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LoopUp – “exiting Hybridium” business due to its “earlier stage”. Er, but I thought it was “primed for material commercial growth” over two years ago now?!
LoopUp Group (LOOP) has announced it is to exit its Hybridium business as it “has concluded that the group's financial and operational resources should be laser focused on our strongly growing Cloud Telephony business, and not compromised by the requirements of the earlier stage Hybridium business”. What of this and a current share price response slightly up to 1.9p?- By Steve Moore |
- 6 November 2023, 11:45 |
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Tintra – market unconvinced by tender offer & delisting: this whole thing stinks
Tintra (TNT) announced today that the previous possible offer for 100% of the company at 150p per share in cash announced on 7 September was being replaced with a proposed tender offer for up to 29.9% of its issued share capital at 150p per share. Tintra also announced that the Board intends to delist from AIM. This all stinks.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 6 November 2023, 11:16 |
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In the Minus 99.99% club Vast Resources – more outflows: how long until the next bailout which it said would not happen?
On 6 October Vast Resources (VAST) raised £1.8 million at just 0.195p and made the very bold statement that “based on current strategy and updated expectations the Company does not believe it will need to raise further equity funding for the foreseeable future.” Exactly one month later the shares have plunged to 0.145p and today comes news which makes that statement look, at best, highly questionable.- By Tom Winnifrith, the Sheriff of AIM |
- 6 November 2023, 10:50 |
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I still like the developing market focused Prudential: BUY
Just over two months ago I observed that the only global financial sector company my pension fund holds was Prudential (PRU). And even the sub 1000p share price back then has not performed particularly well since. At a certain level I should not be particularly surprised as almost all financial stocks have a range of real economy issues but, as I noted last time, today’s Pru is focused on Asia and parts of the emerging markets. And as more people get a bit richer, boring stuff such as insurance and pensions become more relevant.
- By Chris Bailey |
- 6 November 2023, 09:45 |
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BREAKING: Boohoo – undercover BBC reporter discovers it is up to no good again, Matt Earl sticks in the knife
Last week the Daily Telegraph reported that investors were suing Boohoo (BOO) over the allegations of modern-day slavery. Today another bombshell lands c/o the BBC’s Panorama team who planted an undercover reporter, Emma Lowther, with the company.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 6 November 2023, 08:34 |
Demand for Electrical Stuff is Rising Fast and So should the Share Price of this Copper King
Hello Share Consumers. It’s blindingly obvious that planet Earth is getting more electrical by the minute. What with electric cars, mobile phone obsession and artificial intelligence. And these are only a few examples of the march of electricity. And what does electricity production need most? Copper, that’s what.- By Malcolm Stacey |
- 6 November 2023, 08:10 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: A tale of two wars and more nonsense from Malcolm
Many folks have not liked what I have written about the Russia Ukraine war but it looks very much as if my prediction on its outcome is coming true and I assess what that means for shares and oil. Then to the Hamas Israel war and I make a couple of calls on how that will go and what that means for gold, oil and Israeli shares. Then onto Malcolm on ethical investing and why he is wrong to ignore bottom up analysis as he hops on another bandwagon.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 5 November 2023, 20:47 |
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BREAKING: Helios Underwriting – more evidence of why its shares should be suspended
In my recent article “BREAKING: Helios Underwriting – why its AIM shares should be suspended NOW after howling schoolboy accounting blunder” I explained why Helios (HUW), which underwrites insurance at Lloyd’s of London, had a major issue. The issue was that it had prepared its accounts for the six months ended 30 June 2023 under UK GAAP as opposed to IFRS as required by the AIM listing rule paragraph 19. Helios explained the reasons for this as follows:- By Tom Winnifrith, the Sheriff of AIM |
- 5 November 2023, 19:40 |
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Folks will call me sexist for saying this but Sosandar’s joint CEO Julie Lavington sounds very, very silly
Ms. Lavington is quoted in the ghastly Mail on Sunday as saying “Our share price is the same as when we turned over £1 million – except now we're turning over £40 million. It's frustrating.”. Where to start? It must be rather worrying for those still owning these shares that she has such an appalling grasp of how markets work. It is enough to turn a man to drink.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 5 November 2023, 18:29 |
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Sunday Long Reads: Suicide by Mail, Weatherman Days, Robert Habeck, Anorexia, Donald Trump’s second term
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 |
- 5 November 2023, 11:51 |
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The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Tests $2,000
Gold closed the week at $1992 – a shade below the psychologically important $2,000, having been a shade above it last week. The Fed held interest rates, as did the useless Andrew Bailey’s Bank of England, and US Treasury yields retreated.- By Nigel Somerville |
- 5 November 2023, 11:51 |
Visual Aid: How Long Does it Take Unicorns to Exit?
