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My top ten shorts for Christmas – Tom Winnifrith

Circumstances change, share prices change and so ones evaluation of what is in sight as a good short always changes. Challenged by a reader I serve up my ten top shorts/sells for Christmas, with one caveat.

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Comments

Daniel Victor

21 October 2015, 04:17

There are always risks.APR energy – a ‘slam-dunk-sell’ at around 64p is now around 170p due to a possible bid. Perfectly good call at the time.
BobbyChariot

21 October 2015, 04:36

Morning Tom, glad to hear you are full of Christmas cheer already with the bear list. Globo short looking excellent today, cannot wait for the report to come out for a smidge of light reading.

It’s hard to get a borrow on most of the list however on Spreadex, MSMN would have been a great one from 8p but never mind.

I see the dog Avanti has not made the list, perhaps this is being saved for the show? The other short I’ll have a guess at – is it Imagination Tech?
KANGAROO

21 October 2015, 05:19

I find GBO easy to short but in the recent past I’ve tried to get spread bets against most of those – to no avail.
That includes with ETX when they list them as phone only.
wildrides

21 October 2015, 05:50

I agree with all choices except LGO , how very dare you kind sir , after all my efforts with a skillfully put defence for the prospects of this share ;-) I fear sir that you may suffer a light to moderate singhing on this choice , or indeed get burnt enough to develop crackling on the outer layers !
AFRI I am a tad uncertain on , but feel it is probably actually a virtual reality trucking business and no one has offered any evidence yet to the contrary to prove it actually exists with real trucks etc ( Tucks ….. what ever Del Boy )