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The Co-Operative Bank has announced details of their revised plans for “recapitalisation” of the bank, which is a euphemism for rescuing it from potential bankruptcy. In effect the…
Read moreI was at the Annual General Meeting of Ideagen yesterday (a full report is here), and happened to talk to one of the advisors present about recent events…
Read moreGlobo, RM and Tesla – what’s the connection? You will see. Globo managed to get their name mentioned in the Financial Times yesterday as coming “under pressure after…
Read moreNews today on three companies in financial difficulties. Hibu (formerly Yell) have announced that they have received a requisition for a general meeting of the company, which they…
Read moreIf interest rates rise, what will typically happen to bond prices? That was a question posed to 30,000 US adults according to a report in the FT today.…
Read moreThere was a very intelligent letter in the FT today from a Dr Alex May. To quote: “I fear the sale will distort public perception of investing in…
Read moreNo sooner had I completed an article for the latest ShareSoc newsletter on the wisdom of fund manager Harry Nimmo, with whom I had discussed Renishaw at the…
Read moreSome ShareSoc members are very disappointed that they will not get any shares in the Royal Mail flotation because they subscribed for more then £10,000 worth. These are…
Read moreAbbey Protection (ABB) is an AIM listed insurance company with a current market cap of £115m. The shares have traded between 116p to 122p in the last…
Read moreYesterday was the Annual General Meeting of Standard Life UK Smaller Companies Trust and those who like investing in small cap stocks would have found it useful to…
Read moreCity of London Investment Group (CLIG) – a confusing AGM today I’ll try to tell you briefly “the way it was” to paraphrase the CEOs introduction to his…
Read moreLast night a new series of TV programmes called “Robert Peston Goes Shopping” was launched on the BBC. It told the story of how a few individuals changed…
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