Corbyn has missed a trick in coming up with just four extra bank holidays. He needs a fifth known as – what else – St Jeremy’s Day. And then he should show a stroke of genius: he should join them all together in just one week and henceforth this week shall be known as Cancellation…
It really has been a slow burn higher, but Strategic Minerals (LON:SML) is now delivering the lap of honour the bulls were hoping for in share price terms. Strategic Minerals has been the type of small cap situation that proves how patient the private investor needs to be, but also how well rewarded this patience…
If the last year has taught me one thing, it’s that assumptions should never be made when it comes to politics or the economy. For example, the EU referendum and US Presidential election were supposed to deliver outcomes which differed wildly from the actual results. With a general election now less than seven weeks away,…
Far from memory is the time when Saudi Arabia and OPEC were in control of global oil prices, as are oil prices above $100. A nascent fracking industry in the US, deteriorating social conditions in some oil producing countries and a desire in Saudi Arabia to retain market acted like an explosive mix that changed…
It would appear that after an extended wait, Tern (LON:TERN) is finally looking capable of delivering an extended share price rally. I have to say that I became a fan of Tern well before the Internet of Things became the buzzword that it is now. In fact it is more than a buzzword; it has…
Being able to put emotions to one side is possibly the most difficult part of investing. Accumulating knowledge and capital is within the reach of most people. However, being entirely logical while also taking subjective stances on companies is tough. It’s all too easy to allow a positive or negative experience with an industry or…
As my colleague John Kingham recently wrote in the March edition of Master Investor Magazine, “high yield stocks do not always deliver the yield you were hoping for.” This refers to the dreaded “yield trap”, whereby companies which have seemingly large dividends relative to their share price then go on to disappoint investors by cutting…
For some reason, over the past couple of weeks it has been rather difficult to latch on to ultra bullish charts. But at least with Lombard Risk Management (LON:LRM) the bulls have a worthy-looking contender. It is almost with a sense of relief that one can look at the bullish setup on the Lombard Risk…
France goes to the polls this Sunday for the first round of a presidential election of existential importance – both for France and for the European Union as a whole. If La Belle France has a bout of flatulence (the triumph of the far left and the far right candidates) there’s going to be an…
I apologise for filing copy late this morning but I have only just got in from the overnight train from Liverpool where I have been buying a week’s supply of cocaine. (I also applied to be a striker for Everton but mysteriously encountered delays.) However, I have not wasted my time. And, every now and…
