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Sectors on the Move - March

March 2004

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

This section should be viewed as raw material for investment ideas, rather than  recommendations.  Comparisons in sectors  are based on the period between  19/1/04 and 13/2/04. Althoughthe FTSE-100 fell 1.7% to 4,412 the feel-good factor continued amongsttechnology and smaller company stocks, with the Techmark 100 risinganother 2.5% to hit a new high of 1,137, while the FTSE Small Capgained 2.8% to 2,652.  These two indices now respectively stand104% and 61% above their lows. In recent months the bestperforming sectors have been those which are highly sensitive to theeconomic recovery and so it has proved again this time, withElectronic Equipment, up 9.2%, coming out on top.  The sec ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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