and income

Funds

Some of the best funds come in small packages

Collectives with a lower level of assets can be more agile and flexible than their larger counterparts

Feature

The price is right: 5 stocks which could win big

We use five different screens of the market to uncover bargain shares

Ask Tom

Can I recycle tax-free pension withdrawals into a SIPP?

Our resident expert helps with a question about moving cash between pension pots

Funds

Managers vs machines - are active funds worth the extra cost?

We unpick the performance of trackers versus actively managed products

Education

How to buy foreign shares and the key details you need

We run through costs, tax issues, market opening hours and more