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Alan Oscroft

Alan is a freelance writer who began writing for The Motley Fool in the late 1990s. He has been a private investor for more 30 years, and has explored a number of strategies, settling on high-yielding blue-chip shares.

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3 FTSE 100 Shares Hitting New Highs: Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Johnson Matthey PLC and GKN plc

| Alan Oscroft

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON: LLOY), Johnson Matthey PLC (LON: JMAT) and GKN plc (LON: GKN) reach new levels.

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The Beginners’ Portfolio Is Still Trouncing The FTSE 100!

| Alan Oscroft

We re-examine BAE Systems plc (LON: BA), too.

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Why Dunelm Group plc, Low & Bonar plc and Man Group PLC Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Dunelm Group plc (LON: DNLM), Low & Bonar plc (LON: LWB) and Man Group PLC (LON: EMG) are all hit.

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Why easyJet plc, Taylor Wimpey plc And Redrow plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

easyJet plc (LON: EZJ), Taylor Wimpey plc (LON: TW) and Redrow plc (LON: RDW) have a good morning.

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Why BP Plc And Royal Dutch Shell Plc Lead The Oil Business

| Alan Oscroft

BP plc (LON: BP) and Royal Dutch Shell plc (LON: RDSB) triumph in the Oil & Gas sector battle.

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3 FTSE Shares Crashing To New Lows: Anglo American plc, Cairn Energy PLC And Imagination Technologies Group plc

| Alan Oscroft

Anglo American plc (LON: AAL), Cairn Energy PLC (LON: CNE) and Imagination Technologies Group plc (LON: IMG) are falling.

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Why Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Domino’s Pizza Group PLC And Spirent Communications Plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LON: RDSB), Domino's Pizza Group PLC (LON: DOM), and Spirent Communications Plc (LON: SPT) are all…

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3 FTSE Shares Crashing To New Lows: G4S plc, Anglo Pacific Group plc And H&T Group Plc

| Alan Oscroft

G4S plc (LON: GFS), Anglo Pacific Group plc (LON: APF) and H&T Group Plc (LON: HAT) are crumbling.

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3 FTSE Shares Hitting New Highs: William Hill plc, Daily Mail and General Trust plc And Whitbread plc

| Alan Oscroft

William Hill plc (LON: WMH), Daily Mail and General Trust plc (LON: DMGT) and Whitbread plc (LON: WTB) are powering…

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Why National Express Group PLC, N Brown Group plc And Thorntons plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

National Express Group PLC (LON: NEX), N Brown Group plc (LON: BWNG) and Thorntons plc (LON: THT) start the week…

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Why Ocado Group PLC, Quindell Portfolio PLC And Persimmon plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Ocado Group PLC (LON: OCDO), Quindell Portfolio PLC (LON: QPP) and Persimmon plc (LON: PSN) head down.

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5 FTSE Shares You Should Have Bought In June

| Alan Oscroft

Lloyds Banking Group (LON: LLOY), RSA Insurance Group (LON: RSA) and British Sky Broadcasting (LON: BSY) all put in a…

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Why Pearson plc, Balfour Beatty plc And Kier Group plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Pearson plc (LON: PSON), Balfour Beatty plc (LON: BBY) and Kier Group plc (LON: KIE) all slip.

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Why Petrofac Limited, Monitise Plc And Hunting plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Petrofac Limited (LON: PFC), Monitise Plc (LON: MONI) and Hunting plc (LON: HTG) start the week well.

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5 FTSE Dates For Your July Diaries

| Alan Oscroft

It's interim time for GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON: GSK), Unilever plc (LON: ULVR), Barclays PLC (LON: BARC) and more.

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3 FTSE Dividends Lifted This Week: Stagecoach Group plc, Greene King plc And DS Smith plc

| Alan Oscroft

Stagecoach Group plc (LON: SGC), Greene King plc (LON: GNK) and DS Smith plc (LON: SMDS) all up their payouts.

