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The growth fund beating the market and helping to improve the world
Thursday 07 May 2020One of the best performing global funds over the past three years has deep roots in the world of ESG (environmental, social and governance). Since the Baillie Gifford Positive Change Fund (BYVGKV5) emerged in January 2017 it has posted a 110% total return, versus 18.6% for the MSCI World index. The...
Digital change expert Kainos remains a great pick
Thursday 30 Apr 2020KAINOS ( KNOS ) 677p Loss to date: 5.7% Original entry point: Buy at 718p, 19 December 2019 Given a primarily UK Government and healthcare customer base, Kainos ( KNOS ) is in a considerably better position than other more enterprise-focused IT consultancy businesses. But while public sector...
Time to take profits on IT security group Avast
Thursday 30 Apr 2020AVAST ( AVST ) 450.6p Gain to date: 50.8% Original entry point: Buy at 298.8p, 16 May 2019 To call the recent rally for IT security firm Avast ( AVST ) pronounced would be an understatement. The stock has jumped by two thirds in a month since hitting pandemic panic lows of 270.6p in March, sparking...
Computacenter resilient but dividends are off the menu
Thursday 30 Apr 2020Computacenter ( CCC ) £14.90 Gain to date: 23.1% Original entry point: Buy at £12.10, 2 May 2019 IT re-selling outfit Computacenter ( CCC ) is navigating the coronavirus crisis well so far and we remain positive on the shares. A first quarter update (23 Apr) saw the company pull its dividend but...
Luceco can move beyond ‘darkest hour’
Thursday 30 Apr 2020Luceco ( LUCE ) 94p Loss to date: 8.6% Original entry point: Buy at 116p, 19 December 2019 We may be out of pocket on our ‘buy’ call on electronic components firm Luceco ( LUCE ) but the shares have doubled from their bottom at the height of the coronavirus-inspired market sell-off. Sentiment was...
Buy ITV shares as advertising activity could soon pick up
Thursday 30 Apr 2020Shares in free-to-air broadcaster ITV ( ITV ) are trading at levels last seen in the early part of the 2010s when the company was starting its turnaround under former CEO Adam Crozier. This price weakness creates a good opportunity to buy a unique business which will be closely tied to a recovery...
Travis Perkins can capitalise on homebuilding restart
Thursday 30 Apr 2020Builders’ merchants such as Travis Perkins ( TPK ) could be among the first businesses to return to something approaching ‘normal’ levels of activity in the next few months. Having been shut to all but essential services since mid-March as construction work ground to a halt across the country,...
Don’t miss the chance to buy tech giant ASML at 2017 prices
Thursday 23 Apr 2020Dutch firm ASML may not be a familiar name to most investors, yet it probably should be. The monopoly microchip business is exposed to the most resilient parts of massive semiconductor industry capital investment. It’s the only company in the world capable of manufacturing the extreme ultraviolet (...
Why now is the time to snap up Premier Foods
Thursday 23 Apr 2020Despite the popularity and ‘authenticity’ of brands such as Bisto, Cadbury’s – made under licence for US conglomerate Mondelez – and Mr Kipling, investors have given Premier Foods ( PFD ) a wide berth until now due to its widely-reported lack of free cash flow and pension ‘black hole’. However, a...
Crisis means more work for insolvency specialist Begbies
Thursday 23 Apr 2020Begbies Traynor ( BEG:AIM ) 91p Gain to date: 3.4% Original entry point: Buy at 88p, 19 Dec 2020 Shares in insolvency and advisory firm Begbies Traynor ( BEG:AIM ) surged late last week after the firm released its latest red flag alert report . It revealed that a record 509,000 UK businesses were...