Investors Chronicle (Shares)

Member Name: richardandkaye

Product:	Shares
Date:	17/09/00 (275 review reads)
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Advantages: Absolutely Excellent Investor Mag

Disadvantages: The wait each weeks for its arrival

For anyone interested in the Stock Market and investing in general stocks (not just specifically Penny Shares or Tech Stocks) , I whole heartedly recommend Investors Chronicle to you.

It is published weekly by the Financial Times so you know it has an excellent pedigree. Admittedly it is quite expensive £2.95 per week but an Annual Subscription of £125 , 2 Years Subscription of £225 or 3 Years Subscription of £318 will save you a substantial sum of money.

It follows a very similar pattern each week which for a regular investor like me means I know where to look for the info I need.

It starts with a short Market View on what has happened over the last week , followed by several pages of major news analysis.

The first key section as far as I am concerned is Tips. Each week they pick three large Company's and three smaller Company's to Tip. Please note , the Tip might be Buy or Sell dependant upon fundamentals. They also give you an update each week on previous Tips i.e. where something may have happened to change their previous recommendation or it may simply be to reinforce what was previously said.

They will then usually cover an issue in detail such as Pharmaceuticals , Biotechs , Retailers , Construction , Bank's , Tech Stocks etc. I find that this can be very useful to enable you to overview your Portfolio as a whole. Sometimes you can get too interested in a specific business but overlook what is happening to that sector of the market.

They will then always do a write up on US Stocks (I am boring and tend to invest entirely UK apart from an Investment Trust holding for Europe) but some of you might find this useful.

They cover Investment Trusts each week. These are effectively funds of funds. They are company's which use their money to go out and buy shareholdings in other Company's. I find this useful to spread risk , especially in Markets you are a little unsure of e.g. Sma
ller Company's , Technology , Biotechs , Far East Markets & South American Markets.

Next Section of note is the Company & Smaller Company News & Results. This brings you up to date with any new information. This is especially helpful for any smaller Company holdings you may have since this Info very rarely gets published anywhere else.

A brief up date on any Takeover Bids / Rights Issues etc. is next which gives you some impartial advice on what you should do if either happens to a Company in which you hold shares.

City Views & Brokers Tips - earlier , I mentioned that each week Investors Chronicle Tips 6 Companys , this is a Section where views are sought of other Major City Brokers such as Schroders , ABN Amro , UBS Warburg and Charterhouse Securites on a fairly broad spectrum of Stocks.

Finally , they have a Statistics Section which gives info on the likes of Directors Share Dealings , Market Movements both UK and Worldwide & Economic Indicators.

You will gather from the above that I find Investors Chronicle very useful , if you are seriously interested in Stocks & Shares , so will you. Being a subscriber also gets you free access to their web-site.

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