Despite early signs to the contrary, Donald Trump has been good for the gold price. In fact, gold bulls may wonder whether an impeachment might hinder demand for the financial safe haven, given the correlation between the president's unpredictability and gold buying.
On 15 May 2017, with the Russia investigation scandal starting to snowball, one such bull - Randgold Resources (RRS) chief executive Mark Bristow - took advantage of recent gold price support to sell down £3.62m of his stake in the African miner. Small beer perhaps, given his residual 0.82 per cent holding is still worth £57.6m at 7,350p a share, but the point stands that gold miners and speculators alike are being given ample chances to cash in on nervy markets.
Buys | |||||||
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Advanced Oncotherapy* | Nick Plowman | 12 May 17 | 833,333 | 30 | 250,000 | 3,470,132 | 4.530 |
Advanced Oncotherapy | Steve Myers | 15 May 17 | 400,000 | 26 | 104,000 | 450,569 | 0.588 |
Alliance Trust | Karl Sternberg | 17 May 17 | 2,750 | 697.79 | 19,189 | 8,842 | 0.002 |
BT | Nick Rose | 12 May 17 | 75,000 | 301.2 | 225,900 | 200,000 | 0.002 |
BT | Mike Rake (ch) | 12 May 17 | 16,400 | 305.5 | 50,102 | 165,121 | 0.002 |
CORETX Holdings | William Dobbie | 11 May 17 | 1,580,000 | 31.65 | 500,070 | 17,756,053 | 8.846 |
Debenhams | Ian Cheshire (ch) | 15 May 17 | 50,000 | 49.89 | 24,945 | 600,000 | 0.049 |
Empyrean Energy* | Frank Brophy | 12 May 17 | 1,800,000 | 3.5 | 63,000 | 4,023,333 | 1.169 |
Empyrean Energy* | John Laycock (fd) | 12 May 17 | 500,000 | 3.5 | 17,500 | 1,700,000 | 0.494 |
Empyrean Energy* | Thomas Kelly (ceo) | 12 May 17 | 2,000,000 | 3.5 | 70,000 | 40,881,563 | 11.879 |
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust | Simon Hayes | 11 May 17 | 9,814 | 719.5 | 70,612 | 30,000 | 0.020 |
Frontier Developments♥ | Charles Cotton | 16 May 17 | 36,630 | 409.5 | 150,000 | 135,969 | 0.399 |
G4S | Winnie Fok | 12 May 17 | 10,000 | 318.5 | 31,850 | 30,000 | 0.002 |
Highcroft Investments | John Hewitt (ch) | 15 May 17 | 2,000 | 925 | 18,500 | 30,450 | 0.589 |
ITE | Andrew Beach | 17 May 17 | 15,000 | 167.5 | 25,125 | 15,000 | 0.006 |
ITE | Mark Shashoua (ceo) | 17 May 17 | 55,000 | 167.5 | 92,125 | 55,535 | 0.021 |
Image Scan Holdings* | William Mawer (ch) | 12 May 17 | 500,000 | 5.25 | 26,250 | 5,204,682 | 3.838 |
Jackpotjoy | Andrew McIver (ceo) | 16 May 17 | 18,500 | 589.92 | 109,135 | 18,500 | 0.025 |
Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust | Audrey McNair | 15 May 17 | 20,000 | 100 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 0.022 |
Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust | John Scott (ch) | 15 May 17 | 20,000 | 100 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 0.022 |
Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust | Mark Dampier | 15 May 17 | 50,000 | 100 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 0.056 |
Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust | Nicholas Moakes | 15 May 17 | 20,000 | 100 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 0.022 |
Lloyds Banking | António Horta-Osório (ceo) | 17 May 17 | 50,000 | 72.31 | 36,155 | 20,663,383 | 0.029 |
