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Sunday July 19, 2009

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Invest & Give

You probably wouldn’t associate making a charitable donation with making an investment decision. However a new fund on the block, Invest & Give, challenges that orthodoxy.

Alpha Male

Most UK equity funds have not exactly covered themselves in glory over the past three years. But Richard Penny, manager of Money Observer’s award-winning Legal & General UK Alpha fund, is one of the few to have posted positive returns with low volatility to boot.

Money Observer Investment Roundtable

Investment trusts for income seekers.

Money Observer video archive

What's in the August edition

Available from all good newsagents throughout August.

The dead cat bounced

Stock markets around the world posted their best performance in more than 20 years in the second quarter of 2009. The FTSE All-World Developed Market index bubbled up by a heady 21 per cent, but our FTSE 100 index left the party early, rising by just 9 per cent.

Grab an overseas giveaway

The Budget included some generous tax breaks for those with second properties in the EEA. Sam Barrett explains why you need to act now

Looks good on paper

Printing company printing.com has a lean and efficient business model that should see it survive the recessionary carnage in its sector, says Richard Beddard

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Extra features

Investment Trust Awards 2009

Visit our special trust awards section for the methodology behind our annual awards (included with the print edition of the July issue), and downloadable pdfs for details of the best income-producing investment trusts and our Premier Group award winner.

Fund Awards 2009

Do you want to discover which funds are best-placed to deliver strong returns in the future? Go to our special Fund Awards section to discover which funds were contenders for our awards – plus the winners themselves. Whether you are interested in corporate bond funds, or emerging markets, or simply want to discover which management groups do consistently well, our fund awards will help point you in the right direction.