Master Investor interviews George Frangeskides, Executive Chairman at Alba Mineral Resources Master Investor: Hi George. Thanks for taking the time to speak with Master Investor today. Please give our readers a brief introduction to Alba Mineral Resources (LON:ALBA) and its recent history. George Frangeskides: Alba Minerals was listed on the AIM market more than 10…
A recent poll suggested people in the UK are more worried about inflation than Brexit. That’s understandable, in my view, since Brexit is an event which will not take place for at least two years. Inflation, on the other hand, is rising now. It is forecast to reach 2.7% this year, according to the Bank…
Metal Tiger (LON:MTR) was a great private investor favourite for the first half of 2016, but it remains to be seen whether the company can achieve the same feat for the first part of this year… It could be said that the end of 2016 did not go as well for Metal Tiger as many…
As one does, I discussed the benefit of assassination as an instrument towards the better governance of the state, specifically knocking off Trump. This was just an afterthought to my finalisation of social arrangements upon my American friend’s arrival in London. And there was the trouble: he never got this email since, presumably, the American…
In the last few years, passive index investing has grown significantly, as those involved in the investment business try to capitalise on the growing demand for alternative ways of building investment portfolios that bypass both the high fees incurred in active fund management and the knowledge (and money) required to build a well-diversified portfolio. At…
The old Lenigas & Oil was the stock that got me into the area of small caps charting. So it is appropriate to revisit its new manifestation at a time when the shares look to be ready to rebound. Although we are now in a very healthy looking period for small caps shares – especially…
Mr Hammond’s first and last spring budget was a cosh delivered to the growing army of the self-employed (white van drivers to barristers) and micro-company directors (interior designers to marketing consultants), concealed in a velvet glove of fiscal reassurance. The good news is that the British economy is still relatively dynamic relative to its peers;…
Although economic data suggests the UK economy has generally not been severely affected by the EU referendum, I expect a ‘restaurant recession’ to take place in 2017/18. The main reason for this is higher inflation caused by Brexit. Already, CPI is 1.8% and is expected to move to 3% or even 4% this year according…
Like many of its contemporaries in the mining-minnows space, it has taken a while for Bushveld Minerals (LON:BMN) to catch up with the bullishness of the giants of its sector since the beginning of last year. Although I am slightly concerned that an earlier and more aggressive interest rate hiking cycle by the Federal Reserve…
The global oil and gas industry is experiencing one of the most severe downturns in 30 years. A perfect storm of overproduction, geopolitical tensions and the long-term move towards alternative energy sources (renewables) has caused oil prices to fall to levels that are often below the long-term break-even cost of production. Although the oil price…
