Share bashers14 Jul 2021 18:48
Interesting post on the BMN board this morning (now removed) about share bashers, a fellow purported to have worked for a Hedge Fund in London recently as a share basher, according to the post 4 persons were employed to bash particular shares on a daily basis, they were paid a daily rate and had bonuses should the share price fall or if one of their bashing posts was responded to keeping it at the top of the thread, the were also other incentives.
The poster was very precise and actually named the aliases used on LSE, there were 6 accounts in operation at any one time. The posters were divided into various categories i.e. plain basher, subtle basher, alleged former shareholder who was 'worried' over the said company and the analyst type who would find negative country related links from the web or negative press about the company.
The quality of the post was very good, I have had contact with a number of city folk over the years and none deny this type of operation exists. There is no doubt in my mind the poster was genuine.
Looking at this thread and the share price performance of Centamin I would respectfully suggest the company has been made a target of a short operation. As with all short positions they have to close, usually ahead of news of if there is fear of a commodity price rebound.
The weak often capitulate unfortunately.