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Will Panorama credit the folk who exposed Neil Woodford on Monday: here are our top 50 exposes since 2015

Published 2089 days ago

I see that Roger Lawson of ShareSoc is today praising the FT's coverage of Neil Woodford. How sad and predictable that the establishment engages in mutual masturbation rathing than seeking the truth. The FT is the paper that publisshed a blow job interview with Woodford as recently as April 2019. Of course Roger is not mentioning our work in his little read blog posts or praising the folks who called this one out with more than 1000 articles and podcasts since 2015. But I hope that the BBC does recognise who was Woodford's nemesis on Monday. In case it has forgotten here are our 50 most read articles on the ex fund manager

Corrupt & twisted Journalism from Lucy Burton as disgraced and bent fund manager Neil Woodford announces comeback with more lies

Published 1608 days ago

Lucy Burton of the Sunday Telegraph will this morning be celebrating her scoop of the year. It may win her prizes such is the corruption of modern journalism. In a faustian deal she gets to break the news that disgraced and crooked fund manager Neil Woodford is planning a comeback. In return she publishes a blow off interview in which Woodford paints himself as the victim of what happened, tells blatent lies and those lies go unchallenged. This is not journalism it is revolting PR ands Ms Burton should be drummed out of the industry. She won’t. She will be praised and promoted. And the deadwood press wonders why it is ever less trusted and its reader numbers slide?

Hargreaves Lansdown gives Neil Woodford another Blow Job as its clients lose even more money

Published 2375 days ago

As this morning’s shock revelations about Neil Woodford’s greed and reward for abject failure start to sink in, I imagine that many investors in his funds will be feeling a deep sense of disgust and regret. Perhaps they will blame those who advised them to invest and who, as the performance has gone from bad to worse, to even worse, have told them to hang on or average down.  Perhaps the biggest cheerleader has been Hargreaves Lansdown which has just published another blow job type piece on Woodford.

The fifty most-read articles and fifty most-listened-to Bearcasts of 2019

Published 2018 days ago

This is quite possibly the most successful year for ShareProphets sccops and stories. Julie Meyer, Neil Woodford, those wacky wonderkids at Burford—didn't we all have a fun year? Here are the stories and Bearcasts that moved your fellow ShareProphets members. Of course some folks think it is not worth £5.99 to catch all these market moving articles and exposes...

Notes from Underground - Top 20: It's Woodford all the way down

Published 2224 days ago

So, did my plan to zoom this column to the Top of the Pops by putting in a pandering Bitcoin infographic work? No, it did not.

Has Neil Woodford finally lost the plot completely? Blow up FT Interview suggests he has

Published 2310 days ago

I see that Neil Woodford has had an interview published in the FT in which he lambasts critics determined to destroy his reputation, misinformation, lazy commentary, fake news, fake analysis which “pisses me off” and vents his frustration at the poor investment decisions of investors selling up.

ShareProphets Translation Service: Hargreaves Lansdown – still backing Neil Woodford

Published 2259 days ago

As discussed by Citywire, Hargreaves Lansdown’s clients have been voting with their feet on Neil Woodford, despite HL maintaining Woodford’s favoured status as part of its Wealth 50 and buying more for its own house funds. In fact, Citywire goes on to report that HL now holds so much Woodford Equity Income between its house funds and client accounts it is classed as a related party. On Thursday HL produced another Woodford-supportive note and the ShareProphets Translation Service gives its view (original in bold).

Neil Woodford's Twelve Days of Christmas

Published 2389 days ago

If you enjoyed Neil Woodford's Christmas carol HERE and HERE and HERE we have a bonus for you. I guess the tune is familiar...

Does Neil Woodford really deserve a halo - is Circassia the biggest dog in his funds?

Published 2884 days ago

If you read the bent, freebie is our middle name, personal financie columnists in the deadwood press, fund manager Neil Woodford walks on water. I disagree and have noted before, that, maybe, after three dismal years, others are starting to see the light.  But, with assistance from a leading broker, how about we have a real look at the Woodford Patient Capital Trust (WPCT) but also at the sort of dogs Neil ifalls in love with.

What now as Woodford Equity Income Fund suspends trading? Shimples: carnage - China Syndrome time

Published 2230 days ago

Well shock, horror, probe! As predicted on ShareProphets for months, Neil Woodford’s Equity Income Fund has had to suspend dealing in its units with immediate effect, until further notice, to allow time to reposition the element of the fund’s portfolio invested in unquoted and less liquid stocks, in to more liquid investments. You can’t say you were not warned here on ShareProphets – and whilst it may be Ouzo time here for Tom Winnifrith and me, spare a thought for Cynical Bear who unpicked so much (and now has to get his dancing shoes out!) So what now?

Neil Woodford Redemptions Watch: One step for a small man........it's all over bar the shouting

Published 2096 days ago

And so Link, the Authorised Corporate Director of Woodford Equity Income (WEIF) – Neil Woodford’s flagship fund and the main source of income for Woodford Investment Management – has announced that Woodford has been sacked as fund manager, and that rather than be un-gated come December the fund is being wound down. In other words it is in full redemption mode. It will be interesting to see how much of the £3.025 billion it was supposedly worth at yesterday’s close will survive the fire sale which surely follows. But what of the other two Woodford funds, Income Focus and Woodford Patient Capital (WPCT)?

BCA Marketplace – a tale of all that is wrong with capitalism & yes Neil Woodford is involved

Published 2122 days ago

This story is about grubby nepotism, egregious compensation schemes, and aggressive business strategies, with an old-fashioned, car auction house at its heart.  It threads together the microeconomics of executive incentives with the macroeconomics of the credit cycle.

EXCLUSIVE: Shocking Analyst Report Woodford Patient Capital Trust Essentially Worthless

Published 2096 days ago

Neil Woodford has been fired from his flagship Equity Income Fund today, vindicating our more than 1000 articles and podcasts exposing him since 2015,  but his problems do not end there. I recently commissioned a resting fund manager to produce a detailed bottom up analysis of Neil Woodford’s Patient Capital Trust (WPCT). That report  from a man known as “The Badger” landed with me last night and is shocking in its conclusion: the Trust is essentially worthless. The Badger writes:

Captain and Corporal Hindsight - reflections on Neil Woodford

Published 1603 days ago

As ShareSoc attempts to push more folks mugged by Neil Woodford into backing a legal claim not yet launched by a firm that made its name suing the British Army over false allegations of brutality in Iraq, a claim that will not be launched for many months if at all, rather than one launching within weeks HERE, it is hosting an event “Neil Woodford, Reflections, Redress & Reform. Its star speaker on Reflections is not one of the three journalists who exposed Woodford with more than 1000 articles from 2015 onwards. Nope it is Captain Hindsight. His colleague, Corporal Hindsight is not attending.

Neil Woodford’s Three Part Christmas Carol: Chapter One

Published 2393 days ago

‘Twas the night before Christmas and the man who liked to be known as Britain’s Buffett paced up and down his bedroom, deep in thought. Attending the local carol service at the Church nearest his Country Estate, Neil Woodford felt that he had so much in common with the wise men but like the Shepherds he was this evening of a troubled mind.

Woodford – did the FCA or the bank prevent him from fully standing his corner with Kier?

Published 2391 days ago

A spot of maths and it seems that we were all wrong! In the prospectus for the rights issue by Kier Group (KIE) we were told that Neil Woodford was sitting on 13,797,000 shares, or 14.13%. We were also told that if he took up his rights in full he would hold 22,903,020 shares, or 14.13%. We know that Woodford piled in for more shares after the rights offer was announced. So what did he end up with?

