UK 14:08 Wednesday, 7 October 2026
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In a wide ranging podcast today I cover: 88 Energy (88E), Verona Pharma (VRP), LGO Energy (LGO), UK Oil & Gas (UKOG), Solo Oil (SOLO), the woes of Jabba The Hutt, Wandisco (WAND), Stilo (STL) and Jiasen (JSI) and I offer you a severe warning about uber-ramped Challenger Acquisitions (CHAL) where its a real PLACING AHOY
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Comments
cooperman
Wow an A at o level , impressed, I got a C and brag about that. I am much better than average at maths , so that how hard it was . But then again I messed about at school . Tom you must have been a swot .
Tom Winnifrith
Cooperman but then it was a C at AO level maths taken at 16. I peaked too early…
cooperman
I maybe wrong but as I am 50 , sure it was plain o levels and cse for strugglers ( I took a few )
Tom Winnifrith
Cooperman
No for we swots there was a thing called an AO level which was 1/2 way between in a few subjects. so having done Maths ) at 15 I did matha AO at 16 ( grade C0 and did British Constitution AO at 17 (A grade) ahead of A level politics at 18 (A)
T
Daniel Victor
To be fair to Verona,they were aimed at patient shareholders who understood that their drugs would take time to develop.The plan was always to raise capital on the back of good news.That is sometimes possible,but you need the right kind of markets.