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Stas20 on 88e board .
15 Apr 2024 at 18:39
All the derampers
Anyone who thinks bulletin boards do not have bearing on shareholders needs to read more. In particularly those of nervous disposition who may not have not been investing / trading long, or that might be a little undecided in their purchase or, who admittedly, have not done as much research as perhaps they should, oh yes these people can be swung by the influence of others you don't have to convince the bigger fish, enough little ones in illiquid stock is often enough.
You should realise that bulletin boards are in effect, for the shorter's in particular, the PI's Carson block report. You need to learn a lot more about thought psychology, in fact its pretty hard to convince someone to buy, but its far far easier to convince someone to sell, indeed it is all part and parcel of why winners often sell out too soon and never realise the big gains of some risers and yet many, indeed most will hold far longer than perhaps they should, you can read the psychology of trading in many places, but interestingly people are often more fearful of losing gains than they are of racking up losses! Bulletin boards do hold influence and as such it stands to reason that if they hold influence over investors then ergo they hold influence over prices.
Https://hardmanandco.com/research/corporate-research/hardman-co-healthcare-index-5
Time pivot 1/3/24 AIM index value 741.31. Current AIM index value is below pivot.
A glance at the AIM chart will reveal that the index value first day of the calendar month, becomes the pivot for subsequent AIM chart movement, in the remaining calendar month.
7th March 2024 IG tiped this one.
Empire Metals was one of the best AIM stocks of 2023 – more to come?
Empire Metals ( EEE ) as top 2023 performer with more to come.
If you had bought at either 4p peak Nov 2020 or Jan 2021 you would of been 80% down at the 0.78p low Oct 2022.
At 13.4p on 11/1/24 that 4p if held 230% up.
1600% up if bought at 0.78p
7p now down 50% from the highs .
Dump losers , as quickly as possible , this one better if you topped when 80% down.
Jackson Wong PhD t GoodMoneyGuide.com.
In conclusion, when investing in AIM stocks, hold on to your winners for as long as possible to compound your returns. Your losers? Dump them, as quickly as possible.
Found this from March 2020 on Barc ( GCM )
Re Aim,
Today if you bought 20 Aim companies(having done due diligence) in say Tech,pharma and green focus and left them for 10 yrs you would need to be very unlucky not to do well.On average 14 will go bust ,4 will do average but 2 will do exceptionally well.
BUT one cannot look at or try and trade them for the 10yrs.
There in lies the problem,it is a very rare and exceptional human being that can do yet it sounds like a winner.Put simply, our emotional brain is far more dominant than our intellectual brain and there are 10 times more nerves going from our emotional brain to our intellectual brain .If I was younger I know it is what I should do but I would fail because as the song says" I am only human after all".
Good news site from Hong Kong
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1642368-20220404.htm?fbclid=IwAR3L6Dwz0MaVPmQqOggDRatbytIFK86-V1zsgsDxuamSalFyDM_YOjklnEM
5x5Croire posted this on UFO ( one of my 90% losses )
"From experience we know AIM investing takes research" he chose this ?
Today 14:12
RE: Has the 2020 retail bubble finally deflated
Would be interesting to know where the under 30's are investing. Quick bucks being made on BTC etc. Would seem many posting on here are over 50. Not likely we have much new blood investing here, apart from the short term traders, who vanish quickly with their x% profit. From experience we know AIM investing takes research, loads of luck and often being prepared to get back much less than invested. It's an educated gamble, especially in commodities sector.
GLA
Yahoo on Hemogenx ( but applies to all )
There's no doubt that money can be made by owning shares of unprofitable businesses. For example, although Amazon.com made losses for many years after listing, if you had bought and held the shares since 1999, you would have made a fortune. But while the successes are well known, investors should not ignore the very many unprofitable companies that simply burn through all their cash and collapse.
ARahim posted this on ECR on 13 Feb 2024 ....15:20
RE: Sp vs greedy MMs....
I don't think conspiracy theory can explain aim problems.
we are in the middle of a deep depression caused by:
1) Covid and the large amounts of money spent by gov's to keep people away from work. that caused inflation and forced central banks to restrict money supply to fight inflation.
2) the surging wars between USA and other parties in Ukraine, Palestine and probably china in the near future.
this caused extra costs on fuel and food and other goods.
in short, small companies in aim they are always banking on prosperity and expansion. but what they got is hard time and restrictions as larger companies are not willing to take more risk and invest in aim companies.
Gold prospecting and production companies are not affected by this depression as gold is always the last resort for investors.
Posted on this thread on UKOG bb. "Aim is a joke" 13/1/24.
Interesting replies after .
Another huge loss on VLS last week 10K was one of the 90% down hopeful bounce back ones in bottom draw .
I was looking at AIM1 ( 100 ) below.
