Hello Share Tracers. In light of signals that the government may soon relax the purse strings, influenced by public demand, let’s take another look at Countryside Properties (CSP).

We goaded AIM listed fraud Eden Research (EDEN) on its deal with UMMS and it has today made an announcement. The phrase polishing a turd springs to mind.

Previously writing on Utilitywise (UTW), I concluded continue to avoid as the shares recovered a bit from sub 130p - Flattery from the company for Brendan, but will he be able to rectify the red flags ahoy? There is today a “Projected under-consumption of energy contracts” announcement – and the shares are currently crashing below 80p…

We all know that stockmarkets are rigged and that fraud is endemic. So what is the answer? Natch. Clamp down on short sellers. That is the answer those who benefit from the scams such as Stockmarket bosses, as well as those who lose like Bulletin Board Morons, always come up with. What short sellers do is immoral. In fact it is down right unpatriotic. You could not make this nonsense up. But as the excellent article below from a website you must start reading ( www.Wolfstreet.com ) shows, we already live in this parallel universe.

Fans of The Graduate will recognise the form, if not the precise wording of the title. Life has thankfully moved on from the 1960s and in today’s world of internet delivery and crowded consumer choice, packaging matters from both a practical and differentiating perspective.

Legalised cannabis is right up there with The Internet of Things and Blockchain Technology as "hot" stockmarket promotes right now. Anyone who wants to grab the interest of investors, especially Stateside, is getting into the pot game. Cometh the day, cometh the man... step forward Big Dave Lenigas.

This is not the normal fare from gold bulls Palisade Capital. The firm's technical analyst Jordan Roy Byrne is uber bearish warning that July will be awful for both gold and gold stocks. Watch the latest video from Jordan, for a TA saddo he is better than most. All we need now is the Sith Lord Zak Mir saying that the charts look bullish and the bear case would be complete.

Base rates are going to stay low forever so current (inflated) equity market valuations are justifiable. In other words "it will be different this time". I don't believe that and neither does Andrew Monk of VSA. But the great Terry Smith argues it might be...who are we to argue with Terry? 

Well there’s a thing: ShareProphets AIM-China Filthy Forty stock Aquatic Foods Group (AFG) is still having trouble remitting funds from China resulting in the delay of payments to a number of parties whose assistance is required for the finalisation of the audited accounts. In short, the company can’t pay its bills and the shares have been suspended. 

An “AGM Trading and Strategic Update” announcement from fresh meat and food-to-go retailer, Crawshaw (CRAW) includes that “we are pleased with the progress we've made” and “the trading performance of the business continues to be stable following the improvement in like-for-like sales from the initiatives introduced throughout the estate”. The shares have responded to the announcement… approaching 14% lower, to 25p! Hmmm…

Hello Share Smatterers. If anyone ever berates you for risking your money on penny shares, you might want to tell them the following tale.

You may know Tom Winnifrith as the man who exposes fraud on AIM and gets a stack of death threats and lawyers letters for his troubles. Just on Tuesday he has published a massive exclusive on Quindell, the biggest London stockmarket fraud for 30 years, and a con the regulators thanked him for exposing. That breaking news is HERE.

Updating towards the end of March, Fairpoint Group (FRP) stated “the audit of the 2016 results is expected to complete in April”. Towards the end of April, it then updated that results “will be announced mid-May”, then on 24th May that it then expected to announce in June. Now, the shares have been suspended as the company “will not be in a position” to publish its annual report and accounts in the six months from year-end it has under AIM rules – and it gets still worse…

I guess if you write for a website that makes the Official Jimmy Saville Fan Club website seem well read and popular, it forces one to also post on Bulletin Boards in order that your words of wisdom/attempts to ramp your flagging portfolio reach an audience of more than three men and a dog. Speaking of dogs - Watchstone (WTG) is stock which bear raider turned Bulletin Board Moron Evil Knievil has long argued is worth 500p. The shares are now 140p ( and falling) after yesterday's massive revelations from me HERE.

A few weeks ago I penned a piece on Blenheim Natural Resources (BNR) in which I was highly skeptical of the recent holdings RNSs from a certain Pershing Nominees/Valbury Capital.

I bet the BBC News picks up on it and runs with it too. But its sister publication is quick out of the blocks...The Guardian today runs with a raft of misleading headlines and other fake news as is its wont but the one on Brexit driving EU workers abroad wins the prize. The left wing rag with plunging sales and spiralling losses states: "Almost half of highly skilled EU workers 'could leave UK within five years". The sub head is "Deloitte study finds 47% were considering leaving after Brexit, while overall one-third of non-British workers could leave". Right, okay but hang on what did the survey actually say and was it big enough to be statistically valid?

Metal Tiger (MTR) has updated on exploration at the Logrosan Minerals joint venture in Spain – helping the shares currently slightly higher to 2.03p mid.

In a sense this is not that relevant as Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) is within a couple of months of running out of cash and going tits up but on a point of principle I have written to the my very good friends at the Financial Reporting Council as there are aspects of Advanced's 2016 annual report and accounts which stink more than a pile of rotting kippers left out at a sewage farm in the scorching midday heat. The letter follows:

A year ago Ronald Stoeferle stated that we were at the very beginning of a bull market in gold, He was wrong. He says that was stopped by Donald Trump. Gold and commodities are dirt cheap when compared to stocks. Equities, bonds, and real estate are at or near their all time highs. He thinks the dollar is close to rolling over.

Grand Group never made the ShareProphets AIM-China Filthy Forty. It was nothing to do with qualifying, it just arrived on the Casino too late. But listing in January 2015 at 80p to give it a market capitalisation of £27 million it is now worth just £4.8 million. Ouch!