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The latest issue of Shares highlights six ETFs which offer a simple, low-cost income from a variety of different markets and asset classes.

Find out why Fundsmith is no S&P 500 tracker despite finally buying dominant US stocks Amazon and Alphabet, discover how housebuilders have had a shaky start to 2022 and why Google-owner Alphabet is doing the splits.

The digital magazine also looks at how you might go about using a SIPP to supplement a workplace pension and highlights top-performing global income funds.

Great Ideas

Google-owner does the splits as it smashes Q4 expectations

Alphabet’s 20-for-1 stock split will make it easier for ordinary investors to buy

Great Ideas

Grab a great buying opportunity in Gamma Communications

Consensus forecasts likely to rise as we near 2021 results, promising a valuation rethink

News

Looming Amazon growth questions masked by stock surge

Online retail giant’s Q4 results sparked biggest one-day gain since 2012 but it wasn’t all good news

Great Ideas

Pets At Home’s new CEO is a great hire and the shares are still a buy

A lower price together with higher earnings offers scope for greater upside in the longer term

Great Ideas

Our buy call on Shell is up nearly 20% in two weeks

The energy firm announced knockout numbers

Great Ideas

Take advantage of Smithson’s stumble and top up

The investment trust remains a great buy for the long term

News

PayPal hit by pressured consumer spending and competitive threats

Payments platform sees its share price crater after weak earnings report

Great Ideas

Virgin Wines’ share price slump looks overdone

Short-term new customer slowdown shouldn’t obscure long-term opportunity

News

Why Europe could be set to play catch up with UK and US on rates

The ECB’s U-turn ushers in a period of policy tightening across Europe, the UK and the US

News

Consumer giants rethink their strategies with a little help

Activists raise the heat at Unilever while Reckitt sounds out buyers for infant nutrition unit

Great Ideas

This value-tilted global fund is now outperforming

Artemis SmartGARP Global Equity Fund has waited patiently for the value style to come back into favour

Editor's View

Why diversity in the boardroom really matters

Taylor Wimpey and Pets at Home have swelled the ranks of women CEOs in the FTSE 350

Ask Tom

What impact will inflation have on retirement savers?

Our resident expert considers how rising prices might affect pensions

Russ Mould

Two key takeaways from the silicon chip market

Watching this space can give you handy pointers on the wider direction of stocks and shares

Feature

Don’t be tempted to buy the housebuilders on weakness

Valuations may be attractive but risks outweigh the rewards for us

Feature

Fundsmith late to Alphabet and Amazon party but still no S&P 500 tracker

Terry Smith’s flagship fund retains ‘buy quality, do nothing’ ethos

Feature

Simple, low-cost income: sit back and let the cash roll in

Using ETFs to gain access to a stream of payouts from different asset classes

Personal Finance

Where’s the best place for £100,000 cash?

What to do with the proceeds from a property sale or other large sum

Funds

Funds which go global for income

There are wide world of dividend opportunities out there and these managers have done a great job of finding them

Feature

Buy VCTs to help build back the economy and for profit potential

The current tax year is likely to set a new fundraising record for these popular tax-efficient funds

Feature

How to use a SIPP alongside a workplace pension

This type of retirement savings account can offer a greater choice of investments