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Derek Pain: When the return on savings is derisory, it's time to take stock
In these days of derisory interest rates, the stock market offers some rewarding opportunities for any investor seeking a more reasonable income. Rarely have savings been so poorly serviced. Such are the paltry returns available on the high street – and on the internet – that anyone with cash tucked away in many saving accounts is, allowing for the impact of inflation, actually losing out.
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Dividend Report Card: Royal Dutch Shell
Does the oil giant's dividend pass the test?
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'Equities are dead, long live bonds'
A leading City analyst claims that bonds are a better bet than shares. Which way should investors turn?
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Hargreaves builds on market rise
BUOYANT stock markets in 2009 and the first half of 2010 have helped boost underlying full-year profits by 22 per cent to £90.7 million at broker and fund manager Hargreaves L
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14°C - Mainly clear with plenty of sunshine
SURGING levels of business were toasted by a stock market giant yesterday as they unveiled an 18 per cent hike in pre-tax profits to £86.3million.
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Growing dividends
Dividends are back in fashion. You would have to go back to the racy years of the 1980s and 1990s to find investors who thought dividends, like Gordon Gekko's lunches, were for wimps and that owning shares was purely about chasing rising prices.
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How to buy foreign shares
Last week, we extolled the virtues of some of the world's greatest companies and made the case for buying their shares. This week, we look at the mechanics of buying overseas securities, the likely costs and the tax implications. We also profile another six cracking companies.
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Friday's news and tips
■ BP 's bill for cleaning up after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has hit $8bn (£5.2bn), up over £1bn in less than a month, and the relief well is not expected to intercept the broken MC252 well for a couple of weeks.
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Investment Column: Go ahead and hold Go-Ahead for the divvy
Our view: Hold
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FTSE gold miners slip on talk of end of systemic risk
Precious metal mining stocks were in the doldrums as City analysts forecast an end to a period of "systemic risk" triggered by the banking crisis.
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