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Letter to AIM Regulation & SP Angel – did Versarien lie about its CEO resigning?
On Friday 10 March Versarien (VRS) announced that its disgraced CEO Neill Ricketts had resigned. It said it would determine the management structure going forward and Ricketts was not listed as a contact. But was that true?- By Tom Winnifrith, the Sheriff of AIM |
- 13 March 2023, 10:09 |
Nightingales Are Still Singing for the Future of Berkeley Squares and Avenues
Hello Share People. It takes a courageous analyst to recommend you look at a housebuilder in these dodgy days. But I still think the Berkeley Group (BKG) share price has some milage in it. Even if the latest numbers show sales in the industry down, rather a lot to be honest.- By Malcolm Stacey |
- 13 March 2023, 08:19 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Neill Ricketts and the £200,000 scandal & will SVB's demise whack Yourgene and Aferian? Which other listed companies are vulnerable?
I start with Versarien (VRS), the potentially £200,000 scandal and Neill Ricketts. Then to the demise of Silicon Valley Bank, a bubble blow up with associated crime and the wider ramifications: which listed companies could it screw up?- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 12 March 2023, 20:19 |
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Entain and the (changing) world of gambling
The sports gambling world is changing. It is not just that if we want to put ten quid on the Grand National, we access the internet rather than pretending we know how to go into a bookies, but is a reference to the UK gambling regulator’s new white paper which could be published by Easter. I say ‘could’ because it is already late, and lots has happened in the gambling world during the COVID-19 era period already.- By Chris Bailey of Financial Orbit |
- 12 March 2023, 17:53 |
Revisiting My Slam-Dunk Sells For 2022 - What A Bunch Of Dogs!
I see that my portfolio of slam-dunk sells for 2022 has nose-dived since year-end. But I fear there is far worse to come…..- By Nigel Somerville |
- 12 March 2023, 17:46 |
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Is Silicon Valley Bank a one-off event or an indication of wider reaching risks in the banking sector?
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has been all over the news and it’s the second largest US bank to ever find itself in this position, but is it just a one-off or a sign of further problems for the banking sector and the risk of a complete meltdown?- By Gary Newman |
- 12 March 2023, 14:19 |
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Dishonest journalism or bad journalism or both: Ian Cowie of the Sunday Times on Versarien
At least Cowie, one of Britain’s most senior personal finance journalists, is honest that he is a poltroon, admitting to buying shares in Versarien (VRS) at 177p. They closed Friday at just 3.5p although in his column today where he explains why he is hanging on for a bounce, Cowie says the shares are 5p. But the dishonesty of the journalism is epic.- By Tom Winnifrith, the Sheriff of AIM |
- 12 March 2023, 12:54 |
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Sunday Long Reads: Mystery Millionaire, Germany’s Leaky Intelligence, Bad AI, World’s Best Dogsledder, Disaster Predictor
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?
- By Darren Atwater |
- 12 March 2023, 12:50 |
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The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Gently Regains Ground and as SVB goes bust
Gold finished the week at $1868, up from last week’s $1857 by a small amount but an impressive move given the decline back down towards $1800 midweek. Is this a double-bottom I see before me?- By Nigel Somerville |
- 12 March 2023, 12:49 |
Visual Aid: The Periodic Table of Commodities Returns
This is a good one for this week’s visual aid. It’s a periodical table of commodities and their returns over the past ten years. In 2023, lithium is tops.- By Darren Atwater |
- 12 March 2023, 10:03 |
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Versarien may have sacked loathsome shyster Neill Ricketts but he is still lying!
There seems some uncertainty among some investors as to the departure of the loathsome Neill Ricketts from cash strapped Versarien (VRS). Some still think he remains as a consultant or in some other role. Au contraire. He has left the building. And others seem to think he actually resigned. Again no, he was forced out by the board. I have been in contact with advisers on the subject of apologies, meanwhile Ricketts carries on lying.- By Tom Winnifrith, the Sheriff of AIM |
- 12 March 2023, 09:54 |
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The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #179
It's time for the ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz.. There are no prizes! And remember, no Googling!
- By Darren Atwater |
- 12 March 2023, 09:29 |
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 11 Mar 2023
The most-read non-Tom non-Quiz article this week is Ariana Resources – Bad News From Tavsan, But Still A Buy by Nigel Somerville at No 3 or No 9 including Bearcasts.
- By Darren Atwater |
- 12 March 2023, 09:19 |
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Tintra – more and more questions vicar? This stinks to high heaven!
Even Stevie Wonder can see the red flags waving here. And you don’t need any sense of smell to detect the stench at Tintra (TNT). It continues to raise money at a massive premium to its current mid share price of 150 pence and to an ongoing death spiral conversion. The RNS issued on 10 March indicates that another unidentified investor is paying 1178 pence per share as set out below:- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 11 March 2023, 10:28 |
The Legend of the Five Golden Rules for Making Mauzuma in the Share Game.
Hello Share Followers. Here are the top five rules you should strictly obey if you want to make big money from our wonderful hobby. As investors prudent enough to follow this glittering website, you’ll already know them. But with temptation to break these rules assailing us every day, a reminder (or warning) is always useful.- By Malcolm Stacey |
- 11 March 2023, 09:17 |
Insig AI – “Generative AI Product Capability”, the initial announcement not sufficiently ramptastic?
An announcement on “Generative AI Product Capability” is the latest from Insig AI (INSG) – a “data science and machine learning”technology company I previously commented on just before Christmas. What of a now 13.5p share price, above £13 million market cap?- By Steve Moore |
- 10 March 2023, 16:15 |
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The fraud WANdisco – it was always a dog
Yesterday we learned of the mammoth fraud at Wandisco (WAND) which may well sink it. Bulls always pointed to huge forecast earnings but while the FCA always tells us that the past is no guide to the future it often is. We perma bears pointed to the actual numbers.- By Tom Winnifrith, the Sheriff of AIM |
- 10 March 2023, 15:41 |
Hostmore – argues “matter is unrelated to recent trading”, so why are results delayed?
'Fridays' (formerly TGI Fridays), '63rd+1st', and 'Fridays and Go' restaurants and bars company Hostmore (MORE) has issued an update that lending facilities discussions are “progressing well” and noting trading “in line with current market expectations” with “a further announcement confirming the new date of the preliminary results will be made in due course whilst an update on the group's amended banking facilities will also be provided as part of the preliminary results announcement”. What then of a share price currently to 13p?- By Steve Moore |
- 10 March 2023, 14:27 |
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BREAKING: So how many patents does Versarien actually have? 130? What do you think?
Now that Neill Ricketts has been resigned as CEO of Versarien (VRS) the board and its PR advisors need to get to grips urgently with some of the outrageous claims made by the loathsome old barstool. For only when investors are told the ghastly truth can disgraced Nomad SP Angel consider allowing a bailout fund raise. And, as I pointed out in bearcast, a string of apologies are also needed to show that the culture has changed at Versarien and is no longer toxic. In terms of the truth, we might start with Ricketts’ claims about IP.- By Tom Winnifrith, the Sheriff of AIM |
- 10 March 2023, 14:22 |
Video: Recession and Higher Rates – The Mega-Risks in 2023
Analyst and investor David Hay recently released a new book “Bubble 3.0” which is a warning about the investment perils we all face but which most folks opt to ignore.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 10 March 2023, 13:42 |