Latest articles by Paul Hill
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Share tip of the week: water purification play
Features If there's one thing for certain about the future, it's that access to clean water will become increasingly important. Here, Paul Hill tips a promising play on the global thirst for water purification.
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Share tip of the week: direct-to-GP software provider
Features Health Secretary Andrew Lansley is planning reforms in the NHS that will hand much more spending control over to general practitioners in the next few years. Paul Hill tips a software firm that looks likely to receive a boost from the reform.
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Share tip of the week: prime oil-service provider
Features Complex new drilling regulations in light of the Deepwater Horizon disaster are going to be a big headache for oil field operators. But for firms like this one, who will be able to assist with the compliance, the future looks profitable.
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Turkey of the week: vulnerable hotelier
Features Budget-hit consumers are holidaying at home this year. Paul Hill recommends you sell out of this hotel chain before it feels the pinch.
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Turkey of the week: tax-hit copper miner
Features This copper miner is going to be strapped by higher taxes, which will knock its earnings by up to 10% over the next two years, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: rock-solid marine engineer
Features This UK-based marine engineer is well-placed to benefit from escalating demand in its sector and has beefed up its operations to make sure it does so. As Paul Hill explains, this is one firm that will pull through the stormy waters of recession.
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Share tip of the week: well-placed telecoms giant
Features Broadband usage is going through the roof thanks to the increasing popularity of internet-based gadgets. And this well-placed firm is one to back if you want in on the telecoms growth, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: efficient electricity generator
Features Around 15% of the UK's less-efficient power stations are to be closed by 2015. That can only be good news for this electricity generating company, says Paul Hill.
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Profit from the new space race
Features The US has opened up America's space exploration programme to private industry. And it's not only the US that's splashing out. Europe, Russia, China, Japan, India and the Middle East are all committing vast sums. Paul Hill examines the opportunities for investors.
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Turkey of the week: sell this recruiter
Features As the jobs picture is set to worsen, particularly if government stimulus programmes are withdrawn, it's time to sell this recruitment company, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: high-quality insurance giant
Features This high-quality firm, one of the largest insurers in the world, has sound balance sheets and - at present - a cheap share price, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: profit from outsourcing
Features With an impressive order book and growing share price, this is one outsourcing firm doing very well out of the recession, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: IT firm for tough times
Features Paul Hill's share tip of the week provides IT and back-office support to liquidators and the legal profession - areas which have done well from the credit crunch.
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Which 2009 picks will be winners in 2010?
Features Paul Hill reviews his 2009 share-tipping performance, and picks four stocks to stick in your Christmas stocking.
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Innovation – our best chance against the rise of the East
Features The West must use its superior intellectual property reserves to fight the growing global economic dominance of China, says Paul Hill. Here, he explains how to cash in.
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Share tip of the week: Solid engineer for patient investors
Features This engineering giant has not escaped the recession, but there are several reasons why it still rates as a solid buy for the patient investor, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: warehouse group with encouraging future
Features Thanks to the downturn, this group's recent results have been affected by deferred orders and cancelled projects. But things are beginning to pick up, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: undervalued engineer
Features The majority of UK civil engineers are in the doldrums – despite huge order books and solid balance sheets. But this quality company is valued far too low far, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: a Grade-A play on education spending
Features The government is spending £4.5bn on information, computing and technology in a 15-year upgrade plan to schools. One firm set to benefit is this week's share tip, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: Extreme caution will pay off for insurer
Features The cost of insurance is rising. That's great news for this property insurance specialist, which derives around two-thirds of its income from the US, compared to 11% from Britain.
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Gamble of the week: good value bet for patient investors
Features A combination of factors has caused this bookmaker's stock to tumble by 60% in the last year. But Paul Hill reckons there's still good value to be had here.
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Turkey of the week: bearish outlook for restaurant and hotels group
Features If we do see a double-dip recession arrive in late 2010, it could be the final straw for this this hotelier and restaurant operator, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: underperforming insolvency practitioner
Features Given the near-perfect economic conditions, it's puzzling how badly this insolvency specialist's stock has performed over the past 12 months, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: low-risk manufacturer of consumer essentials
Features This small-cap company, formed in 1871, provides vital services to British business and families and should prove a good low-risk gamble, says Paul Hill.
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