The Easter weekend’s Investors Chronicle Company Index reinforced my view that there are myriad investment opportunities for the investor with both the nerve and liquidity.

The index designated 42 individual companies as “buys” compared with only four “sells” – yet there was no big feature saying that now is the time to buy – indeed, the opposite message was conveyed with articles such as “Don’t chase relief rallies”, “After the Meltdown there could be worse to come”, and so on.