Sunday is a good time to sit back, read, and forget about shares. Put the kettle on, find a comfy chair. You have the time, don't you?

It's time for the ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz.. There are no prizes! And remember, no Googling!

In this visualisation, we look at six important indicators that point to China’s economy slowing down. Data comes from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the People’s Bank of China, and the General Administration of Customs, to see what is flashing red. As usual, courtesy of Visual Capitalist.

Here are the most read and most listened-to articles and Bearcasts on ShareProphets over the past seven days. The most read non-Quiz, non-Tom article last week is by Malcolm Stacey, Artificial Intelligence could Help this Top Educator to Even Bigger Profits, at No 1 or No 2 including Bearcasts.

Hello Share Wallowers. Another development  enhances my list of reasons why the Footsie may soar between now and Yuletide. The oil price is rising again. That will, of course, boost shares like BP (BP.) and Shell (SHEL) as well as some of the minor producers. As the former giants are big components of the big share index we can expect an expanding oil price to whack up most share in the big companies, as a healthier Footsie usually puts general sentiment on an optimistic footing.

Previously writing on company which describes itself as “a leading developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells for specialist markets”, in July with the shares down to 4.25p I noted it’s good luck with a sustainable financial solution within the next few business days and it remains that hopefully our prior warnings were heeded, bargepole/sell. The shares had since risen to above 9p as financial hopes were raised and now the company “is pleased to announce” that it has conditionally placed new shares to raise approximately £2.1 million and is proposing to raise up to a further £0.25 million in a “retail offer” via the Bookbuild platform. So what of a share price currently down to 2.15p?!

Just under three months ago, I observed that “Halfords (HFD) is keeping its motor running for me (as an investor)”. That was a pretty sad reference to late 1960s music, but I am sure a bunch of you know that the company takes its name from Halford Street in Leicester where it was founded in 1892. Just a bit more relevant for today is how its 2020s progress is getting on, which brings us to Wednesday’s twenty-week trading update.