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Panoply rolls out £200 million revenue ambitions
Thursday 08 Jul 2021THE PANOPLY HOLDINGS ( TPX:AIM ) 285p Gain to date: 217% Original entry point: Buy at 90p, 6 August 2020 Analysts have once again had to rip up forecasts for public sector digital enabler The Panoply Holdings ( TPX:AIM ) after the company said 2022 results would be ‘significantly ahead of current...
The investment to make if you want to dial down portfolio risk
Thursday 08 Jul 2021Global equity markets have performed strongly year-to-date thanks to a cocktail of reopening optimism, forecast-beating corporate earnings and a boost from continued central bank largesse. Yet the looming threat of inflation has the potential to roil markets with the US Federal Reserve having...
The car retailer whose shares are up 93% since we said to buy last May
Thursday 01 Jul 2021MOTORPOINT ( MOTR ) 367p Gain to date: 93.2% Original entry point: Buy at 190p, 14 May 2020 Shares in used car retailer Motorpoint ( MOTR ) have increased by 93% in value since we urged readers to hop behind the wheel in May 2020. The used car seller’s share price recently shot up after management...
GlaxoSmithKline unveils ambitious growth targets
Thursday 01 Jul 2021GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) £14.21 Gain to date: 7.6% Original entry point: £13.21 on 5 November 2020 GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) reassured investors at its latest investor day (23 June) by providing ambitious plans and growth targets for the biopharma business and the planned demerged of its consumer...
Why we’re sticking with Burberry despite Gobbetti goodbye
Thursday 01 Jul 2021BURBERRY ( BRBY ) £20.73 Gain to date: 26.9% Original entry point: Buy at £16.34, 19 Nov 2020 Our bullish call on luxury goods leader Burberry ( BRBY ) is 26.9% in the money, although the shares were marked down on the disappointing news that Marco Gobbetti plans to step down as chief executive and...
Ideal time to add inflation protection with this cheap trust
Thursday 01 Jul 2021Considering the amount of discussion about investors’ need for some inflation protection for their portfolios, it’s somewhat surprising to see a real assets investment trust trading at a sizeable discount to net asset value. As well as sitting at an 8% discount to NAV, compared with a premium of 15...
Buy i3 Energy to play oil price strength and imminent dividends
Thursday 01 Jul 2021Investors looking for a way to play the current strength in oil prices should snap up i3Energy ( I3E:AIM ) . It is buying up conventional oil and gas assets in North America cheaply and plans to pay dividends from the resulting cash flow. The company’s strategy echoes the one pursued successfully...
Why we’re still mad keen on Monks
Thursday 24 Jun 2021MONKS INVESTMENT TRUST ( MNKS ) £13.52 Gain to date: 2.9% Original entry point: £13.14, 10 December 2020 We were expecting more than a 2.9% share price gain when adding Baillie Gifford-managed Monks ( MNKS ) to our Great Ideas selections list in December, but the recent renaissance of value stocks...
Stenprop targets 10% returns as transformation nears completion
Thursday 24 Jun 2021Stenprop ( STP ) 156.6p Gain to date: 33.8% Original entry point: Buy at 117p, 10 September 2020 The momentum behind multi-let industrial property investor Stenprop ( STP ) continues to build with recent full year results (11 Jun) revealing the company’s ongoing progress. The company saw the value...
Music royalty fund hits the acquisition trail again
Thursday 24 Jun 2021Hipgnosis Songs Fund ( SONG ) 122.6p Gain to date: 6.1% Original entry point: Buy at 115.5p, 18 June 2020 In the year since we recommended them, shares in Hipgnosis ( SONG ) have gained just over 6% against a 27.4% return for the benchmark FTSE 250 index. However, in that time the market...