08 Jan 2013 @ 22:00
Mining firm Anglo American names replacement for former chief executive Cynthia Carroll. The multinational mining giant and the world’s largest supplier of platinum Anglo American has named Mark Cutifani as their new Chief Executive. Once a trainee-miner Mr Cutifani, 54, resigned from his position as chief executive of the South African firm AngloGold to take […]
08 Jan 2013 @ 05:58
For once it was being interviewed. The podcast is pretty wide ranging covering gold, Governmental profligacy, Greece, cats, West Ham, gold stocks and especially the mining juniors. It lasts about 20 minutes and you can listen HERE Dominic is one of the keynote speakers at the UKInvestor Show on April 13 where he will be […]
08 Jan 2013 @ 01:26
Cobham Defence Electronics (
LSE:COB) watched its share price rise on the LSE today in the wake of an announcement that it had been awarded a contract with the United States Navy in the amount of $31 million USD. The share price closed at 225.80 on 04 January but edged upward by 0.70% to 226.50 at […]
07 Jan 2013 @ 23:20
Director lifestyle (oops I meant to say oil exploration services) group Vialogy (
LSE:VIY) needs to raise cash urgently or it is going bust. That is not just me saying that,. That is the bombshell from its auditors that the company snuck out over Christmas when no-one was watching. Its attempts since then to sucker private […]
07 Jan 2013 @ 17:44
We can always learn more about how to be better investors by learning from the experts. If your New Year Resolution is to do that then you need to book a ticket today to meet real Master Investors on April 13th in London at the UKInvestor Show, organised by ADVFN. The speakers are not career […]
07 Jan 2013 @ 03:19
I flagged up on the third of January an explicit allegation that fully listed gold miner Centamin (
LSE:CEY) was not in fact selling any gold. The allegation was originally not made by an attention seeking share commentator (i.e. me) but by a well regard research analyst in a published note distributed by a respected London […]
06 Jan 2013 @ 04:05
The UK’s service sector has contracted for the first time since December 2010. Research conducted by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply, CIPS, and financial information supplier Markit concludes that the UK’s Purchasing Managers’ Index, PMI, figure fell from 50.2 in November to 48.9 in December in 2012. Any figure under 50.0 signifies negative […]
05 Jan 2013 @ 05:56
Today saw the third free share tip of the day sent out by email to registered users of ADVFN’s new free service Onefreesharetip.com – the tip was Gable (GAH) at 45.25p and today’s star share tipster was Steve Moore, ex t1ps.com. The shares reacted accordingly and closed ahead by 5.6% at 47.875p. Yesterday saw the […]
04 Jan 2013 @ 21:02
Lucian Miers often finds himself overshadowed by the larger than life figure that is Evil Knievil (Simon Cawkwell). The two men sometimes share ideas and bear raids but on other occasions they disagree. They are very much their “own men.” I sense that perhaps because of his casual and light hearted approach to life, folks […]
04 Jan 2013 @ 05:51
Shares in the retailer were flat all day until…the second tip of the day on ADVFN’s new free service OneFreesharetip.com appeared. Today’s tipster was ADVFN CEO Clem Chambers who tipped French (LSE: FCCN) at 29.75p in the middle. It did not take long for the shares to reach 33.5p before closing the day at 30.75p […]