RE: ABSOLUTELY TRANSFORMATIONAL26 May 2026 10:38
really sorry to see what's happened to shareholders here, i was in this big (relative to my income at the time) when james parsons held numerous investor meets in s****y london addresses. he literally said to one small group gathered around after the presentation that sound energy would pay off their mortgages once the tendrara drilling results come in. they showed graphics of flaring going on in the desert 'implying' that gas was present and they were just sorting out the data before releasing the plan to market. for those around in those days, you'll remember the stupid pr jolly on the thames boat and lots of promises of company sales and riches to come. the reality turned out to be far from what was 'implied'.
for what it's worth, and without mentioning other companies, i would urge any younger/newer investors to completely avoid these pr lifestyle companies, the odds of actually buying in when the price runs up are slim to none in all but a few companies. nobody can tell the actual odds but all in all if you put £10k into an aim company in its infancy with all the pr going on, you'll lose £9.9k of it if you don't take profit when it's available. you will see the boards of these companies flooded with talk of rockets, to the moon, be in it to win it, wouldn't want to be out of this over the weekend, this placing is history now, buying opportunity, fully funded, rumours of a takeover etc, if you see any of this and you're in profit, take it and wait for the inevitable crash.
someone will always use the one or two lucky stocks that went big and everyone made money at that particular moment in time, but that mountain is littered with thousands of corpses who got wiped out on the way up and funnily enough they can't shout from the mountain top (survivorship bias). we all like an exciting gamble, but the sooner you accept that aim investing is actually gambling, the sooner you 'should' realise that you would be best to severely restrict the amount of money you put in. sometimes the best way to get rich is slowly, drip a small amount each month into something that produces and sells a product and has willing buyers in all markets. gamble if you must on these aim stocks but honestly, unless you're very lucky, you will nearly always lose far more than you win.
those who stay invested get destroyed, those who take profit survive. if you're sat there gutted looking at losses, you can make them back, it will just take time, remember how you feel and don't ever say 'this is different' the next time you're in profit on an aim stock that isn't yet selling anything, it can and will happen again. good luck all.