Should you invest in...paper and packaging?

Article Abstract:

Paper and packaging are both extremely cyclical industries, and this means that they tend to attract only limited attention from investors. The paper industry has benefited from a general rise in world commodity prices, but paper manufacture remains a low-margin business. The two main paper stocks in the UK are DS Smith and Arjo Wiggins. In packaging, there are many fragmented operators all looking to develop specialist products.

Author: Root, Keiron
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
Paperboard Containers, Paperboard Container Manufacturing, Paper, Paper Mills, Paper products industry, Paper industry, Packaging industry

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Bonds are the punters' favourite

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Many savers in the UK are switching their money from low-interest deposit accounts into share-based investments. In most cases, this is because deposit accounts now offer very low returns. Savers are becoming particularly interested in with-profits bonds and equity bonds. However, financial advisers warn that savers are not always aware that switching to share-based investments means that they are taking on a significant risk.

Author: Verity, Andrew
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999

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