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Articles in Jan, 2007 issue of What Investment

• Still building sandcastles
  by Keiron Root
• Falling closed-end fund charges
• Ashburton combines China and India
• Investment trust provider targets private equity sector
• Property analyst launches new type of fund
• Savers benefit from rate rise
• Citibank boost for new accounts
• Investor confidence on the up
• Institutional advantages for private investors
• Recent moves
• Top ten funds
• New offers: we examine what the latest savings and investment plans have to offer investors. Each product has been given a star rating, representing its overall value for money, based on cost, terms and conditions and investment potential
• Nomura International
• Proceeding with caution: after a period of strong growth, stock markets started to look more uncertain in the second half of 2006, as worries about slowing growth and rising interest rates took hold. But are things as bad as they seem? Keiron Root asks th
  by Keiron Root
• Taxing times: seeing a big chunk of your income swallowed up by tax is disheartening to say the least, but there are ways to trim that tax bill. Pauline McCallion finds out more
  by Pauline McCallion
• Investing for growth: each month, What Investment focuses on a potential growth stock highlighted by our sister publication Investing for Growth
• White Young Green—on the acquisition trail
• Market view: Tom Winnifrith sees the UK stock market pausing for breath
  by Tom Winnifrith
• Sector view: tobacco
• Share view: Imperial Tobacco and Gallaher
• European sector review: Henk Ports looks at the outlook for European financial stocks
  by Henk Potts
• Market insider they've got an awful lot of taxes in Brazil: Michael Wilson discovers that the growth potential of the Brazilian economy is being held back by government policy and high interest rates
  by Michael Wilson
• Expanding horizons: win 3,000 [pounds sterling] to boost your investment trust portfolio from the Association of Investment Companies
• Global equities boom or bubble? Each month, What Investment speaks to fund managers and analysts, focusing on four different asset classes, and asks them to reveal the key issues currently driving their stock selection decisions
• Bonds: slow reactions to rate rises
• Commodities: industrial metals shining through
• Property: high rates fail to dim enthusiasm
• DIY pensions
  by Allen Brentley
• Alternatives to endowments
  by Ian Atkinson
• No more reclaims
  by Geoffrey Goswell
• The money doctor: Andrew Merricks takes a scientific approach to the problem of where to invest
  by Andrew Merricks
• Unit trust best buys: what investment asks three independent financial advisers to recommend their favourite unit trusts for a cautious, a balanced and an aggressive investment
• Unit trust performance tables
• Investment trust best buys: What Investment asks three investment trust specialists to recommend their favourite investment trust shares for a cautious, a balanced and an aggressive investment
• Investment trust performance tables
• Out of the Pits
• The eBay Book
• Just One Thing
• How to label a goat
  by Ross Clark
• Best buys performance tables
• Thoroughly modern mutuals: after a spate of demutualisations and takeovers the UK has 62 building societies remaining. But who are they for and what do they offer? Jo Tura finds out
  by Jo Tura
• Rate of growth highest since August 2004
• Personal pension annuity rates
• Best ways to save
• Financial contacts ISA directory
• Expanding horizons: Keiron Root reviews the current state of the investment trust sector
  by Keiron Root
• The great comeback: five years ago, investment trusts were facing oblivion, as the problems surrounding split capital trusts threatened to overwhelm the entire sector. But, as Keiron Root explains, investors who have kept faith have been richly rewarded
  by Keiron Root
• Spoilt for choice: choosing the right savings scheme can be a headache, thanks to the bewildering array of choice on offer. Pauline McCallion looks at what's available from investment trust savings schemes
  by Pauline McCallion
• Looking for hidden value: Keiron Root meets an investment trust manager who focuses on the virtues of cash generation
  by Keiron Root
• Investment trust ISAs: the chancellor has now confirmed that ISAs have a long-term future, so investment trust investors should consider using a tax-efficient ISA wrapper to enhance their returns