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UK350.com - Blue-chip Research on Blue Chip Stocks

01 December 2003 (17:50:41)

UK350.com - institutional quality research on sensible companies for the private investor

Robert Sutherland Smith writes.....

'I have been working in the City for almost 40 years. And one of the key lessons that I have learned is that one needs a balanced portfolio of equities in ones portfolio if prosperity is your goal. That means that you must own blue-chip stocks as well as small growth stocks.

Yet scouting around I am horrified at the paucity of information on blue-chips and mid-caps which is available to private investors. There are hosts of tipsheets covering small caps, AIM stocks, Ofex stocks, growth stocks (often a misnomer I fear) or other exotic flowers. But trying to obtain high quality research on blue-chips and mid-caps at anything other than a prohibitive cost seems to be well-nigh impossible. Institutional investors can tap into an endless supply of research on blue-chips and mid-caps but if you are not in that club obtaining high quality material is just very hard to do.

That is where UK350.com comes in. My extensive City contacts mean that I can access institutional research. For me the problem is not a lack of research but sifting the wheat from the chaff - believe me there is quite a lot of chaff produced!

My style is conservative, cautious and long term. Now you may say that at 66 thinking long term is rather hard. However I have found over the years that if you try to make quick gains you inevitably make quick losses. The only way to make really big returns from equities is to engage in detailed, fundamental analysis and to buy and hold. It may sound dull but it works. UK350.com is unashamedly long-term in its approach and believes in value investing. If you are looking for tips based on rumour, or for stocks with no assets, sky-high PEs and no prospect of a dividend you will not find them covered here.

So what do we offer?

* 26 Times a year I will send you a detailed newsletter with one stock analysed in great detail with an explicit recommendation. That stock will be a member of the FTSE 100 or FTSE 250 Index and I will keep you updated on its every development and advise you when you should sell - if indeed you should ever sell in regular updates within my newsletter.

* Each newsletter will also contain my thoughts on the market. If you buy the right stocks it does not matter quite so much what the market does but having seen first hand every bull and bear market since 1966 I would hope to be able to shed some insight into what is going on today.

* A FREE ticket worth £49.99 to the annual t1ps Master Investor show in London - the next one is on April 26th.

* Honesty. I cannot promise that every tip will be a winner. If fundamentals change I shall be honest enough to admit it and will advise bailing out. But I do not expect that to be a regular occurrence.

Membership of UK350.com costs just £129 a year or £115 if you pay by direct debit (payable via one non-refundable investment). That is not as cheap as some tipsheets but this is a serious research product not fly-by-night spivvery. I hope that you enjoy UK350.com and look forward to meeting you at Master Investor in March.'

Best wishes

Robert Sutherland Smith

UK350.com Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

The tips given here are of necessity, general. They cannot relate to the individual circumstances of investors. Anyone considering following the recommendations contained here should seek independent advice from a Financial Services Authority authorised Stockbroker or Financial Adviser. So, while we would not wish to reduce our liability under the FSA regulatory regime, we cannot otherwise be held liable if individuals suffer losses through following tips contained on this site. The value of investments can go down as well as up. The past is not necessarily a guide to future performance. Investing in equities can lose you part or all of your capital although the potential returns are theoretically unlimited. The difference between the buy price and the sell price for smaller company shares can be significant. Profits from dealing in shares may be liable to tax - the level of tax and bases of reliefs from Tax are subject to change. Changes in the rates of exchange may have an adverse effect on the value or price of an investment in sterling terms if it is denominated in a foreign currency.

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