Evil Knievil

The Evil Diaries: Flash! Ah-ahhhh!

The Evil Diaries: Flash! Ah-ahhhh!

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I am the custodian of the racing colours and thought I’d let the chairman have a look at his. Here they are modelled by my London-based grandson, Flash. The alternative was for me to model the colours where I am not quite small enough. Flash is a member of Chiswick Rugby Football Club and is…

The Evil Diaries: “Prices move in a mysterious way”

The Evil Diaries: “Prices move in a mysterious way”

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First out of the Christmas stocking was a copy of Sir Kingsley Amis’s Everyday Drinking. This was published in 2008 by his literary estate but comprises newspaper articles from another age perhaps about 1972 to 1985 and one can check this readily enough since he refers to the £1 bottle of wine or some such…

The Evil Diaries: “You could knock me over with a feather”

The Evil Diaries: “You could knock me over with a feather”

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You could knock me over with a feather but, astonishingly, the arbitration court has ruled against Oxus (OXS). Well, that’s £60,000 down the drain. An uncertain business. ***** I wish I knew how to monitor sales at Fevertree (FEVR), now 595p. This is surely staggeringly overrated. But it’s a bold bunny that shorts it here.…

The Evil Diaries: Getting stuck into Watchstone

The Evil Diaries: Getting stuck into Watchstone

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I tried to get stuck into Watchstone (WTG) first thing this morning. I was half hoping for 100p in contrast to the 70p at which they were suspended last week. In the event I paid as much as 197p. I did so reckoning that these are worth 300p right now and in due course 500p…

The Evil Diaries: Sports Direct, Beximco Pharma, Pantheon and Concha

The Evil Diaries: Sports Direct, Beximco Pharma, Pantheon and Concha

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I have lately reflected upon the show trial result that has seen Tom Hayes languishing in Lowdham Grange prison, Nottinghamshire as a consequence of the staggering sentence of 14 years for manipulating the Libor rate. Anyone would think that he had personally taken the profit as opposed merely to seeing his bonus enhanced. Further, I…

The Evil Diaries: “Dining rights for life”

The Evil Diaries: “Dining rights for life”

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I/my family own c. 250,000 Watchstone (WTG). Latish yesterday it emerged that a firm of solicitors, styled Your Legal Friend (hem hem), have submitted a claim against Watchstone for, essentially, the consequences of the actions of a previous board. WTG advise that the claims come to £9.4m and that they will in any event be…

The Evil Diaries: Watchstone, Orosur, Proxama and Mulberry

The Evil Diaries: Watchstone, Orosur, Proxama and Mulberry

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I am told that Watchstone (WTG), formerly Quindell, are in Court this afternoon with a view to getting permission to distribute the 90p a share as scheduled in the RNS of 9th November. I can’t see such permission being denied. So I bought another 50,000 WTG at 97p. I do not know how Hymex and…

The Evil Diaries: “I suppose they think this is comic”

The Evil Diaries: “I suppose they think this is comic”

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A long-time reader of the Diaries draws my attention to the following decision letter issued by the Financial Ombudsman. In essence the borrower, a Mrs H, an accountant no less and acquainted with finance (it is said), borrowed £90,000 to buy a duff property investment in Bulgaria (as one does). The mortgage broker has been…