Latest articles by Paul Hill
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Gamble of the week: ground-breaking biotech stock
Features In five or ten years' time, this biotech outfit could be a household name, says Paul Hill, and looks a good long-term bet.
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Gamble of the week: undervalued defensive stock
Features This retirement-home provider expanded too rapidly and saddled itself with onerous debt. But, having restructured its finances, it should benefit from our ageing population, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: gas engineer for the brave
Features Low natural gas prices have led to producers cutting back their operations. Eventually, this will lead to shortages and a surge in prices - when this week's gamble should pay off.
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Gamble of the week: oil services consultant with a bright future
Features This week's gamble has clients which include blue-chip petrochemical companies from around the world. And while this year has been tough, the longer-term picture looks bright.
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Share tip of the week: good-value life assurer
Features This top-notch life assurer is well placed to benefit from the long-term need for pension provision, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: lean mean property company
Features This construction and engineering specialist has emerged from the property crisis a lean, hungry and profitable company, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: monopoly gaming operator
Features Paul Hill's share tip for the brave this week is an operator of lottery, scratch-card and sports-betting games, with soaring revenues and €950m in the bank.
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Share tip of the week: software firm will ride out the recession
Features This software developer ticks all the boxes. A defensive position in a growing market, good products, a sound balance sheet and good earnings - and it's undervalued, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: cash-rich radio equipment supplier
Features With a sound balance sheet, cutting-edge products and low exposure to bad debt, Paul Hill believes this stock offers good value to the more adventurous investor.
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Share tip of the week: a play on the popularity of the iPhone
Features The Apple iPhone's ability to generate online traffic has already been proved.And this week's share tip will be one beneficiary of this explosion in internet use, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: buy into this rock-solid firm
Features This defence contractor missed out on the 'dash to trash', and its shares now languish at near three-year lows. This creates a good entry point for the cautious investor, says Paul Hill.
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Gamble of the week: software house that's shaking up international banking
Features This week's gamble makes software that executes international cash transfers within hours, and for up to 90% less than traditional providers.
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Gamble of the week: internet infrastructure operator
Features Demand for services such as Youtube and the BBC's iPlayer is outstripping available bandwidth. That's good news for this week's gamble, owner of an extensive pan-European fibre optic network.
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Turkey of the week: soft-drinks maker losing its fizz
Features This soft-drinks manifacturer isn't necessarily a bad business, but it has far too much debt and its shares are overpriced, says Paul Hill.
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Share tip of the week: get in with the IT crowd
Features Paul Hill believes this global heavyweight IT consulting and outsourcing company will emerge from the current crisis a winner.
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Turkey of the week: toiletry-maker about to take a hammering
Features Europe's leading supplier of private-label household and personal care products is about to become a victim of its own success.
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Share tip of the week: how to buy into the coming infrastructure boom
Features One of the world's largest mining companies, this week's share tip can take advantage as government stimulus packages kick in, says Paul Hill.
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Turkey of the week: Reit at risk of running out of cash
Features This property company rents out premises to GPs, pharmacists, dentists, and the government. But problems with cash flow and debt could limit future growth.
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Share tip of the week: a play on the flight to the cities
Features Paul Hill's tip of the week is a copper producer with a frugal cost base and solid funding, which should benefit from government stimulus packages around the world.
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Turkey of the week: silver miner caught up in the frenzy
Features So far this year, the price of silver has risen 20% against 7% for gold. But Paul Hill thinks there will be a shift from precious metals to less risk-averse assets. Which will hurt miners such as this week's turkey.
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Share tip of the week: the safest stock in the world?
Features This global healthcare group doesn't rely too much on any one territory or sector. It has a rock-solid balance sheet, an AAA credit rating, $2bn of net cash in the bank and positive cash flow of more than $1bn a month.
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Turkey of the week: racily-priced health player
Features Healthcare is one of Paul Hill's preferred sectors, but he is bearish on this provider of test kits for diagnosing patients with diabetes and cholesterol.
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Gamble of the week: leading marine engineer
Features The share price of Paul Hill's gamble, operating in the uncertain areas of shipping and energy, has plummeted in the past 15 months. But many of the best sailors operate in choppy waters…
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Share tip of the week: oil services will gush profits
Features 2009 will be a tough year for the oil industry, yet Paul Hill believes the harsh climate could play to the advantage of this oil services firm.
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