Murray Income Trust | Neil Rogan | 15 May 17 | 7,000 | 814.0956 | 56,987 | 28,000 | 0.042 |
NEX | Stuart Bridges (fd) | 16 May 17 | 25,000 | 605 | 151,250 | 159,999 | 0.042 |
Oakley Capital Investments | Peter Dubens | 16 May 17 | 90,000 | 166 | 149,400 | 2,138,167 | 1.044 |
Princess Private Equity Holding | Richard Battey | 11 May 17 | 5,000 | 1,045 | 52,250 | 35,000 | 0.051 |
Produce Investments | Neil Davidson (ch) | 12 May 17 | 5,400 | 200 | 10,800 | 130,400 | 0.484 |
Produce Investments | Neil Davidson (ch) | 12 May 17 | 16,500 | 200 | 33,000 | 125,000 | 0.464 |
Scancell Holdings* | John Chiplin (ch) | 16 May 17 | 1,041,177 | 10 | 104,118 | 1,100,000 | 0.352 |
Scottish Oriental Smaller Co's Tr (The) ♥ | Jeremy Whitley | 15 May 17 | 10,000 | 1,027 | 102,700 | 19,500 | 0.064 |
WPP | Roberto Quarta (ch) | 17 May 17 | 10,000 | 1,729 | 172,900 | 37,500 | 0.003 |
Whitbread | Adam Crozier | 15 May 17 | 1,000 | 4,073.68 | 40,737 | 1,000 | 0.001 |
Woodford Patient Capital Trust | Louise Makin | 15 May 17 | 12,000 | 92.092 | 11,051 | 25,523 | 0.003 |
Woodford Patient Capital Trust | Alan Hodson | 16 May 17 | 100,000 | 92.8 | 92,800 | 150,000 | 0.018 |
Woodford Patient Capital Trust | Susan Searle (ch) | 15 May 17 | 15,000 | 92.2249 | 13,834 | 51,062 | 0.006 |
XLMedia | Ory Weihs (ceo) | 16 May 17 | 41,700 | 128 | 53,376 | 3,691,700 | 1.843 |
Zegona Communications | Murray Scott | 17 May 17 | 20,000 | 158 | 31,600 | 40,000 | 0.020 |
Zegona Communications | Ashley Martin | 16 May 17 | 15,867 | 156.7 | 24,864 | 15,867 | 0.008 |
Zegona Communications | Eamonn O'Hare (ch & ceo) | 17 May 17 | 63,870 | 161 | 102,831 | 2,123,870 | 1.083 |
Zegona Communications | Richard Williams | 16 May 17 | 12,578 | 156.59 | 19,696 | 68,578 | 0.035 |
Sells | |||||||
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Access Intelligence | David Lowe | 11 May 17 | 80,000 | 4 | 3,200 | 5,277,475 | 1.835 |
Amino Technologies♥ | Michael Bennett | 12 May 17 | 100,000 | 208.6 | 208,600 | 20,000 | 0.028 |
Diageo | P Scott | 11 May 17 | 8,000 | 2283 | 182,640 | 2,000 | 0.000 |
Dignity♥ | Mike McCollum (ceo) | 16 May 17 | 91,667 | 2,622.06 | 2,403,566 | 91,667 | 0.184 |
Dignity♥ | Peter Hindley (ch) | 16 May 17 | 80,000 | 2,626.70 | 2,101,360 | 80,696 | 0.162 |
Dignity | Richard Portman | 15 May 17 | 40,000 | 2,700 | 1,080,000 | 52,280 | 0.105 |
Frontier Developments♥ | David Walsh | 12 May 17 | 132,910 | 381 | 506,387 | 290,000 | 0.850 |
Hammerson | Jean-Philippe Mouton | 17 May 17 | 11,894 | 584.125 | 69,476 | 253,808 | 0.032 |
K&C REIT♥ | Christopher Bateman | 11 May 17 | 2,500,000 | 10 | 250,000 | 0 | 0.000 |
Menzies (John) ♥ | Dermot Jenkinson | 17 May 17 | 100,000 | 701.8 | 701,800 | 648,857 | 0.778 |
NMC Health♥ | H Tompkins | 15 May 17 | 1,000 | 2098 | 20,980 | 23,083 | 0.011 |
Randgold Resources | Mark Bristow (ceo) | 15 May 17 | 50,000 | 7,243.70 | 3,621,850 | 768,642 | 0.818 |
SIG♥ | Leslie Van de Walle (ch) | 16 May 17 | 50,000 | 126 | 63,000 | 75,000 | 0.013 |
Savills | Jeremy Helsby (ceo) | 16 May 17 | 40,000 | 917.5485 | 367,019 | 564,849 | 0.404 |
Taylor Wimpey | Ryan Mangold (fd) | 12 May 17 | 230,000 | 198.82 | 457,286 | 1,060,233 | 0.032 |
* placing/tender/open offer ♥ spouse/connected party |