Better day today with no news... FTSE250 in the red but AML sitting at the top of the Risers table at 5% blue. Positive Bond issue news coming some I hope and as you say borrowing £840m to pay off short term notes with a higher interest rate is very sensible. I think we've got a positive 12 months in front of us for the SP and the only question is when it will rise to 62p+ as the new bottom. And it is when rather than if!
That was strange... SP jumped to 55p briefly and then back down again a bit to 53p... News that the £840m has been fully subscribed today would be very helpful!
Constantly referring back to historic performance when the management has completely changed and new money/investment is involved has no relevance on the future performance of the business or the SP so I can only summise that you're shorting this stock and want the SP to go south.
The reasons I'm invested in AML are as follows; Beautiful cars! Lawrence Stroll is in at 50p and I'm working on the principal that he wants to make some money. Toto Wolff is in at around 50p and he's a very astute investor. Vettel is in at around 50p and I can't see him wanting to throw money down the drain. Stroll is bringing in his wealthy friends with the latest investment and people with money want to make more money. They don't want to lose it! They are raising £840m in bonds which mature in 2027 (I think?) to pay off the more expensive bonds that mature in 2022. Very sensible imo. The reviews on the DBX have been great with the exception of Clarkson (who let's face, it hates any SUV). Clarkson himself is an acquired taste! MB buying in (up to 20%) over the next couple of years and providing AML with their EV and Hybrid tech is a game changer and negates the need for AML to spend tens of millions developing their own tech. Amazing brand (James Bond for goodness sake) The earliest I can get my hands on a new DBX in late February 2021 and I've worked in Automotive at a senior level for 30 years and know a lot of people which means they are selling well. When I ordered my McLaren 650S in 2015 I was able to get one within 10 days when the dealerships were quoting a 4 month lead time to everyone else! Not trying to show off but just making the point that DBX is clearly in demand. Once the £840 bond issue has been fully subscribed/successful then this will start to move northwards but imo it will be next year before we see a SP in 3 figures.
So markets around the world have been red all week... all down again so far this morning. Arguably the most turbulent place to be right now is in the US with huge numbers of people being diagnosed with Covid everyday and an election within days yet the US markets were blue yesterday...? WTF?
I just couldn't help myself... Sold all my shares yesterday at around 58p (missed the highs of 63-64p :-(( )
Was adamant I was going to sit it out until after next weeks elections but when it dropped to 52.6p earlier it was just too big a pull so I'm back in with over 200,000 shares again and just going to sit it out until we reach a nice number!
RE: Position tidying up this morning29 Oct 2020 09:05
My guess is that this is going to bobble around current SP until the $1b Junk bond Sale is concluded on Friday. If that's successful then the SP will take off next week and get us to where we should be... IMO...