Got a credit card? use our Credit Card & Finance Calculators
Thanks to gpadsa,Steffers0,lansdown,Wasron,jfgw, for Donating to support the site
Kier
Forum rules
Tight HYP discussions only please - OT please discuss in strategies
Tight HYP discussions only please - OT please discuss in strategies
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 8436
- Joined: January 7th, 2017, 9:56 am
- Has thanked: 1550 times
- Been thanked: 3448 times
Kier
I see that the hedge fund managers are targeting Kier now! They've steadily increased their shorting to over 10% ( visible) from zero since March 18. Are they deliberately trying to " wobble" Kier by trying to make comparisons to Carillion or have they genuinely foreseen issues?
-
- 2 Lemon pips
- Posts: 136
- Joined: November 25th, 2016, 12:39 pm
- Has thanked: 93 times
- Been thanked: 24 times
Re: Kier
According to the original fool the wise recommend it as a buy. The company says it is a different beast to Carillion. I wonder whether shorting is a low cost bet for hedge funds? Does it cost them much to short, and the reward should the bet come off considerably out-weigh the cost?
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 8436
- Joined: January 7th, 2017, 9:56 am
- Has thanked: 1550 times
- Been thanked: 3448 times
Re: Kier
Funny how these news items come out a few days before a trading announcement .
I believe that the cost of shorting is relatively cheap ..except when divis need to be paid.
Of course, they don't always get it right ( Ocado is a recent example). It does seem sometimes that they take a scatter gun approach. If they were all knowing, then they would have bet on Provident or Petrofac BEFOREHAND.
I believe that the cost of shorting is relatively cheap ..except when divis need to be paid.
Of course, they don't always get it right ( Ocado is a recent example). It does seem sometimes that they take a scatter gun approach. If they were all knowing, then they would have bet on Provident or Petrofac BEFOREHAND.
-
- Lemon Slice
- Posts: 450
- Joined: November 4th, 2016, 10:17 am
- Been thanked: 1119 times
Re: Kier
monabri wrote:Funny how these news items come out a few days before a trading announcement .
I believe that the cost of shorting is relatively cheap ..except when divis need to be paid.
Of course, they don't always get it right ( Ocado is a recent example). It does seem sometimes that they take a scatter gun approach. If they were all knowing, then they would have bet on Provident or Petrofac BEFOREHAND.
Well if they don't always get it right, which is a correct comment, why do you set such store by shorting volumes for HYP purposes?
-
- Lemon Half
- Posts: 8436
- Joined: January 7th, 2017, 9:56 am
- Has thanked: 1550 times
- Been thanked: 3448 times
Return to “HYP Practical (See Group Guidelines)”
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 34 guests