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Manolete is back on winning form and could be poised for great things
Thursday 30 Nov 2023Considering companies which invest in insolvency litigation cases are meant to be anti-cyclical, winning when the economy goes into a downturn, by rights Manolete Partners ( MANO:AIM ) should have cleaned up during the pandemic as the number of struggling businesses soared. However, much to the...
Why value-focused small-cap trust Rockwood is hard to beat
Thursday 30 Nov 2023Valuations for the small-cap asset class have returned to levels last seen during the Global Financial Crisis, and history shows that when valuations have plunged to similarly low levels in the past, stellar returns have ensued for small caps over the subsequent five years. A savvy way to gain...
Invest in Paycom for a higher risk but high reward opportunity
Thursday 23 Nov 2023If the story at Paycom Software (PAYC:NYSE) plays out as we hope, investors could be looking at the stock surging to $250 over the next 12 to 18 months, and perhaps as high as $475 over the coming years. But investors need to know this is not a low-risk opportunity. Prominent payroll firm Paycom...
Keep buying Babcock to reap the full turnaround benefits
Thursday 23 Nov 2023Babcock International ( BAB ) 401.4p Gain to date: 22.1% Original BUY @ 328.8p on 16 March 2023 We highlighted the FTSE 250 company was at the start of a major recovery under chief executive David Lockwood and chief financial officer David Mellors, who together successfully turned round defence...
Take advantage of the market’s overreaction to buy shares in Ashtead
Thursday 23 Nov 2023We have always liked Ashtead ( AHT ) as a business but the shares seemed to be on never-ending upward path, so when the opportunity arises – as it has this week – to buy shares on a rare setback, investors should seize the chance. Ashtead, which has an exceptional track record for dividend growth,...
Meat supplier Cranswick is a tasty stock to own
Thursday 16 Nov 2023Investors hungry for a stock with positive earnings momentum and which has racked up 33 years of unbroken dividend growth should buy Cranswick ( CWK ) , a key supplier of pork and poultry products to supermarkets including Tesco ( TSCO ) , Sainsbury’s ( SBRY ) and Marks & Spencer ( MKS ) ...
Now is the perfect time to invest in this infrastructure trust
Thursday 16 Nov 20233i Infrastructure (3IN) 305p Loss to date: 3.2% We recommended buying investment trust 3i Infrastructure (3IN) on the strength of its portfolio, which is made up of companies providing ‘must-have’ services not just ‘nice-to-haves’, and its ability to add value to those businesses and monetise the...
Find out how the Invesco European Focus Fund hopes to benefit from the next investment cycle
Thursday 16 Nov 2023European equities do not naturally spring to mind when thinking about growth but that is wrong-headed according to fund manager James Rutland who runs the Invesco European Focus Fund (BJ04GL7) . Against a tough market backdrop the fund has delivered handsome gains with a three-year return of 54%...
Big recovery potential just not reflected in PayPal share price
Thursday 09 Nov 2023If you’d been offered the opportunity to buy shares in Paypal (PYPL:NASDAQ) on a single-digit PE (price to earnings) at pretty much anytime during the past five years, you’d probably have jumped at the chance. This was a high-growth global leader in digital payments when the world was going online...
Why RTW Biotech Opportunities merger with Arix Bioscience is good for shareholders
Thursday 09 Nov 2023RTW Biotech Op portunities (RTW) $1.11 Loss to date: 16.5% We highlighted RTW Biotech Opportunities (RTW) at $1.33 in July for its superior track record which was not reflected in the shares trading at an unwarranted 23% discount to NAV (net asset value). WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE SAID TO BUY?...