UK 18:55 Friday, 23 October 2026
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Slater & Gordon overpaid grotesquely for the Quindell (QPP) legal business but the Aussie company is now beginning to pick up the tab as the bears move in. Two of the bear pit panel at UK Investor Show are already short of Slater & Gordon as is well known Aussie bear raider John Hempton of Bronte Capital. Lucian Miers opens the batting for the UK bears.
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Comments
Bananabob
Tom
You really are a piss poor excuse for a human being
wolfcastle_22
Tom, you’re a legend…….shorting the Slater’s…..for an annual basic paycheque….gracias!
Phil
BanBob
and you are a prime example of a piss-poor investor.
The markets are about making money, something you may consider. You can course continue with your bullshit long & strong, and lose all your money to me,
I can reinvest your lost money investing with crooks and fraudsters, use it to invest in those companies that do have genuine earnings, high value recognition, employ people with real value jobs who will earn the taxes to bail you out so as you enjoy poverty you wont starve.
You pay your money and take your chance, in the best possible good taste, we will ignore in this instance, you have no chance.
filthy lucre
I fear that poor old Lucian is going to lose even more. Should have closed his QPP short long ago, and stayed away from this business. Not sure he understands how profitable it is once cash starts to flow.
Slater and Gordon have got Quindell Legal cheap.
Barford
On another point I see Coms Plc ‘David Breith’ has sold 44m shares mmmmm….
alcira16247
Tom
I along with many regular ShareProphets readers, I suspect, were somewhat taken aback to learn that regular contributors, Waseem Shakoor and Lucian Miers are now investing bulls in Quindell.
Both being such long term bears over the stock and consistently shorted it, I’m sure many readers would be fascinated to learn of either gentlemen’s rationale for their change of heart. Exactly what factors now make them believe this ‘New Quindell’ is now investable?
Perhaps a bearcast by your good-self putting forward the opposing case would make a great finale and give readers the opportunity of hearing reasoned debate between the bulls and bears, over this most contentious of companies.
TW: Lucian is not a bull.