I wish I had bought
Flowgroup PLC (LSE: FLOW)
But after some redesigns the product relaunched in January this year. If bought along with Flow's domestic energy tariff, consumers effectively get a boiler for free, with Flow recouping the costs over five years from the electricity generated via feed-in tariffs. The share price is up 45% this year.
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I wish I had sold
Baby clothes:
Mothercare (LSE: MTC)
The UK operation halved its losses last year, and the international stores provided £21m of profits. But in the first quarter of this year, sales fell in Europe, the Middle East, China and Latin America. While full-year profits are still set to meet expectations, "international markets are likely to remain challenging", as the firm puts it. The shares have taken a battering down by more than 40% this year.
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