Evil Diaries

The Evil Diaries: “I’ll take my chances”

The life president of the Work Cancellation Foundation, Jim Mellon, was in touch this morning and readily persuaded me to…

The Evil Diaries: “Talk about hope value”

I saw that KKR had chucked out perhaps 25% of the equity of Pets At Home (PETS) a few days…

The Evil Diaries: “A clear case of Grrrrrrrrrrrrr….”

I was startled by the Foxtons (FOXT) story of a £42m refund to clients through deemed taking of hidden commissions.…

The Evil Diaries: “If it were not so sad it would be hugely comical”

If it were not so sad it would be hugely comical. But HM Treasury decided to grab the money and…

The Evil Diaries: Protective Aggrandisement

For those such as myself who are sceptical about Foxtons (FOXT) what follows here is hardly a surprise. However, for…

The Evil Diaries: “I am staying short Trinity Mirror”

The chairman of Burnbrae Media Limited, better known as The Debonair One, has been on this morning about the bond…

The Evil Diaries: “What I seek is scandal or sex”

Late on Friday last, GCM (GCM) offered two RNSs. The first was the advice that GCM had borrowed £3m for…

Evil Knievil on Proxama (PROX)

After yesterday's comment on Proxama (PROX), I decided that it would be helpful to expand the comments so that readers…

The Evil Diaries: “are we not coming to the end of the great junior resources stock bear market?”

Following up on my short USD/EUR comment yesterday a reader comments: "I am sure that you are aware of this,…

The Evil Diaries: “I either write off the lot or make perhaps five or ten times that amount”

Right now there are approximately 1.09 USD to the Euro. A source whom I respect and trust came on overnight…