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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 Shares Hitting New Highs: NEXT plc, ITV plc And WPP PLC

| Alan Oscroft

NEXT plc (LON: NXT), ITV plc (LON: ITV), and WPP PLC (LON: WPP) keep on climbing

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Why GlaxoSmithKline plc, Severn Trent Plc And Enterprise Inns plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON: GSK), Severn Trent Plc (LON: SVT) and Enterprise Inns plc (LON: ETI) all fall.

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Why easyJet plc, Dixons Retail PLC And Go-Ahead Group plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

easyJet plc (LON: EZJ), Dixons Retail PLC (LON: DXNS) and Go-Ahead Group plc (LON: GOG) are climbing.

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3 FTSE Shares Hitting New Highs: Melrose Industries PLC, Sports Direct International Plc And KCOM Group PLC

| Alan Oscroft

Melrose Industries PLC (LON: MRO), Sports Direct International Plc (LON: SPD), and KCOM Group PLC (LON: KCOM) are flying.

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Why Barclays PLC, Johnson Matthey PLC And Staffline Group Plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Barclays PLC (LON: BARC), Johnson Matthey PLC (LON: JMAT) and Staffline Group Plc (LON: STAF) are on the up.

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3 FTSE Shares Going Ex-Dividend Next Week: Standard Life Plc, Land Securities Group plc And G4S plc

| Alan Oscroft

Ex-dividend day is here for Standard Life Plc (LON: SL), Land Securities Group plc (LON: LAND) and G4S plc (LON:…

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Why Hargreaves Lansdown PLC, Ashtead Group plc And Galliford Try plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LON: HL), Ashtead Group plc (LON: AHT) and Galliford Try plc (LON: GFRD) are all slipping.

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3 FTSE Shares Crashing To New Lows: Imperial Tobacco Group PLC, BowLeven PLC And IDOX plc

| Alan Oscroft

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC (LON: IMT), BowLeven PLC (LON: BLVN) and IDOX plc (LON: IDOX) are sliding.

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3 FTSE Shares Hitting New Highs: WPP PLC, ITV plc and Johnson Matthey PLC

| Alan Oscroft

WPP PLC (LON: WPP), ITV plc (LON: ITV), and Johnson Matthey PLC (LON: JMAT) reach for the skies.

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Why Punch Taverns plc (LON: PUB), Greene King plc (LON: GNK) and Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Punch Taverns plc (LON: PUB), Greene King plc (LON: GNK) and Dechra Pharmaceuticals plc (LON: DPH) are on the up.

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Why Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited, Genus plc And Johnson Service Group plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Limited (LON: GKP), Genus plc (LON: GNS) and Johnson Service Group plc (LON: JSG) are all slipping.

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3 FTSE 100 Shares You Should Have Bought In August: Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Glencore Xstrata PLC and Aviva plc

| Alan Oscroft

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON: LLOY), Glencore Xstrata PLC (LON: GLEN) and Aviva plc (LON: AV) were good buys in…

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3 FTSE 100 Shares You Should Have Bought Last Week: Petrofac Limited, Fresnillo Plc And G4S plc

| Alan Oscroft

Petrofac Limited (LON: PFC), Fresnillo Plc (LON: FRES) and G4S plc (LON: GFS) all put in a strong week.

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Why Vodafone Group plc, Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC and Tullow Oil plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Vodafone Group plc (LON: VOD), Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (LON: RR) and Tullow Oil plc (LON: TLW) are off to a…

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3 FTSE 100 Dates For Your September Diaries: Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc, Smiths Group plc And United Utilities Group PLC

| Alan Oscroft

Wm. Morrison Supermarkets plc (LON: MRW), Smiths Group plc (LON: SMIN) and United Utilities Group PLC (LON: UU) have news…

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3 FTSE Shares For The Week Ahead: Hargreaves Lansdown PLC, easyJet plc And Ashtead Group plc

| Alan Oscroft

We'll have updates from Hargreaves Lansdowne PLC (LON: HL), easyJet plc (LON: EZJ) and Ashtead Group plc (LON: AHT).

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3 FTSE Dividends Lifted This Week: Bunzl plc, Antofagasta plc And WPP PLC

| Alan Oscroft

Bunzl plc (LON: BNZL), Antofagasta plc (LON: ANTO) and WPP PLC (LON: WPP) cough up the cash.

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Why Chesnara Plc, Lamprell Plc And The Restaurant Group PLC Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Chesnara Plc (LON: CSN), Lamprell Plc (LON: LAM) and The Restaurant Group PLC (LON: RTN) end the week well.

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3 FTSE 100 Dates For Your September Diaries: Associated British Foods plc, Kingfisher plc And NEXT plc

| Alan Oscroft

Updates are coming from Associated British Foods plc (LON: ABF), Kingfisher plc (LON: KGF) and NEXT plc (LON: NXT).

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3 More FTSE Shares Going Ex-Dividend Next Week: ARM Holdings plc, Shire PLC And TUI Travel PLC

| Alan Oscroft

Ex-dividend day is here for ARM Holdings plc (LON: ARM), Shire PLC (LON: SHP) and TUI Travel PLC (LON: TT).