The AXX ( All share ) not to much difference.
www.msn.com/en-gb/money/watchlist?tab=Markets&id=bk3wkr¬i=Price_Increase&p1src=market&iswl=0&skipAuth=true&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=bd0e6a82a374411499a01c45427317ad&duration=3M
This a better AIM chart .
Shows 31st August 2021 nearly back to high of 28/4/2006 .
Explains why I felt so flush in the run up to that Christmas .
Two years and 17 years ago.
Might be a wise buy from Octopus director this August below.
www.msn.com/en-gb/money/watchlist?tab=Markets&id=bk3wkr¬i=Price_Increase&p1src=market&iswl=0&skipAuth=true&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=bd0e6a82a374411499a01c45427317ad&duration=3M
News a director has bought £50,000 in this trust yesterday .
This was the RNS mid August 2023.
14/8/2023.
IN BRIEF: Octopus AIM VCT 2 suffers negative total return in half-year .
Octopus AIM VCT 2 PLC - venture capital trust investing in AIM-traded companies - Total return in six months that ended May 31 is negative 8.8%, compared to negative 20% a year earlier and negative 28% in all of financial 2022. Net asset value per share falls by 24% to 53.9 pence on May 31 from 70.5p a year before and by 13% from 61.6p on November 30. Cuts interim dividend by 14% to 1.8p from 2.1p.
The recent six months have been "a frustrating period for smaller company investors", the investment manager comments. "Good growth companies trading robustly have seen their share prices and ratings fall as investors have shied away from taking risks." Looking ahead: "The balance of the portfolio towards profitable companies remains, and the investment manager is confident that there will continue to be sufficient opportunities to invest our funds in good companies seeking more growth capital at attractive valuations which we expect will result in improved future returns."
The VCT holds 85 companies, down from 92 a year before.
Current stock price: last traded at 50.35p
FTSE AIM All-Share Value 689 .67 not quite as bad as covid lows .
But back at the May 2020 level .
End of August this year noted below index 742.35 and my main acc reflects this.
This I Posted in 1st March below. ( 2 months before my accident )
AIM -13% since 1996.
The small cap over the same period from 1996 ( Lydia ) has increased 200% .
It is the only Index never to return and pass a previous high, and far from it .
The AIM high was 10/3/200 when it spiked to 2541 ( 23 years ago )
Nearest it got after was 27/8/21. Just above half way back to 1281
Previously 28/4/2006 when index was 1257, 17years ago and 1/6/2007 when 1200 ,16 years ago .
This from an RNS in March 2023 from Tasty ( AIM listed restaurant company after swinging into a loss )
"We are living in very unpredictable times, both politically and economically, and these no doubt will continue to be factors in the performance of the group for the coming year."
Chilting Posted in: EQT Today.
RE: RNS Today
"The problem with AIM is that there will always be conflict between the BOD's and shareholders because of dilution.
The directors job is to grow the company by raising equity, but this is at odds with the shareholders wishing to keep value in their shareholding.
Underlying all this is the abject failure of the AIM index.
Compared to the FTSE 250 that has grown in value by 315% since 1996, AIM is down 27%. It seems that with a few notable exceptions its not until a company moves up to the main index that the SP really accelerates.
So basically AIM is just a punt - a series of small investments spread over multiple companies will probably give you one winner that will eventually deliver good returns but accept that many will end up like EQT in the doldrums for an extended period of years."
5th September 2023 TLW 39p .
13th September 35p down 6% today.
https://www.ii.co.uk/analysis-commentary/best-and-worst-aim-shares-first-half-2023-ii528470
Have large holding well down , would have to more then treble from 34p for me to break even .
Note "Bought these ( T ) 18/10/19 @ 145p
12/3/20 they were 7.55p "
Oil Price very high at the moment. Tullow (TLW) best oil play stock in the UK. Doesn't Pay windfall Tax.
Possible x2 x3 in short term if Oil stays high.
Sold some JSE today up 45%on the month ( 5% today ) so its volatile .
Today's Index
FTSE AIM All-Share Value 742.35
Change 1.14 (0.15%)
Open 740.82
High 742.71
Low 740.82
Yesterday's Close 741.21
52 Week High 889.82
52 Week Low 729
Copied this post from NicetoMichu on MATD site today.
Sadly AIM is indeed a barbaric game to play.. especially in last 2 years eg AIM ALL share index down Approx 45 % since Sept 2021.. pretty big ouch for me... and probably 90% of other players too, I'd guess..
Still, there's always hope for the future.. not least here.. and I'll likely be adding some back in due course here..
The performance of AIM in 2020 was an anomaly because it recovered faster than the FTSE 100 index. There is normally a lag with smaller companies following the recovery of larger companies, which tend to be more liquid. The Numis Smaller Companies Index, which includes smaller companies on the Main Market, is also lagging the performance of larger companies.
AIM Started 4/10/1996 and to date is down 26%
May 2023
https://www.ii.co.uk/analysis-commentary/have-aim-stocks-just-become-attractive-again-ii528029