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4 February 2012

Features, research & analysis

Exploration Insights by Robert Tyerman 21/12/2011

Commodities enter 2012 amid uncertainty. If the economies of China and the BRICs do not flag, prospects could be fair, while collapsing financial systems and/or revived inflation should at some point support gold

Tags: 35,000-metre drilling programme, Afferro mining, China economies, Frank Scolaro, Luis da Silva, Mokopane project, Production costs, South Africa, Speculative recovery potential

Companies: Afferro Mining , Range Resources , Obtala Resources

Fund Manager Focus by Ellie Duncan 21/12/2011

With oil prices taking a hit during recent market volatility, Angelos Damaskos, manager of the Junior Oils Trust, explains how he has seen the fund through market highs and lows

Tags: Angelos Damaskos, BP, Junior Oils Trust, Shell

Sector: Oil & Gas Producers

Companies: BP

New Issues Examined by Ben Jaglom 21/12/2011

Despite the gloomy environment, new businesses continue to join the junior market, including a company that counts on the support of an AIM veteran

Tags: Ben Jaglom, Business in India, New Issues

Companies: Secure Trust Bank , Inspired Energy , Mears Group , Smart Metering Systems , Nandan Cleantech , Arden Partners , Photon Kathaas Productions , Infrastructure India

Pick of AIM by Miles Nolan 21/12/2011

More than £19 billion is spent in the UK every year on training. It’s a highly fragmented market, so which companies are well placed to succeed?

Tags: Miles Nolan, SMEs, Training providers

Companies: Digital Learning Marketplace (formerly Intellego) , ILX

Top 50 Movers & Shakers 21/12/2011

Growth Company Investor reveals its definitive annual list of the most important people in the growth company sector

Tags: Important people, Movers & Shakers, Top 50

People: Do as the Romans 24/11/2011

When Brian Marsh, the former Lloyd’s insurance underwriter who chairs insurance-oriented financial services backer BP Marsh, wants to cheer himself up, he goes to a performance of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus.

Tags: Insurance businesses, Lloyds, Spanish insurance

People: Alexander seeks new conquests 24/11/2011

Chasing big deals with South African and Russian business bosses is youthful Alexander Johnson, chief executive officer of PLUS-quoted coal waste treatment specialist Worldwide Natural Resources.

Tags: Doing business in Russia, Doing business in South Africa, PLUS Markets, Resource companies on PLUS, Youthful CEOs

Brokers' view: Midas
15/11/2011

Midas leaps into fast-growing First Quantum

Tags: Blue chips, Emerging markets, Investing in copper

Companies: First Quantum Minerals

Brokers' view: Collins Stewart 15/11/2011

BAE Systems set to outperform wider defence sector

Tags: AIM newcomers, British defence industry, Business in Mayfair

Companies: BAE Systems , Trap Oil

Brokers' view: Canaccord Genuity 15/11/2011

Canaccord goes dotty over Nanoco Group

Tags: Cadmium free, CFA qualification, Technology for TVs

Companies: Nanoco , Ashmore Group

Dividend income –where to find it? 15/11/2011

There is a good case for dividend growth outside the mega-caps. Alex Stewart of Shore Capital investigates

Tags: Combating high inflation, Dividend yielding stocks, Hunting for income, Investing in a recession

Spread Betting by Vince Stanzione 15/11/2011

Amid the volatile markets we have seen over recent months, now is the time to hold your nose and buy shares, believes Vince Stanzione

Tags: Spread betting, TLT ETF, US treasuries

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Sector: General Retailers

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Tags: AIM market, Centamin Egypt, Ethiopian gold, Richard Chase

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