6th March 17
On 2 December 2016, this blog focused on the prospects for twenty one company stocks across a wide range of business activities – adopting the premise that a prime driver of any share price is ...
Read More27th February 17
It’s more far more important not to lose money than to make money and that is a lesson which is unfortunately either not fully understood or just ignored by most. Portfolio preservation ...
Read More27th February 17
Investment in listed company shares should always be undertaken with a full appreciation of the inherent risks and with a long term (of let’s say between 5 and 10 years) perspective. While diff...
Read More20th February 17
Welcome back to part 2 of this report – (if you missed the first part, you can view it in my earlier blog) Stop following the herd The first and most important thing in this process a...
Read More13th February 17
We all know that the stock market is a truly weird and wonderful arena, full of surprises, unexpected turns and dare I say it, heart-stopping moments. It’s where dreams are made and shattered i...
Read More13th February 17
It is a reasonable assumption that most of the readers of this blog are investors in the UK stock market or are interested in following developments in the corporate world, perhaps as prospective inv...
Read More3rd February 17
There’s no sign of a Leicester City-like ‘upstart’ challenging for the English Premier League this season, but football results over the past week have delighted the neutral spectat...
Read More26th January 17
Against a backdrop of seeing sterling rally further – post PM Theresa May’s advice that she would produce a Brexit paper outlining plans for leaving the European Union….. and ev...
Read More20th January 17
This week’s economic news indicates that the UK economy is performing well, and certainly a lot better than many supposed-experts had predicted back in June when Brexit was being contemplated. ...
Read More19th January 17
Dear Investor, As somebody who has been trading in the stock market for more than 20 years, I have seen quite a few changes in my time, some good and some bad. However, the problem is that more...
Read More10th January 17
A number of managerial casualties in the football industry, both rumoured and actual, have dominated the sports pages in the first few days of 2017. As every football fan knows, the only certainty ab...
Read More5th January 17
As promised in the previous article, which highlighted the volume national house builder Bellway , this blogs wishes to focus on a second company share which offers the prospect of being upwardly re...
Read More3rd January 17
Well, 2016 came – surprised, delighted, disappointed, brought joy, delivered sadness – and went very quickly. Leaving aside personal experience, most financial commentators would agree th...
Read More23rd December 16
It has been another week of dramatic news headlines – dominated by terrorist and military atrocities in Germany, Iraq, Turkey, the Yemen and, inevitably, Syria. By contrast, hard headed i...
Read More14th December 16
Stock exchange listed companies are obliged to advise investors of the prime risks which could adversely impact their business within their annual report and accounts. Believers in some degree of &ls...
Read More2nd December 16
Rather than looking back at past performance, this month’s review is taking a look forward. Having followed the fortunes of a list of industry leaders over the past year, we are now focusing on...
Read More14th November 16
While there is money to be made from investing in share placements, there are also a lot of associated risks if you don’t know what to look for. Below, I’ve highlighted some of the key qu...
Read More8th November 16
Beyond the company, who is, of course, the star of the show, there are a number of key players working behind the scenes to ensure a placement comes off smoothly. Given you might not be aware of just...
Read More27th October 16
One year on from our initial ‘Identify and run with your winners’ blog, this article looks at both last month’s news and at significant developments affecting performance over the p...
Read More27th October 16
Before the 2015 general election, the department for Business, Innovation & Skills, then presided over by the Rt Hon Vince Cable MP, had a section devoted to improving private investor rights and...
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