AIM Investments Share Discussion Threads

[Abuse team] 26/9/2006 15:25

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[mattybuoy] 26/9/2006 15:21

AIM is not "dying". Quite the contrary, from the institutional perspective it is booming.

What is true is that the London market does not care about retail. Nor conversely does the great mass of the UK public care about the market. That is the main problem, not enough retail liquidity. The MM system and Stamp Duty just make it worse, they are not the root cause.

[Abuse team] 26/9/2006 15:18

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[dixi] 26/9/2006 15:01

tpb RAB seem good at it with the likes of Oxus Gold and so on!

[Abuse team] 26/9/2006 14:58

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[yikyak] 26/9/2006 14:58

You forgot ARU.V on the Canadian Venture, 6000% gain in 200 days!

[tpaulbeaumont] 26/9/2006 14:55

lol! yeah i bet teh hedgies love AIM, cos if youve got 100's millions of $ to invest your going to want to put in in illiquid penny shares!!!!!!!!!!
jeez...

[Abuse team] 26/9/2006 14:52

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[yikyak] 26/9/2006 14:29

I have no doubt that more fodder will be found but with the ease of trading in foreign exchanges these days I suspect that the migration from AIM will turn from a trickle into a flood.

Many, but not all London brokers these days seem interested only in the highly profitable IPO business of stockmarket promotions that more than likely have been refused entry into the TSX.V and ASX. Existing clients can swivel whilst they are bringing the hay in on the latter and I wonder how many 'genuine' businesses are destroyed by the London system.

[Abuse team] 26/9/2006 14:26

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[dixi] 26/9/2006 14:25

Ashley - if AVM were trading on one of the foreign exchanges you mention and not in London - would you not have expected the same drop in share price regardless?

I know the mm's make life hell, but AVM's cost are now horrendous - even the hedge position would not save them if POG drops away.

[Abuse team] 26/9/2006 14:22

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[Abuse team] 26/9/2006 14:18

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[richardbees] 26/9/2006 14:14

Just another type of online gambling

"I trade shares on the internet" sounds more sophisticated than "I play poker on the internet"

[dixi] 26/9/2006 14:10

There will always be new generations of lambs to the slaughter - a healthy dollop of greed will keep the rest of us twits coming back for more.

[yikyak] 26/9/2006 13:58

Given the expense of trading in London's AIM with stamp duty, wide and often completely ridiculous spreads coupled with the extreme manipulation of stockprices under the market maker system is it fair to say we are witnessing the dying of an exchange?

London's AIM market is known as the 'lobster pot' market where for years now the NOMADS have allowed the very lowest quality companies and management onto the exchange in return for fat listing fees that can often reach 50% to 60% of the total amount raised!! With commissions as high as the latter I ask does any difference remain between AIM NOMADS and the offshore boiler room operations, I don't believe so.

If you have money to invest I would strongly recommend that you stay well clear of the AIM market as imho it's a manipulated cesspool with no liquidity designed to get the insiders out as the outsiders are getting in. Some genuine companies are listed but chances are the one you have just been told is a great buy isn't one of them - whatever you have read or been told.

If you think that this thread has been set up by someone who lost money on the AIM market and has a grudge for that reason you would be completely wrong. I have set it up because I think people should be encouraged to invest and I don't appreciate muggers attacking the vulnerable regardless as to whether they are dressed in a hoodie or a suit.

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