Hello Share Mates. Sometimes it pays to study the trend of a company, as well as its fundamentals. If a share has been overbought, there’s no reason why it cannot be further overbought. Indeed if there seems to be a bandwagon rolling, more investors are likely to climb on board. With that in mind, I suggest you might take a look at Lonmin (LMI), the gold and platinum miner...

Writing on Touchstar (TST) in April last year, with the shares then falling towards 60p, I concluded plans can though change, and I’ll wait for evidence that its “invest prior to the anticipated revenue generation” is paying off before considering this better than on the watchlist. Now a trading update, with the shares currently at 35.5p…

As readers know, our dear friends and comrades at Daniel Stewart & Co plc seem to have run in to a spot of bother in the solvency department, and has now lost its licence to operate as a Corporate Adviser on the NEX Exchange.

LightwaveRF (LWRF) has this week followed a “Partnership with Honeywell Home by Resideo” RNS Reach announcement from last week with a “UK consumers connect with the Smart family” such announcement. Hmmm…

The year to date has not provided a very promising backdrop for bears. I - like many others - am intensely irritated by Donald Trump’s obsession with the level of the US market and his clearly seeing it as a barometer for his own genius. When he claimed late last year that the fourth quarter sell off was a blip and a buying opportunity I waited with grim satisfaction for the rude awakening that was sure to follow...

In today;s bearcast I discuss Alpha Growth (ALGW), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) and Optibiotix (OPTI) as well as Spain, the latest crisis in the special place in hell that is the EU.

Alba Mineral Resources (ALBA) “is pleased to report on progress… and to outline the company's work plans for the coming months”…

With every other Nomad/broker in town having issued a profits warning in the past few months it is only a matter of time before FinnCrap (FCAP) has to 'fess up to. But quite amazingly the shares still trade at their IPO price of 28p valuing FinnCrap at £47 million which today’s ShoreCap (SGR) purchase of rival Stockdale shows to be a joke.

A trading update from executive recruitment and services company Norman Broadbent (NBB) commences emphasising “Significant progress towards a return to profitability” – and the shares have currently responded more than 6% higher, towards 13p…

I have loved up Dunelm (DNLM) many times before and - as discussed here back in November - I made a good turn on the stock. Another retail sector trading winner! Of course life is not easy but Dunelm has a dominant position in the home furnishings market and - frankly - it is more doable to spend a couple of hundred quid on tarting up a room rather than buying a new sofa or even moving house. You can see this in the numbers…

Hello Share Plungers. Should you fancy, as I do, that house prices will not be affected much more by Brexit, however the negotiations progress, then it might be worthing taking a peek at Barratt Developments (BDEV). Do we really believe that foreigners will stop scoffing our bricks and mortar just because its becomes slighter harder for Europeans to enter the country?

In this podcast I look again at Chris Akers, that tweet and Sabien (SNT). I look at Plus 500 (PLUS, Debenhams (DEB) and at UK Oil & Gas (UKOG).

Writing on Plus500 (PLUS) in November with the shares rising above 1400p, I questioned it stating “a good position for 2019”. Today from the company “pleased to announce preliminary unaudited results for the year ended 31 December 2018”… but the shares currently approaching 30% lower, at around 1150p!...

I pointed to Invesco and Woodford being named top dogs in the link to the article in the Telegraph at the weekend, but having looked through the latest issue of Spot the Dog from Bestinvest the data and conclusions are truly awful for Neil Woodford.

In his lamentable podcast yesterday Justin the Clown commented on Sabien Technology (SNT) suggesting that it was either “punt of the week or investment of the year”. This was seized upon by “colourful” stockmarket operator Chris Akers who sent out the tweet below.

Once upon a time shares in Cabot Energy (CAB), then Northern Petroleum, traded at almost 150p. Today it announced a bailout funding at just 0.1p. despite it raising $15.3 million at 5p just a year ago. Oh dear… and it could get worse.

I know nothing whatsoever about Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI)  but apparently it designs and manufactures scientific products for use in applications including life sciences, healthcare, astronomy, consumer manufacturing and art conservation markets. But it is on the acquisition trail and so there is a Primary Bid offering.

Too many mug punters who gamble on oil and gas explorers seem to think that with modern technology, blah, blah, blah drilling is a slam dunk certainty or at the very least, highly likely to succeed. They blather on about 70 or 80% COS statistics without a clue. If you look at AIM RNS’s the reality is that, across the board,  the vast majority of wells drilled are not commercial. And that brings us to today’s disaster from Echo Energy (ECHO).

My buy tip for 2019 - AIM-listed Ariana Resources (AAU) – has made the 2p to sell target price: time to take some profits, then - and where’s the ouzo? This is on the back of cracking news of a £3.8 million return of capital to the parent. The implications are that Kiziltepe is throwing off plenty of cash – way more than had been previously disclosed.

Another day and another hugely positive announcement from Optibiotix (OPTI) to delight we loyal shareholders.  This news is from Japan.