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I have time and time again asked questions about the utterly misleading statements issued by AIM listed penny share dreadful Sefton Resources (LSE:SER) about its output in California. It seems that the company just cannot help itself because we now have proof that what it said about September data is misleading. Is it time for another […]

The economic situation in Spain is deteriorating rapidly and is coming dangerously close to ongoing situations in failing economies such as those of Greece, Ireland, and Portugal.   And the UK stock markets, like other stock markets the world over, are feeling the pinch. Even mere rumors stipulating that the Spanish government might request for […]

Seeing as the UK still ranks as the sixth largest national economy in the world, and is home to one of the world’s most renowned stock exchanges, UK stock markets are certainly still viable for international investments. Some of the benefits investors stand to gain from investing in UK-listed financial securities include the following: Ready […]

London is one of the largest cities in the world; it also boasts of having the highest city Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Europe. All this and more are what help to make the idea of investing in UK stock markets very appealing to investors the world over; hence the high rate of international investments […]

Instances in which companies are allowed to list their shares on the London Stock Exchange, or any stock exchange for that matter, without being fully vetted pose great risk to prospective and existing investors in the financial securities market.  And such instances are often the direct products of reverse takeovers. A reverse takeover generally refers […]

In the face of such dire economic circumstances plaguing Greece’s economy, and in light of the fact that we live in an increasingly globally connected world where European economies and world economies at large are inextricably linked, one cannot help but wonder how the financial and economic situation in Greece will affect stock trades and […]

I first recommended shares in Gable Holdings (LSE:GAH), a European non-life insurance company underwriting a range of specialist commercial sector policies, in July 2006 when the shares traded at 18.5p. This has been something of a slow burner – the shares having commenced 2012 trading at just above 22p. However, they have moved sharply higher […]

Following months of negotiations, Sylvania Platinum Limited (LSE:SLP) has agreed to a wage settlement with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which represented the platinum producer’s workers at its Eastern operations in the labour unrest-filled Rustenburg mining district in South Africa, in a bid to pre-empt any potential disruption arising from demands of pay increases. […]

Today I give my moronic bulletin board critics – notably mad and bad Bob Burnard –  the opportunity to comment on my September 2009 recommendation of shares in AIM listed staffing and outsourced support services company Impellam Group (LSE:IPEL). I first recommended shares in the company, which primarily operates in the UK and North America […]

Precious metals in themselves are a huge investment favorite among investors in both the UK and the US; likewise, so are stocks and shares in the companies that produce these treasured metals. These companies largely consist of gold mining and processing businesses such as Serabi Gold Plc. (LSE:SRB), steel rolling outfits, diamond developing establishments such as Firestone […]