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More upside left in Sopheon’s lifecycle
Thursday 22 Jun 2017Surrey-based Sopheon ( SPE:AIM ) is transforming. It supplies software that streamlines the research and development process for clients and provides product lifecycle management tools. The company used to be a provider of process automation products but has emerged as an innovation management...
Make hay from currency fluctuations with Record
Thursday 22 Jun 2017Would you like to own shares in a company that is sitting on piles of cash, is prepared to return it you at regular intervals and has also been growing at a fair lick? We give you Windsor-based Record ( REC ) . The company helps large institutional investors such as pension funds reduce the risk of...
Ramsdens looks like a superb investment
Thursday 15 Jun 2017Fancy the chance to buy a profitable, growing business quite cheaply and get a nice income on top? If so, act now and buy shares in pawnbroker, jewellery retailer and currency exchange company Ramsdens ( RFX:AIM ) . It has an undemanding equity rating, trading on a mere 11.3 times forecast earnings...
Compass could keep your portfolio on track
Thursday 15 Jun 2017At a time when the UK economic and political outlook is uncertain, investing in a big multi-national with a consistent track record of success is a sensible approach. Catering giant Compass ( CPG ) fits the bill. The £27 billion cap operates in more than 50 countries, in more than 50,000 locations...
Gold miner is fixed and ready to roar
Thursday 08 Jun 2017Gold miner Avesoro Resources ( ASO:AIM ) appears to have fixed its operational and financial pressures and now has an ambition to run a series of mines producing a combined 500,000 ounces of gold a year. Buy the shares before the broader market cottons on to the rebirth of the business and its...
MySale is a mega momentum trade
Thursday 08 Jun 2017Growth-focused investors should open a position in MySale ( MYSL:AIM ) , an international online retailer with momentum at its heels and ripe for near-term upgrades. A beneficiary of sterling weakness, the £169.8m cap is a compelling play on channel shift and has the balance sheet strength to...
CityFibre part of superfast UK broadband solution
Thursday 01 Jun 2017A superfast broadband Britain is the aim and fibre network builder CityFibre Infrastructure ( CITY:AIM ) is an exciting way for investors to access the opportunity. The AIM-quoted business builds ultra-fast fibre networks in medium-sized cities. Think Sheffield, Bristol, Glasgow and Leeds; these...
Explore Emerging Europe’s exciting opportunities
Thursday 01 Jun 2017With equity markets on both sides of the Atlantic testing new highs, investors worried the bubble could burst should diversify portfolios to guard against a potential correction. One region with high long-term return potential largely forgotten by investors is Emerging Europe, which should excite...
Quartix has scope to beat modest expectations
Thursday 25 May 2017Black box tracking technology supplier Quartix ( QTX:AIM ) has scope to beat conservative expectations this year as it gears up for a rapid growth phase. With a large UK business and a smaller operation in France, the company has now broken the seal on expansion in the potentially huge US market...
The smaller housebuilder with really big potential
Thursday 25 May 2017The majority of housebuilders on the London Stock Exchange are large companies, some even big enough to be in the FTSE 100 index. Many investors tend to focus on the top players, yet in doing so we believe they are missing out on interesting opportunities further down the market cap spectrum. One...