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SailorSam

I got a similar email this morning from TD investments offering something whereby they were sending me the best 8 tips for that day to get in before the markets opened.
It was to long to read it all, i never got as far it was going to cost before i just deleted it.
I always think if these people really knew which shares were going to increase in value they wouldn't share the information with me, they'd make a fortune buying & selling.

djsunset_2

I would agree with the general consensus on this thread that any value in "hot tips" will already have disappeared or been priced in by the time you receive the tips. Motley in my experience is a load of rubbish. Don't pay for share tips, do your own research and look for the many good free blogs that exist.

FWIW, I can see value in the following stocks at the moment:

Shell: Shares are down about 30% in the last year. However, a report published this week indicates the oil price will rise again steadily over the next 5 years. Company fundamentals are good, Shell is more diversified in product portfolio than the other oil giants, and the company could benefit massively from the possible lifting of sanctions on Iran. The forward P/E is under 10 which is rare, good dividend and high cover. If you can deal with the ethics of buying shares in this company, the value is outstanding.

National Grid: As mentioned earlier in this thread, this is a very low-risk play. Don't expect massive capital growth, but chances of capital losses are very low given their business model, cost savings have been identified in this financial year, and the dividend in excess of 5 % is a great opportunity.

Mining stocks: These have struggled in recent years, but with commodity prices probably having bottomed out this year, now is probably the time to buy. You could go for individual giants like BHP or Rio Tinto, but a better play might be to look at a fund such as BRWM which is trading at a significant discount to book value (meaning you are buying into the fund at a price which is less than what the price should be given the current value of the fund holdings).

Best to do some research, decide what your goal and what timeframe you are looking for returns over, and make a decision which suits your investment goals and reflects your own research and outlook.