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Investors' Alphabet: X is for Xstrata

Story by: Stephen Wilmot, Investment Adviser

I bet readers were waiting anxiously to see what we’d come up with for X, that most unwieldy of letters.

• Time published: 13:09
• Date published: 08.10.2008
• Published in: Investments

Polish drinker

Diary’s eye was drawn to a rather raucous letter in last week’s FT. Commenting on the current economic situation the author compared the crisis to “a wild party, a long one. Every time the alcohol supply dries up, the central bank shows up and keeps the party gogin and going, and people get more andmore addicted to partying and drinking.

• Date published: 06.10.2008

Will there be a retail run on banks?

Auguries of real disaster might not be indicated by the FTSE index but by the Libor rates

• Date published: 06.10.2008

The usual old story

The reduction in the number of independent pension firms has reached worrying proportions

• Date published: 06.10.2008

Healthy attitude to investing

In these tough times the healthcare sector is proving to be a very safe haven

• Date published: 06.10.2008

Hang together, or we will hang separately

Several senior European economists call for an EU-wide coordinated banking rescue plan

• Date published: 06.10.2008

Cheviot bucks the trend

In the Balanced Managed sector, some performers vary more than others. How do the winners do it?

• Date published: 06.10.2008

Worst perfomers contain few surprises

The third quarter has been eventful to say the least

• Date published: 06.10.2008

Red flag ripples

It looks as if global capitalism will survive. But should it? Surely the boom and bust cycle each economy suffers brings more pain than benefit. Just how masochistic do we have to be to put up with the old financial order?

• Date published: 06.10.2008

Sex credit

Dutch city Eindhoven is to award credit points to street prostitutes in exchange for good behaviour.

• Date published: 06.10.2008