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Why Admiral Group plc, Serco Group plc And XAAR plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Admiral Group plc (LON: ADM), Serco Group plc (LON: SRP) and XAAR plc (LON: XAR) all slip.

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Why Vodafone Group plc, WPP PLC And Melrose Industries PLC Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Vodafone Group plc (LON: VOD), WPP PLC (LON: WPP) and Melrose Industries PLC (LON: MRO) are climbing.

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Beginners’ Portfolio: News From Aviva plc, Persimmon plc And GlaxoSmithKline plc

| Alan Oscroft

The latest from Aviva plc (LON: AV) and Persimmon plc (LON: PSN), and we check on GlaxoSmithKline plc (LON: GSK)

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3 FTSE Shares Going Ex-Dividend Next Week: Aggreko plc, BHP Billiton plc And IMI plc

| Alan Oscroft

Ex-dividend day for Aggreko plc (LON: AGK), BHP Billiton plc (LON: BLT) and IMI plc (LON: IMI) approaches.

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Why G4S plc, 888 Holdings PLC And APR Energy PLC Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

G4S plc (LON: GFS), 888 Holdings PLC (LON: 888) and APR Energy PLC (LON: APR) are on the way up.

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Why Meggitt plc, Polymetal International PLC And Chemring Group plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Meggitt plc (LON: MGGT), Polymetal International PLC (LON: POLY) and Chemring Group plc (LON: CHG) all slip.

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3 FTSE Shares Hitting New Highs: IMI plc, Mondi Plc And Drax Group Plc

| Alan Oscroft

IMI plc (LON: IMI), Mondi Plc (LON: MNDI) and Drax Group Plc (LON: DRX) break new barriers.

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Why Antofagasta plc, Bovis Homes Group plc And Kentz Corporation Limited Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Antofagasta plc (LSE: ANTO), Bovis Homes Group plc (LON: BVS) and Kentz Corporation Limited (LON: KENZ) are falling.

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Why Bunzl plc, Petrofac Limited And Regus PLC Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Bunzl plc (LON: BNZL), Petrofac Limited (LON: PFC) and Regus PLC (LON: RGU) are rising.

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3 FTSE 100 Shares You Should Have Bought Last Week: Marks & Spencer Group Plc, WPP PLC And J Sainsbury plc

| Alan Oscroft

Marks & Spencer Group Plc (LON: MKS), WPP PLC (LON: WPP) and J Sainsbury plc (LON: SBRY) all enjoyed a…

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3 FTSE Shares Hitting New Highs: National Express Group PLC, Brammer plc and Hilton Food Group plc

| Alan Oscroft

National Express Group PLC (LSE: NEX), Brammer plc (LON: BRAM) and Hilton Food Group plc (LON: HFG) set new records.

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Why WPP PLC, Henry Boot plc and Berendsen PLC Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

WPP PLC (LON: WPP), Henry Boot plc (LON: BHY) and Berendsen PLC (LON: BRSN) are on the up

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Why Afren Plc, Stobart Group Ltd And Xcite Energy Limited Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Afren Plc (LSE: AFR), Stobart Group Ltd (LON: STOB) and Xcite Energy Limited (LON: XEL) are all slipping.

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3 More FTSE 100 Shares For The Week Ahead: WPP PLC, Admiral Group plc And Melrose Industries PLC

| Alan Oscroft

WPP PLC (LON: WPP), Admiral Group plc (LON: ADM) and Melrose Industries PLC (LON: MRO) are due to report.

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3 FTSE Shares Crashing To New Lows: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Ashmore Group plc And Anite plc

| Alan Oscroft

Royal Dutch Shell Plc (LON: RDSB), Ashmore Group plc (LON: ASHM) and Anite plc (LON: AIE) are falling.

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3 FTSE Dividends Lifted This Week: Bovis Homes Group plc, Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc and Clarkson PLC

| Alan Oscroft

Bovis Homes Group plc (LON: BVS), Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc (LON: HIK) and Clarkson PLC (LON: CKN) hand out the cash.

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Why IMI plc, WH Smith Plc and IP Group Plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

IMI plc (LON: IMI), WH Smith Plc (LON: SMWH) and IP Group Plc (LON: IPO) are having a good day.

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Beginners’ Lessons from Tesco PLC, Rio Tinto plc And Persimmon plc

| Alan Oscroft

Three lessons to take from Tesco plc (LON:TSCO), Rio Tinto plc (LON:RIO) and Persimmon plc (LON:PSON).

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Why Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc and AGA Rangemaster Group Plc Should Beat The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON: LLOY), Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc (LON: HIK) and AGA Rangemaster Group Plc (LON: AGA) start the…

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Why British American Tobacco plc, HSBC Holdings plc And BHP Billiton plc Should Lag The FTSE 100 Today

| Alan Oscroft

British American Tobacco plc (LON: BATS), HSBC Holdings plc (LON: HSBA) and BHP Billiton plc (LON: BLT) are all slipping.

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