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Lookers - Trefic and Bramall take up full 43% entitlement

August 2009

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

The ramification of the financial crisis is that it has removed the weakest players across a number of industries and will prove a boon for those remaining as they take market share and flourish when the upturn comes. On Sharewatch, we therefore continue to encourage buying the more cyclical shares right now even though on forecasts they may not yet look outstandingly cheap. Take the motor dealership sector as an example; our view is that when the cycle comes back into favour, the operational gearing effect on a fixed cost base and the fact that higher volumes trigger volume bonuses, will have an electrifying effect on profits. Add the fact that most companies have also cut into their costs during the downturn and it is not hard to ...

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