Shares don’t get much more volatile than Ukrainian iron ore miner Ferrexpo (FXPO) which has seen its share price fluctuating up and down by large amounts on a regular basis as various pieces of news have come.
One of my favourite AIM listed shares when it comes to how the company is run and the progress that has been made over the years has to be Central Asia Metals (CAML), even if the share price hasn’t really lived up to expectations so far.
With all that is going on in the world and concerns about recessions, alongside supply increases from the OPEC+ nations, I can see why many people would argue that now isn’t a particularly good time to be being shares in oil companies, or energy producers in general.
Predator Oil and Gas (PRD) seems to be another in a fairly long list of small companies which opted for a main market listing and has spent years, and lots of shareholder money, actually delivering very little.
It was only a matter of time before we saw some consolidation within the UK oil and gas sector via M&A activity, given the relative valuations that many North Sea producers have been trading at.
The share price of EasyJet (EZJ) tends to be quite volatile and buying towards the bottom of the typical trading range gives a good chance of a decent return, especially as we move into the part of the year when business should start to pick up.
With all that is going on in the world at the moment I think it makes sense to consider having some exposure to metals, and not just the ones which most seem to be paying close attention to – those being gold and silver.
These days I generally avoid the lower end of the AIM market but still keep an eye on what is going on there, and over the past year or so it has become very clear that many of these small companies are struggling more than ever to get funding.