Lou Gutheil

Share price in the Edinburgh technology firm, Wolfson Microelectronics (LSE:WLF), continued its ascent that began in November 2011 when it had traded at 96.00 pence.  By noon today, 26 June 2012, shares continued climbing to 205.40 from yesterday’s close of 190.00. Major Deal with Samsung Announced Wolfson announced this morning that Samsung has been using […]

A sharp decline in Shire plc (LSE:SHP) share price dragged the FTSE 100 average down this morning.  When the company announced that it would have competition from a new generic drug, shares fell 250.00 pence to 1,716.00, a drop of 12.7% Adderall Market Share under Attack The decline in price this morning came in response […]

Cohort plc (LSE:CHRT) share prices took an upward trajectory today following release of final results and an announcement of winning a multi-million pound contract.   The share price has been in decline since 21 March.  The shares rose over the 100 pence mark for the first time since 02 April, reaching 107.00 by 1:00 p.m. UCT, an […]

The beleaguered RBS Group (LSE:RBS) came out swinging this morning in a sharply-worded statement, criticising Moody’s latest ratings released last evening.  Although the group’s share price dropped slightly following the opening bell this morning, it quickly recovered and was at 243.00 pence by 1:00 p.m. UTC.  Given the banks woes over the past year, and […]

Medgenics (LSE:MEDG) shares shot up 70.00 pence to 475.00, an increase of over 17%, this morning on the LSE.  The share price has risen over 170% in the last twelve months as the company continues impressive development of its proprietary Biopump™ technology. Today’s investor reaction follows the announcement of a major step forward in the […]

Rio Tinto (LSE:RIO) shares were up 49.50 pence to 3,100.50 today as the company dominated financial headlines on several continents.  Rio’s share price had been in decline since 03 February through to 01 June, when it reached a low of 2,772.  As the upward trend continued today, it may be that long-haul investors are on-board […]

Chemring (LSE:CHG) shares dropped over 8% today following its reporting of its half year results to 30 April 2012.  The share price had fallen by 26.80 pence to 296.60 by 1:00 p.m. UCT. Highlights of the Report Although total revenue was up 4% from continuing operations (that is, excluding the Marine division which was sold […]

It appears that Vodafone (LSE:VOD) will win the Cable & Wireless Worldwide (LSE:CW.) trophy as Orbis Investment Management is no longer blocking the goal.  CWW share price rose about 8% today to 37.80, an increase of 2.77 pence. Background In February 2012 CWW announced to shareholders that Vodafone was in the early stages making a takeover bid […]

Lamprell (LSE:LAM) seemed to regain some shareholder confidence this morning as its share price gained nearly 13% to 89.20 pence on the London Stock Exchange.  The stock has been languishing since 16 May 2012 when it dropped 167.00 pence following a profit warning issued by Lamprell. The Big Picture In the May 16th announcement the company […]

Despite a largely favourable company report, the share price of Mulberry (LSE:MUL) had the glide angle of a brick as the market opened this morning.  The company released its preliminary results for the year ending 31 March 2012, at 7:00 a.m.  Trading opened at 1,691.00 pence at 8:05 a.m., but by 8:22 a.m. the share […]