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With the AGM season now in full swing, it’s worth pointing out that ShareSoc makes available many useful reports on such meetings. These are available to all ShareSoc…
Read moreShareSoc has covered the case of Blinkx in previous reports. Yesterday Prof. Edelman spoke at the UK Investor Show. He was given a 45 minute session, but spent…
Read moreWith the attack by the Government on annuities in the budget and the revelation that the FCA is to look into the treatment of some policyholders such as…
Read moreBlinkx has today published an extended rebuttal of the allegations against the company made in a blog a few weeks ago. Those allegations called into question the ethics…
Read moreThe prices of shares in energy supply companies such as SSE and Centrica fell sharply last year after Labour threats to impose a price freeze for retail customers.…
Read moreLeaf Clean Energy (LEAF) is an investment trust that specialises in “renewable energy and sustainable technology”. It raised $386 million in 2007 but subsequently bought back some of…
Read moreThe Oxford Technology VCT (OXT) and Oxford Technology 3 VCT (OTT) have announced that HMRC has withdrawn their VCT status. This has been done because one of the…
Read moreThe Oxford Technology VCT (OXT) and Oxford Technology 3 VCT (OTT) have announced that HMRC has withdrawn their VCT status. This has been done because one of the…
Read moreThe new Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act requires public companies to take a vote on Remuneration Policy, i.e. a forwarded looking binding vote for the next three years, as…
Read moreWhy are stock market analysts forecasts so varied? Or to put it another way, why are they so useless as a reliable predictor of the future? This question…
Read moreThe Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust has announced that the management fees paid to Baillie Gifford are to be reduced. They are coming down from 0.32% to 0.30% of…
Read moreStop losses are a way that many investors use to limit the downside risk on stock market investments. They help to counter the “loss aversion” psychological trait that…
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