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COVER STORY REGULARS

MARKET VIEW

Market Moves

Plays of the Week

Shares Uncovered

Small Co Play

Small Co Profile

Small Co News

Diary

Directors Dealings

Broker's Tips

Derivatives

Chartist

Letters

Tables Download

Company Index 2004 Q1

Archive
Oil Boom Pickings
Investors with a basket of oil and gas companies have doubled their money in 18 months - and there could be more to come. Shares believes high prices are here to stay, making oil investments highly attractive. Timon Day explains why and highlights five stock prospects.
PROFILES & NEWS FEATURES
Change of Cycle
The prospect of US interest rate increases and worries over oil prices have brought out the bears. At least one firm of analysts says it is now time for investors to climb down from the fence and switch from cyclical to low-risk stock sectors.
  The Great Xscape
Pierre-Yves Gerbeau has left the failure of the Millennium Dome behind him. These days, the man they called 'the gerbil' is steering developer Capital & Regional on the slopes of success with its ski and snowboarding venture Xscape.
FEATURES
Biotech Comeback
Xenova had a potential blockbuster in its cancer drug Tariquidar until the trials hit the buffers last summer and shares plunged. Now it has clawed its way back from the brink.
CFDs Made Simple
The derivative instrument is steaming along - so much so that Contracts for Difference have the Treasury worried over lost stamp duty on equity transactions.

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