Currently, my weekly magazine column is released at 12 noon online every Monday in advance of hitting the newsstand. As a result, internet subscribers have a first-mover advantage to profit from any early share price moves in the company I am writing about. This has posed a problem for me and one which I requested your help to solve a couple of months ago. I have to admit that I was overwhelmed with the response and would like to thank everyone who took the time to reply. It is most appreciated.
On careful consideration, I have decided to continue releasing the majority of my articles during the week at random times and simultaneously alerting online readers via our daily e-mail. I will also continue to release one column a week at 12 noon on Monday. This has the benefit of enabling readers to allocate a pre-determined slot each week to view at least one of the columns on our website while also benefiting from my advice as and when I see a trading opportunity to capitalise on. A great example of this came about on the morning of Thursday 10 January when two of the companies I have been closely following, chip maker IQE (IQE) and Aim-traded investment company Trading Emissions (TRE), released bullish news which warranted an immediate update for what is now a rapidly growing number of online subscribers ('A tech share worth buying now', 10 Jan 2013).