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bigbench, totally agree, take a look how the directors have treated shareholders over at MPM.
they should be strung up.
one day, these dodgy types will get on the wrong side of a drug lord.
No risk no reward. AIM is a casino. Lose big or win big. That’s the gamble. Never risk what you can’t afford to lose init. Simple as that
The AIM has always been wild and the warnings have been there for many a year.... There are some very dodgy, unscrupulous conmen disguised as Directors on AIM but there are also some decent ones who just want to grow their companies in a decent way. The reason most are here is because its high reward... 30-70-100's % can be had in a day and more if your lucky... Greed and fear are in control here.
I once read that AIM is for traders, ant LTH is actually a trapped trader. I tend to agree. You get the odd jem on AIM, but most are like this, we are physically trapped by delisting which is horrible, however many sit at such huge losses they are trapped. There are some articles about AIM that are decent reads, they basically say it isn't stable, nor investing and won't last much longer. I have made and lost lots on here, paper and actuals. I enjoy AIM (ish) but i'm not convinced it is really investing, I think it is gambling but with a loss, unlike a loss on a horse you always feel it can rise back up again.
I've noticed that there are an enormous amount of investors on AIM that are frankly appalled with the performance of their investments, SP, CEO's, Boards etc.etc.
This was the last AIM share I bought and will be the last I hold as it's apparent performance of AIM companies and share price is nothing short of abysmal.
A recent report in the US that was commented on by Vincent Deluard (Director Strategy at INTL FCStone) shows exactly the problem with investing in junior markets. The report demonstrated that in the Russell 2000 (a similar small-cap market to AIM) A third of companies make no profit at all and worse than this 18% of companies reported that in 15 out of the last 16 quarters they reported losses, that's loss after loss after loss in at least 15 out of 16 quarters. What makes this a whole lot worse is when you put this in context of the economic environment these companies are operating in, that being the lowest tax rules since the end of WWII and the lowest unemployment rate also since the end of WWII coupled with the lowest interest rates in 5,000 years !! and still a third of these companies can't turn a profit and in fact there has been an explosion of debt per share by 3-4x since 2011. This flags that even in spite of such favourable conditions companies on these junior markets still can't make a profit. Many macro-economic commentators are expecting a major market correction and under these circumstances these companies will be mowed down and consigned to history.
Investing in junior markets is very dangerous under such circumstances. Play safe and don't be over exposed would be my sentiment.