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I am thinking of investing here. When do you guys anticipate further fund raising? their last one must be running out.
What are for you major plus points?

I would recommend IG and what I did as beginner was trade USA shares, there's no charge, no stamp duty just min of $90 purchase but i think you have to make 3+ trades per month. so you can buy for example coca-cola for $100 and sell for $101 if you want. you can' play with real money, make mistakes and treat it like a casino for a while. Have fun and be prepared for losses.

If I was CSH i would double the dividend to make shorters squirm, is that an option

If Shorters still have positions when dividend is due do they have to pay the dividend to owners of shares?

If you knock 20% of NAV that gives a SP of 87p. Previously because of rental yield it traded at a surplus to NAV so current share price seems about right, and a 20% reduction in NAV is a lot. Also I don't see how any regulator can force CSH to reduce rents especially if the tenants are paying, perhaps somebody who knows the sector can shed light on that.

From what I can make out the Directors have played the system but probably not in an illegal way. They discovered that rentals paid for vulnerable people were a ridiculously high yield on the normal purchase price of a property so what you do is buy a property at market value sell it at a price were the rent gives the 5%ish yield that we shareholders get and somehow ensure the profit in the uplift in property value goes to the Directors or their cousins. Now I don't think that is illegal but it has deprived the shareholders of more value but we invested for the 5% yield and that's what the Directors have given us. The system allows them a fat no risk profit in the middle. Good work if you can get it.
The thing is the underlying company is doing what it sets out to do and unless the Directors go to Jail should carry on doing the same for the next few years.
Given the low share price and current yield it's not a bad investment and the short pressure is keeping surplus funds going into share buy backs enhancing our value.
Dodgy Directors probably, questionable ethics you decide but there are plenty of 'immoral' businesses out there.

ok thanks, I don't really want to get into leverage trades. I just want the option to be able to profit from shares I think will fall unlike now where I can only profit from rises.

Thanks Lucy, I'm quite high risk and believe in doing and learning through mistakes so have been spreading investments lots of places/markets to see which suits me. Would appreciate more detail though, can CFD's be used for individual aim stocks? or just large well known shares like Lloyds etc? How do you short aim stocks? US listed shares?

Lucy, can you explain how you short these shares. I am new to stock investing and can't sell shares I don't have on my platform. How do you go about it. Thanks

Surely the vulnerable person will be housed by a housing association, maybe ultimately funded by council through housing beneifit. If a vulnerable person is housed they are unlikely to be evicted because of excessive rent. Also given there are questions over CSH overpaying for property then surely its a good thing they are not buying right now.
You never know the directors confronted with possible wrong doing maybe might pay for properties at market value which will increase future profits. and dilute the short attack on them.

I noted IC recommended buy at £2.80 back in June!
at 4% yield with 10% recovery more than easily achieved seems a good buy. Anyone know otherwise?

I am new to the world of public companies. Assume the directors are guilty of all allegations made against them (probable given lack of rebuttal), then what?
The company still exists with its properties even if directors are in jail, rent is still due. Can the company just soldier on? Can the board just be replaced with fit and proper people. Insights please.

thanks
i picked this up any relevance?
African Pioneer plc

….… the Botswana Projects are the subject of the Conditional Botswana Licence Sale Agreement described in the following paragraph.

The Botswana Projects have been acquired at an attractive purchase price of £350,000, as although unexplored, they are located in an highly prospective area for copper projects and it was the Company’s original intention to conduct an initial 18 month exploration work programme to assess the prospectively of the Botswanan Projects and assess the best way of developing them. However, whilst working on the Admission, the Company was approached by Sandfire Resources Limited, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and capitalised at approximately A$1 billion (“Sandfire”), who have a large established presence in the Kalahari Copperbelt, with a proposal to acquire the Botswanan Projects.

The Company has seen this as an opportunity for Sandfire to take over ownership and responsibility for the exploration stage of the Botswanan assets whilst allowing the Group to share in the potential upside should the exploration ultimately be successful in establishing a mineable reserve. Accordingly, on 12 March 2021 the Company entered into a conditional licence sale agreement with Sandfire (the “Conditional Botswana Licence Sale Agreement”) under which the Company Art 7, 3 Art 7, 4 (a) Art 7, 5 Art 7, 6 (a) Art 7, 4 (b) C-00096729 C-00090868 C-00090845 4 guaranteed the sale to Sandfire following Admission of all the Botswanan Licences in return for a payment at completion of the Conditional Botswana Licence Sale Agreement of US$1,000,000 with US$500,000 in cash and US$500,000 by the issue of 107,271 Sandfire Shares (which will not be subject to any trading restrictions).

Sandfire has the in-country infrastructure and technical expertise and financial resources to accelerate the rate of expenditure on the Botswanan assets by agreeing to fund a minimum of US$1 million of expenditure (compared to the Group’s 18 month budget of US$176,000) and the proceeds from the sale to Sandfire will allow the Group to concentrate its increased financial resources and its management capabilities on its remaining two projects in Namibia and Zambia. In addition, as part of the relationship with Sandfire, they have agreed to come in as a cornerstone investor into the Company making a US$500,000 investment in the Company as described in the following paragraph. The Conditional Botswana Licence Sale Agreement is conditional inter alia on ministerial consent and applicable competition approval in Botswana. Upon these conditions precedent being met the Botswana licences will no longer form part of the Group. However, if the conditions precedent of the Conditional Botswana Licence Sale Agreement are not met by the long stop date of 30 September 2021 or such later date as agreed by the parties then the Botswana licences will remain part of the Group. Separately, Sandfire has subscribed

Hi guys. am new to mtr and considering investing. Seems sandfire is biggest asset so why should i invest here rather than directly in sandfire. they pay 5% dividend and current price is under recent raise. what advantage does mtr have over direct investment in mtr?

Can anybody outline what could happen in t a worst case scenario? What would be the worst case scenario? the directors in jail (presumably replaced) Rent would still be due and I can't see vulnerable people losing their homes. Rent withheld by local authorities? is that possible? Directors found to have siphoned off benefit for themselves. Would they be forced to repay?
The company still has rent paying tennants so what if share price drops. Comments appreciated

Do people still think the dividend will be paid as normal in November?

given general public hold 38% of shares, institutions 30%, VC/private equity21% and insiders 7% how do people view that effect on share price? should their be more insitutions?

Surely this is good as i understand they are borrowing in local currency which could devalue and shareholders not asked for more money. Also local commitment to venture is increased. what do others think?

So in your opinion what is the major plus of Pensana. Its Angola operation or its plant on Humberside and its potential?

I must admit the concern over inflated NAV has put me off investing. How can we get a true valuation of NAV?