BREAKING: Accounts for Woodford Investment Management Out Part 1 - Did Neil Woodford tell the Telegraph Porky Pies?

Published 1545 days ago

In his soft interview with Lucy Barton of The Daily Telegraph on 13 February of this year, we are told that Neil Woodford claimed: From the moment of the fund suspension Craig [Newman, his sidekick] and I received absolutely no income, or dividends or any remuneration from Woodford Investment Management, none, and indeed haven’t received any for the best part of two years. The accounts of Woodford Investment Management for the year to March 2020 are now out (two and a half weeks late). So was the disgraced fund manager telling a whopping lie? What do you think?

EXPLOSIVE: Has Hargreaves Lansdown been telling investors to buy Neil Woodford’s Equity Income Fund when it was selling?

Published 2224 days ago

I said the debacle involving the gating of Neil Woodford’s Equity Income Fund was going to get messy and it gives me no pleasure at all to write this article because I am myself a client of Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.). But the question has to be asked: has Hargreaves been selling Woodford’s Equity Income Fund whilst at the same time advising clients to buy it.

BREAKING: ShareProphets which exposed Neil Woodford backs Harcus Parker as lawyers most likely to help victims and do so quickly

Published 1613 days ago

As the BBC and most in the City recognise, it was this site which exposed disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford with more than 1,000 articles, podcasts and videos starting in 2015. Now we are working with law firm Harcus Parker as the outfit most likely to get redress for victims and quickly. And here is why. 

Neil Woodford – what of the regulatory response?

Published 2224 days ago

With Neil Woodford’s fall from grace following the gating of his equity income fund – which came as no surprise to readers of ShareProphets following our intensive coverage of the last two years. Actually, our first piece discussing Woodford’s woes was way back on 14 April 2015. Take that, the Sunday Times, which is claiming credit for bringing down Neil Woodford because of a piece in March of this year. But now, already, there are calls for changes to the regulatory environment - new rules, new hoops to jump through to prevent this happening all over again.

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Friday »

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Nine weeks to Sharestock: Mr X is IN to blow the whistle plus a bitcoin in treasury CEO will be grilled

 

WYN

Wynnstay Group – interim results ‘encouragement’ from this winning share tip

 

BTC

Asking the FCA to investigate The London Bitcoin Company and its broker Clear Capital

 

Gold

Turning gold digital?

 

SBAR

Sundae Bar – who do you think you are kidding Ms Kenny?

 

SATS

EXPOSE: TAO Alpha, to be renamed Satsuma: a BONKERS valuation but its accounts are wholly non compliant

 

BTC

There's only 1 David Lenigas, oh no there are now two of them!

 

WHR

Warehouse REIT (#WHR) – switch of recommendation to increased Blackstone offer of 113.4p per share

 

SWC

The Smarter Web Company (#SWC) – “Bitcoin Purchase”, attempted ramptastic

 

SBAR

Sundae Bar (#SBAR) – “Implementation of Bitcoin Treasury Strategy”, RNS Reach attempted ramptastic

 

WSG

Westminster Group (#WSG) – £0.5m “credit facility” with conversion price reduced from 3p to 2p per share on loan note funds currently drawn

 

SVNS

Solvonis Therapeutics (#SVNS) – raises £1m at 0.3p per share

 

MATD

Petro Matad (#MATD) – raises £2.84m at 0.80p per share and “up to” £0.5m “retail offer”

 

ARCM

Arc Minerals (#ARCM) – outstanding receivable settlement agreement with Avanti Gold Corporation and Regency Mining Ltd

 

ACSO

Accesso Technology (#ACSO) – H1 “revenue reflected softer than expected attendance across our customer portfolio”

 

PMI

Premier Miton (#PMI) – Q3 to end-June AuM +£0.3bn to £10.5bn, though net flows -£0.2bn

 

FLTR

Flutter Entertainment (#FLTR) – revised agreement with Boyd Gaming and acquisition of outstanding 5% stake in FanDuel for “approximately $1.755bn”

Thursday »

MACF

Macfarlane – emphasises “strong new business pipeline”, but how’s converting it going?…

 

Madness

Question for supporters of a wealth tax.

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The bursting Lenigas bitcoin bubble, all sorts of questions: this stinks!

 

HSW

Hostelworld – trading statement emphasising “positive trends”, so why an 11% lower share price response?…

 

BMV

Bluebird Mining Ventures – “Philippine Project Agreement Signed”, with further news to come this month Buy with a near-term 2p+ target

 

CODE

Northcoders – having been relying on a publicly-funded projects transition, Quelle Surprise…

 

Bear

Video: Gold is the Antidote to the Greatest Risks to the Stock Market

 

AMRQ

Amaroq: something must be wrong? Why?

 

Sinking_Ship

Bankrupt Britain – welfare pays more than work says new report, this is madness

 

BTC

David Lenigas mugs mug punters again as book build flops

 

CAR

Carclo (#CAR) – auditor Forvis Mazars “requires additional time to complete its audit procedures”, company “disappointed” as now expects shares suspension from 1st August

 

CODE

Northcoders (#CODE) – “until greater clarity emerges, we cannot accurately predict the timing of income from Government-backed contracts”

 

NBB

Norman Broadbent (#NBB) – H1 net fee income +33%, “remain optimistic about the company’s prospects”

 

PAGE

PageGroup (#PAGE) – Q2 gross profit -13.1% YoY, “continued subdued levels of client and candidate confidence”

 

RNK

Rank (#RNK) – FY LFL Net Gaming Revenue +11%, expects adj. operating profit ahead of expectations

 

DOCS

Dr. Martens (#DOCS) – “variable” trading, though states overall “in line with expectations”

 

TRI

Trifast (#TRI) – FY adj. EPS up to 4.3p, DPS maintained at 1.8p, “focus remains on self-help levers to offset the revenue headwinds”

 

PEBB

Pebble Group (#PEBB) – H1 “supports the delivery of FY 25 market expectations”, though “cautious about the confidence in the broader macro economy”

 

GFTU

Grafton (#GFTU) – H1 LFL revenue +2.4% YoY, notes recent months “spike in global uncertainties which may have impacted customer confidence”

 

VTY

Vistry (#VTY) – H1 adj. PBT down to “c.£80m”, though reckons “remains on track to deliver a year-on-year increase in profits”

Wednesday »

TRCS

Tracsis – CEO change and how creditable is “on track to achieve FY25 adjusted EBITDA”?

 

Getting greedy: I still have not sold my Wishbone shares

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Matthew's Dog and Catriona will love the smut, is it time to turn bullish on Futura Medical?

 

GEX

Letter to the FCA re need to suspend trading in shares in Georgina Energy

 

WATR

Water Intelligence – full-year results, an “excited” for a higher financial trajectory Buy

 

BTC

London Bitcoin Company: rats, rats, I bet you more rats are jumping

 

SBTX

Just when you thought the Cavendish coverage of Skins was utterly crap… Singers makes you look back to a golden past! Its numbers are all wrong!

 

WPP

WPP – trading warning despite less than 3 months ago stating “guidance which already reflected a challenging environment”!

