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SYME
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Supply@Me Capital and the spoof website

Over a month has passed since the fraud Supply@ME Capital (SYME) issued its 31 December 2021 trading update promising inventory monetisation revenue was due shortly.  In January 2022 the sole RNS was the notification of the issue of 594 million shares in respect of the December loan note repayment. I suppose it all depends on what you mean by “shortly.”

SDX
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SDX Energy – I warned, now I warn again. It’s a bargepole. SELL

It is some time since I last commented on SDX Energy (SDX), in fact it was over 2 ½ years ago when I last hammered the keyboard to record my views on this company. How time flies when Covid lockdowns stop one going to parties. Regardless, yesterdays RNS really was an ouzo moment when one looks at some of the detail. 

CHLL
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EXPOSE: Here’s how Chill Brands deceived its investors before Christmas

Since the Standard List is regulated – no sniggering at the back –  by the wretched FCA, lying to investors about the nature of a transaction is probably not considered to be a problem. Here is a deception and rule breach served up by the soon to be insolvent fraud Chill Brands (CHLL) on December 20 2021.

KETL

Strix Has Been Off the Boil, but the Maker of Kettle Bits Seems Set to Steam Head Again

Hello Share Rattlers. I’ve commended Strix Group (KETL) to you before but lately this maker of kettle bits has not been one of my more illustrious calls. It’s down by a third compared to the second half of last year. But the fall, connected to perceived supply and transport issues together with the rising cost of raw materials, seems to me unjustified.

Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Tod's in the Slammer, Tod's in the slammer, Hip,Hip Hooray

In today’s bearcast I discuss Cineworld (CINE), Gulf Keystone (GKP), Chill Brands (CHLL), Omega Diagnostics (ODX), Vast Resources (VAST), Joules (JOUL) and the dreadful grammar of the younger brother of London’s worst Nomad, Roland “fatty” Cornish. How many BP’s does Michael think there are 2, 3, 27? 

BAG

A.G. Barr – emphasises positive trading, how’s the outlook?...

Previously writing on drinks company with brands including IRN-BRURubicon and Funkin A.G. Barr (BAG), in November with the shares at 520p I concluded that whilst a long-term buy looks cogently arguable, still just on my watchlist. The shares last closed just below 500p, but a trading update today has helped them back across this level – so what’s the latest?…

VAST
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Vast Resources – again playing fast & loose with AIM rules: deceiving investors and letting down the saintly Dr Teeling

The good doctor Teeling, boss of Botswana Diamonds (BOD) is, as you many know, the only AIM CEO to have seen me naked. But today it is Dr Teeling who is left exposed having been let down, as predicted here, by the scoundrels at worthless POS Vast Resources (VAST). A good Nomad would have warned him against engaging with such wastrels but Dr Teeling uses the services of London’s worst Nomad, Roland “fatty” Cornish. Enough said.

JOUL
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James Halstead remains quality whilst Joules Group is...a bit more challenged

Another month starts and – no doubt – more corporate share price excitement will be apparent. As a boring active investor with over five years (at least!) before I can access my pension fund, I am genuinely excited about prospects as it is clearly far from being a boring passive investment world nowadays. Here is the less good news though, I doubt if even a third of stocks are even moderately interesting. Clearly we are shifting closer to the world of Japan with ageing populations, high debt levels, boring economic growth progress…and only one in ten of the stocks that you appraise being interesting. And that brings me to today’s updates from James Halstead (JHD) and Joules Group (JOUL).

Bear
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January performance update: start of 2022 top shorted London-listed shares

Early this year we showed the top shorted London-listed shares at the start of 2022. How’s the performance (those in bold remain from 2021) as at the end of the first month?…

GKP
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Karma: Tod Kozel of £1 billion ramp Gulf Keystone infamy sent to prison for 5 years

Do you remember when Gulf Keystone (GKP) was the darling of the Bulletin Board Morons?  Its market cap surged to £1 billion as its lying charlatan of a founder and CEO Tod Kozel claimed it had reserves greater than Shell.  The self described “Tod Squad” of Bulletin Board worshippers insisted that folks like myself, Lucian and Was Shakoor who called out Tod’s bogus claims and the insane valuation were being reported to the FCA and would go to jail. Oh what sweet irony…

CRDL

Cordel Group – interims, “positive progress with contract wins and exciting partnerships”? Er...

