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Advantages: Intelligent, easy to read, broad scope
Disadvantages: Pricey, no celeb news!

...am a real fan on the Economist magazine, and have now been a subscriber for about 2 years. I first started reading it as a kid, as my family got it, but always found it extremely dull at the time. However, with age and time, I've gradually realised how much of a quality journal it is. It comes out weekly, and find it gives me enough information to make daily newspapers largely redundant, and a lot more info as well. ------------------ OVERVIEW ...
...the most catchy or sexy name, but the Economist isn't all about economics. Its foundations certainly are in economics, but its articles cover a huge range of topics, be it the environment, arts, politics or science. There is a section on Finance and Stock Markets at the back, but I know plenty of people who have no interest in economics who enjoy reading this magazine. It comes out every Friday (the print deadline is 7.00PM Thursday), and is remarkably ... Read review

Advantages: details local news,
Disadvantages: not available everywhere, weekend section is very annoying

...is my local paper from east and west Suffolk and North Essex. It is a morning paper and its sister paper is the Evening Star. It comes out every day of the week except Sunday. About the paper = The paper has been going since 13th October 1874 and the main goal of the paper is to report local events faithfully and fairly. The newspaper is politically neutral and does not side with any political party and therefore there is no bias in ...
...There is the east Suffolk edition that covers the following towns: Ipswich, Felixstowe, Stowmarket, Hadleigh, Halesworth, Woodbridge, Southwold, Aldeburgh, Needham Market The Essex edition of the paper covers Colchester , Clacton, Harwich, Maldon, Braintree and Witham. The west Suffolk edition covers Bury St Edmunds, Sudbury, Newmarket, Clare, Mildenhall and Thetford Content = It contents daily news that covers the local area and some ... Read review

Advantages: This is the best quality paper in Britain
Disadvantages: None

I love the F.T. I first started reading it about six years ago to check the price of some shares my parents gave me, and I have been reading it faithfully ever since. It's not just that it's taught me everything I know about finance, but I also feel it's the most neutral, least politically biased newspaper published in Britain. First some background: The Financial Times was first published in 1888 and adopted the distinctive salmon coloured paper ...
...In 1997, it launched the US edition and by 1998 it became the first UK-based paper to sell more copies internationally than in the UK. FT Deutchland which is in German, was launched in 2000. The Financial Times is rated higher than the Wall Street Journal, primarily because it is so accurate, authoritative and neutral (the Wall Street Journal by contrast has a neo-conservative slant and is not trusted in Asia and Europe). Rumour has it that the F.T. ... Read review

Advantages: Information packed tight...
Disadvantages: Markets change instant by instant not week by week...

...gone and all serious private investors are now on-line, but there are always those danger points in life where I simply can’t get to the internet and on these rare occasions I buy Investors Chronicle. ***************************************************** Investors Chronicle, as the rather dry name implies, is a publication by the respected Financial Times group and retails for £3.25 for each weekly copy. Unlike its rival Shares magazine, Investors ...
...Sectors ******* Most investors want to have a balance of sectors within their portfolio so that the eggs are not all in the same basket but also naturally gravitate to those sectors that they know most about. Investors Chronicle is a useful tool for genning up on those sectors that make you feel less comfortable. This week there is an explanation on the difference between value added and knowledge-based industries, and there is an in-depth look ... Read review

Advantages: Very good information and value for money
Disadvantages: none

I can highly recommend Shares magazine for the private investor or amateur daytrader. I find it to be easy to read, the sections are logical and make sense and it is generally jargon free. It tends to be written for the amateur daytrade market but contains all the informatuion that the more serious daytrader will need. It offers very good value for money on a subscription basis at £79 for 52 weeks (as opposed to a cover price of £2.20) and there ... Read review