Evil Diaries

The Evil Diaries: The BBC, Lord Sewel, Polo and Gold

As is well known the BBC is fairly left wing and therefore has great difficulty understanding anything to do with…

The Evil Diaries: “head for the funny farm”

Apparently the miners capitulated on Friday evening. If so, punters should write Glencore (GLEN) puts (that is what the chairman…

The Evil Diaries: Beximco Pharma, Madagascar Oil and Globo

Beximco Pharma (BXP) reported this morning on the half year to 30th June 2015. They are a really strong set…

The Evil Diaries: Apple, Mothercare and Totally

The chairman told me about Apple (AAPL on Nasdaq) before the results and that he was short. The chairman has…

The Evil Diaries: “Strange but true”

It really is this simple. Even if you, dear reader, are national chairman of Attila The Hun is Tops party…

The Evil Diaries: World Acceptance, Afren, Daniel Stewart and Proxama

I know there are difficulties in shorting World Acceptance (WRLD on Nasdaq) here in London but yet another executive director…

The Evil Diaries: Greek Travails, Home Capital Group and Pantheon

Goldman Sachs declare that from hereon Greece's travails will not influence markets anything like as much as they have in…

The Evil Diaries: “Plus ca change”

The starting salaries of some British workers: Soldier £17,900, Firefighter £21,500, Nurse £21,700, Teacher £22,000, Policeman £23,300 and, finally, London…

The Evil Diaries: “Foxtons, China and World Acceptance”

I asked a property dealer what he thinks of Foxtons (FOXT) and got the following: "In London most Estate Agents…

The Evil Diaries: “King Canute and the Channel 4 News”

Clearly, the Chinese authorities have taken leave of their senses. King Canute demonstrated to his Court that resisting the tide…