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Oil under the Bahamas: BPC goes deep-sea fishing

September 25, 2008 · Filed Under Oil and Energy · Comments 
Tom Bulford of Penny Sleuth UK recently spoke with the head of Bahamas oil explorer BPC (London:BPC). And besides some valuable advice about being on an oil rig during a hurricane, Tom also learned that BPC’s stock, cheap at 4.5 pence on the LSE’s AIM board, could provide investors with a golden opportunity. But it’s [...]

Small cap mining stocks: Mariana Resources (MARL) or Horizonte Minerals (HZM)

September 17, 2008 · Filed Under Gold and Resources · Comments 
"Who do you think is more likely to run a successful mining exploration company in South America? A man who for forty years has been scouring the geological maps of that great continent, tramping the stony ground and swapping stories in bars where grizzled prospectors wash the dust from their throats? Or a man who, [...]

Cities Unlimited provides a breath of logical political and economic fresh air

August 26, 2008 · Filed Under Politics · Comments 
"Any such report that meets with universal condemnation by politicians from all sides has clearly got something right and this one has been branded as a ‘complete load of rubbish’ by David Cameron, ‘vindictive and anti-northern’, by Redcar MP Vera Braid and ‘insulting and ignorant,’ by John Prescott." — Tom Bulford Blogger’s note: Economics and politics [...]

Buy AFC Energy (AFC:AIM), Great Britain’s Fuel Cell Darling

August 6, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
" I was there to visit AFC Energy, an AIM-listed company that believes it can radically reduce the cost and improve the reliability of fuel cells." — Tom Bulford Blogger’s note: Perhaps I’m biased because of my American perspective, but when I think "countries with innovative green energy technology," the UK doesn’t [...]

LitComp (LIN) Is Undervalued, But Should You Buy?

July 22, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“With a share price of 45p and a market value of just £2.7m, LitComp is a real minnow, but what looks like a clear case of under-valuation is supported not only by broker Daniel Stewart’s forecast of earnings per share of 10.6p for the year to March 2009, but also by the fact [...]

The Edgy Strategy of Galleon Holdings (GON)

July 11, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“You can go to www.apollospad.com and judge for yourself whether this is ‘edgy’, fun, tasteless or what. But anyway it is the creation of AIM-listed Galleon Holdings (GON:London), a media company that understands that members of the younger generation are far more inclined to go on-line for their entertainment than to [...]

Penny Stocks Lender PCFG (PCF:London) Survives and Thrives

July 1, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“This will be the golden age of lending.” — Tony Nelson, Private & Commerical Finance Blogger’s note: Tom Bulford of Penny Sleuth UK recently spoke with the Chief Executive of Private & Commercial Finance(PCFG) Tony Nelson, who made the statement above. But before you start questioning Nelson’s sanity, you should check out his penny stocks [...]

Do the Maths, er, Math

June 23, 2008 · Filed Under Investment Strategies · Comments 
“All of business and all of personal finance is basically just about numbers.” — Tom Bulford, Penny Sleuth UK by Tom Bulford Blogger’s note: It took me a minute to get past the term “maths” in Tom Bulford’s Penny Sleuth UK message about mathematics. In Britain, the plural is preferred to the singular “math” we use here [...]

Has SciSys (SSY:London) Found Its Legs?

June 19, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“I visited SciSys last week to find a company that was grappling not only with the complex problems of its customers, but also with a few of its own.” — Tom Bulford Editor’s note: Tom Bulford of Penny Sleuth UK recently told his readers about a great stock on the London Stock Exchange that has upside [...]

Africa: A Good Bet for Foreign Investment?

June 5, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.” — Winston Churchill in 1939 Blogger’s note: Tom Bulford, editor of Penny Sleuth UK, may begin his article with a quote about [...]

New Technology: Tourism goes high tech

May 14, 2008 · Filed Under International Investing · Comments 
“Held against the ear and delivering recorded commentary, audio guides have immeasurably improved the experience of sightseeing.” — Tom Bulford by Tom Bulford, MoneyWeek Baltimore – (TFN): It was in 1878 that the great American inventor Thomas Edison took some tin foil, wrapped it around a cylinder and announced to John Kruesi [...]

Real Estate Crash: Get over the house price obsession

December 20, 2007 · Filed Under Real Estate · Comments 
"I am sure that about twenty or thirty years ago we just took a passing interest in the price at which the house next door was sold… But now you would think that the whole world depended on it." — Tom Bulford. Blogger's Note: Our friend Tom Bulford from MoneyWeek published a [...]