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Superstar small cap funds - discover how the top performing collectives pick winning stocks.

Fundsmith success: Shares talks to Smithson Investment Trust which has doubled in value in three years.

This week's investment ideas include two stocks going cheap: one is a $102 billion industrial items specialist and the other is a global healthcare investor.

News

BT could go down a different path for its sports arm

A new agreement could scupper the proposed £600 million sale to streaming service DAZN

Great Ideas

Buy 3M on the cheap before the market mood changes

The maker of essential items is diversified, cash generative and undervalued

Great Ideas

Stick with underappreciated gem Supreme

The batteries, vitamin and vaping supplier is exhibiting resilience and is off to a good start to the second half

News

China crackdown on US listings to benefit Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Didi’s delisting from the US is a watershed moment for Chinese companies thinking about joining the stock market

Great Ideas

Tharisa can shake off recent weakness in 2022

A fall in PGM and chrome prices took the shine off strong numbers

Great Ideas

Buy cut-price Polar Capital Global Healthcare for defensive growth

Performance is improving and the medium-term outlook for the sector looks positive

News

Stock markets stage full recovery after Omicron fears

Investors appear to have decided the new Covid-19 variant won’t derail economic growth

Great Ideas

Odyssean extends winning run of bids as Clinigen receives takeover approach

The investment trust’s portfolio attracts yet another takeover bid

News

Thungela plots bumper dividend despite coal price retreat

The coal producer faces volatile commodity prices and growing investor backlash against companies that are ‘anti ESG’

News

Stocks relevant to efforts to licence vaping for medical use

The market has been slow to pick up on the news with the big vaping companies yet to react

Feature

Stock markets in 2021: how have they performed?

Valuations are not stretched when compared with earnings growth forecasts

News

New listing rules aim to bring more innovative companies to London

The downside is that small investors may have less of a voice

Editor's View

Are income funds chasing stuck in the mud firms?

High yields can be a sign of a business lacking growth or making the wrong capital allocation decisions

Ask Tom

Can I carry forward old allowances and top up my pension?

A reader wants to make a large contribution to their retirement savings and needs to understand the rules

Funds

The most consistent top performing Asian funds

Discover the collectives with eyes on the East which have delivered year after year

Feature

Investment firms lead in our latest earnings revisions screen

Retailers also looking smart but travel and leisure stocks have been hit by Omicron

Danni Hewson

Is the new Twitter boss maverick enough?

The reaction to the departure of the social media giant’s founder was revealing

Funds

How Lindsell Train ran out of steam

Two star fund managers have come unstuck in 2021, can they regain their mojo in 2022?

Feature

Superstar small cap funds: How they pick winning stocks

We find out how the top-performing managers in the smaller companies space make investment decisions

Investment Trusts

Fundsmith success: Smithson doubles in value in three years

The trust has been a strong performer and is sticking to a tried and tested strategy

Feature

How loss aversion can trip up investors

We explore the example of Centrica where emotions got in the way of facts

Education

What happens to your personal pension when you die?

The options available and how to make sure your loved ones benefit