CAV

8 days ago

Cavendish: Smug Sam Smith’s proudest achievement warns yet again but what is it NOT saying?

Having resigned some years ago so that she could get some leg over time, smug Sam Smith cannot be blamed for this warning but none the less, a bad and disingenuous statement is another stain on her legacy. Floating Cavendish (CAV) at 27p was, she said, her proudest achievement. The shares are now 6.85p so maybe those who backed her IPO may take a different view.

65 days ago

Bottom Fishing Cavendish: No thanks

The mid cap investment bank Cavendish (CAV)  founded and floated at 27p buy smug egomaniac Sam Smith now sees its shares languishing at 9.25p, a market cap of £32 million. That its shares are slipping cannot be blamed on Smith who resigned a couple of months before a profits warning some years ago, telling journalists that she needed more time to get her leg over.  So what is up?

410 days ago

Cavendish Women of Influence – oh please spare me from this piffle

Cavendish (CAV), then called FinnCap (FCAP), floated on the AIM Casino in December 2018 at 27p. Proforma pre-tax profits in the six months to 31 October 2018 were £4 million and founder and CEO Sam Smith stated she was on a “mission” to tackle an awful City culture of sexism, yadda, yadda, yadda. That woke crusading continues and in calendar 2024 pre-tax profits were just £700,000. The shares are now just 12.5p. Call me a reactionary old dinosaur but the City culture I find repellent is fat cats drawing vast salaries while destroying shareholder value.

818 days ago

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: making Bara Brith, death threat for the Lemming & I really warm to buying high yield insurers and banks

I start with the Bara Brith, explaining what it is that Joshua and I have made and why. Photos tomorrow. Then it is onto insurers lie Legal & General (LGEN) as well as banks like NatWest (NWG) and, citing a real expert, I explain why I am increasingly tempted. Then it is onto the death threat for the Lemming Investor. It is to do with Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX) and the perp is almost certainly one of those emboldened by Giles Balleny at Cavendish (CAV) who should now be truly ashamed for that. It makes me consider what Britain is becoming and how, if my circumstances were different, I’d be emigrating and will encourage all my kids to do just that. 

880 days ago

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: on death spirals, cowards and liars

In today’s Bearcast I look at events today at Skinbiotherapeutics (SBTX), Cavendish Financial (CAV), Technology Minerals (TM1) and Coral Products (CRU)

1047 days ago

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: If you can't afford £1.49 you should not own any shares

I start with my video feed, Peter Brailey IT genius (not) and my cat. Then it is Kefi Gold & Copper (KEFI), Caracal Gold (GCAT), Bidstack (BIDS) and a real ouzo moment, Regtech Open (FRAUD) and Supply@ME Capital (FRUAD), Cavendish Finance (CAV), Vast Resources (VAST), Zephyr Energy (ZPHR), Nanosynth (NNN), Tintra (TNT), Olaf’s b/f the trainspotter and Ben’s Creek (BEN). For various other reasons I am in a bad mood and my language reflects this. Matthew’s dog and Catriona will love this podcast.