During 2005 the Sunday Telegraph commented on 270 shares, of which 203 had gone up in value by the end of the year. It recommended selling 37 shares which continued to rise in value, although in many cases this was to lock in decent profits.
Its best tips were junior explorers Egdon Resources, which it tipped at 33.75p and sold at 61p, and Chaco Resources, which it bought at 2p and is still holding at 7.07p. Its worst tip was outdoor advertising firm Maiden Group whose shares fell by 58% from 227p when it was tipped in March to end the year at less than a pound.
The Financial Mail has created two share portfolios for 2006 - one for cautious investors and one for more courageous ones.
It says cautious investors should consider buying mobile phone group Vodafone, insurer Legal & General, restaurant group Gondola Holdings and miner Anglo American. It said that while there was no guarantee prices would not fall, the shares offered solid value for the risk-averse, and even if prices do drop, they should outperform the market as a whole.
For braver investors it suggests putting money into biotech group Cambridge Antibody Technology, Polyfuel, which develops plastic membranes that are used in fuel cells and could replace batteries, and oil group Northern Petroleum. It claims the risks of this portfolio are big, but so are the potential profits, and shares in the companies could rocket.
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