Newspaper Tips for 2002

Citywire
19:22, Sun 30 Dec 2001
Sunday Paper Round, part 1
If you're looking for investment suggestions for 2002, the papers have them by the score.

SUNDAY TIMES

Business Reporters' Tips for 2002:
* Kingfisher - GWR - Elan Corporation - Health Clinic - Telewest - Colt Telecom - Lufthansa - Northern Foods - Eidos - Amec

How 2001 Portfolio performed:
* Average rise 3.1%

Blind Monkey Tips for 2002:
* MS International - Bula Resources - ML Laboratories - Teamtalk.com - Corporate Services - Philip Morris

Shares That Could Bring a Happy New Year:
* BG Group - Balfour Beatty - Bae Systems - Compass Group - Cambridge Antibody - Electronics Boutique - Northern Foods - Pearson - Standard Chartered - Vodafone

Other comment:
* A survey of five leading investment banks by Sunday Times shows that analysts are expecting the FT-SE 100 to end the year at between 5,500 and 6,000 points
* Marks & Spencer enjoyed a bumper Christmas
* Argentina laughing all the way at the banks
* Profile Sir Christopher Gent of Vodafone
* Storm brews in lager land as Heineken loses out on Carling

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Business Team's Share Selections for 2002:
* Pilkington - Man Group - Eaglet Investment Trust - Hammerson - Safeway - Dana Petroleum - New Star UK Aggressive Unit Trust - First State Investments - Global Asset Management's Star American Focus Fund

How 2001 tips fared:
* Average fall 27.37%

Market Miscellany:
* Winners and losers in a year to forget: Stanley Leisure - Georgica - Serco - Powderject - Hornby - Monotub Industries - Ottakar's - MFI Furniture - Marks & Spencer - Debenhams - Just Group - Logica - Energis - Powergen - Filtronic - Granada - Carlton - British Airways - Acambis - ICAP - Edinburgh Oil and Gas

Look Who's Trading:
* Buy Goshawk Insurance at 102.5p

Taking Stock with Edmond Jackson:
* Personal feeling about a share's prospects is just as important as listening to analysts before you deal

Other comment:
* Kingfisher preparing a purge of its boardroom and searches for a chief executive to succeed Sir Geoffrey Mulcahy
* The strange brewer that bought Carling

OBSERVER

Writers Pick Their Top Tips for a Tricky Year:
* Manchester United - Aegis - Brixton - Vodafone - WH Smith Group - Colt Telecom - South Staffordshire Group


MAIL ON SUNDAY

Midas Four for 2002:
* Anglo American - Electronics Boutique - Unite Group - Alkane Energy

How Portfolio Fared in 2001:
* Average fall 17.3%

Other comment:
* Christopher Fishwick, of Aberdeen Asset Management, saw his total pay treble to almost £5 million last year

SUNDAY EXPRESS

What the Stars of Business Forecast:
* JD Wetherspoon - EasyJet - mmO2 - Lastminute.com - ARM Holdings-- Intelligent Finance

Other comment:
* Profile Richard Dixey of Phytopharm
* Prepare for a big slowdown in house price rises
* ITV has a £50 million hangover after losing ratings battle with BBC
* Sir Alec Ferguson has dropped a hint that he could be persuaded to stay on as Manchester United manager for another season

INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Punting in the City - Six Tips for 2002:
* Amec - BT - Celltech Group - Nokia - Rank Group - Screen

How 2001 Portfolio performed:
* Average fall 2.4%.

Other comment:
* GlaxoSmithKline to flout European competition law with a scheme that could force NHS to pay as much as £30 million more a year for drugs.