Lou Gutheil

The share price of Nautilus Minerals (LSE:NUS) has had more peaks and valleys in the five and one-half years it has been listed on the London Exchange than the topography of the ocean floors that it explores.  Company shares have been in steep decline since peaking at 168.00 on 30 March.  NUS closed yesterday at […]

Cape plc (LSE:CIU) issued an interim management statement this morning for the quarter ending 30 September.  At 8:05 am the share price was 196.60.  Forty-nine minutes later at 8:54 am, the share price had dropped to 169.50.  By 10:18, the stock had recovered to 186.00, down 76.00 pence and 30% from Friday’s close of 262.00. […]

International Consolidated Airlines Group (LSE:IAG) was out of the gate at 0700 this morning with its 3rd Quarter results.  One minute later the company announced that it was rushing subsidiary Iberian Airlines into the hanger for major repairs.  Given that the IAG share price was up 4.30 pence to 172.30 at 45 minutes past noon, investors […]

Munitions company Chemring (LSE:CHG) announced this morning that the private equity firm Carlyle Group has indicated that, after two-and-one-half months of due diligence and negotiations, it will not pursue an interest in the company.  Chemring specializes in the manufacture of countermeasure devices and explosives as well as munitions.  This mornings announcement set off a veritable […]

The price of a single share of Coastal Energy (LSE:CEO) took a leap of 147.50 pence from yesterday’s close of 1,210.00 to 1357.50.  That healthy 12.19% increase was spawned largely on reports of a letter obtained by the Financial Post indicating that Indonesia’s state-owned oil company Pertamina has expressed interest in acquiring some or all […]

The chips are down this morning as ARM Holdings (LSE:ARM) has made yet another bold move to wrestle for dominance in the microprocessor sector of the technology market.  The share price of the UK’s leading Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) processor-design firm was up 11.50 pence to 706.50, after having reached 735.00 in early trading. […]

As anticipated, HSBC (LSE:HSBA) reported a pre-tax profit of $3.5 billion for the 3rd quarter, down an entire $3.7 billion year on year from the 3rd quarter of 2011.  Whilst a $3.5 billion quarterly profit is nothing to sneeze at, the bank is still paying for its past sins, both in the costs of continuing […]

It’s still the middle of the night in the UK as this story goes to press, but it’s a sure bet that HSBC (LSE:HSBA) execs are sleeping with one eye open tonight, if they are sleeping at all. Whilst analysts are expecting a strongly upscale 3rd quarter report at 08:15, it could be that no […]

Both SOCO International (LSE:SIA) and Royal Dutch Shell (LSE:RDSA) a David and a Goliath in the Oil & Gas sector released interesting reports this morning which, when given a cursory comparison, indicated the unique situations that companies of vastly different sizes, but engaged in the same business, have to address. A Little Bit About David […]

Whilst investors had been waiting for an announcement on 30 October regarding the proposed merger between Britvic (LSE:BVIC) and AG Barr (LSE:BAG), the companies, instead announced that they had filed for an extension for negotiations until 28 November. Some of the ‘Nervous Nellies’ watching the news have decided that the announcement does not bode well […]