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Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: I am glad Mugabe is dead & burning in hell with Martin McGuinness

I start with the incredibly exciting matter I flagged yesterday. It did happen and I shall be able to say more in 4-6 weeks. Then onto the death of Robert Mugabe. I am sure the BBC will focus on early heroics. It should not. That is like saying "but... Hitler created some good art early on." I celebrate Mugabe's death wishing it had happened years ago. I look at how the regulators fail to tackle white collar crime reference Sefton (SER) and at why Altitude (ALT) MUST be investigated. I also cover Alien Metals (UFO) and Neil Woodford dog Xeros (XSG).

PPIX

ProPhotonix – RNS Reach does prove a portend; now “reviewing all funding and strategic options available”

Earlier this week I cautioned on ProPhotonix (PPIX), new laser diode ‘delight’, but it’s an RNS Reach having questioned its financial strength. Now first half of 2019 results – and the shares currently at 2.25p, approaching 30% lower…

ALT
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Letter to FinnCap: Your client Altitude is talking rubbish, please ask the FCA to investigate £2.2m director share sales and other possible market abuse

Yesterday AIM Casino listed Altitude (ALT) served up a very nasty lack of sales and profits warning relating to the six months to June 30th as Steve Moore described HERE. What absolutely stinks to high heaven are three share transactions made by founder and NED Martin Varley. Those trades would have had to be cleared by the board and the Nomad, hapless FinnCap, to whom I have written in today, copying in the regulators. There is another big issue that needs investigating too...

Gold

Podcast: Smaller Explorers Will Provide Multiple Returns in this Gold Market

Entrepreneur and author Nick Germain feels that the cannabis and crypto markets have drawn some interest from new investors. There is a bit of an uphill battle with attracting young investors to invest in resources, but that may improve.

Collapsing-Reactor
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Neil Woodford Redemptions Watch: a modicum of outperformance……except at WPCT (ouch!)

Neil Woodford’s benchmark for his Equity Income Fund (WEIF) and Income Focus Fund (WIFF), the FTSE All-share index, dropped by 0.41% yesterday but the good news for Neil is that WEIF and WIFF posted gains in NAV per share, with WIFF up by 0.26% and WEIF up by 0.23%. Hurrah – for one day only, he’s beaten the benchmark!

EMIS

You Might Not Want to Give EMIS a Miss as Demand by Doctors Might Soar

Hello Share Movers. As I've opined before, doctors surgeries are becoming fuller as we get older and more frail. Also, I suspect many of us are not as stoic as our ancestors and go running off to the quack for the slightest thing. All this extra pressure on your GP means that they look for ways to speed things up. Enter EMIS Group (EMIS), a company I've commended before...

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ClearStar – an achievement it’s proud of, but financial impact? And it’s an RNS Reach…

“ClearStar (AIM: CLSU), a provider of Human Capital Integrity technology-based services specialising in background and medical screening, is pleased to announce that it has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 accreditation”, with the company emphasising “we are proud to have… efforts recognised through this accreditation”. Though I note it’s an RNS Reach announcement…

LSAI

Location Sciences – following questioning if “expansion of the US team and increased investment in business development” will mitigate…

Location Sciences Group (LSAI) has followed “extremely pleased” with the appointment of Michael Iantosca to its advisory panel with “together with Blis, we are taking the lead globally in terms of bringing transparency to location data”. Oooh – global lead, hey…

Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: something incredibly exciting may happen today I can't reveal just yet

If it happens and when I can tell you I shall. Meanwhile I discuss Malcolm's bonkers views on housebuilding shares and, at length, the dogs that are Tomco (TOM) and Highlands Natural Resources (HNR) with asides on the Dallas TV show, who shot JR and my cousin Jeff's "crime" and the 3DM fraud.

ALT
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Altitude – “revenue has not accelerated as quickly as envisaged”… so about those £2.2 million director share sales!…

Self-styled “leading provider of technology and information services to the promotional products, print and clothing industries”, Altitude Group (ALT) has updated including “growth in revenue in the US means that the US business is now self-funding and the group retains current cash resources of approximately £3.0m and has no bank borrowings” and “confident that the potential for the business is greater than originally thought”. The shares are currently at circa 60p – around 35% lower!?...