 

SYS1

System1 Group – argues client caution is due to trade tariffs and believes effects to be “temporary”, but sufficiently ‘temporary’ to now meet expectations?…

 

SATS

Tao Alpha to become Satsuma: it is all noise

 

Crime-Scene

Competition and Markets Authority “consultation underway on payment by housebuilders and changes to how they handle sensitive information”

 

SWG

Shearwater (#SWG) – anticipates FY “slightly ahead of market expectations”

 

EVPL

Everplay (#EVPL) – “now expects full year results to be slightly ahead of current market expectations”, though H2 weighted

 

SYS1

System1 (#SYS1) – FY EPS up to 35.2p, DPS to 5.5p and further 5.5p special DPS, though currently “tariff effects”

 

WPP

#WPP – “deterioration in performance as Q2 has progressed” trading warning

 

YNGA

Young & Co's Brewery (#YNGA) – 14 weeks LFL revenue +7% YoY, benefitting from warm and sunny weather

 

JET2

#JET2 – FY EPS +15% to 213.1p, DPS +12% to 16.5p, bookings continuing to be made later

 

GYM

#GYM Group – H1 LFL revenue +3% YoY, “confident in the full year outlook”

 

HTG

Hunting (#HTG) – H1 growth in line with expectations, increased targeted annual dividends and a share buyback

 

GFRD

Galliford Try (#GFRD) – expects full year “slightly above the upper end of current analyst forecasts”, “confident outlook”

Tuesday »

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SIG plc – emphasises “underlying operating profit”, but how’s cash flow performance?…

 

OPTI

Letter to the FRC requesting enquiry into 2024 Optibiotix accounts

 

CLBS

Celebrus Technologies – results include emphasising “a good proportion of revenue already committed”, but what about the now-forecast nearly 40% revenue fall?…

 

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Argentex Group – the scale of poor risk management laid bare

 

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The insanity of Wealth Taxes laid bare on twitter

 

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Tern – Cash Surely Running Out As Brick Wall Approaches At Speed!

 

SOLI

Solid State – “Final Results - Marginally ahead of revised market expectations”, but how creditable is that?…

 

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SPA

1Spatial – “remains confident… to grow”, but how much growth really currently?…

 

FUM

Futura Medical (#FUM) – “Board Changes” including Chair and CEO immediately ‘stepping down’ “following discussions between the board and its largest shareholder”

 

BOOM

Audioboom (#BOOM) – Q2 emphasises “growth”, but it’s “adjusted EBITDA”

 

VCT

Victrex (#VCT) – current trading continuation “would lead to a broadly similar H2 underlying PBT result, versus H1”

 

SHI

SIG (#SHI) – H1 notes “productivity initiatives” but also “continued softness in market demand”

 

SNX

Synectics (#SNX) – H1 adj. EPS up to 16.4p, DPS to 2.2p, “comfortably” in line with FY expectations

 

CLBS

Celebrus Technologies (#CLBS) – FY adj. EPS up to $0.1824, DPS to 3.27p, “confident in our ability to deliver in this new financial year”

 

SOLI

Solid State (#SOLI) – FY adj. EPS slump to 6.2p, DPS to 2.5p, argues “confident in the group’s prospects”

 

DSW

#DSW Capital – FY adj. EPS up to 5p, DPS to 3p, current trading “encouraging”

 

OPT

Optima Health (#OPT) – FY adj. profit slight fall, notes current challenges including “slower lead times to convert new business”

 

BEG

Begbies Traynor (#BEG) – FY adj. EPS +6% to 10.5p, DPS +8% to 4.3p, “confident of continuing track record of growth”

Monday »

WSBN

London’s Greatest Gold Analyst writes

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Pantheon once a dog always a dog but now with the Jerry Keen red flag to boot

 

CRPR

James Cropper plc – “unexpected” customer loss, how “significant” is its likely growth now?

 

Bear

Video: US shares more overvalued than at any time since 1950, buy gold

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: in defence of Stuart Ashman and myself

 

GEX

Georgina Energy and Par value – just how screwed is it? Shares collapsing, target 0p

 

ETP

Eneraqua Technologies – a covid-era IPO, so guess what on its “Update on year end audit and trading”?…

 

VAST

Vast Resources – just how insolvent is it? More worthless confetti issued

 

Beggar

£500,000 of your cash spaffed by the Government on this rebrand of itself

 

SWC

Smarter Web Company: Another £22.9 million raised from dumb animals

 

SATS

Tao Alpha to be renamed Satsuma now £1.3 billion of crypto insanity

 

ALPH

Alpha Group International (#ALPH) – Takeover Panel extension to 24th July with “advancing… constructive discussions with Corpay”

 

CAML

Central Asia Metals (#CAML) – “revised” takeover agreement with New World Resources Limited

 

ETP

Eneraqua Technologies (#ETP) – “delays in the receipt of payments… and the deferral of certain energy projects”, currently “significant” financial strain

 

GST

GSTechnologies (#GST) – £1.75m placing and up to £0.25m “retail offer” at 1.2p per share

 

RKH

Rockhopper Exploration (#RKH) – arbitration lead insurer has confirmed loss has been triggered, company “confident it will receive the full €31 million amount”

 

VSA

#VSA Capital – FY still a small loss, cash just £0.5m

 

PLUS

Plus500 (#PLUS) – trading “accelerating positive momentum”, “remains confident in the outlook”

 

CRPR

James Cropper (#CRPR) – argues still confident of “significant” financial improvement this year, but “unexpected” ‘certain coloured paper ranges’ customer loss

 

SPA

1Spatial (#SPA) – some “return to more typical activity levels”, but “slower pace of decision making and procurement has continued in the US”

 

PINE

Pinewood Technologies (#PINE) – agreement bringing dealer management system business in southern Africa fully into the group for consideration of £2.5m

Sunday »

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Stocks Show Strength As Correction Grinds On

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast, am I delusional and how fund managers don't address G failings

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Crashing Teslas, Septic Tank Cold Case, AI vs the English Paper, Ayahuasca

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #301

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending July 5

Saturday »

OPTI

GOTCHA! Optibiotix Health "lack of clarity" around Steven O’Hara’s Directors fees and numerous breaches of IFRS in 2024 accounts

 

LFT

GOTCHA! Penny share grifter Zak Mir caught with his accounting pants down ( again)

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Two more regulatory enquiries for the discredited Optibiotix board: why you MUST vote

 

Crime-Scene

SHOCKER: Nuburu restated 31 March 2025 accounts loss almost $2 million higher than previously reported and deficit in shareholders equity now almost $39 million

 

OPTI

UPDATED, BREAKING: Steve O’Hara and the slam dunk LIE in an Results RNS, Surely AIM Regulation must act

Friday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Lyin' Steve will be sweating this weekend as the votes mount up against him

 

APTA

Aptamer – emphasising it’s a “leading developer of next-generation synthetic binders” for the life science industry, a placing raising just £2m?…

 

BTC

Video: David Lenigas and the foxy "Professor"

 

GEX

UPDATED: Why are shares in technically insolvent Georgina Energy still suspended? They are back!

 

GLE

MJ Gleeson – expects “the lower end of current market expectations” despite only just starting its new year!

