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Welcome To Small Company Sharewatch

Discover the ‘Something New’ Factor That Sends Small-Cap Stocks Soaring

Small Company Sharewatch (SCSW) is a UK investment newsletter specialising in small-cap companies listed on the UK stock market.

Founded in 1993, the newsletter provides monthly analysis of under-researched UK small-cap stocks, helping investors discover promising businesses before they become widely followed.

 

Our Investment Philosophy

Our approach follows the “Something New” investing principle popularised by Jim Slater, who observed:

 

"Frequently, something new is the reason for a share price surge."

 

We focus on companies where a “Something New” catalyst could lead to strong growth, such as:

  • New management

  • New products or technology

  • Strategic acquisitions

  • Major industry developments

 

What Subscribers Receive

A subscription to Small Company Sharewatch includes:

  • A monthly investment newsletter

  • In-depth profiles of UK small-cap companies

  • Updates on previously featured shares

  • Access to our archive of past research

  • Tracking of the Sharewatch Growth Portfolio

 

Who Reads Small Company Sharewatch?

Our subscribers include:

  • Individual investors

  • Institutional investors

  • Company directors

  • Stockbrokers

Many readers use Sharewatch as a specialist source of research on UK smaller companies.

 

Subscription Offer

An annual subscription costs £219 but new subscribers can receive

£40 off using the code: 40OFFSCSW

 

 

Past performance is not a guide to future performance and you may lose some or all of the money you invest. Smaller company shares can be more volatile than larger companies, which makes careful research especially important.

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OUR PERFORMANCE

Reading about shares is good but seeing a portfolio in action is even better.

The secret to success is to choose your stocks carefully, buy a spread and take a medium-term view and only buy shares that your gut feel dictates. To illustrate this in action and to demonstrate the benefits of the Sharewatch newsletter "Something New" strategy, we have created our very own Growth Portfolio, a virtual portfolio which we update in the newsletter each month and which is run in order to illustrate the dynamics of managing an active small company portfolio.

When running our portfolio, only shares featured in the newsletter are added and like all investors, the portfolio operates with a finite amount of cash, meaning sometimes a sale must be made to free up cash for a new addition.

The portfolio performance ignores income from dividends but takes account of prevailing stamp duty and dealing commissions on sales and purchases to show a realistic picture.

Launched on 2nd January 2015, with a starting capital of £100,000, Growth Portfolio 3 is a virtual portfolio based only on selections in the newsletter. As at December 2025, GP3 has grown 399% compared to the FTSE All-Share, which is up just 56% in the same period.

To see earlier portfolio performances, click here

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