Lou Gutheil

Regular readers should have figured out by now that Fastjet (LSE:FJET) is one of my favorite stocks to watch.  I’ve been watching the ADVFN message boards for the past several weeks and have enjoyed the banter over Fastjet.  Who would believe that a company whose share price is in the 3 pence range would create so […]

The wheels fell off of the International Personal Finance (LSE:IPF) bus today as its share price slammed into a wall, dropping 84.80 pence (15.7%) from 545.50 to 455.80.  In an apparent attempt to not spoil Christmas, IPF withheld an important announcement until the last half hour of the Christmas Eve trading day. It is now […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) just put a wet blanket on the Barclays Capital (LSE:BARC) Yule Log.  At about noon EST, FINRA levied a $3.75 million fine on the financial firm for its failure to properly maintain “electronic records, emails and instant messages.” Barclays is alleged to have violated SEC laws as well as […]

The London Exchange has already closed and the traders are making their way over the river and through the streets to Grandmother’s House.  (Grandmother’s House is a small pub near Piccadilly Circus.)  Soon they will be on their way home to ensure that the stockings are hung by the chimney because it’s already obvious that […]

The questions are the same every year at this time.  In homes all over the world, children ask, “Is there really a Santa?”  In stock markets all over the world, investors ask, “Is there really a Santa Rally?”  I think the first question is legitimate, and it restores my faith in humanity.  The second question, […]

The higher you raise your flag, the more people will shoot at it.  Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) founder and CEO, has come to understand that there is a lot of difference between an on-campus, social media creation and the the megalith that Facebook has become.  Founded just ten years ago in a college dorm room, […]

The share price of department store giant, Debenhams (LSE:DEB) was already falling, closing down more than 4.0% yesterday, when it wrecked the halls and the boughs of holly for its suppliers with a Christmas gift that it gave to itself at its suppliers’ expense. Debenhams share price has dropped another 2.2% today to 80.20 after […]

Earlier this morning British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (LSE:GSK) announced a complete revamping of it incentive pay plans for its sales staff and of incentives paid to doctors for promoting its products.  For whatever reason, investors seems to have panicked on the London Exchange.  As I am writing, it will be only a matter of minutes […]

Seeing Machines (LSE:SEE) made a mark today with a 16.7% increase in its share price. Every so often we need to take time to look at some of the smaller companies on the London exchange like Seeing Machines.  Afterall, these are the ones where a lot of money can be made once the company reaches a […]

The share price of ARM Holdings (LSE:ARM) rose sharply in early trading yesterday from Thursday’s close at 972.80.  The share price reached a high for the day of 1028.0 at about 9:45 am, a 15.7% increase, before closing the day at 1001.0, up nearly 3.0% on the day. The odd thing is that there was […]