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Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller

Investors want to gain without pain

They say there's no gain without pain. But sometimes memories of a painful experience can blind us to the potential for strong benefits in the future.Read

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If there's one topic that is always guaranteed to start a conversation, it is house prices. After all, it is a subject close to many of our hearts, whether we rent, own or would like to own our own home.Read

Over here, we'll bank on equities

Last week, I talked about expectations that the Bank of England would raise interest rates. Sure enough, last Thursday the Bank announced an increase to 5%.Read

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It's no secret that most financial pundits expect the Bank of England (BoE) to raise interest rates tomorrow. Certainly, recent economic data indicates it's highly likely.Read

The new investment game

In recent columns, we have been looking at the prospects for equities over the next few months. This week I thought it would be interesting to consider another investment with long-term potential - infrastructure.Read

Opportunities are out there

Last week, we considered the recent performance of equities, relative to other asset classes. Over the late summer and early autumn, the world's main equity markets have rallied.Read

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GlaxoSmithKlineRead

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Tesco - The recent pull-back in Tesco's shares encouraged us to upgrade our recommendation to outperform.Read

Carnival atmosphere for world's largest cruise line operator

Full-year results from FKI highlighted that the recovery in Logistex, the engineering group's lifting hardware and energy technology division, is not happening quite yet.Read

Analysts still have confidence in Vodafone

Bhp BillitonRead

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BSkyB: BSkyB's share price fell sharply in the summer due to a change in strategy.Read

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Hsbc Holdings reported first half results that were ahead of expectations, boosted by the first six-month contribution from its 2003 acquisition of Household International, easier comparisons given the adverse impact of SARS on its operations in the first half of 2003 and the unexpected release of provisions.Read

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Royal Bank of ScotlandRead

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Anglo American - Anglo American remains our favoured stock in the mining sector. However, due to some adverse movements in exchange rates over the past few months, notably the strengthening of the South African rand, earnings forecasts for 2002 and 2003 have been lowered by about 4pc and 5pc respectively.Read

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Bradford & Bingley: Bradford & Bingley (B&B) has been the best performer in the banks sector so far this year, and has hardly been affected by the issues that have led other banks' share prices to suffer.Read

Author Profile

Andrew Miller is regional office head of Barclays Wealth and formerly worked for Gerard Investments. He writes regular opinion pieces in The Journal where he analyses the North Eastýs listed companies.

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