UK 15:27 Wednesday, 7 October 2026
Breaking news and expert analysis on fast-moving AIM and LSE listed shares
Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from ShareProphets). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
Anyone who was at UK Investor 2014 knows that the Bears session (HERE) saw some great calls. And so ahead of a long sweaty summer I asked Evil Knievil, Matt Earl (The Dark Destroyer) and Lucian Miers for their top 5 shorts of the summer and for good measure I add in my own. Between us we have thus compiled the top ten stocks to short in London!
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Comments
wildrides
Well its difficult to argue a case against any of those except perhaps TCG might have the potential to surprise .
Tom of course may have inside contacts who know how much business is coming in.
Slightly surprised Naibu only in at number 6 on balance .
very interesting anyway chaps .
B Sanderson
Well a few weeks back you weren’t up the idea of shorting QPP due to the cost. Now you are all for it….Can we have the article why now is a good time..You know you want to.
rob
Most can’t be shorted in IG spread account ….. ((
d king
Tom
whilst you state with most posts that you have no position in the stocks, is it true that you do have positions in your family trust and a in a company in which you have a shareholding.
Tom W
Dave
The Family Trust ( of which I am not a beneficiary owns shares in only one company – RMPC.
Where RMPC owns shares – RMPC does not go short – it is declared.
I hope this explains all.
Best wishes
T
David Atherton
Rob : get a Spreadex account. Much better on AIM stocks than IG
Johan Cruft
A Very poor article written in an unprofessional manner. It could have been written by red top newspaper journalists.
Steve B
‘Globo (GBO) at 54.5p – has changed its business mode in an alarming way’ Would you kindly enlighten us.
Were you aware most of the II’s that are short, have been closing out their positions of late.
craig macfarlane
Agree with you Steve B. Am totally lost with how Globo have changed in an alarming way. If anything its been a gradual and considered development of the technology and skills that Globo have progressed over the years. The fact that all the analysis is “what my mate said above” shows that the guys are all working together and whether some of them hold shorts in irrelevant as some of them do and they are just agreeing to help their mates out. The 1 Red Flag Globo has is Cash Generation and that is easily understood in a growing company. The fact that they then ramp shares in their paid subscribtion with far less cash generation, growth and potential just shows what games are afoot here. Best thing to do is be happy with any investment you have made and to be honest the rest is noise.
Russell
awesome tips guys…qpp is only up 30
% -
Richard Burton
Obviously more in depth research required. QPP short?(+35%)
GBO trading update coming soon with the possible kicker of Nasdaq listing and your advising to go short? Do you understand what GBO even do?