 

V3TC

Vaultz Capital – a £26m bag of knaves and bitcoin hopium

 

Bear

Video: U.S. Is Heading for a Deep Recession Driven by Housing so buy Gold

 

Gold

Taking a Reverse View on gold

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Coinsilium and reader John and Optibiotix where the Lyin' CEO now insults his shareholders

 

VRS

Versarien spoof: Shame on evil PR genius Tim Metcalfe

 

VRS

Versarien (#VRS) – “South American Polygrene Themoplastics Agreements”, RNS Reach attempted ramptastic

 

THRU

Thruvision (#THRU) – concludes “strategic review”, proposed equity raise for “a minimum of £2.5 million” at 1p per share

 

TIDE

Crimson #TIDE – Finance Director Peter Hurter to “step down” and appointment of Rachael Rowe as Finance Director

 

SAR

Sareum (#SAR) – “Oberon Capital has been appointed as the company’s sole broker with immediate effect”

 

BTC

London #BTC Company – WRAP “retail offer” at 18.5p per share “raised aggregate gross proceeds of £700,000, after cutting back the number of shares”

 

HUD

Huddled (#HUD) – THG Ingenuity agreement and a £1.5m shares subscription at 3.2p per share

 

APTA

Aptamer (#APTA) – £2m placing at 0.3p per share

 

FUTR

Future (#FUTR) – “£300 million debut sterling unsecured bond”, “coupon of 6.75%”

 

ROAD

Roadside Real Estate (#ROAD) – site acquisition and “redefinition” of Meadow Joint Venture

 

GLE

MJ Gleeson (#GLE) – “challenging” trading, notes “organisational and management changes”

Thursday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Load up your comments below on todays IM meetings with Lyin' Steve and Lyin' Stuart

 

QTX

Quartix Technologies – “confident of achieving market expectations for the year”, but how do those expectations compare to the valuation now?…

 

BIRD

Blackbird – after we warned recent AGM Statement arguing “progress” was attempted ramptastic, now a discounted fundraising (natch!)…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: It should not be Rachel Reeves crying

 

PEN

Pennant International – “Business Update”, how “confident” to be really in “significantly second-half-weighted”?

 

URU

AIM Sewer posterboy URU Metals do you smell a rat?

 

SYME

Alessandro Zamboni’s Nuburu borrows more money at interest rates even loan sharks might think are excessive

 

OPTI

Lyin’ Steve O’Hara of Optibiotix caught lying yet again, this is getting boring: AGM Strategy and beyond

 

PRD

Crazy old coot Paul Griffiths of Predator, it'sJuly were your threats to be the Mr Bates of the FCA for real or are you a bullshitter?

 

BTC

UPDATED: Ouch! David Lenigas bitcoin spoof Vinanz, 55p 8 days ago now to raise £1m at just 18.5p

 

UKOG

UK Oil & Gas (#UKOG) – agrees sale of UKOG (GB) Limited which includes licences with Horndean and Avington oil fields for just £0.4m

 

BTC

Vinanz (#BTC) – changes name to London BTC Company, ramptastic!

 

BIRD

Blackbird (#BIRD) – £2m equity raise at 3p per share and “up to” £0.2m retail offer

 

PEEL

#PEEL Hunt – “strong start to our new financial year as market conditions have begun to improve”

 

FRAS

Frasers (#FRAS) – new facility with its banks of up to £3bn replacing its existing facilities of £1.65bn

 

PEN

Pennant International (#PEN) – “2025 revenue is anticipated to be significantly second-half-weighted”

 

QTX

Quartix Technologies (#QTX) – notes H1 growth and “confident of achieving market expectations for the year”

 

AOM

ActiveOps (#AOM) – FY adj. EPS up to 1.55p, argues “confidence” for this year and beyond

 

WOSG

Watches of Switzerland (#WOSG) – FY adj. EPS up to 41.6p, “mindful of the broader macroeconomic and consumer environment, including potential US tariff changes”

 

CURY

Currys (#CURY) – FY adj. EPS up to 11.3p, DPS 1.5p, “planning confidently for year ahead”

Wednesday »

SYME

Insolvent fraud Supply@Me Capital – Nuburu pays up $300,000 but will that be enough to get 2024 accounts signed off

 

TPT

Topps Tiles – emphasises “strong trading momentum”, but forecasts demand it…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Will you go into battle alongside me on August 6th at noon in London?

 

BYIT

Bytes Technology Group – having less than two month ago emphasised “well positioned to respond to the evolving demands”, now expects first half profit decline!

 

SBAR

Sundae bloody Sundae: are investors finally rumbling the Bixby/Edwards gang and London's worst Nomad?

 

GRG

Greggs – I having cautioned on its ability to manage current headwinds, now a half-year trading update warning…

 

VRS

Versarien: Just how screwed it is, do the maths!

 

Sinking_Ship

AIM Market Statistics for June 2025 – continued decline but nominations open for AIM awards, come on celebrate diversity!

 

Beggar

The most depressing chart in Britain, just how utterly beyond hope has this country become?

 

Father Christmas

Half-year update on my share tips of the year – still a tale of 2 sectors?…

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel - an amazing first from the gardens, well I was amazed, Tom Winnifrith

 

CEL

Celadon Pharmaceuticals (#CEL) – Tom Winnifrith Gotcha!, proposed AIM cancellation

 

SXS

Spectris (#SXS) – higher competing offer from KKR of 3972p per share recommended

 

EMR

Empresaria (#EMR) – support for possible offer for it equating to 57.01% of share capital

 

EMR

Empresaria (#EMR) – Takeover Panel extension to 30th July for “due diligence… to allow further time for the consortium to improve the possible offer”

 

KBT

K3 Business Technology (#KBT) – proposed return of capital of up to £29m via 85p per share tender offer and proposed AIM de-listing

 

SSPG

SSP (#SSPG) – prospectus filed for proposed IPO in India of Travel Food Services business

 

WIZZ

#WIZZ Air – June booked passengers +10.8% YoY, load factor up to 92.1%

 

GRG

Greggs (#GRG) – H1 LFL sales +2.6% YoY, “good progress in May followed by slower growth in June as high temperatures impacted”

 

TPT

Topps Tiles (#TPT) – emphasises Q3 sales growth but also notes cost environment remains “challenging”

 

BYIT

Bytes Technology (#BYIT) – “some deferral of customer buying decisions, particularly in the corporate sector”, blaming “a challenging macroeconomic environment”

Tuesday »

OPTI

Optibiotix Health, just a bit careless, another fine on the way

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: spivs, spivs, spivs everywhere

 

WPHO

Windar Photonics – results emphasise “expected step change in revenue growth”… but it’s already not to be as significant a change as expected!

 

OPTI

BREAKING: Optibiotix: who got the bonus and for what, and where was the RNS about bumper pay rises? Plus the annual report LIE on page 56!

 

Crime-Scene

As the Zamboni/White stable of frauds collapse, why is Companies House not acting?

 

KITW

Kitwave – “pleased to announce” interims, so why a more than 20% share price fall in response?

 

ROAD

EXPOSE: Roadside Real Estate leaves a famous Scouse bear confused

 

VRS

As Versarien warns it may go bust within weeks, a look back to peak ramp, the cartoons, the death threats, the trolling of my wife

 

OPTI

Optibiotix, another letter to the FCA regarding Market Manipulation

 

MDZ

MediaZest – Deadline Day Interims, Profitable? Er…..

 

VRS

Versarien – dire interims, insolvency looms

 

AMOI

Anemoi International (#AMOI) – “Crypto Treasury Management Strategy” update, ramptastic!

 

TMG

Mission Group (#TMG) – appointment of John Carey as CEO with effect from 1st September

 

CARR

Carr's (#CARR) – Josh Hoopes appointed CEO, with David White having “stepped down”

 

SYNT

Synthomer (#SYNT) – “agreed with its banking syndicate to extend the period of covenant relaxation through to, and including, the end of 2026”

 

WYN

Wynnstay (#WYN) – H1 adj. EPS up to 18.1p, DPS to 5.7p, “on track for full year forecasts”

 

MPAC

#MPAC – pension scheme "buy in" agreement, “without the need for Mpac to make additional contributions”

 

MPAC

#MPAC – “slow down in order intake through H1” warning, emphasises taking “prompt action”

 

SUP

Supreme (#SUP) – FY adj. EPS slightly up to 21.6p, DPS up to 5.2p, “trading in line with current market expectations”

 

KITW

Kitwave (#KITW) – H1 EPS down to 5.1p, DPS up to 4p, warns due to consumer consumption and cost increases

 

SBRY

J Sainsbury (#SBRY) – Q1 ex-fuel LFL sales +4.7% YoY, states profit “will be weighted more towards the second half versus last year”

Monday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: GOTCHA! GOTCHA! GOTCHA!