KEFI

Kefi: green light for Tulu Kapi – upgrade stance to strong buy

Good news at last for we loyal shareholders in Kefi Minerals (KEFI). The company says that its partners, notably the Ethiopian Government, have reaffirmed their commitment to starting development in October 2019. That means first gold in late 2021 as scheduled...

BOO
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boohoo says boo hoo to the doubters

Lots of bits and pieces in today's regulatory updates...but I cannot really rouse myself to talk about why William Hill (WMH) finally got religion to evolve its CEO or why I am not too surprised Dixons Carphone (DC.) is a better business than the market gives credit for, nor even why yesterday's numbers and comments from Barratt Developments (BDEV) or today's from Redrow (RDW) are not enough for me to change my (negative) views on the housebuilders. By contrast I am pleased to read a positive update from boohoo (BOO)

CERP
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Columbus Energy Resources – interims, second half to be transformational?

Currently Trinidad-operating, oil and gas company Columbus Energy Resources (CERP) has announced results for the first half of 2019 and emphasises it “is on the verge of an exciting phase with a number of activities commencing in 2H 2019 which could potentially be transformational”

Gold

Podcast: More upside still to come in gold and silver

Technical analyst JC Parets has been bullish for the last year on precious metals, and a part of his thesis was a call for a weaker dollar. However, the dollar index has been flat while gold and silver have shown a great deal of relative strength. If the dollar weakens, that would likely boost the uptrend in metals while if it strengthens that may weaken gold.

Collapsing-Reactor
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Neil Woodford Redemptions Watch: down, down, down as we learn (after hours, natch) of THIN pickings

Serial no-one-is-watching o’clock issuer of bad news, Oslobors-listed Thin Film (THIN) announced last night at eighteen minutes past 6pm that Neil Woodford has offloaded another tranche of the company’s confetti to bring his holding down from just shy of 20% to 13.5%. Early yesterday the shares were trading at NOK 0.07 but closed at NOK 0.06, perhaps indicating again that valuing small illiquid stocks is all very well until you try to sell them.

BDEV

Another Big Builder Defies the Doubters and Posts Decent Numbers. It's Worth a Look

Hello Share Buyers. House building is a funny old game for poor old share shifters like us. If house prices fall, as they seem to be doing now, you can bet your last dollar that builders' share prices will go down even faster. But my feeling is that continuing demand for homes and low interest rates will keep the sector bubbling up, especially for more affordable homes...

MRS
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Oooo Er MRS, the comedy shit show continues – shares in Management Resource Solutions suspended

Shares in this posterboy for the AIM Cesspit fell in morning trade. Pure coincidence natch! Nothing to see here officer, move along quickly please. At 2.20 PM the Oxymorons at AIM Regulation suspended trading in a company we have pointed out is drowning in debt and red flags and is almost certainly worthless on many occasions as you can see HERE. At 4.01 PM Management issued a statement. You cannot make this shit up. Only on the AIM Cesspit.

QUIZ

Quiz plc – AGM Trading Update, can it return to sustainable profitable growth?

An “AGM trading update” from fast fashion retailer Quiz plc (QUIZ) includes that it “has continued to benefit from sales growth through QUIZ's own websites” and “the board continues to believe that, through the strength of QUIZ's flexible business model and increasing online focus, the group can return to sustainable profitable growth in the medium term”. The shares have responded to a current circa 17p – around 8% lower…

Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The stench of Neil Woodford makes IP Group uninvestable whatever Jefferies says

In today's podcast I look at Mobile Streams (MOS), Xeros Group (XSG), what causes Neil Woodford to call it a day and how the stench of his activites makes IP Group (IPO) uninvestable at any price whatever broker Jefferies says in a note today.

GRIT
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Winnileaks: Sam Hutchins and the GRIT share dumping cover-up: will the FCA do anything about it? (new evidence)

Yesterday, Global Resources Investment Trust (GRIT) issued a TR1 relating to the shareholding of Align Research run by Mr Richard Jennings. This demonstrates the extent to which former boss David “Sam” Hutchins went to to cover up his own share sales in a closed period, a matter we raised HERE.

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