And now from Wales, by just 30 yards, it is my new weekly video show. This costs 99p per episode, and you can either listen to, or watch, some sparky interviews with  Chris Gilbert the boss of Fox Marble followed by me explaining why, though I am 80% down, I am sure Fox will multibag from here. Then a very long – and very funny – session with Zak Mir with his top share tip among London small caps, his view on the markets, the real economy and discussions on Supply@ME Capital (SYME), Eurasia Mining (EUA) & the lies of both, on Big Dish (DISH) and more. Finally it is me onSupply’s lies again and also on why Trainline (TRN) miust surely see a share price collapse. You can access the show HERE

With the exception of me, are Ariana Resources (AAU) shareholders the geekiest geeks on this planet? Answers on a postcard to Nigel Somerville please. For it seems many of them want to wear Ariana branded T-shirts and thus the company is selling a range of clothes and other accessories with all profits given to local charities. And among the many items on sale HERE is one which is the ideal gift this Christmas for an ex wife, as you can see below.

TP Group (TPG) has announced results for the first half of 2020, including emphasising “resolute response” and “a strong start to H2 with multiple significant orders secured”. The shares are currently just above 6p in response, more than 13% lower…

Looking through the leaders and laggards for today I see that TSX-listed (VLE) and Standard-listed (VLU) Valeura is having a good day, with its shares up by 23% last seen. This is on the back of an agreement to sell shallow conventional gas assets in Turkey for $15.5 million and up to $18 million. With apparently $31 million of cash on its balance sheet as at 30 September and no debt, the market capitalisation sits at just £21 million (according to ADVFN). So it is a buy, right? Or is it?

Back in July I loved up the health and hygiene giant Reckitt Benckiser (RB.) and noted ‘my target remains over £80 a share’. Well – let’s face it – it was not too difficult to be optimistic about a company during the time of a huge healthcare concern whose brands include Dettol, Vanish, Air Wick and Harpic…even before you consider Finish, Durex, Gaviscon and Strepsils. You get the gist: Reckitt is a consumer staples giant well-attuned to today’s backdrop. And you can see this in today’s third quarter update…

The deadwood press gives Ms Gilmarrtin an easy ride because she is a female CEO so will not call her out for bullshit and her convenient share trading. But, having no truck with such woke niceties being a gender blind meritocrat, let’s tell it as it is on the day Claire has announced that she is to step down as Trainline (TRN) CEO in six months time. For starters her company has not delivered for investors, is in crisis and clearly never will deliver.

Hello Share Mongers. If you’re looking for a company which could benefit rather than suffer from the virus, then might I suggest considering Tritax Big Box REIT (BBOX). I’ve previously covered this go-ahead outfit which provides warehouse space for many companies with household names. Sounds a bit boring. Except that Tritax uses state of the art robots to store and distribute goods for its clients…

Wishbone Gold (WSBN) has announced results for the first half of 2020, with it having refocused to what it describes as “a very exciting region for exploration at the moment”…

Previously writing on live events agency Aeorema Communications (AEO), I concluded still on the watchlist – and now results for its year ended 30th June 2020…

On Amigo Holdings (AMGO) last week I wrote is new CEO going to like the regulator’s answers?. Today “Asset Voluntary Requirement with the FCA” announcement – and the shares currently at 9p, more than 10% lower…

A week exactly since my father’s death I accept that my work is substandard and apologise. It is hard to lift myself from this slough of despond. In today’s podcast I cover Inspirit (INSP), Wishbone Gold (WSBN), Kefi (KEFI), Boohoo (BOO), Amigo (AMGO), Contango (CG0) and i-Nexus (INX).

If you lost money on the £3 billion Quindell (QPP) fraud it might be better to look away now.  Welcome to Hampshire Life, a publication which describes the king of the fraudsters, Rob Terry, as an “entrepreneur.” The latest issue features an article with a picture of Rob, showing that it is not just his investors who have lost a few pounds, his charming young wife Tracey and their champagne producing vineyard.  Meanwhile the SFO Investigation continues…

Previously writing on self-styled “a leading provider of cloud-based Strategy Execution software solutions designed for the Global 5000”, i-nexus Global (INX), last month I noted it stating it “now operating at monthly P&L break-even”, but questioned sustainable? and noted the overall balance sheet. Now “Proposed issue of £1.325 million of Fixed Rate Unsecured Convertible Redeemable Loan Notes”…

Evil Knievil always used to say that the best time to kick a man is when he is down. And so I return to AIM-listed jam-tomorrow, next year, never investment company Tern plc (TERN) where I see that the shares are once again down.

Back in May I concluded that I would ‘continue to steer clear of the FTSE-100 commercial property behemoths’. That article particularly referenced Land Securities (LAND) and in the five plus months since then – despite global capital markets generally being risk-on during this period – shares in this particular commercial property play have not recovered one iota (and despite a share price that has declined by two-thirds over the last five years). Anyhow today sees the big Land Securities – or ‘Landsec’ as it now trendily calls itself – fightback plan, which the company itself tags as ‘positioning Landsec for growth’…

Don’t laugh – here is an update on my Dividend Munchers which are..…er…..not paying much in the way of dividends. Oh, and the share prices have fallen back sharply too – so much for beating the bank with my investments in Vodafone (VOD), BT (BT.A), Centrica (CNA), Centamin (CEY) and ITV (ITV)…

Hello Share Funsters. A nagging feeling besets me that the City underestimates the benefits of home working on the electronic gear industry. For example, I know loads of people who have bought another laptop in the last few months. That’s in case their old one breaks down while they’re doing important work conferences. And because their first computer probably isn’t fast enough to deal with new communication demands…

Queens Colleage Oxford has enccouraged students to snitch on their peers and my daughter, now under house arrest, has fallen victim. What a mad and dark world we live in. After discussing this I look at all the mining stocks I own and one I sold, reviewing where we are now and where the real excitement lies at: Kefi (KEFI), Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV), Centamin (CEY), AEX Gold (AEXG), Ariana (AAU), Asiamet (ARS), Jubilee Metals (JLP), Pensana (PRE) and Red Rock Resources (RRR).

Having meandered through my views on the issues Boris’s increasingly windy policy brings, let me turn to opportunities, or more to the point the paucity in many respects of the opportunities for you and I as mug punters to make money

Back in August here  I observed that mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO) had been silly not to square off the various interest groups being a big mining group means you rub up against.  I did also observe that ‘the trajectory of the Rio Tinto share price remains centred fully on the demand levels or not from China for iron ore…for all the ESG excitement this situation will induce, that is the cold hard reality’.