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Our specialist areas are warrants (including covered warrants), and investment trusts. Please click on one of the links above to select your area of interest.

There is an important risk warning at the foot of the page.

Newsletter Latest Status (Updated 09/05/08)
Warrants Alert

May issue out; June issue published on 7th June.

Warrants Alert Professional

May issue out; June issue published on 7th June. Will include news on British Energy, and Energy XXI.

Investment Trust Newsletter

April issue out; May issue published on 10th May.

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The index listing all investment trusts mentioned in Investment Trust Newsletter since the start of 1999 is up to date to May 2008. We know that many subscribers find it useful to look back and refer to previous articles and mentions.

WARRANTS DIRECTORY ONLINE - DETAILS HERE.

Warrant Valuation Services for listed companies with unlisted warrants. For details click here.

We have written a new sheet expaining the Capital Fulcrum point (CFP), with a worked example. You can download it in PDF format here. You can also use our quick CFP calculator online here.

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We have an index for warrants mentioned in the Warrants Alert Professional newsletter - we hope that this will be useful for subscribers. It can be downloaded in PDF format HERE.

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Warning: you should not buy shares or warrants with money you cannot afford to lose. This web site is intended for UK investors. Options and other derivatives, warrants, and margined transactions. This warning notice draws your attention to some of the high risks associated with warrants. The risks attaching to instruments and transactions of this kind are usually different from, and can be much greater than, those attached to securities such as shares, loan stock and bonds, such transactions often having the characteristics of speculation as opposed to investment. Warrants may involve a high degree of 'gearing' or 'leverage'. This means that a small movement in the price of the underlying asset may have a disproportionately dramatic effect on your investment. A relatively small adverse movement in the price of the underlying asset can result in the loss of the whole of your original investment. Moreover, because of the limited life of warrants, they may expire worthless. A warrant is a right to subscribe for shares, debentures, loan stock or government securities, usually exercisable against the original issuer of the securities. Because of the high degree of gearing which they may involve, the prices of warrants can be volatile. Accordingly, you should not buy warrants with money you cannot afford to lose. You run an extra risk of losing money when you buy shares in certain smaller companies including ‘penny shares’. There is a big difference between the buying price and the selling price of these shares. If you have to sell them immediately, you may get back much less than you paid for them. The price may change quickly, it may go down as well as up, and you may not get back the full amount invested. It may be difficult to sell or realise the investment. Because of the volatile nature of the investment, a fall in its value could result in your recovering nothing at all. Changes in rates of exchange may have an adverse effect on the value or price of the investment in sterling terms. As with other investments, transactions in warrants, shares, and investment trusts may also have tax consequences and on these you should consult your tax adviser. We have taken all reasonable care to ensure that all statements of fact and opinion contained on this site are fair and accurate in all material respects. Investors should seek appropriate professional advice if any points are unclear. This site is intended to give general advice only, and the investments mentioned are not necessarily suitable for any individual. It is possible that the McHattie Warrants Alert Fund or officers of the McHattie Group may have a beneficial holding in any of the securities mentioned. Published by The McHattie Group, St Brandon's House, 29 Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5QT. Tel: 01179 200 070. Fax: 01179 200 071. E-mail: enquiries at mchattie.co.uk. All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photographic, or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright holder. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.
Securitised Derivatives: these instruments may give you a time-limited right to acquire or sell one or more types of instrument which is normally exercisable against someone other than the issuer of that investment. Or they may give you rights under a contract for differences which allow for speculation on fluctuations in the value of the property of any description or an index, such as the FTSE 100 Index. In both cases, the investment or property may be referred to as the “underlying instrument.”
These instruments often involve a high degree of gearing or leverage, so that a relatively small movement in the price of the underlying investment results in a much larger movement, favourable or unfavourable, in the price of the instrument. The price of these instruments can therefore be volatile.
These instruments have a limited life, and may (unless there is some form of guaranteed return to the amount you are investing in the product) expire worthless if the underlying instrument does not perform as expected.
You should only buy this product if you are prepared to sustain a total loss of the money you have invested plus any commission or other transaction charges.
You should consider carefully whether or not this product is suitable for you in light of your circumstances and financial position, and if in any doubt please seek professional advice.