Wednesday, 15 September 2021 10:04 amI see former colleagues from The Daily Telegraph who now work at The Times were gracious enough to give little old Betaville some credit for the scoop about Elliott's stakebuilding activities in SSE, the FTSE 100-listed power and energy giant.
Wednesday, 02 December 2020 7:56 pmFTSE Russell has finally confirmed that Bill "Baby Face" Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings will replace Homeserve in the London's blue chip index.
Tuesday, 24 November 2020 1:02 pmHere we go again: Bill "baby-face" Ackman's Pershing Square Holdings is being tipped by brokers as the likely candidate to be promoted to the blue-chip index at the reshuffle next week.
Monday, 16 March 2020 9:58 amWhen I interviewed Crispin Odey last month the old buffer said it was "highly probable" the FTSE 100 could end up at the 5000 level by the end of the year (I did have to ask him that question).
Saturday, 29 February 2020 9:33 amIt's been a torrid week for global stock markets but have a guess at which company was the best performing stock in the FTSE 100?
Monday, 23 December 2019 12:52 pmThe spat between notorious short seller Muddy Waters and FTSE 100-listed healthcare group NMC Health continues unabated.
Friday, 20 December 2019 6:51 pmTucked away in the Evening Standard's City section is a suggestion that Carson Block's next target might be FTSE 100-listed Rolls Royce.
Thursday, 22 February 2018 10:08 pmHat tip to Bryce Elder. The FT market reporter who last year broke the story about Warren Buffett and 3G's $140 billion takeover bid for Unilever smoked out another bid this morning. This time it was Stobart's £100 million tilt at regional airline Flybe.
Saturday, 18 March 2017 4:53 pmBut since then the blue-chip index has powered on, closing yesterday at just over 7400.
Egg on face for me, I guess (although my parachute is the fact that there is a ? in the headline). Anyway, I suppose the lesson from this is that trying to call the top of the market is almost impossible (although invariably there is the odd person who gets it right and you never hear the end of it).
Friday, 10 February 2017 3:42 pmIndeed, today legal publication The Lawyer landed a rather good tale about how a British High Court judge has thrown into question the legitimacy of a £16 million bill charged to ENRC, now called ERG, by Decherts, the law firm that counts former deputy prime minister wife as a partner.
Thursday, 12 January 2017 11:52 pmSo, in that spirit I have pasted below (apologies about the formatting) the introduction of a note from Mark Dampier and Richard Troue at FTSE 100-listed retail broker Hagreaves Lansdown, who clearly believe Western equity markets are nowhere near the top...
Thursday, 29 December 2016 9:51 amFear not, though, I'm now back in full force. Yes, while many of little old Betaville's competitors continue their merrymaking I'm back at my desk loooking to break big stories, provide thoughtful insight and also crack a few jokes.
Friday, 16 September 2016 11:03 amAccording to excellent sources, Mediclinic is working with bankers from Morgan Stanley on the potential purchase of the remainder of Spire Healthcare that it doesn't own (remember last year Mediclinic bought 29.9pc of Spire Healthcare for 360p a share).
Friday, 22 July 2016 10:45 pmAccording to Mayfair types with access to the performance figures of Odey's European flagship fund, Odey is down 4.8pc in the first two weeks of July, meaning he is down 30pc year to date.
