The Evil Diaries: “when the squaddies choose the generals”
About forty years ago, my late father-in-law, himself a by then retired successful soldier and former War Office worker, strongly…
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Evil Diaries
The Evil Diaries: “incontinence in action”
What's in a name?: a director of Proxama (PROX), "the international mobile proximity commerce company", has left the board. He…
10 years ago
The Evil Diaries: “surely an expression of a death wish”
Last week, Jim Slater compared an investment in Telford Homes (TEF) with one in ASOS (ASC). He is very keen…
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The Evil Diaries: “anyone who trusts Labour with a cheque book is more trusting than I”
As we head on to Thursday's General Election we can reasonably assert that none of the parties has considered in…
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Evil Knievil on Gate Ventures: “The LSE/AIM must suspend the stock”
Lucian Miers sought to challenge LSE chairman, Chris Gibson-Smith, at yesterday's AGM but was sidelined by a chairman who clearly…
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The Evil Diaries: “A Jolly Good Citizen”
Master Investor was packed on Saturday. I do not know whether this is down to the endeavours of the Burnbrae…
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The Evil Diaries: “Take your choice”
I caught up with Andrew Monk of VSA Capital this morning. VSA are brokers to Madagascar Oil (MOIL) and Andrew…
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The Evil Diaries: “Spoofing”
This matter of Mr Sarao has unsurprisingly attracted a lot of comment in today's press. What shines out is the…
10 years ago
The Evil Diaries: “Good on Mr Sarao”
The secret of announcing losses is to describe them as "non-cash", which means that they do not count. As if.…
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The Evil Diaries: “I’ll be back on it”
Ben Edelman, an associate professor at Harvard where he lectures on the MBA course, stayed with me and my wife…
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