As ever, it has been a busy time for small-cap investors, with companies joining the market and companies leaving the market, either of their own accord ? as in the case of sports data provider 4Global (4GBL:AIM) ? or because they have been acquired, as in the case of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE), which was taken private by its largest shareholder. It has also been a time...

Keen investor Phil first got the bug in the mid-1980s when his mum bought him 100 shares in Cable & Wireless shares.Cable & Wireless was a trailblazing cable company set up more than a century ago and by the start of 2000, C&W Group, as it was then, had a market value of around £38 billion. When the business was demerged in 2010 its value had shrunk to £4 billion ? with the now two separate...

Pets at Home CEO buys nearly £100,000 sharesPod Point CFO snaps up £50,400 sharesForesight Solar Fund directors buyLyssa McGowan, CEO of pet food-to-veterinary services group Pets at Home (PETS) has bought 42,294 shares at 236p for a total value of £99,999 on 29 November.Pets at Home's shares recently plunged to a two-year low after it downgraded profit guidance for the year to March...

Manufacturing deal falls throughOuter year forecasts negatively impactedSaietta seeks extra fundingShares in electric drivetrain (eDrive) systems maker Saietta (SED:AIM) hit the skids on Tuesday, crashing 55% lower to 7.5p after the company warned it has failed to reach commercial terms on a deal to produce steering pumps at its Sunderland facility.As a result, the electric motor technology...

Can investors expect slumping stocks to bounce back? The obvious answer to this question is, it depends which stocks, and why they slumped. Share prices fall for many reasons. Some remain unloved, cast aside by equity markets like sodden paper bags. Others recover, fixing perceived problems and re-emerging from the equities' emergency room.Digging around the debris of past disasters is what...

There was some excitement when EV (electric vehicle) charging play Pod Point (PODP) joined the stock market in 2021.At the time Shares expressed concerns about a lofty valuation, limited visibility on its road to profit and a competitive marketplace. These reservations have proved to be prescient despite its leading 15% market share in home EV charging units.Pod Point will hope a change of...

Electric vehicle charging infrastructure play Pod Point (PODP) arrived on the stock market just under a year ago to some fanfare but its subsequent performance has been distinctly underpowered.We viewed the story as interesting back in November 2021 but felt the valuation was too demanding at the stock market listing price of 225p. That proved an accurate reading as the shares have since...

The boss of electric vehicle charging provider Pod Point (PODP), Erik Fairbairn, recently told the Sunday Express he believed the switch to EVs (electric vehicles) would bring about the demise of the petrol station as we know it. It's an interesting and not so far-fetched view of the future. Think about the way we already live our lives.When Asda opened the first ever supermarket petrol...

As the COP26 climate summit fades into the middle distance it is clear that a key component of global leaders' plans for reducing emissions is encouraging a big switch among businesses and individuals to EVs (electric vehicles). In the UK, sales of new diesel and petrol cars are already set to be banned from 2030.The International Energy Agency forecasts the global stock of EVs will increase...