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    Maike Currie

    Maike Currie is an author, editor and investment commentator. Starting her career as a financial journalist, Maike has worked across a number of FT publications, including Investors' Chronicle. She is now head of personal finance and markets content at Fidelity International, where she provides regular insight, guidance and commentary for the company’s self-directed investors.
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      Investing in funds
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      Look beyond the debate about growth versus value to focus on stock picking

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      Advice & Comment
      US stocks and the market regime change

      Investors move out of rapidly expanding businesses to more price-sensitive, beaten-up stocks

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    • Tuesday, 12 October, 2021
      Gold
      Diversifying your portfolio in a changing world

      Short-term cash and exposure to foodstuffs and oil could help, but betting on gold looks risky

    • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
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      Income investing in the summer of the UK ‘super dividend’

      Income investors are enjoying a bumper crop of payouts this summer — but are they sustainable?

    • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
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      Covid hit women investors hard — but there are silver linings

      Better-run companies, more sustainable investments, and homeworking will have lasting benefits

    • Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
      Personal Finance
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      Our panel give their views on some of the chancellor’s key announcements

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      ‘Best of British’ stocks and where to find them

      Tomorrow’s UK market stars are not always in obvious sectors

    • Wednesday, 8 July, 2020
      Investing in funds
      Getting back to Buffett

      When recalibrating income expectations, think like the Sage of Omaha

    • Wednesday, 29 April, 2020
      Next Act
      Five ways to protect your post-pandemic pension pot

      How will your retirement finances change BC and AC — before and after coronavirus?

    • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
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      Resolve to sort out your pension in 2020

      Your workplace retirement savings scheme deserves special attention

    • Friday, 1 November, 2019
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      Investing in the UK: glass half full?

      Stock picking has never been so important in a time of new uncertainty

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      Shared parental leave is a way of narrowing the gender pensions gap

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      Oil
      Oil price: heading towards triple digits?

      Should you boost your exposure to black gold?

    • Wednesday, 12 September, 2018
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      Going to pot: the cult of the tech genius

      How does an investor navigate a situation where the prophet is part of the problem?

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      Personal & Household Goods
      Diversify in your search for income

      As earnings season kicks off, look for dividend winners at home and abroad

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      Investments
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      Investments
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      Investing in funds
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      North Korea and White House chaos have been mere ripples through the world economy

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    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2017
      Investments
      Sideways markets make a case for active fund management

      The lambasting of stockpicking could be a disaster in the making for investors

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