Infrastructure can yield strong long-term returns

Infrastructure can yield strong long-term returns By Nick Sudbury The protracted period of low interest rates triggered by the 2008 financial crisis has pushed up the value of many reliable, income-generating parts of the market to the extent that their valuations have become considerably overstretched. One area where there are still some pockets of value is infrastructure. The companies operating in this sector provide essential services such as airports, railways, energy storage facilities and toll roads. In many cases they have high barriers to entry and are able to pay a steady inflation-linked stream of income… Click Here To Read The Full Story The Master Investor Market Report The FTSE 100 closed the day at 6,844.96, an increase of 14.17 points. The FTSE 250 rose 39.50 points to finish at 17,939.72. The FTSE All Share climbed 8.22 points to finish at 3,733.87. The FTSE AIM All Share ended the day at 811.78, down by 2.76 points. Shares in Saga (SAGA) rose by 1.40p to 223.20p today after profits before tax for the six months ended 31st July climbed 8.5% to £109.9 million. The number of core insurance policies increased to more than 3.05 million while most of the travel division's targets for the 2016/17 financial year have already been met. Management believe that the profitability of its core businesses will further increase over the course of the rest of the year. Don't miss our September issue! Click HERE to read. Online gambling operator 32Red (TTR) saw its net gaming revenues grow by 63% to £30.4 million for the half year ended 30th June. Last year's loss in Italy was not repeated and as a result, the overall profit before tax rose from £0.1 million to £2.5 million. Management said that current trading is good and that a number of strategic deals have been signed after the period end. Shares in the business climbed by 9.25% to 144.75p. Drinks retailer Majestic Wine (WINE) will earn profits for the year to next April below current market expectations as its retail operations grew more slowly than had been hoped and because of costs related to certain failed marketing programmes in the USA. CEO Rowan Gormley said it was disappointing that two isolated factors were impacting results, but reiterated that dividend payments would be resumed this year. The shares plunged 23.88% to 330p. Tomorrow's news today Mitchell & Butlers (MAB) will put out a trading announcement. Quote of the day "He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest." - Dylan Thomas Latest Stories Glencore: Why aggressive traders should buy now By Zak Mir I have to admit that, as in the case with Lonmin (LMI), at one stage earlier this year I did succumb to the idea that Glencore may be no more. Instead, the share prices of both companies have reversed sharply to the upside... Click Here To Read The Full Story Savers: It's time to fight back against low interest rates By James Faulkner Savers should brace themselves for more pain as the Bank of England's latest interest rate cut filters through the system and inflation begins to creep higher… Click Here To Read The Full Story Burberry's outstanding turnaround targets as high as 1,800p By Zak Mir Being a dedicated follower of fashion, and on the occasion of its first season-less catwalk presentation, it would appear this is the right time to take a look at luxury brand group Burberry… Click Here To Read The Full Story Morrisons: Leaner and meaner after turnaround By Robert Sutherland Smith Wm. Morrison was a buy! You heard that message here last month ahead of these first-half results, and in the face of a massive uncovered bear position. (Clearly, too many hedge fund managers shop at Harrods and not Morrisons!)… Click Here To Read The Full Story Octagonal looks set for considerable upside By Zak Mir One of the better aspects of trading/investing via technical analysis is that one can head above the clouds as far as the fundamentals of a company are concerned. Clearly, the odd profit warning and placing can sometimes slip through… Click Here To Read The Full Story Join the movement on social media: Copyright 2016 Master Investor Ltd, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. If a Daily Bulletin is too frequent, why not opt in to our once weekly mailing list for a round up of the week's news straight to your inbox. Once Weekly Round-Up Our mailing address is: Suite 88, 22 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JE Master Investor is a trading name of Master Investor Limited. Material contained within Master Investor Magazine and its website is for general information purposes only and is not intended to be relied upon by individual readers in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment decisions. Master Investor Ltd does not accept any liability for any losses suffered by any user as a result of any such decision.

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