Evil Diaries

A bid on the way at William Hill?

Until last weekend I summarised to myself that Barnier and Juncker's line was that since we declined to be governed…

Aberdeen Anguish

A day in the life of a fund manager: the chairman emailed early yesterday with the pithy advice that something…

Zuma should head straight to jail

The SFO have formally charged Barclays over the dealings with Qatar about ten years ago. I asked a partner in…

Elon Musk has sublimated to the land of pure fantasy

Seeking Alpha offered a coruscatingly sceptical commentary (9th February) on Elon Musk's latest analysts' conference where the subject was the…

It’s a funny old world

Sheer professionalism: when the SFO cooked up charges against the Tesco 3, I thought that that would be difficult. But,…

What’ll he say when Wall Street goes down?

I just had to buy Bitcoin this morning since Lloyds Bank banning its customers from using their credit cards so…

Yes, it’s that bad

Capita (LON:CPI) updated the market this morning with an RNS on "transformation, capital structure, funding and trading outlook". As I…

A residual sense of romance

I have long previously decided that the sole purpose of most financial institutions is to rip off the public. However,…

Evil Knievil: Musk has got chutzpah

I am sure the Dorchester sensibly seek to distance themselves from the shenanigans at The Presidents Club's function, since although…

Capita looks vulnerable in the wake of Carillion’s collapse

At this stage nobody knows how much wreckage will emerge from the liquidation of Carillion (LON:CLLN). But far-sighted hedgies are…