How to spot a hidden profit warning

When a company is in trouble, the last thing it wants to do is release a profit warning. But when the profit warning does come, you want to take notice. Bengt Saelensminde explains how to read the curious language of the profit warning and how to take action to protect your investment.

With The Right Side, my aim is to help you become a better investor. I want to help you make money and stop you losing it.

Last Wednesday, I looked at the best way to use stop losses. They can help you keep small losses from becoming big ones. And I touched on the curse of profit warnings.

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Bengt graduated from Reading University in 1994 and followed up with a master's degree in business economics.

 

He started stock market investing at the age of 13, and this eventually led to a job in the City of London in 1995. He started on a bond desk at Cantor Fitzgerald and ended up running a desk at stockbroker's Cazenove.

 

Bengt left the City in 2000 to start up his own import and beauty products business which he still runs today.