You may recall that Tom and I had a conversation back in October about Diageo (DGE) and how this loved-up bond proxy captured everything that was wrong about consensus investing. Naturally, shareholders who had followed our lead and sold could buy back today at a considerable discount to the share price back then...however what I like to think we highlighted was that the cosy consensus that such global consumer behemoths were always and everywhere a core portfolio holding is far from obvious…

NMC Health (NMC) announced late yesterday that it was “not in a position” to oppose successfully the court application by Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank to have the company placed into administration at today’s hearing. In other words it is game over...

A 17th March “COVID-19 update” from cinema group Everyman Media (EMAN) stated “the group has significant headroom in its loan facility and is in dialogue with its lenders on covenants to maintain liquidity through this period of uncertainty”. Now “the company has conditionally placed 17,500,000 ordinary shares at the placing price of 100 pence per ordinary share… together with our existing funding arrangements, this placing significantly strengthens our balance sheet providing further working capital and allows us to pick up where we left off”. Hmmm...

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Hello, Share Collectors. Today’s choice is probably the last in my humble series of medical companies possibly to see fast-escalating share prices once the crisis is over. This is one of the biggest pharmas directly involved in the fight against the outbreak. I don’t hold shares in AstraZeneca (AZN), having chosen instead its big rival GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), but my finger will hover on the buy button once the outbreak peak is over...

Oops... this is more than a bit embarrassing for Goldstone Resources (GRL), its boss Ms Emma Priestley, hapless Nomad Strand Hanson and indeed the wider AIM Casino, aka the world’s most successful growth market. Shares in Goldstone were suspended at 1.30 PM as it appears the company does not actually exist and has not done so for half a year.

I look at news that Tesco (TSCO) is upping its dividend while getting a massive tax break from the taxpayer. This is wrong at every level. The Times tries to defend it, no doubt on orders from a powerful corporate PR machine, but this is simply a transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich and should not be allowed. I look at Nostra Terra Oil & Gas (NTOG) following up on my earlier piece with more questions for the board and Nomad, Strand Hanson, and another shocking revelation abiout the behaviour of CEO Matt Lofgran. Finally a few words on Concepta (CPT), my share tip of the year where I have averaged down in today's placing. 

Online travel agent group On the Beach (OTB) has made a “COVID-19 and Banking Facilities Update”, including noting “this environment of limited demand and therefore limited revenue” – the shares though, at around 250p, are currently 25%+ higher in response…

On April Fool’s day there was an upbeat statement from Nostra Terra (NTOG) promising all sorts of good things. What it neglected to mention was that trade creditors had risen to £230,000 as the cash burning enterprise had no cash and so imply could not afford to pay its bills. One of those owed cash (£60,000) was Nomad Strand Hanson, boy how it must have been hoping for a placing….

Self-styled “one of the world's leading language, intellectual property support services and localization providers”, RWS Holdings (RWS) has updated including “all RWS divisions remain fully operational” and “in recent days, the group has noted increased demand for services within both our Life Science and Moravia divisions, as our teams help with the clinical trials for new COVID-19 vaccines, translate training material for COVID-19 related antibody testing devices and provide additional services to the group's technology customers, who are recording higher usage of their online communication and social networking platforms. However,”…

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Full year results time at Tesco (TSCO). Normally it would all be about what it has achieved over the last fifty-two week period and whether things are getting slightly better or slightly worse, but you can guess the challenge of looking at the food retailer as its world rather changed at/around the balance sheet date of 29th February…

Readers will know that I am a gold bull and think it is a dead cert to go up in the current crisis as governments spend money they haven’t got and central banks roll out the printing presses. Also noticeable is the lack of physical gold supply in the US which has already forced COMEX to change the contract details to allow delivery in London as opposed to New York – a bit of a problem, given that there are no flights to put it on! But why are Gold Futures in June trading $50 above the spot price?

Alpha FX (AFX) “is pleased to confirm… the group has raised a total of £20 million… at 680 pence per share” – this after the shares had last closed at 695p and an update last week from the company having included “the group has built a strong cash and liquidity position since inception and had a very healthy cash position going into this crisis, with net assets increasing by 18% to £57.6m in FY2019 and significant excess cash which it was yet to deploy”...

Easyjet (EZJ) founder and largest shareholder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has hit out at the Easyjet board, terming them scoundrels, and slated Airbus as a bribe giving arms maufacturer in a stinging letter out this morning. As you can see below, he does not mince his words.

Hello, Share Mashers. Most of you will be hopeful about the current rise in share prices. But when the real recovery finally gets underway, a few companies will deliver to rally their share prices to outdo previous levels. Obviously, a few medical companies could shine here. I’ve looked at a few contenders over the last fortnight, but here’s another one you may wish to keep track of...

First an appeal on behalf of Darren, please can you assist him. Then I look at R4E (R4E), a Covid zero or a multibagger. Then compare the management at Restaurant Group (RTN) and then at Cineworld (CINE) where the greedy bastards are doing exactly what Liverpool FC did before there was a public outcry. Then a note on Bidstack (BIDS) and a look at 88 Energy (88E)

A “Coronavirus (COVID-19): Update” from “leading direct marketer of promotional products in North America, the UK and Ireland”, 4imprint (FOUR) – and the shares currently approaching 4% higher towards 1900p… so some positive news?...

At the start of this year a small AIM outift called Pembridge Resources (PERE) was getting a lot of attention and there were all sorts of predictions being made as to how high the market cap should be based on its share of a copper mining operation.

Exciting times if you are long and strong on equities. Obviously it probably means you were long and strong back in February and March too, but we will gloss over that. Naturally I know something about that... Anyhow, rather than rambling on about the largesse of the Saudis in backing Carnival (CCL) or the 'skills' of easyJet (EZJ) in securing a £600 million coronavirus loan from from the Treasury and Bank of England’s emergency coronavirus fund, time to talk about a name that has not been so impacted by all the coronavirus issues…