Evil Diaries

Savour Just Eat’s tasty share price while it lasts

Just Eat (LON:JE.) at 530p is capitalised at around £3.6bn and has virtually negligible tangible assets. The gap is hope…

Beximco Pharma is on a roll

It is very striking that Beximco Pharma (LON:BXP) keeps forging ahead. It is now 87.5 taka on the Dhaka Stock…

The Tooting Fusspot surfaces

Thank goodness that Christmas is over. It is an absurdly long compulsory break. As Christopher Fildes pointed out thirty years…

Magic can hang around for longer than is convenient

MP Evans (LON:MPE) surprises me. It was always known that KLK would fail at the first acceptances stage with their…

More trouble at Mitie

I got an unusual telephone call from a longstanding contact in the market yesterday evening. He drew my attention to…

It’s the way you sell ’em

It's the way you sell 'em: some readers may recall my remarking that Duckers, 6 The Turl, Oxford and shoemakers…

The Italians do not vote every day

Since the chairman had told me to go short the Euro (this is an emotional, if sound, twitch of his)…

No hint of scandal at IG

After the great spreadbettor sector slump I stayed short of Plus500 (LON:PLUS) since I decided long ago that they are…

The FCA’s spreadbetting shake-up is long overdue

Initially this morning, I saw Plus500 (LON:PLUS) collapse. The accompanying RNS covered a disposal of 6m+ shares by JP Morgan.…

Spifflicated at Richmond

I got spifflicated at Richmond. I only note it by way of completeness. However, we can all make mistakes as…