Sunday newspaper share tips

By This Is Money
Updated: 08:05 EDT, 16 April 2006

EACH week, we round up the main share tips from the Sunday newspapers. Follow this link to the tips from the Mail on Sunday and read those from the Sunday Telegraph below.

Sunday Telegraph

MOVES by retailer DSG International to rebrand Dixons as an internet-only operation have raised hopes of an improved performance next year.

Merrill Lynch said last week that 'financially, there might be might be reason behind the madness' while the increased size of its overseas operation may also be beneficial. The newspaper, which carried a sell tip on DSG a year ago, rates the company a buy at 182¾p.

The recovery in the housing market is likely to be good news for home improvement retailers, even though some suspect the UK's passion for DIY has waned. B&Q and Castorama owner Kingfisher is the newspaper's pick of the sector, with the shares a buy at 223½p.

Investment trusts are coming back into fashion, but they remain a cheap way for small investors to get diversified exposure to a spread of UK blue-chip stocks. The £1bn Edinburgh Investment Trust has been through a tough period but for those who are bullish on markets the stock makes a sensible long-term buy at 426p.

Shares in Healthcare Locums have fallen recently amid headlines about job cuts in the NHS. But the company is this week expected to announce that it has won preferred supplier status to provide trained specialist healthcare staff such as physiotherapists and radiographers.

Last month the company encouraged analysts with sales growth of 65%, making shares look cheap at 57½p.

Goals Soccer Centres has impressed the City by keeping up its opening rate of new sites in the face of a difficult planning environment. It is thought the business could sustain around 200 centres and GSC expects to add a further six to its current estate of 18 this year.

With World Cup fever and Football Association support for five-a-side soccer, shares are rated a buy at 229p.