Previously writing on transport data technology group when it was Maestrano, in October with the shares down to 13.5p I concluded there looked to still be much ‘growth trend’ work to do to justify the valuation and meanwhile there was also cash burn concern and I continued to avoid. The now Cordel Group (CRDL) has now announced results for its half-year ended 31st December 2021 including that “we have delivered positive progress with contract wins and exciting partnerships”. So why are the shares a further more than 10% lower to below 9p?…

Sith

Offered stock in an IPO – no I should be given it for free!

The Sith Lord Zak Mir always tells me that all publicity for him is good publicity. That is why, as I, alone, report his utterly atrocious stock picking, inability to understand even the basic grammar he was taught at Harrow or his strange business ventures. He should be so incredibly grateful to me. I am almost the only chronicler of the Fall and Rise of Reggie Mir. And that brings us to Lift Ventures. Is it Lift Off or Lift on?

KWS

Gaming, Gaming, Gaming. To Spread Your Risk during the Boom, Take a Peek at this Ambitious Outfit

Hello Share Players. Currently one of the best sectors for a rising share price is armchair gaming. Keywords Studios (KWS) is an enterprise that supplies the gaming industry with digital services. So you’d expect it to be doing rather well as Covid has kept more folks at home. And that’s the case, with the firm announcing numbers better than expected.

PURP
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Purplebricks – Disastrous Interims: When's The Placing?

As predicted on this fine website, AIM-listed Purplebricks Group (PURP)’s interims to October 2021 are suitably disastrous. But since the company isn’t bust (yet) the market has reacted with relief and the shares are marginally up on the day, at 20.3p – though a long way shy of the 50-60p they were at only last autumn, and a country mile off the £5 at peak Neil Woodford-ramp back in 2017. The opening preamble tries to polish the turd, but a peek at the formal accounts shows that it lost £20.2 million in just six months. During a housing boom where anything standing sold within hours and average prices roofed it as mortgages were almost free to a good home. Yikes – just how bad might it have been in a slump?!

VLG

Venture Life Group – a trading statement it’s “pleased to provide”. Should it be?...

‘Self-care’ products group Venture Life (VLG) has made a trading statement and the shares have currently responded to around 50p, 34% higher, on the back of it. Is this justified?…

Gagged
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Tom Winnifrith Twitter account blocked for being nasty to journalist smearing PR man Paul “Queenie” Mcmanus

I have had to agree to remove two tweets directed at Walbrook PR man Paul “Queenie McManus” as Twitter says that I am harassing the poor little bunny. I have had, in an Orwellian way, to admit to Big Brother that I did indeed harass Queenie and must now suffer 12 hours of twitter silence on the naughty step. So here is what I said and why it was utterly fair and did not, in fact,break twitter rules.

Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast – V is for Vindication day

As I write, four of the top 12 fallers are stocks that I have exposed as total wronguns and one of the four even coughed up that I had gpt a scoop on Friday. In today’s podcast, which should please Matthew and his dog, I cover: Omega Diagnostics (ODX) and its porkies, MGC Pharmaceuticals (MXC), a Turner Pope dog still valued at £40 million even now but not worth a fraction of that,  Guild ESports (GILD) & the greed of David Beckham, Vast Resources (VAST) and the fraud Chill Brands (CHLL ) which could be going down the plughole for good within a  couple of weeks. I forgot to discuss the latest news from Zak Mir and Lift Ventures. That will have to wait for another day.

GILD
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David Beckham ‘’e's ‘avin’ a larf – tragic finals from Guild Esports, cash burn central, Yellow Journalism at Daily Mail disgraced again!

Floated at 8p on the (sub) Standard list on 2 October 2020, football gaming shower Guild Esports (GILD) now sees its shares languishing at just 3p after the release of truly dreadful interims. The only shareholder laughing all the way to the bank is David “show me the money” Beckham.

STU
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Studio Retail Group – “trading statement”; profit is a matter of opinion, cash is reality...

‘Digital value retailer’ Studio Retail Group (STU) commences a trading statement with “Improved performance on Black Friday and in Christmas period”. The shares are currently at 97p in response to the announcement, 39% lower! So what’s going on?…

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