Editor of Red Hot Penny Shares, Tom Bulford worked as a fund manager in London and Hong Kong for more than 20 years. Responsible for £2bn of foreign clients' money, he also launched what became Argentina's largest mutual fund.
Now working from his home in Oxfordshire, Tom keeps subscribers up to date with his free small cap market news e-letter, The Penny Sleuth.
Tom Bulford says penny stock Symphony Environmental Technologies (LON:SYM) could be about to make a breakout. It produces an additive that makes plastic bags oxo-biodegradable. This means the bags ‘disappear’ in a short space of time, leaving no harmful residues. Major retailers across the world are beginning to adopt the product, and sales were up 73% y-o-y in the first half of 2008.
Penny Sleuth’s Tom Bulford says Britain’s politicians and banking bosses are desperately trying to blame this financial crisis on external factors. Nobody is willing to accept responsibility for the reckless business practices of the past decade. This spells more bad news for UK stocks and the British pound…
With the cost of electricity being what it is, we could all do with using less, says Penny Sleuth UK editor Tom Bulford.
This has presented an opportunity to Stadium Group (LON:SDM), a small company with an admirable record of growth, not least in terms of a rising annual dividend payment.
Although not the most exciting stock in the world – the company makers a diverse range of standard electronic products – Stadium’s fundamentals are solid. And with a factory in China, it offers investors a road to low-cost Chinese manufacturing through a London-listed stock…
Penny Sleuth’s Tom Bulford thinks he has found a penny share with a huge profit potential for investors. Nexus Management (LON: NXS) offers IT support, but looking to dramatically expand its operations through the US. The company is franchising out its on-site support and installation operations. Tom says its close relationship with a major online electronics retailer in the U.S. makes Nexus well-placed for rapid growth, which would send the stock a long way skyward.
People don’t want dollars anymore… They want euro… Not bad for a fledgling currency…
An average of 3% is added to the value of each credit card transaction made in a foreign country.
Credit cards are used to pay for over $5 trillion worth of goods and services a year. About 4% of this is spent in foreign currencies. This means banks make $6 billion a year on foreign currency transactions.
Tom Bulford in Penney Sleuth UK says Planet Payment (LON:PPTR), a £30m company with a quote on AIM, aims to tap into this market. And, if the company can maintain its growth, it’s certainly one to watch…
The government wants us to drive less… But we have no choice…Give hauliers a tax break now… I find myself stuck in a traffic jam, in Ruislip.
15% per year is a good rate of return. Actually 10% per year is a good rate of return. But 15.2%, to be exact, is the annual increase in net asset value achieved by B.P. Marsh & Partners (LON:BPM) since 1990.
Now that the summer is finally here my thoughts have been turning to the sea. Not so much to the prospect of dipping my toes in it, but to all the weird and wonderful things that are hidden there. Trains, for instance.