Plus500 (PLUS) is up 10% this morning – now 580p – on the announcement of a share buy back programme. This should give the directors the ideal opportunity to get out. As to why fresh shareholders should want to get in, I have no idea. ***** Un peu exaggere: today’s Daily Mail features a photo…
After a rather long gestation period, shares of Eurasia Mining (EUA) may finally be set to deliver on the hopes of shareholders. It really has been quite a wait as far as bulls of Eurasia Mining have been concerned in the recent past. Indeed, we have seen the shares drift to three year lows over…
Master Investor is expanding with a series of intimate events that will connect private investors to industry experts and new investment opportunities. The first event takes place in London on 20th June and is titled “Investing into Health Care – learn from the masters!”. Speakers confirmed for the launch event include world-renowned private investor Jim Mellon…
Nyota Minerals (LON:NYO) has been on the technical radar for quite some time, but the question here has been when to pull the bullish trigger… As far as the fundamentals of Nyota Minerals are concerned, this has been a year of change and hopefully renaissance, ever since the news in early January that the company…
A few weeks ago I wrote about the mixed fortunes of the peer-to-peer investment trusts with the poor performance of P2P Global Investments (LON:P2P), the largest fund in the sector, prompting the Board to initiate a review of its investment management arrangements. The Board has now concluded its investigation and has announced that the investment…
Every now and then we are reminded that blue chips are not always totally blue. Petrofac (LON:PFC) is the latest candidate to provide this warning. Given how low shareholders are in the corporate food chain it is normally fair to say that if anything serious goes awry in terms of money or governance one would…
In the past month, I’ve been going around the British Isles, talking to groups of people about my research into longevity, ahead of the launch of the Juvenescence book in July. I know it’s always a mistake to develop confirmation bias, but the more I talk on the subject, and the more I look into…
Having been something of a disappointment to traders and investors in the past, I wonder whether UK Oil & Gas (LON:UKOG) is set for a reboot not only in the fundamentals, but also in sentiment… It has been in intriguing year to date for UK Oil & Gas, the south of England focused explorer. For…
Campaigning resumes today in the British general election after three days of self-imposed reflection following the abominable events in Manchester last Monday night. Those who thought that it was a one horse race are in for a shock. According to a You.Gov poll last night the Tory lead over Labour is down to five percent.…
A higher rate of inflation could be a game changer for UK income investors. In recent years, it has been at relatively low levels, and this has made it fairly straightforward to generate a positive real dividend yield (i.e. after inflation has been deducted). Now, though, inflation is at 2.7% and is forecast to move…
