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haha Thanks for clarifying SL, that's exactly what I thought about the reply I got from Nano when I had the temerity to ask them if a trading update was likely. "Yes" they said, "it is likely". In other words: FOB OFF! So the lighting page is technically "live" but basically completely out of date. They carefully framed their answer to supply you with a factually accurate reply while studiously ignoring the real question. Yes, we'd all prefer clear information from Nanoco. How anyone can persistently draw positive conclusions from such defensive behaviour is beyond me. Some people are glass all full.

His name is Loewy, not Loewe. He did design a lot of things, but the famous coca-cola bottle is fluted, not twisted, and he didn't design it, he was part of a team who worked on reshaping an existing design, which somewhat undermines claims that he is the "founder of industrial design". The shape was created by the Root glass company in 1916, based on the shape of the cocoa pod. http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/the-story-of-the-coca-cola-bottle https://ixquick-proxy.com/do/spg/show_picture.pl?l=english&rais=1&oiu=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscourse-cdn.global.ssl.fastly.net%2Fboingboing%2Fuploads%2Fdefault%2Foriginal%2F3X%2F5%2F7%2F571411f28968cd77945ede44f359ba9d168f0926.jpg&sp=be5beb96c628533902865088c82e67fd

I think you have to reevaluate ME's performance in the light of the latest deal, you can't really argue any more that he has no chops. Compare him against other nanomaterial companies, and he is starting to look like a survivor. He's shown us the rope-a-dope, now let's see if he can do the Ali shuffle...

And the Prudential Regulation Authority spends years twiddling its thumbs: http://www.lse.co.uk/ShareNews.asp?shareprice=PRU&code=o6wa7vgc&headline=British_insurers_demand_Bank_of_England_action_not_words_on_capital_rule

From those two articles SR sounds like BS. Chinese fairytales?

Well no-one will know unless the company announces it, but I'd say it's likely late next week. Market doesn't seem very excited about it (:

So what you are saying is that the "Material Development" is a material development? The sage of Bay City, Michigan says: " the boy with the cold hard cash Is always Mister Right" and "Only boys that save their pennies Make my rainy day, 'cause they are Living in a material world (material) Living in a material world"

Note that the closing price was 1958 on the day the article was published, so the estimated fair value at 10% higher would have been around 2154, lending yet more credence to the notion of significant long term undervaluation. This will hopefully be gradually eroded by the policy of increasing dividend yields, giving the shares the potential for pricing growth over and above the already impressive underlying profit growth.

An informative and positive piece from Stephen Simpson (from Jan 22nd): https://seekingalpha.com/article/4139186-prudential-plc-marrying-strong-growth-disciplined-capital-return?page=5

The Edison report points out that the 55% growth figure you use as comparison was a blip, as demonstrated by looking at the longer timescale, while the far more important underlying growth rate remains solid: http://www.gear4musicplc.com/media/1088/christmas-update-2017-g4m.pdf With the company year end just a week away, we can probably expect a trading update soon.

Other companies are embarrassed to be associated with naughty Nanoco - it's those kinky quantum dots they don't want anyone to know about.

Never made a mistake ?

Sorry, yes you are right TomE. The original link didn't work and I was commenting on the wrong article. Having said that they are remarkably similar, using identical stock phrases. They do credit two separate human beings with writing these, so maybe it's just a robotic house style, or they could be cyborgs?

"Thou hast seen nothing yet." (Chapter 11)

Rocket science - damn, you've cracked the secret Daltry - we all knew but didn't want to give it away: the new partner is SpaceX, the material being refractive paint for heat dispersion during re-entry. Seems obvious once you hear it, huh, I mean, it's not brain surgery. Oops.

While most people might put the massive price drop down to temporary market conditions affecting nearly all stocks, UBS seem to claim it as a vindication of their outlook. They suspect a (welcome) change in management focus, but think that more needs to spent on R&D: http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/191305/sage-no-longer-a-sell-now-that-reality-has-set-in-191305.html

PRU just a passenger on this house of horror ride. The prospect of earlier than expected rising interest rates which has spooked the market doesn't hold much terror for Pru profits. P/e currently almost exactly 14, and likely to dip lower at the finals, which are just 5 weeks away (14 March). Seems awfully cheap. Scream if you want to go faster. Mwahahahaha.

Prime minister visits China to talk up our service industries and the share price reacts like a dalek off a diving board.

Disappointing to see context and reason being deployed, frivolous distractions when we should be mocking the French. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42826028

"France continues to significantly underperform" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTp_7YbpmRo