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Why Keller Group plc, Quindell Portfolio PLC And Clarkson PLC Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Keller Group plc (LON: KLR), Quindell Portfolio PLC (LON: QPP) and Clarkson PLC (LON: CKN) all dip.

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Why Serco Group plc, Entertainment One Ltd And Proteome Sciences plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Serco Group plc (LON: SRP), Entertainment One Ltd (LON: ETO) and Proteome Sciences plc (LON: PRM) are on the up.

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3 FTSE Shares For The Week Ahead: Persimmon plc, Tullow Oil plc And easyJet plc

| Alan Oscroft

Updates are coming from Persimmon plc (LON: PSN), Tullow Oil plc (LON: TLW) and easyJet plc (LON: EZJ).

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3 FTSE Shares Hitting New Highs: Lloyds Banking Group PLC, ITV plc And Sports Direct International Plc

| Alan Oscroft

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON: LLOY), ITV plc (LON: ITV) and Sports Direct International Plc (LON: SPD) reach for the…

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Why DS Smith plc, Greene King plc And Carillion plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

DS Smith plc (LON: SMDS), Greene King plc (LON: GNK) and Carillion plc (LON: CLLN) are climbing.

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3 FTSE Shares Crashing To New Lows: Asian Citrus Holdings Ltd, Fortune Oil plc And Sinclair IS Pharma PLC

| Alan Oscroft

Asian Citrus Holdings Ltd (LON: ACHL), Fortune Oil plc (LON: FTO) and Sinclair IS Pharma PLC (LON: SPH) are in…

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3 FTSE 100 Shares Going Ex-Dividend Next Week: The British Land Company plc, Babcock International Group PLC And Burberry Group plc

| Alan Oscroft

Key date approaches for The British Land Company plc (LON: BLND), Babcock International Group PLC (LON: BAB) and Burberry Group…

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Why Bunzl plc, FirstGroup plc And Craneware plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Bunzl plc (LON: BNZL), FirstGroup plc (LON: FGP) and Craneware plc (LON: CRW) all slip.

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Why Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited, Balfour Beatty plc And Stagecoach Group plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited (LON: GKP), Balfour Beatty plc (LON: BBY) and Stagecoach Group plc (LON: SGC) all start strongly.

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The Beginners’ Portfolio: Was It A Mistake To Buy Apple?

| Alan Oscroft

We look at falling profits from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL.US), and wonder if we got it wrong.

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The Beginners’ Portfolio: Vodafone Group plc and Aviva plc are in the news

| Alan Oscroft

We have updates from Vodafone Group plc (LSE: VOD), Aviva plc (LSE: AV) and Rio Tinto plc (LSE: RIO).

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The Beginners’ Portfolio: Vodafone Group plc and Tesco PLC are in the news

| Alan Oscroft

In addition to Vodafone Group plc (LON: VOD) and Tesco PLC (LON: TSCO), we've had updates from BP plc (LON:…

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The Beginners’ Portfolio Buys Aviva plc

| Alan Oscroft

Aviva plc (LON: AV) takes the final slot on our portfolio, as we pass on RSA Insurance Group plc (LON:…

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The Beginners’ Portfolio Ponders Buying An Insurer

| Alan Oscroft

Aviva plc (LON: AV) and RSA Insurance Group plc (LON: RSA) are possibilities, but we lose interest in Unilever plc…

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Beginners’ Portfolio Up 22%!

| Alan Oscroft

Vodafone Group plc (LON: VOD), Tesco PLC (LON: TSCO) and Blinkx Plc (LON: BLNX) contribute to a great start.

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Beginners’ Portfolio: FTSE 100 Results

| Alan Oscroft

BP plc (LON: BP), GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON: GSK) and Vodafone Group plc (LON: VOD) all bring us news.

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Beginners’ Portfolio: We Buy Apple Inc.!

| Alan Oscroft

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL.US) is just too cheap to ignore!

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Investment For Beginners: Archive

| Alan Oscroft

Our series on investment for beginners takes you through the steps of getting started with shares.

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