Lou Gutheil

Is the market driving you nuts?  Don’t feel bad.  You’re (probably) normal.  It’s the market that’s insane.  It’s days like today that it is especially fun to be writing around midday.  There’s so much frenzy, it’s like watching the rear end of a rat race. If you are still in a tither from last night’s news […]

If you are impressed with the performers on ‘Britain’s Got Talent,’ wait until you see the stars that Glencore Xstrata (LSE:GLEN) is bringing the to stage!  The Company’s share price, which has lagged since the merger, was up modestly this morning by 0.48% to 303.95, a 1.45 pence increase. As predicted back in April, many […]

A strange thing happened on the way to the London Stock Exchange this morning.  Beverage baron A.G. Barr (LSE:BAG) announced that the UK Competition Commission had completed its review of Barr’s proposed merger with its rival Britvic (LSE:BVIC).  The commission has made a provisional decision that the merger would not have any significant effect that […]

I like companies that operate quietly in a well-defined niche, don’t catch a lot of headlines, operate efficiently, provide an important service, fill a vital need, and pay a handsome dividend.  Latchways (LSE:LTC) is that kind of company. The share price of LTC was up by what some would call “a modest 2.41%” today.  But […]

There are two reasons that I don’t usually write about small-cap companies.  The first is that that they don’t typically generate much in the way of big news.  The second is that my boss keeps telling me to follow the Big news.  Well, today I think that FastJet (LSE:FJET), a company with a market cap […]

Now that we all know that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England have made no changes to their economic policies that might significantly evoke dramatic investor and consumer responses, all eyes are fixed on the U.S. jobs report that is due to be published tomorrow. The tension and apprehension are so thick […]

I’ve been watching ARM Holdings (LSE:ARM) for some time now.  It is a fascinating company on its own merit, regardless of its public status.  It almost defines “leading edge technology,” and it is unique in its offering of proprietary circuit designs without manufacturing the chips themselves.  Its high-performance, power-efficient circuit designs have propelled the company...

Everyone knows the story of the prodigal son and how he took his portion of his father’s fortune and mismanaged it through a series of foolish choices.  Then, when he was destitute, he returned home, where his father restored him to his familial position. Apparently the 21st Century version has another chapter.  In the new, […]

Just to be certain, before putting fingers to keyboard for this story, I looked up the word “unstable” in the dictionary.  It defined “unstable” as “not stable.”  I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but even my cat could have figured that out.  Digging a little deeper, I found the following definition […]

Today is 31 May 2013.  Bumi (LSE:BUMI), the bane of Nat Rothschild’s existence, has, at long last, released its final report for the year ending 31 December 2012.  Its share price did absolutely nothing for the 39th consecutive day because trading of Bumi shares was suspended on the London exchange on 22 April for the […]