LONDON (ShareCast) - Prudential offers good value and continues going great guns, even in the choppy US market. However, unless the entire market improves dramatically in the next few months, it is difficult to predict any upward pressure on the share price. A good, well-run company in the right markets but unfortunately one that will not make money for investors in the short term. Sell, says the Independent.

Uncertainty surrounding the take-up of Vyvanse – the successor to Shire Pharmaceutical’s best-selling Adderall XR treatment – means the shares are likely to remain volatile. However, 831½p, or 14 times this year’s earnings, provides an attractive point of entry for first-time investors. A speculative buy, according to the Times.

If investors want exposure to the sector, Unilever would not be a bad bet. Trading at 14.3 times 2008 earnings, it is cheaper than rivals like Nestle and Danone, but on a fundamental basis it is likely that investors will see losses on the entire sector. Sell, says the Independent.

Anglo American is not known for making bold economic forecasts. So the fact that Cynthia Carroll, chief executive of the £39 billion miner, took it upon herself to predict Chinese GDP growth of 10 per cent both this year and next – higher than consensus estimates – might be taken as a measure of frustration with her company’s share price.

For those convinced by China’s resilience, £29.21, or less than eight times earnings, a discount to its peers, is a clear buying opportunity. However, the danger that copper prices could track recent weakness in platinum should keep more diffident investors on the sidelines for now, says the Times.

The Telegraph adds that a recent fall in the stock price has left Anglo trading on just 8.8 times Credit Suisse's forecasts for 2008 earnings, which appears far too low. With Carroll upbeat about production gains and cost control in the second half of the year, hold on.

Ralph Topping, the newish chief executive of William Hill, is not usually one to moan. But yesterday, after announcing a 16 per cent decline in first-half profits, the straight-talking Scot was not in the mood to hold back on the way he believes growth is being stifled by the Government. Given that the company contributed £125.4 million to the Treasury’s coffers in the first half, he is entitled to his say. At 314½p, or less than eight times earnings, and yielding 7 per cent, the shares are no more than a hold, according to the Times.

Meanwhile, the Telegraph says that the current price, Hill is looking a value bet. On forecasts of around £190m profits this year, the prospective multiple is just over eight times, while a maintained dividend would produce an 8pc yield. Worth a small wager.

Those at UBS say that "we expect Reed Elsevier to recover its recent underperformance versus the sector, and see it as cheap on 11 to 12 times 2009 EPS for a stock delivering a defensive 12 to 14 per cent per annum EPS growth." Buy, says the Independent.

Times are undoubtedly tougher at the Carphone Warehouse. Broadband growth is slowing as fewer people move house. But on 8.8 times forecast earnings, yielding 2.9pc, the shares look good value for the bold, long-term investor. Buy, says the Telegraph.

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