Simon Thompson continued his run of prolific form last week with four more columns featuring share tips he has made this year. He updated on two property plays from his Bargain Shares portfolio, a software and consultancy provider to the resources sector, a high risk high reward mining play and a chocolate manufacturer. Read more articles by Simon Thompson, including those published today, on his comment page.
In Friday's cover feature Dominic Picarda interviews Andrew Smithers, the economist who correctly predicted the bubbles that popped in 2000 and 2007, to discover whether the recent rise in equity markets signifies another bubble that is about to burst.
Momentum can be a powerful investment theme, and when it works it really works well, as illustrated by the performance of Algy Hall's momentum stock screen over the past year when it has risen by 28 per cent. Algy has re-run his screen to find out which momentum stocks to put away for the first quarter of 2014, click here to find out more. Get more stock screening ideas.
Full details of the ten most-read articles last week are below:
| Rank | Article | Access |
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| 1 | Fuelled for more growth | Subscription required |
| 2 | High risk, high reward resource play | Subscription required |
| 3 | Momentum's great 2013 | Subscription required |
| 4 | News & Tips: Gulf Keystone Petroleum, Tullow Oil, Lloyds Banking, Andor Technology & more | Registered user |
| 5 | A rating too sweet? | Subscription required |
| 6 | Cast-iron dividends | Subscription required |
| 7 | Betting against the herd | Registered user |
| 8 | The bubble spotter | Subscription required |
| 9 | News & Tips: RBS, Carillion, FirstGroup & more | Registered user |
| 10 | Property play fully valued | Subscription required |
