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RNS Announcement Emails and Mello Presentation

Post Date: November 6, 2019

Many private investors like me have been using a service from Investegate to deliver new RNS announcements via email. But recently, and not for the first time, delivery of...

Exchange Market Size in Stockopedia and BHP plus RIO

Post Date: November 4, 2019

I noticed that the share prices of BHP Group (BHP) and Rio Tinto (RIO) jumped this morning – at least for these behemoths of the FTSE-100 they moved substantially...

The Vultures are Circling – Woodford, Carpetright et al

Post Date: November 2, 2019

With the demise of the Neil Woodford’s empire and the winding up of the Woodford Equity Income Fund, investors are looking for whom to blame – other than themselves...

Law Commission Error on Segregated Accounts

Post Date: November 1, 2019

In a previous blog post on the Law Commission’s consultation on Intermediated Securities I queried their claim that all investors in nominee accounts had the option to use a...

What Were the Real Returns from VCTs over 24 Years?

Post Date: October 29, 2019

I wrote a previous blog article on the merits of Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) but I thought it worthwhile to actually do some analysis of the capital and dividend...