Identifying next year's growth sectors

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With demand exceeding supply, strong pricing power and the Government increasing spending on infrastructure, construction companies are likely to be some of the best performing growth stocks in the coming year

This Christmas, investors will be asking Santa for only one thing ' that a change of year brings about a change of fortune. During 2002, expectations of a sustainable global economic recovery have been left unfulfilled, accounting scandals have called into question the authenticity of published profit figures and now prospects of war in the Middle East have added to market uncertainty. The result of all this is that equity markets are heading for their third consecutive year of declines. Within the current investment environment that we are now experiencing, picking the right stocks ha...

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