Episodes

ICAP (IAP)

ICAP (IAP)

ICAP is a giant. It even sounds like a giant. It is one of the UK's largest, most successful and wealthiest companies.

Alkane Energy (ALK)

Alkane Energy (ALK)

Well this share is more than just a campfire tale. All right you might not want to take it anywhere near a campfire.

PZ Cussons Plc (PZL)

PZ Cussons Plc (PZL)

It's funny how circumstances can change and bring about a whole new investing universe.

London Stock Exchange (LSE)

London Stock Exchange (LSE)

The London Stock Exchange. The mention of the very name brings out the faint sound of a trumpet fanfare somehow.

Nighthawk Energy Plc (HAWK)

Nighthawk Energy Plc (HAWK)

It is a tiny little energy company and it is named after an Edward Hopper painting of 1942. This was an auspicious year.

Costain (COST)

Costain (COST)

Biiig business, biiig building company. Baaad recession, baaad news for big construction company.

Jackson Five - up by 180 per cent!

Jackson Five - up by 180 per cent!

Our in-house share-watcher Edmond Jackson made five picks for 2009 at the end of last year – many of us did.

Kazakhmys (KAZ)

Kazakhmys (KAZ)

The Russians are coming! Da, tovaritsch. You cannot talk about oil or mining these days without thinking about the Great Bear.

Falkland Islands (FKL)

Falkland Islands (FKL)

They are a very long way away and famous mostly for being the site of a nasty little conflict back in 1982. Well, that, and penguins.

Next (NXT)

Next (NXT)

Next has been tipped for the chop so many times us investors have almost forgotten all about it as a great survivor.Well now, following on from a little bit of 'rattling tills' research we thought we