Food and agriculture have a significant impact on our planet, particularly in terms of carbon emissions, water withdrawals, and land use. To visualize how different food items contribute to this environmental impact, the graphic below ranks foods based on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and water withdrawals, using data from Poore and Nemecek and Our World in Data.
- By Darren Atwater |
- 5 November 2023, 11:50 |
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The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #213
Last week I gave a wrong answer for the satirical programme with puppets. Of course it was Spitting Image, of which almost everyone got right but were not credited. Give yourself an extra point this week. Tom asks me if the theory that I make an error in the answer every week deliberately is true. Verily, the real answer is ...
- By Darren Atwater |
- 5 November 2023, 10:33 |
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 4 November
Here are the most read and most listened-to articles and Bearcasts on ShareProphets over the past seven days. The most read non-Quiz, non-Tom article last week is by Malcolm Stacey Obesity and Diabetes: Two Growing Problems this Profitable Pioneer is Helping to Beat at No 2 or No 5 including Bearcasts.
- By Darren Atwater |
- 5 November 2023, 10:32 |
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TomWinnifrith Bearcast: Eurasia 'fesses to the winding up order but that is not why I think its going to zero
In today's podcast I rush a little as I prepare for a Bonfire Night party. I start with Eurasia Mining (EUA) then its onto crypto, Sam Bankman Fried and will the market still be a wild west.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 4 November 2023, 15:34 |
Video: Gold Holding Strong Because It Knows What’s Coming - $3,000 on the cards within 5 years
Asset manager Lawrence Lepard of Equity Management Associates reckons gold is going on a rip.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 4 November 2023, 14:39 |
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Brand Architekts – full-year results, an asset-backed Buy
Beauty and personal care products group Brand Architekts (BAR) has announced results for its year ended 30th June 2023, including noting sales growth to £20.1 million and that it continues to make progress on transitioning the business to focus on fewer bigger brands that are margin-accretive.- By HotStockRockets |
- 4 November 2023, 09:37 |
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CAP-XX – AGM updates, cash and board concerns?…
Previously writing on company describing itself as “a world leader in the design and manufacture of supercapacitors and energy management systems” CAP-XX (CPX), in August with the shares down to 1.45p I concluded that I remained sceptical of both the current trading prospects and financial position. What now of AGM-related updates from the company, with the shares now at 0.925p?
- By Steve Moore |
- 4 November 2023, 09:36 |
Shareholders Have More Power than We Think, so Let's Get Ethical
Hello Share Fanciers. It’s always been a contention of this fossilised punter that a shareholder has more power to change things than a voter, even in a democratic country like ours. And as such we should use that power responsibly. Which brings me to the difficult question of ethical investing.- By Malcolm Stacey |
- 4 November 2023, 09:34 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: It's beer & popcorn time c/o Doc Holliday, Eurasia Mining and Gerry "the arse" Brandon
I start with NatWest (NWG) and another part of the bonkers legacy of disgraced trougher Alison Rose then I look at Eurasia Mining (EUA), NightCap (NGHT), More Acquisitions (TMOR), Cellular Goods (CBX), Microsaic (MSYS) - another kill for the Sheriff - and finally I have a long look at Invinity (IES) which is, I think, a compelling short.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 3 November 2023, 15:53 |