RE: 2 reasons for sell off14 Feb 2019 16:09
Scooby.... am no armchair expert as suggested, just merely throwing some thoughts for debate. I draw on experience of many years and have seen how Executives and major investors act. You may disagree, as some clearly do.but it is clear Cluff will need to raise funding one way or another eventually, and yes as Dick...knows equity for funds is not unusual and therefore anything regarded as theory is not strange at all.
It has been stated MS is hedging his bets. Apart from not knowing the average share value of his existing 10%, why should he increase his holding by almost 2%. Just look at the timing of the latest aquisition in relation to the RNS involving Shell. It has reasonably been suggested the existing Cluff Execs do not have the expertise to run an Oil Co. and that Algy is probably ready to hang up his boots. Scooby as you have stated back-room deals happen all the time. Is it conceivable a position is being engineered to enable a take-over which, hopefully, will not disadvantage small PI's?