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The UK’s no.1 free investment publication GENERAL ELECTION 2015: Whoever Wins, Britain Loses plus... uK General Election HOW TO POSITION YOUR PORTFOLIO FOR POST-ELECTION VOLATILITY When Disney met issue 02 - MAY 2015 Lucasfilm DISNEY SHARES FEEL THE www.masterinvestormagazine.co.uk FORCE OF STAR WARS FEATURING... David Buik ZAK MIR INTERVIEWS A CITY LEGEND The Mind of the Master JIM MELLON SHARES HIS LATEST ROBBIE BURNS JIM MELLON ALPESH PATEL EVIL KNIEVIL THOUGHTS ON THE MARKETS WELCOME I write to you in the wake of the 2015 Master Investor conference, which was by all accounts the best and most well attended in the event’s history. I would like to say a huge thank you to all the 3,800 people who attended on the day. It will be hard to raise the bar again in 2016 – but that is exactly what we aim to do! Issue no. 2 of Master Investor Magazine once again brings you a broad array of insightful articles about investing, trading, and navigating the markets in what Moneyweek’s Merryn Somerset-Webb rightly referred to as extraordinary conditions. What’s more, our authors are doing their best to identify some common misconceptions. CONTACTS For example, it’s commonly thought that “you can’t lose with property”. However, everywhere in Advertising the world, property suffers regular periods of underperformance. On page 22, I give the example of [email protected] Germany, where between 1975 and 2003 prices did not move an inch once inflation is taken into con- Editorial Enquries sideration. You’ll also learn why 80% of all residential property in Germany is unlikely to gain any real [email protected] value over the coming 20 years - and how you can focus on the remaining 20%! 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As a matter of policy, Master Investor Magazine openly discloses that our contributors may have interests Copywriter Simon Carter Maria Psarra in investments and/or providers of services referred to in this publication. Dave Evans Printed in the UK by The Magazine Printing Company issue 02 - may 2015 050 Alpesh Patel on the 054 Fund Manager in 059 European Banks – Time www.masterinvestormagazine.co.uk Markets Focus – Hugh Hendry for Some Creative De- struction? In the first in a new series of articles, Filipe R. 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Highlights of Simon Cawkwell’s (aka Swen Lorenz reviews top fund manager 06 The Force is Strong with Evil Knievil) trading and gambling Gervais Williams’ new book on why this One The Limpopo Dispatches – Election and Other Fevers exploits in recent weeks. small-cap stocks are set for a period of 030 prolonged outperformance. Disney feels the Force as it reveals its Robert Sutherland-Smith reports from the banks of the Limpopo. This time latest Star Wars trailer. We take a look at the venerable old gent takes a look at which blue chips stand to gain from any what the Lucasfilm acquisition means for School Corner – The Final Word – weakness in the pound. 066 084 042 Disney shareholders. Maria’s Golden Rules FTSE, or not FTSE? 086 No Country for Rich Men for Trading CFDs Adrian Kempton-Cumber calls it as David Buik Interview 034 it is. This time, Adrian examines the Trader Maria Psarra looks at how to 012 Remember when the rich were “squeezed until the pips squeak”? 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Social Networks for 80% of German residential property is Traders unlikely to gain any real value over the Zak Mir gets Technical with the Sterling/Dollar coming 20 years. We find out how to get 042 Master Investor’s resident technology expert Simon Carter gives his rundown in on the other 20%. Zak Mir offers a chartist’s perspective on the outlook for the Sterling/Dollar. of the top social networks for traders. 4 | www.masterinvestormagazine.co.UK | may 2015 may 2015 | www.masterinvestormagazine.co.UK | 5 when disney met star wars when disney met star wars THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE “IF I WERE BEING CYNICAL, I’D SAY When Met THAT GEORGE LUCAS HAS BEEN SHORT- CHANGED BY THIS Deal.” BY JAMES FAULKNER Being a huge Star Wars fan, I confess to having felt a pang of child-like excitement upon hearing that Disney had released a new trailer for the first instalment of the third trilogy in the franchise.