 

EYE

Eagle Eye Solutions – acquisition which is “expected to be immediately earnings per share enhancing”, but how materially so?…

 

GEX

GOTCHA! Georgina Energy – technically insolvent with material uncertainty over going concern

 

TXP

A placing that was not, a £10 million black hole at Touchstone Exploration and the FCA says.....

 

TTG

TT Electronics – now trading uncertainty adds to management uncertainty

 

CTAI

EXPOSÉ: Catenai results breach IFRS accounting standards, should be restated, I shall report to FRC

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No1: A balloon debate with Harry Adams, Dave Lenigas, Steve O'Hara and Stuart Ashman

 

MSI

MS International – results argue “delighted to report… excellent progress across all group companies”, so why an approaching 15% share price fall?…

 

Beggar

Welcome changes at Companies House, or are they?

 

LFT

If only Harrow had taught a young Zak Mir some basic maths

 

SBTX

Exposed for lying again: it is Lyin' Stuart Ashman of Skinbiotherapeutics with another whopping porky

 

WG

Wood Group (#WG.) – “continuing to work with Sidara in relation to the pre-conditions to the possible offer”, Takeover Panel deadline extended to 28th July

 

CLAI

Cel AI (#CLAI) – £10m placing at 0.2p per share

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics (#SBTX) – “Croda Commercial Launch Progressing as Expected”

 

OPTI

OptiBiotix Health (#OPTI) – 2024 revenue up to £0.87m, increased operating loss, argues “order book for Q1 2025 higher than the sales achieved H1 2024”

 

POLR

Polar Capital (#POLR) – FY adj. EPS up to 53.5p but “basic” EPS down to 36.6p, DPS maintained at 46p

 

TTG

TT Electronics (#TTG) – 5 months to end-May organic revenue -5.5% YoY, “forecast second half weighting of profits and cash collection”

 

PRV

Porvair (#PRV) – H1 adj. EPS +3% to 20p, DPS nudged up to 2.2p, “positive” for H2

 

MSI

MS International (#MSI) – FY EPS up to 90p, DPS to 23p, “order book at the April year end was marginally lower than the record figure reported last year”

 

AOM

ActiveOps (#AOM) – acquisition of ‘workforce optimisation’ business Enlighten Group for $8.5m, up to $21.5m

 

SMWH

WH Smith (#SMWH) – on lower than originally agreed terms, completes sale of UK High Street business

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: troubleswith the IRA man, Sunday Roast is a sewer and I'm still a gold bull

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Retreats In The Face Of Iran Peace (For Now)

 

LipstickOnPig

An Unwitting Shareholder In Two (And It Was Three!) Bitcoin-In-Treasury Stocks Writes….

 

Crime-Scene

Nuburu Inc – why are two tiny UK companies providing Nuburu with cash?

 

WTB

Whitbread shares are likely to see similar weakness in the run up to the autumn Budget, like we saw earlier this year - sell or short

 

tap

TAP Global – another Director red flag

 

Bitcoin

Ai/Bitcoin Mania and why Vinanz at 26p is worth 1.8p

 

Professor

Visual Aid: Charted: Productivity Gains from Using AI

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #300

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Weird children, Death of International Law, Caribbean Divorces, Men don’t read novels, Private Equity Destroys News

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending June 28

Saturday »

OPTI

Optibiotix: where is the TR1?

 

GGP

Now Greatland Resources rather than Greatland Gold and with a consolidated share price after Australia dual-listing of this winning share tip

 

SWC

Smarter Web, the numbers are wrong, the message bang on, dunces beware!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: post bubble valuations, I'd buy SWC at 25p, but sell Vinanz at any price

Friday »

NFG

Next 15 Group – “early-stage discussions regarding a potential sale of a selected number of its brands”… but how well can it sell in the current environment?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Schadenfraude!

 

ELEG

While my Electric Guitar gently weeps, another FRC win for TW

 

NARF

Narf Industries – “Ranger open-source risk detection platform launch” announcement. Ramptastic?…

 

SWC

Bent Broker Tennyson on Smarter Web Company, my target, a generous, 45p

 

RS1

RS Group – an income and recovery value Buy

 

TAP

TAP Global upgrades from AQSE Lobster Pot to AIM sewer: just pointing out a major red flag

 

BTC

Video: One shameless charlatan from the colonies promoting another from the (penal) colonies

 

Boom

Is it GOTCHA? Amazing AI suspended and ridiculous announcement

 

SBAR

Is the Bixby/Edwards bubble bursting? I don’t like Sundaes, a CRAP Retail offer looks like failing

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bearcast No1: is there really switching from Greatland into Wishbone?

 

EUA

Eurasia Mining (#EUA) – nominated adviser and broker change, states “approaching the finish line” for Astana International Exchange dual listing

 

TAP

#TAP Global – “payments and cryptocurrency settlement service” company joins the AIM casino from the Aquis lobster pot

 

CLAI

Cel AI (#CLAI) – CFO change, with Nicholas Lyth and also non executive director Matt Lodge resigning “with immediate effect”

 

PR1

Pri0r1ty Intelligence (#PR1) – “Launch of AI-Powered Bitcoin Integration Solution” attempted ramptastic

 

SAV

Savannah Resources (#SAV) – raises £4.24m at 3.5p per share, with there also a “retail offer”

 

DPP

DP Poland (#DPP) – 2024 another, albeit reduced, loss, notes “accelerated our shift to a franchisee-led model”

 

DEVO

Devolver Digital (#DEVO) – “current financial performance is in line with consensus expectations for full year 2025”

 

BBSN

Brave Bison (#BBSN) – notes 2025 four acquisitions announced and underlying trading “in line with expectations”

 

LIKE

Likewise (#LIKE) – sales +10% YoY, “well on course to achieve market forecasts for FY25”

 

HERC

Hercules (#HERC) – acquisition of overhead electrical transmission lines labour supply business Advantage NRG for £11.7m and up to £15.7m

Thursday »

Tom

UPDATED: 11 weeks to Sharestock just 19, no 16, seats left: book now!

 

MTEC

Made Tech – “trading ahead of expectations”… but not of its original expectations!…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 3: Will nobody admit to being Richard Poulden's friend?

 

Roulette

Fancy 789% upside on a penny share?

 

MOON

Moonpig – CEO argues on results “a strong position to capitalise on the long-term shift to online”… so “has informed the board of his intention to step down”!

 

Gold

Video: There is no Better Risk Reward Right Now than Gold Equities

 

Crime-Scene

Nuburu Inc - yet another accounting blunder

 

Clown

The Unicorn Within… another “diversity winner” and bullshit maestro

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: The admirable valuation prudence of Kerim Sener vs the reckless maths of Trougher Harry Adams

 

NFG

Next 15 Group – a business “potential serious misconduct” profit warning, and worse!…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: As Andrew Webley hoists an enormous red flag doing the maths on the Smarter Web Company and Bluebird

 

INSE

Inspired (#INSE) – recommended 81p per share offer

 

SHEL

Shell (#SHEL) – “not made an approach to, and no talks have taken place with, BP… not been actively considering making an offer for BP” (#BP.)

