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Growth Portfolio 3 - August '26

August 2026

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.

Recruiters (alongside Banks) are leading indicators of the economy; they are the first to sniff improving PMIs and corporate mood swings, which bottom out and rip higher 9 months before GDP looks decent or employment stats stop looking like a car crash. It’s been the same story every time. Post-2008, post-2011, post-COVID - Hays, PageGroup, Robert Walters, SThree were all early indicators. And right now, in this 2025-2026 mess, the lot of them, having been on their knees for ages, saw share prices surge. Obviously it’s not foolproof. This cycle’s got AI mucking about and geopolitics to factor in. B ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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