Welcome to our summary of the weekend's quality press tips, provided on Mondays by Weekend City Press Review.
The Times
■ Tempus: Martin Waller says the quoted recruitment agency sector - Hays (Last IC View: Good value, 1 Sept), Robert Walters (Last IC View: Fairly priced, 5 Aug), SThree (Last IC View: Fairly priced, 31 Jan 11), Michael Page International (Last IC View: Fairly priced, 15 Aug) and Harvey Nash (Last IC View: Buy, 30 Sept) - faces a difficult six months, although analysts are more positive on a three-year view.
The Independent
■ No Pain, No Gain: Derek Pain thinks Northern Petroleum (Last IC View: Fairly priced, 11 Oct), recruited in the summer at 68p, looks 'absurdly low' at 83p given its potential, which includes a small stake in a 'promising prospect' off the South American coast.
The Daily Mail
■ Investment Extra: Ian Lyall suggests that investors in the current climate should seek out defensive stocks with strong balance sheets which pay decent dividends, such as GlaxoSmithKline (Last IC View: Buy, 4 Feb), British American Tobacco (Last IC View: Buy, 19 Dec), Compass (Last IC View: Buy, 23 Nov) and Rolls-Royce (Last IC View: Buy, 30 Nov).
The Sunday Times
■ Inside the City: Danny Fortson thinks Asos (Last IC View: Fairly priced, 4 Nov), £14.84, is a 'breed apart' from other online retailers because of its international coverage.
■ Invensys (Last IC View: Fairly priced, 4 Nov) must sort out its pension liabilities quickly following its 'grim trading update' which sent the shares crashing 19 per cent last week to 183p.
The Sunday Telegraph
■ Sunday Questor: Garry White says buy Kenmare Resources (Last IC View: Fairly priced, 25 Aug), 49p, which could reach 90p a share this year according to Canadian bank RBC.
■ Hold Greggs (Last IC View: Good value, 9 Aug), 510.5p, as it continues to perform well in a difficult trading envelopment.
The Mail on Sunday
■ Midas: Joanne Hart says buy Jubilee Platinum (Last IC View: Fairly priced, 4 Apr), 12p, which looks a 'bargain' at current levels as the company's prospects are better now than when it traded at 124p a share in 2007.
■ Update: Take some profits in Asian Plantations (Last IC View: Buy, 11 Oct), tipped at 85p two years ago and now 264.5p, but hold the rest for further growth.
