Included in this week’s issue:


• How to cash in on merger mania. Merger and acquisition activity is back and cash-rich predators are set to pick up bargains and to this end Mark Dunne and the Shares team highlight five potential bid targets in our cover story of the week.

• The perfect portfolio; in the second of our four-part Portfolio Planning series Simon Keane looks at how a long-term investor could seek to build a pension portfolio so it outruns inflation.

• Automated trading strategies are no longer the preserve of Institutional investors thanks to powerful trading platforms, Graham Sharkey reports on the latest developments in this field and the benefits to the retail investor.

• The real estate’s time has come again. The industry was one of the hardest hit when banks withdrew their support following 2007’s financial crisis and many companies only survived the double-dip recession that followed through assets sales and by the support of their shareholders. The industry is making headlines again, but this time for the right reasons. Mark Dunne reports.

Get the full picture on these stories and more in the current issue of Shares Magazine.
.............................Plus, in-depth reports and analysis on:


• Opinion – Build a buyback checklist
• Agenda – Don’t slip up on big oil
• Plays – Queue up for Quindell
• Diary – The week ahead
• Under the bonnet – Next shows how to do it
• Cover Story – Takeover targets
• Feature – The perfect portfolio
• Shares 4 Schools – Class act to follow
• What you are saying – Let us know your thoughts
• Director Deals – Ride Tesco recovery
• The Big Debate – Rack up the profits
• Forex – Loonie still a loser
• Fixed-Income Focus – Don’t put the house on Paragon
• Educational Feature – Rise of the machines
• Funds – Chime with Cholwill
• Sector Report – Ride the property rebound
• Databank – The best and worst performers
• Small Caps – Bowl an Essenden blinder
• Mr Market – Make the numbers add up
• Chartist – This week: Kagi charts
• Commodities – Cut a profit with Firestone
• Investor Services Directory
• Index
• Plus, much, more...

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If you need regularly updated, trusted market intelligence on STOCKS (Large, Mid and Small Cap), BONDS, FUNDS, FOREX, CFDs, ETFs and much more besides, then Shares Magazine is your best resource.
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