Tip of the Week: Companies built for the full cycle

TIP OF THE WEEK

Jeremy Whitley, head of UK and European equities at Aberdeen and manager of Dunedin Income Growth investment trust, highlights three stocks with the ability to withstand all conditions.

While current market conditions are volatile and uncertain, we always think our time is best spent focusing on the companies in which we invest and making sure they can weather tough economic times and prosper in good. The three companies selected would not be considered classic ‘dividend’ stocks, but very much play to our focus on businesses with the ability to grow payouts at good rates over the longer term. Linde The first company that merits investors’ attention is Linde the German industrial gases group. It is a business that meets all three of these requirements. It operates in a...