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Eland snared in £382m deal
Thursday 17 Oct 2019Eland Oil & Gas ( ELA:AIM ) 167p Gain to date: 58.2% Original entry price: Buy at 105.5p, 10 January 2019 A 166p takeover bid for Eland Oil & Gas ( ELA:AIM ) by Seplat Petroleum has resulted in a healthy profit for our trade on the Nigerian oil producer. The deal, recommended by Eland...
Renishaw suffers more slowdown pain
Thursday 17 Oct 2019Renishaw ( RSW ) £31.94 Loss to date: -16% Original entry price: Buy at £38.04, 20 December 2019 High quality engineering outfit Renishaw ( RSW ) has seen its share price come under considerable pressure after the latest of several downbeat updates from the company in 2019. A first quarter update,...
Ocado making fresh gains
Thursday 17 Oct 2019Ocado ( OCDO ) £13.00 Gain to date: 9.5% Original entry point: Buy at £11.87, 25 July 2019 Our bullish call on Ocado ( OCDO ) continues to make steady progress thanks to a positive third-quarter trading update (17 Sep). In the three months to 1 September the firm grew its orders at a double-digit...
DiscoverIE’s strategy paying off despite wider economic uncertainty
Thursday 17 Oct 2019DISCOVERIE ( DSCV ) 445p Gain to date: 9.6% Original entry point: Buy at 406p, 14 February 2019 For electronics engineer DiscoverIE ( DSCV ) to put up half year revenue growth of 9%, 5% organically, is pretty good going given the prevailing economic uncertainty (10 Oct). That the order book...
Everything is looking great at Hollywood Bowl
Thursday 10 Oct 2019Hollywood Bowl ( BOWL ) 225p Gain to Date: 2.5% Original entry Point: Buy at 219.5p, 20 December 2018 We picked leisure group Hollywood Bowl ( BOWL ) as one of our top stocks for 2019 in the belief that it would be a resilient business and make money whatever the economic backdrop. That has proven...
Why we got it wrong on Ted Baker
Thursday 10 Oct 2019Ted Baker ( TED ) 459.2p Stop loss triggered Original entry price: 912p, 22 August 2019 We have to hold our hands up and say we got it badly wrong on British fashion brand Ted Baker ( TED ) . We felt a lot of negative news was already reflected in the share price but we didn’t anticipate just how...
TI Fluid Systems has the qualities to bounce back
Thursday 03 Oct 2019TI Fluid Systems ( TIFS ) 195.6p Loss to date: 5.5% Original entry point: Buy at 207p, 9 May 2019 The long-term drivers of increasing globalisation, tighter regulations and electrification remain in place for TI Fluid Systems ( TIFS ) . Against that positive backdrop, slowing growth exhibited by...
Our annual stock picks are up by 16% so far this year
Thursday 03 Oct 2019After a roaring start to the year for our ‘fantastic stocks for 2019’ portfolio, it has been a more testing time in recent months. We’ve faced earnings setbacks, fall-out from other stocks, and the pressures of a weaker global economic outlook. Fortunately we are still streets ahead, having...
BAE Systems shares start to take off
Thursday 26 Sep 2019BAE Systems ( BA. ) Gain to date: 12% Original entry point: Buy at 503p, 17 January 2019 Shares in aerospace and defence contractor BAE Systems ( BA. ) have continued to make steady progress following first half results which showed healthy growth in revenue, earnings and margins. Defence spending...
Re-rated Judges Scientific still has plenty of scope to grow
Thursday 26 Sep 2019JUDGES SCIENTIFIC ( JDG:AIM ) £38.30 Gain to date: 68% Original entry point: Buy at £22.80, 11 April 2019 Half year results delivered everything investors could have desired, underlining once again how science kit maker Judges Scientific ( JDG:AIM ) is a high quality business. New first-half...