The share price of Reece (ASX:REH) – Australia’s biggest supplier of plumbing and bathroom products – has outperformed the broader market for many years. Encouragingly, the company recently reported healthy trading during the COVID-19 period. With renovation activity forecast to rise over the next 12 months, I think this is definitely a business that investors should be watching.

In December 2019, my colleague Gary Rollo, wrote “Is PointsBet Holdings worth a bet?” and the answer to this question was well and truly put to bed last Friday.

With more than six months of COVID-19 disruptions behind us, there have been some clear winners emerging as a result of changes in spending patterns and the shift to online. One such business has been Redbubble – a growing online marketplace providing print-on-demand products based on user-submitted artwork.

While small company shares demonstrate greater volatility than big company shares, over longer time frames they tend to deliver higher returns. Over the short-term they can involve more risk because of their lower liquidity, their sensitivity to management’s decision-making and their sensitivity to general economic conditions.