Newsletter New Year Tips
Every January, Techinvest Lists 12 Top Tips for the Coming Year.
The tables below detail the individual New Year tips and how they performed over the 11 months to the following December issue.
Nap Tips are denoted by an asterisk.
This information was last updated as of December 21st 2007
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| 1997 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Airtech | 105.00 | 80.00 | -23.81 |
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| Anite* | 36.50 | 41.00 | 12.33 |
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| Calluna* | 55.50 | 26.00 | -53.15 |
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| Dicom | 422.50 | 257.50 | -39.05 |
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| Elect. Retailing Sys* | 217.50 | 370.00 | 70.11 |
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| IOC Intl | 169.50 | 165.00 | -2.65 |
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| LBMS* | 75.00 | 130.00 | 73.33 |
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| MDIS | 29.80 | 43.00 | 44.30 |
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| Micro Focus* | 970.00 | 1940.00 | 100.00 |
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| PolyDoc | 47.50 | 147.50 | 210.53 |
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| Semple Cochrane | 242.50 | 361.50 | 49.07 |
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| Tracker network* | 375.00 | 635.00 | 69.33 |
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1997 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | 42.53 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | 45.33 | | Change in FTSE 100 | 18.10 | | The final price shown is the price at the time of the December issue eleven months later.
S - price shown is that of final recommended sale; any previous partial sales are ignored.
| 1998 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Alizyme | 35.00 | 33.50 | -4.29 |
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| Anite* | 46.50 | 47.00 | 1.08 |
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| Azlan | 55.50 | 48.00 | -13.51 |
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| BCO Tech* | 166.50 | 172.50 | 3.60 |
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| Eurodis Elect. | 151.50 | 96.00 | -36.63 |
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| Gresham Comp. | 23.00 | 83.50 | 263.04 |
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| Guardian IT* | 266.60 | 490.00 | 83.80 |
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| Highams* | 75.00 | 85.00 | 13.33 |
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| Micro Focus | 472.50 | 500.00 | 5.82 |
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| Mondas* | 57.70 | 39.50 | -31.54 |
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| Radstone Tech* | 42.60 | 57.50 | 34.98 |
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| Sanderson | 74.00 | 137.00 | 85.14 |
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1998 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | 33.73 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | 17.54 | | Change in FTSE 100 | 13.00 | |
| 1999 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| CFS* | 99.50 | 209.00 | 110.05 |
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| CRC | 127.50 | 84.50 | -33.73 |
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| Dicom* | 111.00 | 475.00 | 327.93 |
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| Division/Mondas* | 24.00 | 48.00 | 100.00 |
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| Memory* | 12.20 | 23.70 | 94.26 |
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| Merant | 102.50 | 450.00 | 339.02 |
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| Mondas | 50.50 | 15.00 | -70.30 |
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| MSW Technology* | 106.50 | 87.50 | -17.84 |
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| Plasmon* | 75.00 | 252.50 | 236.67 |
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| Real Time Control | 480.00 | 940.00 | 95.83 |
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| Riva | 32.00 | 115.00 | 259.38 |
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| VideoLogic | 53.00 | 58.00 | 9.43 |
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1999 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | 120.89 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | 141.84 | | Change in FTSE 100 | 11.00 | |
| 2000 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Blick | 244.00 | 285.00 | 16.80 |
S |
| Deltron Electronics* | 111.50 | 150.00 | 34.53 |
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| ECsoft* | 1117.50 | 635.00 | -43.18 |
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| Fyffes* | 121.00 | 49.00 | -59.50 |
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| Granger Telecom($) | 7.62 | 1.85 | -75.72 |
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| KBC Advanced Tech | 182.50 | 105.00 | -42.47 |
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| Lynx | 159.50 | 129.00 | -19.12 |
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| Merant | 353.00 | 345.00 | -2.27 |
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| Northamber* | 97.50 | 120.00 | 23.08 |
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| SBS* | 185.00 | 92.00 | -50.27 |
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| TGI | 48.50 | 55.00 | 13.40 |
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| Tranacsys* | 69.00 | 29.00 | -57.97 |
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2000 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | -21.89 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | -25.55 | | Change in FTSE 100 | -9.80 | |
| 2001 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Aero Inventory | 143.00 | 230.00 | 60.84 |
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| AFA Systems* | 139.00 | 110.00 | -20.86 |
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| Computerland UK* | 79.50 | 69.50 | -12.58 |
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| CRC* | 127.50 | 188.50 | 47.84 |
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| Dicom | 452.50 | 370.00 | -18.23 |
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| ECsoft* | 610.00 | 562.50 | -7.79 |
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| Financial Objects* | 101.50 | 78.00 | -23.15 |
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| Keystone Solutions | 27.50 | 17.75 | -35.45 |
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| MMT Computing | 527.50 | 220.00 | -58.29 |
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| Plasmon | 112.50 | 79.00 | -29.78 |
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| Radstone Technology | 210.00 | 194.00 | -7.62 |
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| TT Electronics* | 127.90 | 136.50 | 6.72 |
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2001 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | -8.20 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | -1.64 | | Change in FTSE 100 | -14.70 | |
| 2002 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Aero Inventory | 242.00 | 425.00 | 75.62 |
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| AFA Systems* | 91.50 | 23.50 | -74.32 |
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| Belgravium Tech | 12.25 | 11.50 | -6.12 |
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| Bond Intl Software | 75.00 | 56.50 | -24.67 |
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| CRC* | 237.00 | 277.50 | 17.09 |
