I have I guest in this week's show which is sponsored by Open Orphan PLC (ORPH) and it is the company's chairman Cathal Friel. I think I gave him a hard time on certain matters but I came away a very happy shareholder. I discuss Coronavirus and the market crash and why I would now be a selective buyer of blue chips right now. But i accept facts have changed and in that light I also cover 11 stocks which could well be zeros and I explain why. If you like this podcast and can't wait seven days for more of the same and are tired of being a cheapskate you should listen to my Bearcast and enjoy our cracking writen exposes and analysis every day HERE.

Two house keeping matters. First please send Darren pictures of the view from your window & your work space during the lockdown to provide a daily distraction. Darren has kicked off the series with a snowy scene from his Canadian bolt-hole HERE.  Second please do offer nominations for the rogue AIM & Standard List directors. If you are afraid of libel just nominate a name & company and Nigel and I will do the rest in a song & dance presentation on May 8. Details and nominations are HERE. In today's Bearcast I look at the demise or otherwise of Carluccio's, Virgin Airlines and Big Sofa (BST) and perhaps of the AIM casino itself. 

Picking shares that are worth buying at the moment is a real minefield as the situation with Covid-19 is changing all the time. It would be very easy just to sit here and say ‘sell everything’ and you could probably stick a pin in a list of stocks at the moment to pick a sell recommendation, and the chances are that it would go down, at least in the near time!

Suddenly our leaders have so much new money to spend....it is certain to end in tears.

Here's a picture of the view from my window of the Ottawa River in Ottawa during isolation. We're inviting you to send pictures in of what you see out of your window and also of your new workspace. Just email them to editorial@shareProphets.com

Previously updating on Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV) we noted with the shares around 2p that, considering the gold production opportunity, the funding requirement is modest. Now “the Korean focused gold development group, is pleased to announce a funding update and a statement with regard to the Covid-19 pandemic”…

It is almost the end of March: time for a run-down of my list of five slam-dunk sells for this year. With the everything bubble well and truly popped by the pin that is Coronavirus the market backdrop has been inclement for cash-guzzling loss-making shares and the portfolio of Tern (TERN), Catenae (CTEA), Yu Group (YU.), URU Metals (URU) and Walcom (WALG) has reacted accordingly.

Writing on “omni-channel fashion brand, specialising in occasion wear and dressy casual wear”, Quiz plc (QUIZ) earlier in the week I noted the decision to close its physical stores and concessions. At 4:23pm yesterday, a further announcement; “Temporary closure of QUIZ's online operations”…

From the FCA's spreadsheet of short positions required to be disclosed to it, the following shows the shorted AIM shares with positions from 2019 and thus far in 2020 (by net short position %, those in bold not on the list at the start of 2020) – and if this position has increased (red), reduced (green) or remained unchanged (black) since last week...

Hello, Share Carers. My old grandad used to say ‘When things are truly horrible count your blessings.’ So let’s look at the blessings of self-isolation. This is not to say that house arrest is not generally damn inconvenient. Nor do I wish to make light of this devastating virus. But nonetheless, here are 22 benefits of locking ourselves away.

The City Pub Group (CPC) “is pleased to announce that… it has successfully placed 30,000,000 new ordinary shares at a price of 50 pence per share, raising gross proceeds of £15 million”. Last week though it stated “the company's balance sheet is strong… is confident the company has sufficient working capital to maintain its operations for at least another six months without further capital, even in the event the Government extends its current guidance and mandates a temporary closure of all pubs and bars”. Hmmm…

I commented yesterday on I3 Energy (I3E) as the subject of ramping on social media, and as expected the share price has fallen back today. One of todays ramp is Canadian Overseas Petroleum Ltd (COPL), up 40% as I type. This stock is heading for Zero in my view.

I shall start the ball rolling with one nomination but feel you may be able to assist in compliing this list & the best nomination wins the usual prize to be sent one day. I seek men and women who are not only incompetent but also palpably dishonest, demonstrably using shareholders cash for theor own purposes or telling blatant lies to investors. A true Rogue director should be a serial offender & must still be a director or CFO of an AIM or Standard Listed company. So please nominate now with a name and the reasons why in the comments section below. I kick the process off by nominating…

Octagonal (OCT)  CFO's is Nilesh Jagatia a strong contender for the worst CFO of an AIM company. No I lie. As we have demonstrated over and over again, he is not only useless but, almost certainly, bent as well.

Natch I wish the Prime Minister a speedy recovery from Covid 19. I am sure that like almost all healthy victims he will recover and refer you to my two podcasts HERE and HERE as to why the Doomsayers are engaing in GroupThink but really cannot have it both ways: the virus cannot be both highly contagious and highly lethal. I discuss why the three day shares rally, now reversed today, cannot be justified in terms of the likely curve of corporate earnings recovery. I look at Next (NXT), Optibiotix (OPTI) and dual listings, Dev Clever (DEV) & Royal Mail Group (RMG)

The Wagnerian Opera that is the death of ShareProphets AIM-China Filthy Forty play Walcom (WALG) took a further step this morning: the Fat Lady has done her warm-up, got onto stage and loosened up by joining in the final chorus before stepping centre stage herself. But still AIM Regulation has not forced a suspension!

AIM-listed oil and gas play Bowleven (BLVN) delivered its interim numbers to the end of calendar 2019 this morning. Having updated briefly earlier this month and concluded that it had more cash than its market capitalisation, let’s see how the real numbers compare. And what of the Etinde gas asset off the coast of Cameroon in this crunched oil price environment?

A “Contract manufacturing agreement for COVID-19 test” announcement from Yourgene Health (YGEN) – and the shares currently more than 30% higher on the back of it, to 15.75p…

Just over a week ago, I highlighted the depth of the corporate plan unveiled by clothing retail behemoth Next (NXT) in response to the coronavirus challenges. It is always better to have a plan than not and Next was particularly strong in highlighting a range of potential scenarios including - in the most pessimistic scenario - a 100% fall in sales over the next few upcoming weeks. Well that may be coming to pass…

I upgraded AIM-listed Turkish gold miner Ariana Resources (AAU) to strong buy a week ago in the wake of its shares crashing along with everything else, but critically noting that the cash to see off the bank loan was in the kitty. Now, with a proposed corporate action to bring in $30 million still under consideration, comes news that the company has taken delivery of £1.6 million in dividends from its Turkish subsidiary. All good news – and the shares are now back up to 2.8p – a gain of 44% on my strong buy. So buy, sell or hold now?...