by Frederik Vanhaverbeke In the latest of a new series for SBM Frederik Vanhaverbeke, author of Excess Returns: A comparative study of the methods of the world’s greatest investors, looks at how some of the world’s greatest investors are so successful. A country of security analysts would still over react. In short, even the best-trained…
By Zak Mir This may be something of an urban myth, but I am led to believe that until the late 19th century, a time when Great Britain was at its greatest, there was no general income tax. However, it would appear that socialist minded people managed to convince us that society would be a…
By Amy McLellan Aberdeen’s Dana Petroleum has clocked up more success in the North Sea. The oil company, which was acquired by KNOC in 2010, has successfully appraised the Lille John oil discovery in Licence 12/06 in the Danish North Sea, with the vertical appraisal well flowing at a maximum rate of 1,400 barrels per…
The quality of Mwana Africa’s Freda Rebecca gold mine in Zimbabwe is such that on one site visit a few years ago one analyst wondered why on earth the company was bothering with its other major asset – a nickel business at all. That same analyst also took his clients out of Northland Resources well…
The Markets UK inflation fell once again in January, reaching a level of 0.3% according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics. This is the lowest rate since CPI calculation began in 1989. The drop has been attributed to falling fuel prices and the ongoing price battles between supermarket chains. Paul Hollingsworth, UK…
The resurgence in consumer confidence seen in recent months and years offers significant growth prospects for a companies like consumer credit company S&U (SUS), which has built a significant business on the back of the exit of a number of major players from the direct unsecured lending markets following the financial crisis. According to figures…
By Stewart Dalby Throughout the bruising few years when PetroNeft was battling against going under because of a pile of suffocating debt, seemingly unsatisfactory production growth and takeover threats, the management was working on a plan on how to go forward if the group should find some form of bail-out. Two thousand and fourteen marked…
The resurgence in consumer confidence seen in recent months and years offers significant growth prospects for a companies like consumer credit company S&U (SUS), which has built a significant business on the back of the exit of a number of major players from the direct unsecured lending markets following the financial crisis. According to figures…
by Zak Mir It would be pleasant to think that the battle between the alleged forces of darkness (otherwise known as the Euro group finance ministers) and the self proclaimed good guys (otherwise known as the new Greek government) is heading for some kind of endgame. On the face of it, there should actually not…
By Robert Sutherland Smith I last looked at Royal Mail (RMG) some three months or so ago. I am pleased to say that I saw value in them because they were then 390p. Turning to look at them once more, I feel that they continue to have attractions, despite the near-15% appreciation in the share…
