By Rupert Taylor on Friday 20 March 2015
Whilst stronger in absolute terms the LAFDI could not keep pace with the wider market this week.
| Weekly return | |
| LAFDI | 0.88% |
| MSCI World | 1.34% |
| Top 5 performing Stocks in last week | ||
| 1 | ONDK US Equity | 12.53% |
| 2 | OPAY LN Equity | 7.55% |
| 3 | CACC US Equity | 5.75% |
| 4 | PFG LN Equity | 5.65% |
| 5 | NEWS US Equity | 3.45% |
| Worst 5 performing Stocks in last week | ||
| 1 | TBDY SS Equity | -24.82% |
| 2 | TAXI US Equity | -7.61% |
| 3 | QIWI US Equity | -7.07% |
| 4 | MONI LN Equity | -4.70% |
| 5 | MNY AU Equity | -3.28% |
* Returns are calculated for the week to local market close on Thursday
OnDeck Capital continued to build on last week’s strength, adding another 12.53% over the week. Wednesday punctuated the week with a raft of broker commentary the highest profile perhaps being Deutsche bank’s reiteration of its buy rating on the shares and $28 price target.
Optimal Payments added 7.55% over the week with the most notable news being that the firm has appointed Shane Hibbeler, a seasoned merchant services and financial services industry sales executive and manager, as vice president of sales. Mr. Hibbeler will lead Optimal Payments' independent contractor and direct sales channels for NETBANX®, the company's Straight Through Processing division.
The stand out underperformer, however, was TrustBuddy, the Swedish based short term and peer to peer lender. The company saw almost a quarter of its value wiped off its shares on heavier than normal volume. It's been a poor 2015 thus far for TrustBuddy's shareholders with the share price now almost half what is was at the start of the year. There was talk of a couple of big sellers in the market with the FY14 results released last month being OK but not indicative of growth potential.
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