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Armchair-Tycoon

Might you Have Thousands of Pounds Due from Forgotten Shares? Read on.

Hello Share Splitters. You may be sitting on a pile of share money you know nothing about. As a prolific share trader since the Big Bang in the ‘eighties, I have share certificates in which I abandoned interest because the shares shed a lot of their value. But we all know it has been known for no-hopers to suddenly revive...

ECK

Eckoh – full-year results argue “excellent” future prospects, but what’s already in the valuation?

“Eckoh plc (ECK), the global provider of secure payment products and customer contact solutions, is pleased to announce its final results for the year ended 31 March 2017”. Hmmm, this though follows a profit warning in September

PTCM

Porta Communications – announces completion of new banking facility, how’s the balance sheet then?

On the back of a “Financial Completion of New Banking Facility” announcement, shares in PR and marketing group Porta Communications (PTCM) are currently more than 6% lower, sliding back below 4p. Hmmm...

SOLO

Solo Oil at 0.33p - house broker ups target to 0.9p from 0.8p in detailed note

House broker Shore Cap has upped its share price target for Solo Oil (SOLO) from 0.8p to 0.9p in a detailed note (below) entitled “Adding helium to the mix”. Following the successful testing of Ntorya-2 and subsequent resource upgrade, and the acquisition of a 10% holding in the appropriately titled Helium One, it has increased its sum-of-the-parts valuation for Solo. 

KBT

K3 Business Technology – following profit warning last month… fundraising to avert cash crunch ahoy

K3 Business Technology (KBT) has announced a 140p per share conditional placing to raise a gross £7.5 million and an associated open offer to raise up to £1 million, with October-commenced CEO Adalsteinn Valdimarsson emphasising this as it “enables us to operate with full flexibility as we make strategic decisions”. This following recently another profit warning. Hmmm…

Atomic

Politics can be interesting, but Economics always wins

The New Normal world of the 100-year life requires new economic thinking. Political and social issues are now beginning to dominate the landscape. As we saw in the UK’s Brexit vote to leave the European Union, voters no longer see economics as the sole issue in elections. This paradigm shift was then followed by Donald Trump winning the US Presidency and Italy voting against premier Renzi’s constitutional reforms. Most people feel the current economic/political/social system is no longer working for them. Voters are increasingly giving up on the “consensus wisdom” that ignores demographics, and which believes the world can somehow go back to the constant growth seen during the Baby Boomer-led Supercycle, underpinned by its asset bubbles.

SGI
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Stanley Gibbons – is it guilty of market abuse with statement claiming a bid approach that was not?

On Friday some punters paid up to 13.5p for shares in Stanley Gibbons (SGI) after it claimed that it had received a bid approach. The shares are now c11.5p to sell after that was exposed as er...just not true.

AVO
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Advanced Oncotherapy – the stench of desperation as the shares crash

Shares in doomed Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) are now 15.25p to sell, compared to a 25p nominal price. That means that as death spiral provider Bracknor desperately tried to convert c£3 million on loan notes into shares to flog to eliminate its exposure under the spoof arrangement with Advanced it will demand fees of 40p for every £1 of loan note converted. As it scrambles to convert notes and flog shares before the fat lady waddles onto stage from the wings (where she is already warming up), the share price will continue to tank making things even worse. So what to do?

Conservatives

Winner of the caption contest - Boris Johnson celebrates election disaster edition

Thank you to all who entered this edition's caption contest. The panel had a difficult time picking a winner.

Malcolm-Sax-Machine

Goody, Goody! How a Hung Parliament Should Be Brilliant for Most Share Owners

Hello Share Pippers. That incorrigible pessimist Uncle Tom has argued on this starry website that the election result is dire for business. So we can expect our portfolios to lose value from now on? I think not. Here are my reasons why a hung parliament is actually good for business.

Christmas-Stripper

New Bulletin Board Moron of the Week contest - sponsored by Naked Brokerman Dan

The ADVFN share blogger of the year has graciously agreed to be this week's Bulletin Board Moron sponsor  and primses to send a full monty photo to the winning entry. What greater incentive do you need to enter?

Tom
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Darren Winters, David Williams at Avanti, Eden Research – is there any point in carrying on crusading?

As I noted in the bearcast special yesterday I am not going to launch any more new business ventures, if anything I am on the retreat and working towards calling it a day. I am gratified by the response both in the comments section below that bearcast and in numerous private emails. It seems that I am far from alone. Whichever bunch of career politicians gets to run the UK I think it makes no odds. We entrepreneurs are saying “enough is enough” and are not only preparing to pack up but are already starting to do so, The implications for the UK economy are clear and are serious. The Golden Geese are preparing to take wing. But all week I have been wrestling with another issue: what is the point of writing as I do?

Conservatives

Caption Contest: Boris Johnson celebrates election disaster edition

Caption this photo of a calm and reflective Boris Johnson as he considers how to help his country and putting party before self. The deadline is midnight tonight.

SGI
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Stanley Gibbons bid approach - maybe mad Edi is not mad after all?

This has been an awfu sharel tip and so, as a shareholder myself, I almost welcome an end to my suffering. I am sure the bidder is looking to pick up assets on the cheap and won't pay anything like a full price but at least the shares are up by 2.125p to 13.25p mid.

Gold
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Sharps Pixley sees 252% increase in demand for physical gold – are you surprised?

According to leading bullion dealer Sharps Pixley, the elections leading to a 'hung parliament' in the UK have seen a rush into physical gold by investors, as the country slips into a political vacuum. The uncertainty both in the UK and indeed geopolitical concerns across the globe have fed into firmer gold prices which have risen 11% so far in 2017 in international markets.

SHOE

Shoe Zone – half-year results suggest continued income value

Value footwear retailer, Shoe Zone (SHOE) has announced results for its half year ended 1st April 2017 and that it “has traded broadly in line with management's expectations since the period end and the board continues to look to the future with confidence”.

FFWD
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Jim Mellon's Diabetic Boot Company spoof unravelling as late accounts filed

I’ve written a few times on the travails of The Diabetic Boot Company over time, usually after yet another Jim Mellon-related company lends or invests money in this biotech pipedream. Well, its results have finally come out, two months late, and they make interesting reading.

Newsboy

Notes from Underground: All politics are local, even from Greece

Not that anyone wants to hear more about the election, but I find it facinating that the majority of our top 10 articles were not about the markets but about politics. Not that ShareProphets is going to swing that way, but it's always refreshing to see that our readers don't have one track minds.

Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: the 40 year golden age of the entrepreneur is over: time to pack up

Having reflected on the General Election for 24 hours it is clear that the people have spoken. The national mood is ugly. Folks really do want to support "freefor" parties - whatever you want free for you. They want this funded by sticking the bill on the UK's credit card and by punishing the rich and by that they mean folks who risk their capital to start businesses. The mood is against us and it will get worse. The writing is on the wall. Up and down the country folks like me are thinking it is time to start packing it all in. 

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