Heather Connon



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Full name: Heather Connon

Area of interest: Business and Finance, esp. investment, financial markets, companies

Journals: The Observer

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Website: Guardian.co / Heather Connon

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Agent: Andrew Lownie literary agency

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Career: Qualified as a chartered accountant before entering journalism, has worked for a variety of newspapers, writing about financial markets, companies and investments since the early 1990's Current position/role: Investment editor


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Other roles: author

Other interests: Has written books with Paul Roper about walking in the Scottish Highlands

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Books & Debate:

 * The Highland high way: a high-level walking route from Loch Lomond to Fort William (1996) OCLC 34732208
 * The Great Glen Way : a low-level walking route from Fort William to Inverness (1997) OCLC 59594001

Latest work: Greed is God: How Incentives are Destroying British Business (?)

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Current debate: 

The Observer: Your investments
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Section: Money

Role: Investment editor

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Website: Guardian.co / Your investments | Guardian.co / Heather Connon

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Day published: Sunday

Regularity: weekly

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 * also contributes to Market forces column



Articles: 2009

 * return plans have lost much of their glitter'' - Stockmarkets may have risen sharply but investors are still playing safe. So financial companies are rushing out a host of guaranteed products - 24th May
 * bankers are back, but for how long will they be around?'' - It's personal service again in a shaken City - 17th May
 * the small-cap fits ... so wear it'' - Forget the FTSE 100 rally: small companies have been the place to be this year - 10th May
 * up Isa tactics is a taxing task for all'' - If you're over 50 there's no need to wait to take advantage of the rise in the Isa allowance - 3rd May
 * playing safe fraught with danger?'' - Conventional wisdom advocates drip-feeding money into the stockmarket over a long period - 26th April
 * the name - these funds are not for the faint hearted'' - A third of 'cautiuously managed' funds have lost money in the last five years - 5th April
 * worth a look as bonds market is shaken, but not stirred'' - this should be a much better time to invest in equities than when everyone was piling into the latest over-hyped technology share - 29th March
 * there be any future for shares?'' - The latest crisis may be fatal to ordinary investors' enthusiasm for equities - 29th March
 * limited satisfaction of a guarantee'' - A number of stockmarket-linked structured products which claim to offer security and returns are launching - 15th March
 * wallet is going to be busy enough without HSBC'' - When considering whether to take up a rights issue, ask if you would buy new shares in the company - 8th March
 * absolute confidence to the test'' - Absolute return funds, which make money for investors in rising and falling markets, are enjoying a flurry of activity - 1st March
 * Problems that go to the very Heart of Africa - Yet more disgrace befell New Star, the once stellar fund manager brought down by excessive borrowings, last week - 15th February
 * now, all that glisters really is gold'' - Increasing numbers of savers are moving into gold as the commodity's price continues to rise - 8th February
 * caution takes shine off gifts'' - Veteran US investor Jim Rogers warns against buying sterling as critics predict the worst - 25th January

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