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Great Ideas Update
Maiden results spark Alfa surge
Thursday 07 Sep 2017Alfa Financial ( ALFA ) 490p Gain to date : 1.5% Original entry point : Buy at 482.75p , 3 August 2017 Debut half year results (31 Aug) from the enterprise software supplier to the asset and consumer finance industry were impressive. Revenue and adjusted earnings before interest and tax increased...
Ramsdens continues to make hay as gold rallies
Thursday 07 Sep 2017Ramsdens ( RFX:AIM ) 168.5p Gain to date : 17.3% Original entry point : Buy at 142p, 15 June 2017 A bullish trading update from Ramsdens ( RFX:AIM ) on 1 September reaffirms our belief that this a great stock. It said ‘we expect our interim and full year profit before tax to be significantly ahead...
Sopheon remains an exciting pick in the tech space
Thursday 31 Aug 2017Sopheon ( SPE:AIM ) 337.5p Gain to date : 2.3% Original entry point : Buy at 330p , 22 June 2017 Half year results continue the solid organic progress at enterprise innovation management software specialist Sopheon ( SPE:AIM ) . Another eight new licences were sold in the latter part of the six...
Why GlaxoSmithKline is dominating the competition
Thursday 31 Aug 2017GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) £15.24 Loss to date : -0.3% Original entry date : Buy at £15.30 , 1 December 2016 Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) is emerging stronger after surviving competitive threats against its asthma and HIV treatments from rivals Hikma ( HIK ) , Gilead Sciences and...
Cineworld is ‘lone shining star’ in leisure sector
Thursday 24 Aug 2017Cineworld ( CINE ) 681p Gain to date : 7.8% Original entry price : Buy at 632p , 16 March 2017 ‘In a dull leisure sector Cineworld continues to be a lone shining star,’ says N+1 Singer analyst Sahill Shan. We agree, yet find it perplexing that the shares have drifted downwards since a very...
Is Capital Drilling now a takeover target?
Thursday 24 Aug 2017Capital Drilling ( CAPD ) 39.5p Loss to date : 20.8% Original entry price : Buy at 49.9p Having earlier this year enjoyed a tidy paper profit on our Capital Drilling Trade , issues affecting miners and their service companies in Tanzania mean now we are losing money owning these shares. Don’t panic...
Bluejay Mining has ‘exceptional deposit’ claims broker
Thursday 24 Aug 2017Bluejay Mining ( JAY:AIM ) 18.5p Gain to date : 34.5% Original entry price : Buy at 13.75p , 13 April 2017 Shares in the mineral sands explorer have been on a strong run since late July. We attribute this success to positive feedback from an analyst site visit to its Pituffik project in Greenland...
Tesco turnaround on track
Thursday 17 Aug 2017Tesco ( TSCO ) 178.7p Gain to date : 9% Original entry point : Buy at 164.45p , 25 August 2016 Supermarket Tesco ( TSCO ) will soon drop out of our Great Ideas portfolio after the requisite 12 months. Performance has been up and down with shares hitting highs above 200p last autumn and trading as...
Cautious on Countryside
Thursday 17 Aug 2017Countryside Properties ( CSP ) 355.2p Gain to date : 18.1% Original entry point : Buy at 301.2p , 25 May 2017 A strong recent run for Countryside Properties ( CSP ) has helped it close the gap on the wider sector we identified when adding the shares to our Great Ideas portfolio in May 2017...
Calling time on Ibstock's building share price
Thursday 17 Aug 2017Ibstock ( IBST ) 232.4p Gain to date : 28.8% Original entry point : Buy at 180.5p , 26 January 2017 Our positive call on brick manufacturer Ibstock ( IBST ) is being rewarded and first half results (10 Aug) suggest the momentum is being maintained. Revenue was up 9% to £228m and pre-tax profit...