RE: Machinations of a market14 Jun 2023 13:41
Gje, my experience of AIM is not AIM, but the companies on AIM.
These tend to be higher risk smaller companies. This in turn typically meaning that if they get it right the SP can appreciate faster and higher than other index's.
Because of the nature of higher risk it by definition means that positive outcomes are less certain.
This index because of the companies it attracts, will also therefore attract individuals with higher risk appetites.
So the cause and effect is generated by the stock first and then that attracts the type of investor who generate what you see as unnecessary volatility.
When you say " Better to buy now than wait until 150!" Well, only if it goes to 150p.
Even if it does go to 150p, what if then its completely de-risked on news that propels it to 150p? Would it not be better to wait until that 150p price is reached rather than gamble that the SP won't fall any further? (Back to risk appetite.)
The fact you make that statement indicates to me, on the face of it, that you are a typical AIM investor, willing to gamble on big returns before the outcome is known, concentrating exclusively on the upside and minimising the chance or any scenario of failure.
I have recently brought up the LFT test not as a direct comparison to the current trial but simply as an example that you should not take as gospel what AVCT say and what this BB believes, to the detriment of any other view because there is factual evidence that for all the RNS's, the Paul Hill interviews, the ink signing of Elite Sports clubs, the "Exquisite Test" being the best in the world and all of the news to date (at that time) was positive (or very positive) and yet, it commercially failed.
This is the type of Company that AIM attracts, whereby Directors seem to be able to say what they like without any comeback. Thats the risk of buying AIM stocks, not the punters it attracts, that's just the by-product.
And the bottom line still is... don't buy any more than you can comfortably afford to lose, because then none of it matters. The fact people don't, shows you how powerful the gambling drug is.