 

BMV

Bluebird Mining Ventures (#BMV) – “prospectus drafting commencement - target £10m+… at what we anticipate to be a premium to the current share price”

 

SWC

The Smarter Web Company (#SWC) – raises £41.2m at 290p per share

 

CAV

Cavendish (#CAV) – FY return to profit, DPS up to 0.8p, “started the new financial year well”

 

TPT

Topps Tiles (#TPT) – appointment of Alex Jensen as CEO and CFO Stephen Hopson to leave to join Marston’s (#MARS)

 

MOON

Moonpig (#MOON) – FY adj. EPS up to 15p, DPS 3p, expects current year “growth in adjusted earnings per share at between 8% and 12%”

 

LTHM

James Latham (#LTHM) – FY EPS down to 90.1p, ordinary DPS up to 35.25p, notes “gradual trend to improved market conditions”

 

PZC

PZ Cussons (#PZC) – “after careful evaluation of the offers received… to retain St. Tropez and set a new strategic direction for the brand”

 

ABF

Associated British Foods (#ABF) – intention to close bioethanol plant unless government negotiations reach “a sustainable solution”

Wednesday »

Bitcoin

Playing the Bitcoin in Treasury insanity with a short but not standing in front of an express train!

 

PROC

ProCook – full-year results argue “building on the momentum we have established”. Is it?…

 

TXP

Touchstone: two days for Oily Keen’s clients to come clean

 

SDG

Sanderson Design Group – argues trading improvement… but this after it previously expecting an improved trading environment, it actually worsened!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: keep ramping Sath and is Andrew Webley man or mouse?

 

MRK

Marks Electrical – results argue it now anticipates “premium focused operating model” trading improvement… though also that “consumers continue to remain price conscious”!

 

Madness

Peterhouse Bitcoin in Treasury Group Think and madness at Coinsilium

 

ULTP

Ultimate Products – “Trading Update”. As I suggested on its February profit warning, its forecasts were still too high!…

 

SWC

Smarter Web Company shares falling…it’s the Jews! And a challenge for Peterhouse and Andrew Webley

 

SYME

Supply@Me Capital – another rat leaves the sinking ship

 

WHR

Warehouse REIT (#WHR) – recommended 111p per share cash and shares offer from Tritax Big Box REIT (#BBOX)

 

TSP

TruSpine Technologies (#TSP) – “Bitcoin Treasury Policy”, attempted ramptastic

 

GST

GSTechnologies (#GST) – “Adoption of Bitcoin Treasury Policy”, attempted ramptastic

 

BBSN

Brave Bison (#BBSN) – agreement to acquire marketing skills and training platform MiniMBA for £19m Enterprise Value from Centaur Media (#CAU)

 

ULTP

Ultimate Products (#ULTP) – “Trading Update” = this year and next year trading warning

 

SDG

Sanderson Design Group (#SDG) – “continues to trade in line with the board’s expectations for the full year”

 

VTU

Vertu Motors (#VTU) – “AGM Statement”, current year “encouraged by the group’s start… in line with current market expectations”

 

LIO

Liontrust Asset Management (#LIO) – FY adj. EPS down to 56.8p, DPS maintained at 72p though new policy including DPS of “a minimum of 50% of adjusted diluted EPS”

 

HFD

Halfords (#HFD) – FY adj. EPS up to 13.8p, DPS to 8.8p, current trading “in line with expectations”

 

BAB

Babcock International (#BAB) – FY adj. EPS up to 50.3p, DPS to 6.5p, “look forward to another year of progress”

Tuesday »

DIS

Distil plc – “pleased to announce” Ardgowan Distillery news, how ‘pleasing’?…

 

BMV

Bluebird Mining Ventures – Philippines project agreement now “only subject to final reviews”, buy at 1.2p target 2p within 2 weeks

 

BNZL

Bunzl – emphasises “trading in-line with expectations”, not with original ‘resilient compounder’ expectations though…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2:the £400m hypocrite of the day and check out this online abuse!

 

BTC

Do the Leni-maths: Vinanz numbers just out do not add up

 

AAI

Worthless almost insolvent fraud Amazing AI enters the Bitcoin Treasury Bubble, shares up100%

 

STEM

SThree – emphasises “Steady performance with modest improvement through the half”, but what does that translate to financially?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: starting to dream as I do the Batangas maths on Bluebird

 

Crime-Scene

BREAKING: The ponzi fraud the 79th Group - damming evidence from administrators report

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel: Summer Pudding 2025, Tom Winnifrith

 

SYME

Supply@ME Capital (#SYME) – further funding “has not been received” (quelle surprise!)

 

SBDS

Silver Bullet Data Services (#SBDS) – financing “restructuring” including new loan notes and equity issuance at 30p per share

 

BMV

Bluebird Mining Ventures (#BMV) – agreement for 10% Philippines gold project profit share and potential bonus royalty payments now “only subject to final reviews”

 

RM

RM (#RM.) – H1 performance “improving”, “on course” to meet FY expectations

 

TND

Tandem (#TND) – notes sales growth and “remains on track to meet market expectations”

 

SAGA

#SAGA – “all our businesses performing well and in line with expectations”

 

STEM

SThree (#STEM) – H1 “net fees down 14% YoY, reflecting a modestly reduced rate of decline in Q2 underpinned by an improved US performance”

 

G4M

Gear4music (#G4M) – FY EPS up to 4p, current year expectations uplifted following failure of two significant UK competitors

 

DIA

Dialight (#DIA) – FY swing to adj. profit, this year “trading has started well in April and May”

 

BNZL

Bunzl (#BNZL) – H1 “broadly flat underlying revenue”, expects similar for FY whilst noting “actions are underway to improve performance”

Monday »

CBOX

Cake Box – results delay but expects trading “slightly ahead of expectations”… though not its earlier expectations!

 

SSTY

Safestay – “pleased to announce” 2024 results but with they not announced until now, how ‘pleasing’ really are they?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bearcast: Expose Andrew Webley's past life pushing a penny dreadful

 

THRU

Thruvision Group – states trading “solid” and “discussions are ongoing with an interested party”, BUT…

 

OPTI

Steve O’Hara and smearing his critics at Optibiotix

 

BTC

Vinanz: Peak Leni-maths, Big Dave Lenigas sitting on 21 month gains of 14,000%

 

AFRN

Aferian – argues “significantly improved financial performance”, but what does its swing in “adjusted EBITDA” actually mean for the bottom-line?…

 

CRV

BREAKING: Craven House Nomad walks, shares suspended, big questions for the auditor of Brown Envelope Man

 

SWC

So what is a strategic investor in Smarter Web Company?

 

Clown

BREAKING: An offer I can refuse: Disgraced Neil Woodford is back and wants your money

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel: Fruit harvesting & cooking with Joshua, Tom Winnifrith

 

CRV

Craven House Capital (#CRV) – nominated adviser Spark Advisory resigns “as a result of the failure of the company to pay fees”, shares suspended

 

SXS

Spectris (#SXS) – recommended 3735p per share offer

 

AGR

Assura (#AGR) – recommended increased offer from Primary Health Properties (#PHP)

 

PALM

Panther Metals (#PALM) – “Combining Hard Assets with Digital Currency” attempted ramptastic

 

CBOX

Cake Box (#CBOX) – results delay as “small amount of additional time is required” on audit

 

CHLL

Chill Brands (#CHLL) – delayed year to 31st March 2024 results, another loss (natch)

 

SSTY

Safestay (#SSTY) – 2024 another loss, “forward bookings are running at a satisfactory level” but “continued competitive pricing environment”

 

THRU

Thruvision (#THRU) – “strategic review” update including discussions with an interested party re. sale of trading subsidiaries

 

AFRN

Aferian (#AFRN) – emphasises trading improvement, but notes “adjusted EBITDA” and “remains in discussions to refinance its lending facilities”

 

NXR

Norcros (#NXR) – Johnson Tiles South Africa business to “cease manufacturing at the end of this month, with the closure of the business being carefully managed thereafter”

Sunday »

Tom

UPDATE 2 Tom Winnifrith: Less than three months to Sharestock now only 22 seats left: book now!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The rain sodden heatwave, Liam Byrne MP, Donald Trump, Iran, gold, oil, shares and bitcoin

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Trump Bombs Iran….What Will Gold Do?

