Lou Gutheil

Summer has come and is almost gone.  Larry Summers, on the other hand has already come and gone.  I understand how the end of Summer affect the entire planet, but I am somewhat in the dark as to how the end of Summers is cited as the almost singular reason for world markets to be […]

It won’t be long now before you are able to find a policeman when you need one.  Just head for the nearest Dunkin’ Donuts (NASDAQ:DNKN).  That’s right, Dunkin’ Donuts is coming back to London after two decades. The company announced yesterday that it was on a mission to rescue Londoners from the jaws of Krispy […]

The share price of Morrison (WM) Supermarkets (LSE:MRW) led the FTSE this morning, rising from 294.oo at yesterday’s close to to 312.00 minutes after 9:00 am.  The MRW share price remains up 3.06% at 13:20 today, an increase of 9.10 pence to 306.30. The investor response followed the release of Morrison’s first half results and […]

Every evening Americans turn on their TV’s to catch up on the news of the day.  Among the top five headlines of the day, there is inevitably something like this:  “The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 32 points today on news that . . .”  For the average American, that’s the most attention that […]

It has not been a good year for the Orosur (LSE:OMI) share price, having fallen from 50.28 pence per share on 12 September 2012 to 7.00 by 13 July this year.  The share price has drifted in the doldrums for the past two months, managing to regain ground to the 10.00 range at 13 August […]

Glaxosmithkline (LSE:GSK) share price has declined by 13.0 pence (0.79%) in trading on the London Exchange today, continuing its current decline that began on 02 September, although the company announced that it has reached an agreement to divest its nutritional drink brands, Lucozade and Ribena, to Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd for £1.35 billion. GSK had […]

The share price of Marks & Spencer (LSE:MKS) jumped 16.2 pence to 494.9 yesterday, 05 September, the highest is has been since 2008 and was the second-highest stock increase among the FTSE 100.  It is continuing to climb today, having reached as high as 502.00, and appears likely to close over the 500.00 mark for the […]

I’m not going to write about stocks today, but I will at least mention one.  Instead, I wish to direct your attention to the economy in general.  I’m also going to say some things that the media does not often say and politicians don’t want them to say it. The economy is out of control. […]

BlueRock Diamonds plc (LSE:BRD) has set off to rock the diamond industry this morning as its shares were floated on the AIM market.  Shares are priced at 10.25 pence, which is a 46% premium to the placing price of 7.00 pence.  The shares are being sold on a Periodic Auction Call basis.  As of 3:00 […]

A couple of weeks ago I wrote one of my typically brilliant stories, only to see that my colleague, Tom Frew, wrote about the same story the very next day.  I cautioned him that his “oversight” might be returned in kind someday.  I mean, you never know about these things.  Today, I return from a […]