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| Fulcrum Pharma | 17.50 | 9.75 | -44.29 |
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| IMS Group* | 31.00 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
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| Macro 4 | 252.50 | 60.50 | -76.04 |
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| Total Systems* | 130.50 | 51.50 | -60.54 |
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| TransEDA | 24.50 | 2.00 | -91.84 |
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| Transware* | 45.00 | 5.50 | -87.78 |
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| XKO* | 51.00 | 43.00 | -15.69 |
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2002 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | -40.71 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | -53.54 | | Change in FTSE 100 | -22.00 | |
| 2003 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Alphameric* | 51.00 | 86.75 | 70.10 |
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| Bookham* | 75.00 | 130.00 | 73.33 |
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| Computerland UK* | 108.50 | 198.50 | 82.95 |
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| Dicom | 405.00 | 708.50 | 74.94 |
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| Dmatek | 53.50 | 76.50 | 42.99 |
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| Fulcrum Pharma | 10.50 | 8.88 | -15.43 |
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| GB Group | 13.75 | 21.75 | 58.18 |
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| Innovation* | 8.25 | 18.00 | 118.18 |
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| Northgate Info* | 26.00 | 49.75 | 91.35 |
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| Sherwood Intl* | 77.50 | 140.00 | 80.65 |
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| SurfControl | 417.50 | 752.50 | 80.24 |
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| XKO | 36.50 | 85.50 | 134.25 |
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2003 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | 74.31 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | 86.09 | | Change in FTSE 100 | 11.38 | |
| 2004 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Aero Inventory* | 410.00 | 347.50 | -15.24 |
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| AIT Group | 60.00 | 34.75 | -42.08 |
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| Belgravium | 14.50 | 12.25 | -15.52 |
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| Cardpoint | 99.50 | 116.50 | 17.09 |
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| Chelford* | 85.00 | 129.00 | 51.76 |
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| Comino* | 203.00 | 206.00 | 1.48 |
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| Flomerics* | 60.00 | 65.50 | 9.17 |
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| Marlborough Sterling | 44.00 | 49.00 | 11.36 |
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| Merant* | 125.00 | 193.94 | 55.15 |
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| Online Travel* | 18.00 | 22.42 | 24.56 |
S |
| Parity | 10.75 | 10.00 | -6.98 |
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| Systems Union | 102.00 | 110.00 | 7.84 |
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2004 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | 8.22 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | 20.46 | | Change in FTSE 100 | 5.21 | |
| 2005 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| AIT Group* | 31.00 | 22.00 | -29.03 |
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| Avanti Screenmedia | 195.00 | 261.50 | 34.10 |
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| Bond Intl. Software | 85.00 | 100.50 | 18.24 |
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| Cardpoint | 115.50 | 120.00 | 3.90 |
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| CNG Travel* | 70.50 | 29.25 | -58.51 |
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| Emblaze* | 140.00 | 138.50 | -1.07 |
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| Marconi* | 565.00 | 379.00 | -32.92 |
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| Maxima | 100.00 | 158.50 | 58.50 |
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| nCipher | 211.50 | 202.50 | -4.26 |
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| NETeller* | 356.00 | 560.00 | 57.30 |
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| Pilat Media Global* | 37.00 | 40.00 | 8.11 |
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| TTP Communications | 55.50 | 28.50 | -48.65 |
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2005 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | 0.48 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | -9.35 | | Change in FTSE 100 | 13.29 | |
| 2006 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Adamind* | 106.00 | 20.50 | -80.66 |
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| Bango | 182.50 | 137.50 | -24.66 |
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| Biotrace | 75.00 | 130.00 | 73.33 |
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| Bond International Software* | 99.00 | 154.50 | 56.06 |
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| Computer Software Group* | 66.75 | 117.50 | 76.03 |
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| Cornwell Management* | 74.50 | 27.00 | -63.76 |
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| First Derivatives | 102.50 | 159.50 | 55.61 |
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| NCC Group | 231.50 | 261.00 | 12.74 |
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| Pilat Media Global* | 44.50 | 75.50 | 69.66 |
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| SmartFOCUS* | 15.00 | 15.00 | 0.00 |
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| Vigilant Technology | 47.50 | 16.50 | -65.26 |
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| XKO | 97.50 | 108.00 | 10.77 |
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2006 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | 9.99 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | 9.56 | | Change in FTSE 100 | 6.06 | |
| 2007 Tips |
| Company | tipped at
p | final price
p | % gain | sale |
| Alterian* | 113.50 | 137.50 | 21.15 |
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| Atlantic Global* | 13.50 | 12.50 | -7.41 |
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| Belgravium Technology | 13.75 | 11.00 | -20.00 |
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| Flomerics | 75.00 | 48.00 | -36.00 |
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| MTI Wireless Edge | 46.00 | 33.00 | -28.26 |
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| Nipson Digital Printing | 16.50 | 2.00 | -87.88 |
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| OCZ Technology | 102.50 | 145.00 | 41.46 |
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| PROACTIS* | 63.50 | 64.00 | 0.79 |
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| Sandvine* | 86.00 | 252.50 | 193.60 |
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| SmartFOCUS* | 15.25 | 13.00 | -14.75 |
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| SQS Software Quality Systems* | 192.50 | 287.50 | 49.35 |
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| Torex Retail | 48.50 | 0.00 | -100.00 |
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2007 AVERAGE GAIN (ALL) | 1.00 | | AVERAGE GAIN (NAP TIPS) | 40.45 | | Change in FTSE 100 | -1.30 | |
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