The recent market weakness, driven by nervousness about the health of the economy and tax-related selling, may have inadvertently exposed some quality minnows with the potential to do well in the new financial year.

Stocks that are holding up well against the downbeat market trend are usually the ones with the strongest business models and brightest outlooks – and this is especially true for microcaps given that they are usually less well understood and seen to be risky propositions.