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Joel Greenblatt, the hedge fund hero

Joel Greenblatt, the hedge fund hero

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by Frederik Vanhaverbeke In the latest of a series of articles for Master Investor Magazine, Frederik Vanhaverbeke, author of Excess Returns: A comparative study of the methods of the world’s greatest investors, looks at how some of the world’s greatest investors are so successful. If you just stick to buying good companies (ones that have…

Northcote Energy raises £2.8 million to advance Mexican ambitions
Northcote Energy planning to expand into Mexico

Northcote Energy raises £2.8 million to advance Mexican ambitions

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By Amy McLellan AIM micro-cap Northcote Energy has raised £2.8 million through a placing to new and existing investors, with the funds earmarked for its fledgling Mexican business. The placing shares, priced at a discount of 18.2 per cent to the prevailing market price, represent 20.77 per cent of the company’s issued share capital. Northcote…

Wednesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring Legal & General, Sainsbury’s, JD Wetherspoon, Boohoo.com and Aveva

Wednesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring Legal & General, Sainsbury’s, JD Wetherspoon, Boohoo.com and Aveva

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The Greek Government has avoided default for the time being after making a €200 million (£148.8 million) interest payment to the International Monetary Fund. However, a further €750 million (£550 million) is scheduled to be paid on the 12th May and it remains to be seen if this obligation will be met. Talks between Greece…

Solo Oil buys a stake in marginal field opportunities in Nigeria and updates on Horse Hill in the UK
Solo Oil signs a new deal in Africa

Solo Oil buys a stake in marginal field opportunities in Nigeria and updates on Horse Hill in the UK

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By Stewart Dalby Solo Oil has exchanged its shareholding in Pan Minerals oil & Gas AG for a direct holding of 15.9 per cent in Burj Petroleum Africa, a private UK company created with the purpose of involving itself in marginal field opportunities in Nigeria. Burj Africa and its partners, Global Oil & Gas and…

Prudent Chariot Oil & Gas cuts Board costs as it looks to conserve cash
Chariot Oil & Gas and offshore Morocco

Prudent Chariot Oil & Gas cuts Board costs as it looks to conserve cash

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By Amy McLellan Shares in AIM-quoted Chariot Oil & Gas were up more than six per cent on Tuesday as the company revealed it was serious about preserving cash. The Atlantic-focused explorer, which is no stranger to the highs and lows of the oil and gas roller-coaster, has announced that it will cut the remuneration…

Tuesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring HSBC, John Menzies, Aberdeen Asset Management and Just Eat

Tuesday’s Master Investor Market Report featuring HSBC, John Menzies, Aberdeen Asset Management and Just Eat

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Capital exodus from the UK – Investors have withdrawn an unprecedented $365 billion from the UK over the past 15 months. There are widespread concerns that the domestic political climate will turn sour in the aftermath of the General Election. During the month of March, outflows accelerated to $24 billion. The financial markets clearly anticipate…

Peter Lynch, Fidelity’s legendary portfolio manager

Peter Lynch, Fidelity’s legendary portfolio manager

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by Frederik Vanhaverbeke In the latest of a series for Master Investor Magazine, Frederik Vanhaverbeke, author of Excess Returns: A comparative study of the methods of the world’s greatest investors, looks at how some of the world’s greatest investors are so successful. The extravagance of any corporate office is directly proportional to management’s reluctance to…

LGO Energy’s new 2015 drilling campaign into the deeper zones of its Trinidad acreage continues the success achieved in 2014
LGO Energy drilling iin Triniidad

LGO Energy’s new 2015 drilling campaign into the deeper zones of its Trinidad acreage continues the success achieved in 2014

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By Stewart Dalby LGO Energy, which used to be called Leni Gas & Oil, intends to contiinue along the path it set out on in 2014 by drilling, in the new 2015 campaign, more wells into the deeper zones on its acreage in Trinidad. It has recently announced that well GY-672 spudded on April 15…

The Master Investor Market Report featuring Lloyds, Rentokil Initial, Pure Wafer and HaiKe

The Master Investor Market Report featuring Lloyds, Rentokil Initial, Pure Wafer and HaiKe

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New mortgage approvals dropped slightly to 61,341 during March, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. This disappointed analysts who had forecast a rise to 62,500. Net mortgage lending was flat at £1.8 billion and consumer credit grew to £1.2 billion as effective interest rates dropped. The CML’s Chief Economist Bob…

Anthony Bolton, the UK’s star investor

Anthony Bolton, the UK’s star investor

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by Frederik Vanhaverbeke In the latest of a series for Master Investor Magazine, Frederik Vanhaverbeke, author of Excess Returns: A comparative study of the methods of the world’s greatest investors, looks at how some of the world’s greatest investors are so successful. The biggest mistakes I’ve made over the years have nearly always been in…