 

SLP

Is it time to consider cashing in profit on platinum producers like Sylvania and Tharisa?

 

SYME

Supply@Me Capital - will Nuburu Inc fail to pay up on time (again) on Monday?

 

Boom

BREAKING: Labour MP Liam Byrne, the short seller and the Russian Smear - a report to the Standards Commissioner is going in next week

 

Professor

Visual Aid: Global Equity Returns So Far in 2025

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Celebrity Scammers, Deadly Ballooning, Town planning by Vote, Most Wanted Mogul, Samuel Beckett

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #299

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending June 21

 

OPTI

Lemming Investor calls out Steve O'Hara for smears and lies

 

Beggar

Just tell me why this man is wrong about Britain in terminal decline, Tom Winnifrith

Saturday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Bluebird Mining Ventures up 48 per cent on Friday, what next?

 

PPP

Letter to the FCA: Please investigate David Lenigas and Tom Evans for alledged Pennpetro fraud

 

Roulette

Crony Capitalists like Mark Percy of Shore Capital really do think the AIM casino is a success

 

Crime-Scene

Tara Cranswick's disgraceful letter, what is she hiding?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: new bubbles , new dodgy valuation metrics, I have seen this film before

 

Conservatives

Meet Kay Mason Billig, the sort of Tory that makes one despise them all, Tom Winnifrith

Friday »

DIS

Distil plc – having been buying just 11 days ago, Dr Graham Cooley now turns shares seller…

 

CAPD

Capital Limited – multiple new contracts awards, value recovery Buy

 

NARF

Narf Industries – “Director's Loan Extension”, but still how confident to be that sufficient capital is in place?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: my family & slavery, Dominic Frisby & the Earl of Grantham and the history and lessons from bubbles

 

LORD

Lords Group Trading – AGM Statement argues now ‘well positioned’, but is it really?…

 

Bear

Video: The Credit Bubble has Expanded into Equities, Parallels to 1929

 

VRS

Versarien: where are the interims to 31 March 2025? Achtung Dr Sour Kraut this is another red flag!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Recording a video with a bitcoin maniac living inside the bubble

 

PPP

Pennpetro may survive: this issue is whether ex directors including David Lenigas go to jail or get a stockmarket ban

 

Madness

Bookmark this damning essay by a bitcoin investor for when the bitcoin in treasury bubble bursts

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel: Rhubarb and elderflower week continues, Tom Winnifrith

 

DORE

Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (#DORE) – recommended 102.6016p per share offer

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics (#SBTX) – “up to £0.62m WRAP retail offer” at 17p per share raises less than £100,000

 

PPP

Pennpetro Energy (#PPP) – “Company Update” including “higher than expected debts”, “auditors are in the final review process”

 

CAML

Central Asia Metals (#CAML) – “revised” recommended proposal to acquire New World Resources including increased offer price to A$0.053 per share

 

PR1

Pri0r1ty Intelligence (#PR1) – “has now formally adopted a new Bitcoin Treasury Management Policy”, attempted ramptastic

 

IGR

IG Design (#IGR) – “Paul Bal is stepping down from his role as CEO with immediate effect”

 

REC

Record (#REC) – FY EPS +4% to 5.03p, DPS + 1% to 4.65p, “current year outlook highly dependent on the closing of large complex deals currently in the pipeline”

 

LORD

Lords Group Trading (#LORD) – trading “in line with management expectations”, notes “the seasonally significant trading period lies ahead”

 

BKG

Berkeley Group (#BKG) – Chairman Michael Dobson to “step down” at AGM, proposing CEO Rob Perrins to become Executive Chair and CFO Richard Stearn to become CEO

 

BKG

Berkeley Group (#BKG) – FY EPS slightly down to 371.8p, DPS paid 240p, notes “operating environment volatility persists”

Thursday »

VRS

GOTCHA! Vesarien fesses, ouzo for the Sheriff!

 

AMRQ

Amaroq Minerals – year-end price target upped following bumper fundraising, Strong Buy

 

LPA

LPA Group – interims emphasise expect “full year in line with current market expectations”… but those are from a lack-of-profits warning just two weeks ago!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Not recording in a beehive

 

KMR

Kenmare Resources – due diligence access “in order to facilitate the consortium improving the financial terms of the proposal” actually leads to a rejected “substantially” lower proposal!

 

Boom

Letter to AIM Regulation & the Financial Reporting Council re Versarien and investor deception

 

HAS

Hays plc – profit warning on net fee declines despite admitted “soft” comparatives!

 

VRS

BREAKING: Versarien: it gets far worse, it deceived us with its annual results & report, surely AIM Regulation must act!

 

BELL

Belluscura:: when even your parents disown you, the Fat Lady is surely starting to gargle

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Smarter Web Company madness, Gavin Burnell's warrant purchases, the FTSE 100 nightmare and my Bluebird dreaming

 

BMV

Bluebird Mining (#BMV) bitcoin plans reach global audience via #ZeroHedge

 

Tom

The TW “haters” will be disappointed as blood tests start to come back, Tom Winnifrith

 

KMR

Kenmare Resources (#KMR) – terminates discussions with possible offer consortium “on the basis that it significantly undervalued Kenmare’s business and its prospects”

 

REVB

Revolution Beauty (#REVB) – “continues to have constructive engagement with a number of other interested parties” and re. an equity raise

 

FRAS

Frasers (#FRAS) – “does not intend to make an offer for Revolution Beauty” (#REVB)

 

VOD

Vodafone (#VOD) – Pilar López to join from Microsoft to succeed Luka Mucic as CFO

 

ANP

Anpario (#ANP) – notes geopolitical environment challenges, though “confident of achieving market expectations for the full year”

 

LPA

#LPA Group – H1 increased adj. loss, argues “order intake exceeded our expectations… confident in delivering a profitable second half”

 

NCC

#NCC Group – H1 adj. EPS down to 2.1p, DPS maintained at 1.5p, argues “progress reflecting the changing market”

 

XPS

#XPS Pensions – FY adj. EPS up to 20.6p, DPS to 11.9p noting “continued confidence in the group’s prospects”

 

HAS

Hays (#HAS) – profit warning “driven primarily by broad-based weakness in Perm markets globally”, noting macroeconomic uncertainty

 

WTB

Whitbread (#WTB) – Q1 LFL sales -1% YoY, emphasises UK “forward booked position is ahead of last year”

Wednesday »

DWHT

Dewhurst – emphasises half-year “solid” growth, so why a more than 8.5% lower share price response?…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith bearcast No 2: infanticide is now legal, I despair

 

Boom

BREAKING: The City’s most disliked man wins £3,109,924.09 in the High Court

 

AO

AO World – full-year results argue “fantastic momentum that we’re seeing across the business”… but then suggest a potential profit fall this year!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: Versarien and Building for Humanity, fraud, fraud and AIM Rule Breaking as the taxpayer stiffed, this stinks

 

Professor

The Bitcoin Treasury bubble in London, Gresham's Law, MicroStrategy and the madness continues

 

SDY

Speedy Hire – full-year results, how ‘robust’ really is its performance?…

 

VRS

EXPOSE: Versarien hid material bad news before last placing, is anyone at AIM Regulation awake?

 

Madness

Malcolm Burne’s chilling warning on bitcoin in treasury

 

KEFI

Would you pay £3.5 million to reduce your losses by just 1%?

