Every school kid now knows that if the British government wants to fulfil the will of the British people expressed last June they have “to trigger” or, “to invoke” Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon (2007). Prime Minister May has stated that she intends to do this before the end of March 2017. Sadly,…
Bizarre, is the best description of the offer made for Metal Tiger (LON:MTR) last week. But it may be that this now offers an opportunity to squeeze some bears. Metal Tiger is certainly a private investor favourite, helped along by the inspirational leadership of its former head honcho Paul Johnson. But things took a strange…
During the painful periods of hyperinflation in the last century, there were a few episodes when governments decided to demonetise the economy and to reintroduce money in new forms in an attempt to contain the rampant price increases. But these moves pale in comparison to India’s bid to absorb 87% of its circulating physical currency…
Gulfsands Petroleum (LON:GPX) was in a former life a play on Syrian assets, but it seems that Columbia is the focus now. Gulfsands Petroleum has understandably been rather under a cloud since the conflict in Syria, even though this company has interests in various geographies. They include Tunisia, Morocco and Colombia. Indeed, in the past…
In recent months I’ve written about a range of dividend stocks from the high quality end of the spectrum: from Buffett-style stocks to consumer staples and consistent inflation-beaters. But being a dividend-focused investor is not only about buying into these high quality dividend growth companies. There is another side to the search for income –…
Pantheon (LON:PANR) has slid on this morning’s dampening news. Some will fancy buying right now. I do not. ***** Churchill (LON:CHL) was indicating a decision over its ROI spat by this morning. Nothing has emerged. So it also sinks. I have got enough. However, it is fair to speculate that if the decision were adverse…
The fund manager sticking to his disciplined approach Neil Woodford is probably the best known fund manager of his generation – so when he left Invesco Perpetual in January 2014 to set up his own firm it created a massive dilemma for the company. They responded by appointing Mark Barnett as his replacement, and he…
Although there is still over a month to go to get over the finishing line, looking at some of the best performing stocks of the year to date reveals a surprising name or two. Although the concept of momentum trading is one which is easy to understand, it can be somewhat problematic to carry to…
While the global euphoria ignited by Donald Trump persists, there are parts of the world where sentiment is a little weaker. Trump will certainly help central banks to adjust policy and boost the domestic economy, but it will bring a lot of trouble to emerging markets. When I say trouble, I’m not thinking about Trump’s…
Too many people seem to have a blind faith approach when investing, and if a share continues to slide they hang on in the hope that one day it will rise. This can tie up money that could be better used for other opportunities and, for me, a major benefit of a trend/charting approach is…
