RE: Parity6 Mar 2019 18:52
Ah I see the confusion. Yes the USA division was sold last year, but it is still listed on the Nasdaq. When a stock is dual listed across two markets, the SP should be as close as possible to prevent arbitrage (buying stock on one market and selling it on another). Until the 8th April stocks are not transferable across the two markets so the stocks do not need to run parallel so the disparity will not correct itself. The reason we are focused on the Nasdaq (requivalent to roughly 20p per share) is that it is currently over three times the value of the LSE (possibly due to City Financial selling away its holdings which is keeping the SP down (that is a guess of mine, not fact)) so when the 8th happens, the stocks should meet somewhere. If the Nasdaq has strong support at a high level we should rise to meet it; that is why it's important the Nasdaq stays up. That is my appraisal of the situation; I am not saying the stock WILL do this or WILL do that but that is why I personally am holding at 4pps. Happy to show my workings out;.