magazine 4 May 2023

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Head-to-head: two companies in the same sector, which one is better? Shares looks at ways to compare names such as Coke versus Pepsi and Barclays versus Lloyds.

Discover ways to invest in growing demand for private healthcare.

This week’s investment ideas include a way to play a recovery in the housebuilding sector that also ties into a potential revival of the Help to Buy scheme.

Ian Conway talks to an expert about turmoil in the banking sector and what might come next.

Turnaround situations – when is the right time to buy the shares?

A reader explains how their love of economics and macro analysis helps to shape their portfolio decisions.

Damian has a quite different approach to other retail investors

Greater shareholder returns may not mollify major investor Ping An

We explain the rules and how to get the necessary information for the taxman

Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram-parent is emerging as a leaner, meaner, social media machine

Closure of Hertfordshire warehouse is the latest blow to a struggling business

If companies keep looking to profit in an inflationary environment there could be push back

Shares has canvassed the view of a fund manager focused on the financials space

We compare big names such as Coke and Pepsi, BP and Shell, Estee Lauder and L'Oreal, and more

How the trust goes global for income and thoughts from a North American dividend seeker

The turmoil at Hotel Chocolat can tell you a lot about how to get your investment timing right

Plus a comprehensive list of when companies next report

Improving sentiment and the potential new support for first-time buyers should lift the shares

The stock remains cheap versus its peers but the news flow is improving

The market seems to be missing the potential benefits from a recent acquisition

Looking at the prospects for the index after a strong start to 2023

Help with a query about taking advantage of changes to the relief afforded retirement savings