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Discover how the 'big 5' US tech firms -Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft - are changing and the investment case behind these giant companies.

With Chinese risks mounting this week's Shares looks at funds and trusts with Asian exposure but a limited footprint in the country. Investment ideas in the digital magazine include a high quality business which has seen a slump in its share price.

Shares also looks at a stellar run for publishing group Reach and the limits and allowances on retirement savings.

Great Ideas

Boston Scientific tops expectations as demand picks up

Medical equipment firm up 24% year-to-date but there’s more to come

Great Ideas

TT Electronics racing towards its brighter future

Better end markets, products and margins driving profits and share price

News

Morrisons and Vectura bid battles heat up

UK firms are increasingly being targeted by overseas buyers but a Deliveroo approach looks unlikely in the near term

News

Why gold has lost its shine

Recent volatility follows steady retreat for precious metal

Great Ideas

Big buying opportunity at high quality London Stock Exchange Group

Consensus beating results refocus attention on the strategic benefits of the Refinitiv acquisition

News

The story behind Smithson’s soggy first half

Inflation fears and value stock resurgence left popular trust lagging the benchmark

Editor's View

What a bombshell climate report and global wildfires mean for markets

Can enthusiasm for ESG investing be sustained and will greenwashing be addressed?

News

Could changing consumer behaviour knock the recovery off course?

Rising prices and a shift in work-life priorities could impact the economy

Ask Tom

Could the state pension age hike be reversed?

Chances of a u-turn on when you can take your entitlement look slim

Great Ideas

Use this fund to invest in the best European companies

Manager has plenty of experience and has built up an impressive track record

Feature

The big five: Why Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are superb stocks to own

The stocks are not overly expensive and you should own them all

Feature

Play the Asia Pacific opportunity with less China risk

Shares highlights diversified funds and trusts with less than a third of their assets allocated to China

Feature

The advertising and data strategy behind Reach’s stellar share price gains

The media group has seen its shares increase eightfold in the past 12 months

Personal Finance

How to invest in Boris and Rishi’s ‘big bang’

Major investors are being encouraged by the Government to put money into illiquid assets, such as infrastructure and unquoted companies

Case study

How I invest: Turning £350,000 into £1.7 million

Roland outlines how he picks stocks and details his financial goals

Great Ideas

Upgrades for Eurofins on Covid variant testing boost

Firm admits its latest forecasts could still be ‘significantly exceeded’

Russ Mould

Five ways to take the markets’ temperature

Copper, small caps, transport stocks, junk bond yields and volatility readings tell us a lot

Education

Find out how much you can save in your pension over your lifetime

We discuss the limits on total pension savings, and what happens if you breach them

Feature

Winners and losers in the $1 trillion ‘American Jobs’ infrastructure bill

Construction and materials stocks should benefit but green spending disappoints