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Peter Shearlock
Peter writes Small Cap Stock Picks for Growth Company Investor. He is a former City Editor of the Sunday Times and has researched small caps for 30 years. He focuses on market and special situations.
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Friday, 27th October 2006 Palandri to quit UK market The final results statement from Australian wine producer and marketer Palandri is one of the quirkiest to be published. Read Companies: PRI Thursday, 26th October 2000 Stick with special situations Don't read too much into the bounce in telecom shares this week, writes Peter Shearlock. The trend in high-techs remains desperately unclear, as the action on Nasdaq highlights. Each time there is a recovery, a wave of selling comes in. That said, there are still plenty of special situations to pick out in the broader market. Read Saturday, 21st October 2000 Shell plays tempt amid market gloom The sight of Wall Street sliding to new lows is hardly conducive to positive thought and you may want to wait for the smoke to clear before taking a stab at this week's recommendations, writes Peter Shearlock. The nice thing, however, is that both of them have the cash backing to keep you sleeping well at night... Read Thursday, 19th October 2000 Shell plays tempt amid market gloom The sight of Wall Street sliding to new lows is hardly conducive to positive thought and you may want to wait for the smoke to clear before taking a stab at this week's recommendations, writes Peter Shearlock. The nice thing, however, is that both of them have the cash backing to keep you sleeping well at night S Read Companies: EMSS Friday, 13th October 2000 Nasdaq stability essential for UK stockmarket confidence Where's the floor? America's high-tech Nasdaq market has lost a quarter of its value in less than a month and there is now general mistrust of earnings forecasts for almost any technology stock, writes Peter Shearlock. Read Companies: HAY ITK Wednesday, 4th October 2000 Bright sparks in an aimless market Investors should continue to seek out special situations in a stock market still devoid of firm direction, writes Peter Shearlock. High-tech investor NewMedia SPARK has made some interesting investments. Asia/Pacific contracts should lift High Point Rendel. Multimedia's merger plans look good for investors. Read Companies: ILM NMS Wednesday, 27th September 2000 Seek bright spots in a tough market Investors are having a tough time right now, writes Peter Shearlock, as positive corporate news is delayed and the market focuses on disappointments. But several companies offer good value, among them protection and alarm concern Orbis, kitchen design software company Planit and money broker Garban Intercapital. Read Companies: PLN Thursday, 21st September 2000 WorldPort wins in outsourcing scramble US web hoster WorldPort is poised to cash in on the rush by companies to link their operations to the internet by outsourcing, writes Peter Shearlock. Read Companies: CW. Wednesday, 20th September 2000 Look for story stocks in nervous climate The stock market has run out of steam for the moment, as fund managers have gone on the defensive, writes Peter Shearlock. But there should still be life in shares to which specific stories can be attached. Multimedia Corporation's association with new candidate Lynx Photonics qualifies it as one such company. So does finance group S & U's move into motor hire purchase. Read Companies: BRW ILM SBRY SGR SUS TSCO Thursday, 14th September 2000 After the oil shocks, expect a bounce Fund managers have taken fright at the oil blockades, writes Peter Shearlock. But it could soon be time for a rebound. Read
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EDI: earning full marks BUY 03/03/2008 With four profit upgrades in the space of seven months, you might expect the shares of Education Development International (EDI) to be trading on a pretty rich multiple. Read Companies: EDD ServicePower: turnaround marks buying point BUY 08/02/2008 For a long time ServicePower, the self-styled market leader of outsourced service and field management, failed to turn mounting contract wins at its field service solutions business into anything that resembled profit. Read Companies: SVR Eros back in the buying zone BUY 12/12/2007 Bollywood – India’s $10 billion (£4.8 billion) film industry – is growing fast. Indian cinemas sold nearly four billion tickets last year. The number of multiplex screens is expected to double to more than 3,000 in the next two years. And it is not only cinema audiences that are growing strongly in India; the home entertainment sector is too. Read Companies: EROS InterQuest: directors’ opportunism tells a tale BUY 29/10/2007 Four directors of IT recruitment specialist InterQuest recently picked up more shares in the company at 100p a share. Read Companies: ITQ Spate of drillings makes Nautical a buy BUY 05/10/2007 Heavy oil specialist Nautical Petroleum has done little wrong since it came to market two and a half years ago, having lifted its discovered oil base – nearly all in the North Sea – to around 120 million barrels. Read Companies: NPE Metals Exploration BUY 28/08/2007 About three years ago, investors doubled their money in Metals Exploration, the minerals exploration business that boasts a promising gold project at Runruno in the Philippines. Now trading at much higher levels than then (the shares are currently priced 35.75p), there is every chance we could see the same again over time. Read Companies: MTL Discover Leisure - every cloud has a silver lining BUY 09/08/2007 We appreciate it is bad form to profit from the hardship of others. Read Companies: DISL Cozart: the big boys are looking BUY 02/07/2007 A run-up in Cozart shares in recent days is being interpreted in some quarters as confirmation that a would-be bidder is picking up shares. Read Companies: CZT Inland: proven team worth backing BUY 29/05/2007 When a team of people who have already made money for investors re-emerge at a new company, I tend to take notice. Read Companies: INL Dori Media – cleaning up in soaps BUY 01/05/2007 Soaps (of the TV variety) are something you either love or hate. But if you think EastEnders is down-market, you should try the telenovelas popular with teenagers in Latin America. Read Companies: DMG