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1leigh >> these are my top 5 for 2007 and a brief reason why.

CEN >> Ph111 trial results, if successful and a partner can be established an initial £200m pa is targeted for M6G, cureent mkt cap of just under £40m
CSB >> investement company into oil and gas, took a big asset write down last year when there main investment an asia oiler called IBD suffered setbacks (technical) on their Louisiana production field, have other good exploration investments all reporting early in 2007
CSH >> another oil/gas play, shot up last year by over 300% when they reported encouraging siesmic results with hydrocarbon shows, because of iliiquidity rose sharply and became a scalpers play, eventualy came back down to show a little over 30% SP growth last year, the same exploration fields are offering up further eveidence of hydrocarbon shows again and results will be announced soon
MTG >> good local (to me) company with a decent trading statement of late, ahead of mkt expectations with the promise of further growth over the next 24 months, very very illiquid tho
PET >> if they don't pull something out of the bag this year, i fear they never will, so Iraq to progress and a PSA in Jordan, is the minimum i expect.

hope that helps

the other entries on the challenge offer (rescuer 2), value oil and gas plays, (rescuer 3), high risk mineral plays, with the exception of MMS whom i feel are very unloved and undervalued.

cheers W.Bramley, indeed correct, this time of year offers false mkt values as the fund managers, analysts and tip sheets are all laying out their stalls for the coming year and all offering tips to follow, which becomes self fullfilling in the first trading week in the new calendar years, as day traders pile in and out.

what is important this year is to watch the retail companies and there results in January, this will mark the trend for the year as a whole,

with most giving trading updates and/or results, this will determine, more this year than any other, if we're still in a bull mkt or indeed have turned and are heading for a recessionary period IMHO.

credit cards ?? have they been hammered over xmas, is personal debt still spiralling out of control, or are margins going to be depressed.

once the key data is out on the retail sector, we then need to wait for the unemployment figures, to confirm what trend we'll trade for 2007.

just one more full bull year will do for most i'm sure, before any consolodation, then the impending R word, in another 36 months or so.

best of luck to all,

all IMHO

and remember shares can plummet as well as go down.