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Reits make sense in spite of property stigma

A Reit gives shareholders direct access to the property’s income instead of having it filtered by an operating company, writes Daniel Thomas

Time for big oil to explore places it would rather avoid

It has become difficult for BP, Shell and their peers to find oil, and when they do they are making less money from it

On London: This time it’s different

These four words are guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of stock market professionals, writes Neil Hume

How do share prices react to cash calls?

Even before Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain’s second-biggest bank, admitted it was considering a cash call to shore up its creaking balance sheet, strategists had been predicting the return of the rights issue.

UK rich switch to cash and blue chips

Britain’s richest people are shifting their wealth from riskier investments into cash and blue-chip industrial stocks

Cheap chipmakers will soon be irresistible

Neil Hume asks why investors are so negative on UK chip companies and if this is justified

On London: Banks caught in a bear market rally

Even if the banking sector has bottomed, sustained outpuerformance seems unlikely, writes Neil Hume

On London: Housebuilders spring a surprise

The news from the UK’s property market has not improved but Neil Hume explains why housebuilders were among the best performing stocks in London this week

On London: Opportunities point to bargain basement

The market is not close to finding the floor yet and won’t be until the confidence in the banking industry is restored

On London: Supermarket stocks left on the shelf

Given their reputation as defensive investments, food retailers have performed surprisingly poorly since the start of the year

On London: Fickle investors shun debt-laden stocks

On London: Brokers’ Mifid grumbles are transparent

On London: Market disconnect heralds equity losses

Car sales could signify a wider splutter

On London: When it pays to live on borrowed time

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The latest news on US industry’s reaction to the downturn as recession looms large

Commodities boom

Commodities

Track commodities as they post their biggest monthly gains since the oil crisis of the 1970s

Smiling through the crisis

Subprime jokes

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