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Last night was the latest annual meeting for investors in the Fundsmith Equity Fund. It was another good performance by Terry Smith on the night, and of course…
Read moreMore details were announced this morning of the proposed merger between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Deutsche Börse. Is this really a “merger of equals”, as it…
Read moreI covered the position of Earthport (EPO) in the last ShareSoc Informer Newsletter in an article under the headline “Can these real dogs recover?”. The article covered several…
Read moreBack in August 2015, I commented on the high discount at which Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust traded – about 38% at that time. I subsequently wrote to the…
Read moreIt was announced this morning that Katherine Garrett-Cox is to leave Alliance Trust. She had previously been demoted to be Chief Executive of its subsidiary, Alliance Trust Investments,…
Read moreHere’s a very brief report on the AGM of Finsbury Growth and Income Trust (FGT) held yesterday (4/2/2016) – there is a much longer one here. This very…
Read moreAs I commented on the proposed acquisition of Home Retail by Sainsbury in previous blog posts (as a shareholder in the latter) here’s some on this mornings announcement.…
Read moreOne of the things that annoys private investors is when a company does a placing of shares. This can be for a number of reasons such as the…
Read moreIf there are any private investors still invested in major UK listed banks, last week (w/e 30/1/2016) was yet another for disillusionment. In the Financial Times, Lex hit…
Read moreAs a follow up to my blog post on the possible Sainsbury/Home Retail deal yesterday, here are some comments on the Home Retail Group trading statement issued this…
Read moreSainsbury published their Third Quarter Trading Statement this morning (13/1/2016) and they have also published a document arguing the merits of their possible bid for Home Retail Group…
Read moreSainsbury have announced today (5/1/2016) that they may be making an offer for Home Retail Group (the owners of Argos and Homebase) although their first approach in November…
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