Motley Fool: AIM Matures

London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM) for small and growing companies has been a roaring success. More than a thousand companies are now members and some of these companies aren’t small. New Star Asset Management (LSE: NSAM), for example, has a £1.1bn market cap while gold miner Peter Hambro Mining (LSE: POG) is currently worth around £940m.

Motley Fool: How To Spot An Investing Fault Line

I missed an earthquake by five minutes last month. Instead of thanking Ronson, the God of Close Shaves I cursed my luck that the most exciting thing to happen in Cerrig y Druidion in the last ten years passed me by even though I was there. I happened to be driving the one mile from my sister’s house to my mother’s and my car tyres insulated me from the shock. It was only a minor tremor but that’s big news in Denbighshire.