Evil Diaries

MP Evans: Another bid seems to be the proverbial no-brainer

Perhaps ten years ago I first considered the Far Eastern plantations covering palm oil - MP Evans (LON:MPE) in Malaysia…

Vietnam is strikingly attractive to investors

The most interesting article over the weekend was offered by Richard Buxton in the SunTel business section. He pointed out…

Orosur Mining: Palpably a buy at 20p or less

Ignacio Salazar called by at Drayton Gardens on Monday afternoon and, as promised, I bearded him on Orosur (LON:OMI) getting…

The FCA is useless

J-C Juncker thinks the EU should be "intransigent" towards Britain. Be it noted that the EU does not however feel…

I am going (yet again) for gold

My wife and I know Alan and Gina Miller (pictured). Gina is better known in some circles as Mrs Wham…

Marmitegate: I cannot see why Unilever must sell to Tesco

I may be missing something but I cannot for the life of me begin to see why Unilever (LON:ULVR) must…

Follow the chairman and buy sterling

Yesterday was my 70th Birthday. My wife and I were joined by our very longstanding chum Anthony Rentoul, who is…

It’s the end of Trump

I have been slightly delayed this morning through having spent an hour at the gym woking out on the punch…

Wait another fortnight on Mitie

Philip Hammond is giving the market a boost today. Clearly, someone in HM Treasury reckons the gilts market will stand…

October has got October written all over it

I went short Canadian dollars yesterday and, this morning, shorted Japanese yen at 100.78 (i.e. bought it versus USD) on…