Sunday newspaper share tips
Each week we round up share tips from the Sunday newspapers.
Read all about it: Share tips on Sunday.
You can also sign up to our premium investment zone, which includes more than 150 exclusive share tips a year for just £10 a month.
• Financial Mail's Midas column, which this week rounds up which picks proved the most lucrative in 2009.
Sunday Telegraph
The Sunday Tel rounds up 2009 and boasts that it's policy of going defensive has paid dividends – literally.
Yield plays over the last 12 months included National Grid, Northern Foods, Imperial Tobacco and Primary Health Properties. All of these shares remain buys as we enter 2010, Questor said.
The mining sector has proved lucrative as commodity prices jumped after being oversold last year. Vedanta (up 368%), Centamin Egypt (up 191%), Petropavlovsk (up 67%) and Randgold Resources (up 38%) have been notable success.
A buy stance remains on Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk and Egyptian gold miner Centamin. However, Questor did tip South African ferrochrome producer International Ferro Metals at the wrong time and the shares have plunged by more than 50%.
Investments in the oil sector have also proved good investments, including Tullow Oil, Afren, BP and Dana Petroleum. The oil services sector has proved even more lucrative, with shares in Petrofac up 116% and Cape shares up 226%. The stance on Petrofac shares is hold and Cape shares remain a buy.
Sunday Times
The Inside the City column examines Footsie heavyweight Vodafone. There is a question mark over how the 45% stake in Verizon Wireless – worth around £40bn – will be handled.
Verizon is the US' biggest mobile operator and a sale of part of the stake could free up Vodafone to dish out a dividend – having seen it's own shares move sideways in 2009.
In any case, the Times says, it's a nice problem to have. Buy Vodafone.
Most watched Money videos
- BMW's Vision Neue Klasse X unveils its sports activity vehicle future
- Blue Whale fund manager on the best of the Magnificent 7
- How to invest for income and growth: SAINTS' James Dow
- BMW meets Swarovski and releases BMW i7 Crystal Headlights Iconic Glow
- 'Now even better': Nissan Qashqai gets a facelift for 2024 version
- Land Rover unveil newest all-electric Range Rover SUV
- Skoda reveals Skoda Epiq as part of an all-electric car portfolio
- Mail Online takes a tour of Gatwick's modern EV charging station
- Tesla unveils new Model 3 Performance - it's the fastest ever!
- Mercedes has finally unveiled its new electric G-Class
- Mini celebrates the release of brand new all-electric car Mini Aceman
- 2025 Aston Martin DBX707: More luxury but comes with a higher price
- How YOU can cash in on the stock market 'feeding frenzy':...
- Scottish Widows gave me access to a stranger's £40,000...
- Online trading platform Plus500 suffers fourth...
- Bungalow wars! Downsizers are in bidding battles against...
- Take That's concert at Co-op Live has moved venue - can I...
- Octopus Energy valuation grows to more than £7bn as...
- IWG continues cutting debts ahead of potential US listing
- I wanted to return £12,000 of wedding clothes from...
- Saudi Aramco to pay £100bn dividend to help fund city of...
- How do we stop our troubled child gambling away their...
- MARKET REPORT: Rate hopes send Footsie to another record...
- Big Four auditors fined £9m for the London Capital &...
- The 10-minute rule that could save you from a parking fine
- Boost for City as BP vows to keep its London listing -...
- I'm dying of brain cancer at 39. But my insurance won't...
- Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II is here - and the brash...
- Kier Starmer and Rachel Reeves don't have that 'vision...
- MP condemn woke ESG debanking as 'legitimate' firms are...