Tag: agm

May Bank Holiday isn’t all about sports

May bank holiday doesn’t actually scream trading on sports markets for me. It pulls me in a different direction….

Long before I started trading on sports markets I spent a lot of time and effort on financial markets and that eventually led me to the Berkshire Hathaway AGM in Omaha Nebraska.

Until I got too busy on sports markets; the first weekend in May, the Bank Holiday weekend, was traditionally the time I would hop over to the US to …

05/05/2014 | By Peter Webb | Reply More

Betfair AGM pt. 2

Having been to many AGM’s in the past I didn’t expect much from Betfair’s first AGM.

I almost didn’t get in as Betfair were blocking access to people who have nominee accounts. Not many people own shares directly any longer, but I’d never been blocked access to an AGM before despite this. However, I had contacted Betfair directly before the AGM to indicate that I was going to attend; so this piece of foresight was enough to get over this …

23/09/2011 | By Peter Webb More

Betfair AGM

By the time you read this I should be ensconced in my position at the Betfair AGM.

When Betfair listed I took a look at the prospectus and felt the company was fairly richly valued given the outlook and nature of the IPO. I wrote for a financial magazine for three years in another life, so I was in a great position to be a judge of the IPO. I put pen to paper and detailed my rationale which was …

22/09/2011 | By Peter Webb More