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Powerhouse Energy – what ails thee?

At just over a penny, shares in Powerhouse Energy (PHE) are down by more than 75% so far this year. At peak ramp on 31 December 2020 they were 9.8p. To all those folks nursing 90% losses thanks to the (undeclared) paid ramping of Zak Mir and the ludicrous claims made by the company including its disgraced ex chairman, the liar and former Tory Minister Tim Yeo, you know who to blame. And it is not me who did warn you, not that you wished to listen.

Tom
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BREAKING: Jim Mellon, Matt Earl and Malcolm Burne join the fun – Sharestock 2023 now open for bookings

Some folks said that I did not give them enough notice about ShareStock 2022 so they were on holiday, could not find anywhere to stay or had accepted a prior engagement. So for 2023 I am giving you almost a year’s notice of an even more unusual event! We start with some amazing new speakers:

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Physiomics – “pleased to announce” contract award, attempted ramptastic?

‘Drug treatment regimens and personalised medicine consultancy’ Physiomics (PYC) has followed recent half-year results with a “pleased to announce… third contract by existing client, Numab Therapeutics”. So what of a current 2.3p share price?

CCT

Character Group – does a latest trading update provide the stabilisation I previously said was required?

Previously writing on designer, developer and international distributor of toys, games and giftware Character Group (CCT) just over a year ago with the shares down to 572.5p I concluded I’d look for some stated stabilisation before reconsidering from avoid. So what of a latest trading update?

MADE
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Made.com – shares soar on hope but the grim truth about the black hole is grim indeed

I say soar. The shares are up 27% at 4.3p. To those dumb fund managers who ponied up £200 million (half from the company and have from investors bailing) at 200p in last year’s IPO that will be scant consolation. They are still almost 98% offside! The news is mixed.

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Time to grab a Greggs vegan sausage roll (and its shares too?)

Back in early August I observed that a dump below a twenty quid share price would be quite interesting for anyone interested in buying shares in Greggs plc (GRG). And, with the fall in the company’s share price over the last two or three weeks, we now might be at an interesting moment.

SYME

Venus has sold every singly Supply share it has been given - proof for the morons

There are still some morons out there who reckon that mysterious offshore death spiral provider Venus is an actual investor in the fraud Supply@ME Capital (SYME) shares. They are encouraged in this delusion by the company but the reality is that Venus uses ramptastic and fanciful RNS's from Supply to forward sell shares onto the morons and then converts loan notes into shares to cover. In other words it always has either a negative or zero position in the stock. You think it is just me saying that? Have a butchers at page 5 of the current prospectus which will allow Supply to issue even more billions of death spiral shares...

AIQ

AIQ – Snouts In The Trough? No Way!

Following a ridiculous rise in the shares of sub-Standard-Listed AIQ (AIQ), I have been expecting the forces of gravity to reassert and pull them down from a peak of over 19p. Gravity duly obliged over the last week, dropping AIQ’s confetti to 15p at the weekend, but now they have dropped again to 13p after the company handed out a load of 1p warrants. Normally I would shout and scream about pigs in the trough if warrants were issued at 1p when the shares were trading at 15p, or 13p at which they closed. But this is different.

SRT

SRT Marine Systems – argues “recovered and… now performing well”, but sustainably so this time?

Previously writing on SRT Marine Systems (SRT), last month with the shares at 28p I questioned how “material” is the half-year improvement?. So what of today a “half year trading update”?

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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Why I can't buy the bereavements line from Hot Rocks & Gavin Burnell of Globo infamy

In today's podcast, pre Joshua book fair, so a tad rushed I look at Amur Minerals (AMC), the growing Bezant (BZT) scandal, Gavin Burnell & Hot Rocks (HRIP) and Tortilla Mexican (MEX)

PEEL

Peel Hunt – “Half Year Trading Update”, why no mention of the bottom-line I wonder?!

Mid and small cap broker Peel Hunt (PEEL) has issued a ‘trading update’ including “significant progress against our strategic priorities… when market activity levels normalise, we are well positioned for growth”. So what of a share price currently more than 5% lower to 83.5p?

MEX
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GOTCHA – Tortilla Mexican Grill – profits warning when’s the placing?

I warned and I warned that this Mexican style fast food rollout would go badly and today shares in Tortilla Mexican Grill (MEX) have duly puked by 30% to 101p. It was just 362 days ago that this company joined the AIM sewer at 181p having raised £5 million for the company and £12 million for founders cashing in some of their nachos. Good call.

Boom
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Oh dear, oh dear: yet another employment tribunal humiliation for Julie Meyer, she really is a card

Somehow Vince Cable thought it would be a cracking idea to make Julie "lingerie on expenses" Meyer an MBE for services to business. A decade on, despite the FCA criminal enquiry, the collapse of her flagship Ariadne Capital, the UK and Maltese arrest warrants and the problems with taxmen in the US and UK and numerous others to whom money is owed, this rotten Government still thinks she should keep that gong. Here is another reason why that is a mistake.

ESNT
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Interesting updates from Essentra and James Halstead

For me, any company with a market cap below £1 billion is a small cap and so a bit of small cap focus for me today, given updates from two corporate names I have mentioned before: Essentra (ESNT) and James Halstead (JHD).

TPX

TPXimpact – ‘digital transformation’ provider struggling with its own transformation!

Shares in ‘digital transformation’ business TPXimpact (TPX), formerly Panoply, were above 100p until late last week. They are currently down at 32.5p, so what’s going on?

NNN

Nanosynth shares sliding again – now off almost 1/3 since it told a £3 million lie 5 weeks ago - 10 weeks to bankruptcy?

On August 26th nanosynth (NNN) LIED to investors claiming it had done a deal which would see it “raise £2.9425 million”. That was a great big fat lie. It will raise nothing like that. Last week it doubled down repeating that lie in its interims and now, facing bankruptcy by Christmas it still refuses to come clean and its shares are tumbling again. Perhaps it is time to start telling the truth as lying sure is not working!

EDEN
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As Eden slips out piss poor interims is the Terpenetech Panama Pump fraud unravelling?

As it prepares for its 28th year of miserable existence, the Eden Research (EDEN) fraud is still no closer to making a profit. Interims out on Friday were piss poor but behind the scenes is there even worse news?

MAB

Pub Shortage should Give this Big Chain a Chance to Put a Head on its Share Price

Hello Share Squashers. Having moved to a new town recently, this old punter has been finding it hard to find a decent pub. This issue probably persists in most places now, as a tide of hostelries have closed for good in recent years. This is encouraging for pubs that remain, especially the chains. One such venture is Mitchells and Butlers (MAB).

Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Yes! Carnival could be a zero

I start by rubbing more salt into the wounds of Chris Bailey as I look at just how screwed is Carnival (CCL). Then onto whether we are in a recession or not and how long it will last. In light of my conclusion I urge you to ignore Malcolm's share tip tomorrow. Finally a thanks to a reader who stopped me poisoning my family last night with my self sufficiency. Tonight's episode of that part of my life is marrow and ginger jam.

BZT
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A Letter to AIM Regulation & Roland “Fatty” Cornish: Colin Bird’s Bezant a statement & suspension needed

As I exposed here yesterday, Colin Bird’s Bezant Resources (BZT) is insolvent and has deceived investors with its interims on Friday. I have written to its Nomad, Roland “fatty” Cornish, treating him with the respect he deserves, suggesting that the shares be suspended and that a statement is needed ASAP. Since he is almost certainly missing in 7 course lunch action today or perhaps sleeping luncheon off as he prepares for supper, I have ccd in the Oxymorons at AIM Regulation.

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