 

Fake_News

The BBC creams itself over utterly dishonest Met Office Report on global warming, Tom Winnifrith

 

EDEN

#EDEN Research – “AGM Statement”, argues “tremendous strides” attempted ramptastic

 

BIRD

Blackbird (#BIRD) – “AGM Statement”, argues “progress” attempted ramptastic

 

OMG

Oxford Metrics (#OMG) – H1 swing to loss, H2 “started in line with the board’s expectations and our usual seasonal trading patterns”

 

DWHT

Dewhurst (#DWHT) – H1 EPS up to 36.4p, DPS maintained at 5p, “expect a challenging second half of the year”

 

AO

AO World (#AO.) – FY adj. EPS up to 5.7p, argues on further progress “a number of initiatives in the pipeline”

 

SDY

Speedy Hire (#SDY) – FY adj. EPS down to 1.41p, DPS maintained at 2.6p, argues a number of significant contract wins to impact this year and beyond

 

OCDO

Ocado (#OCDO) – plans with Bon Preu Group for a Customer Fulfilment Centre in Catalonia

 

CRPR

James Cropper (#CRPR) – argues a “revised strategy”, focusing on improvement and value creation in Advanced Materials and Paper & Packaging

 

PZC

PZ Cussons (#PZC) – narrowing to bottom half of FY adj. Op profit guidance range and agreement to sell its 50% interest in Nigerian edible oils business for a net approx. $64m

 

GHH

Gooch & Housego (#GHH) – completes acquisition of US-based Global Photonics

Tuesday »

ESYS

essensys – nominated adviser and broker change, another red flag?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: The Bixby, Stockbridge, Lodge gang and the bitcoin in Treasury Bubble

 

Tom

Two hour podcast Tom Winnifrith and James Delingpole

 

Beggar

BREAKING: How the mighty fall... Rolf Gerritsen formerly of MetalNRG facing bankruptcy petition

 

BTC

Just five months after saying it was funded for 12 months, Lengias shitcoin play Vinanz issues more worthless confetti

 

GGP

Greatland Gold – positive dual-listing bookbuild, with share tip more than 100% up what next?

 

W7L

Warpaint London – AGM Statement confidence it will meet full-year market expectations, but how confident to really be?…

 

VULT

Another day, another bit of bitcoin in treasury spiv activity involving many of the usual suspects

 

Clown

Surely Sharesoc cannot be a gamekeeper if it is bankrolled by potential poachers, counting Baillie Gifford's moolah

 

RCFX

RC Fornax – “Trading Update” AIM IPO Roll-Call of Shame in just over 4 months!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Fuming with Steve O'Hara and Tara Cranswick as I am told its all MY fault

 

Fake_News

88% of grooming gang members were white: how folks were smeared, with bogus data, as racists for challenging this false number, Tom Winnifrith

 

ANX

Anexo (#ANX) – offer discussions “remain ongoing”, Takeover Panel deadline extended to 1st July

 

BUR

Burford Capital (#BUR) – US Senate draft version bill “includes a provision that aims to increase the statutory tax rate on litigation finance transactions”

 

SSTY

Safestay (#SSTY) – “confirms that it is considering the conditional sale of the freeholds of certain UK assets”

 

W7L

Warpaint London (#W7L) – AGM Statement, “even more so than previous years, the group expects sales for FY25 to be heavily second half weighted”

 

RWS

#RWS Holdings – H1 adj. EPS slumps to 3.6p, DPS maintained at 2.45p, argues “continues to expect” to deliver guidance

 

CPI

Capita (#CPI) – reiterates FY guidance, though it “broadly flat revenue, operating margin improvement weighted to the second half of the year”

 

INF

Informa (#INF) – AGM Trading Update, “full year underlying growth guidance reaffirmed”

 

HERC

Hercules (#HERC) – H1 adj. EPS up to 2.11p, DPS maintained at 0.6p, “confident in meeting market expectations for the full year”

 

MGNS

Morgan Sindall (#MGNS) – “strong” Fit Out and Construction Services performance means now anticipates overall “significantly ahead of its previous expectations”

 

AHT

Ashtead (#AHT) – Q4 revenue and earnings slip YoY, “impacted by lower sales of used equipment”

Monday »

BRCK

Brickability – “Director/PDMR Shareholding” announcement = material directors share sales

 

REE

Altona Rare Earths – “strategic” interest following project progress and macro developments, Buy

 

TMG

Mission Group – “AGM Trading Update”, how confident to be for “expected to be second half weighted”?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: what would Nigel Wray say?

 

TXP

Touchstone Exploration: More liars and scumbag rule breakers on the AIM Casino exposed

 

SWC

Smarter Web Company the madness continues, another £29 million raised at 180p – do the maths

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: a tale of deceit with two AIM sewer placings: Skinbiotherapeutics and Vast Resources

 

OHT

Ocean Harvest Technology – following September 2024 “believe that the group has adequate resources… for at least 12 months”, currently a funding struggle for even “an insolvency process”!

 

Gold

Video: Gold Miners Set For Their Best Quarter Ever

 

SBTX

Two video clips – can anyone explain why Stuart Ashman of Skinbiotherapeutics is not a LIAR?

 

Fake_News

The BBC and the rape gangs, this is off the scale gaslighting, Tom Winnifrith

 

AGR

Assura (#AGR) – “reviewing the revised terms of the #PHP offer with its advisers and will continue to engage in extensive shareholder consultation”

 

GGP

Greatland Gold (#GGP) – completes ASX bookbuild at A$6.60 per share, A$50m new shares and A$440m secondary offer

 

SWC

The Smarter Web Company (#SWC) – raises £29.3m at 180p per share

 

VAST

#VAST Resources – raises £2.7m at 0.35p per share

 

SBTX

SkinBioTherapeutics (#SBTX) – exclusive UK commercial agreement with Superdrug for AxisBiotix products, raises £4.1m at 17p per share “to facilitate and support” the agreement

 

SSTY

Safestay (#SSTY) – net £1.4m Covid-related business interruption insurance award

 

OHT

Ocean Harvest Technology (#OHT) – in dialogue re. “an insolvency process in the coming days”, CFO Chris Scott and Nomad Cavendish resign

 

PEEL

#PEEL Hunt – FY swing to adj. profit, but overall another loss

 

TMG

Mission Group (#TMG) – AGM Trading Update, “full year performance expected to be second half weighted, in line with previous years”

 

COST

Costain (#COST) – trading “in line with the board’s expectations”, up to £10m share buyback programme

Sunday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith's bearcast: The Chelsea Ripple, another two own goals from Optibiotix & the sweetest father's day card ever

 

KEFI

Kefi: you really could not make this up!

 

OPTI

BREAKING: Reporting Optibiotix to the FRC for inaccurate accounts and it has also breached the Companies Act 2006, a criminal action

 

GPM

Golden Prospect – Update As Discount Narrows: Am I Being Too Cautious?

 

Professor

Visual Aid: How Major Asset Classes Have Performed Since 2020

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #298

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Xi’s Dad, Destroying the Web, Pakistani Sushi, Playing Secretary, AI Spiral

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Middle East Pushes Gold Through $3,400

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending June 14

 

Greek Tear

How is this for a 5 star review of the Greek Hovel? Tom Winnifrith

Saturday »

KEFI

Good news and bullshit from greedy b*stard Harry Adams and Kefi

 

AMRQ

Amaroq Minerals – We are heading for 100 per cent up on this share tip, shares can double again, targets increased

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: its the G that matters in ESG, a case study of failure is Kefi

Friday »

BMV

Bluebird Mining Ventures – “Bitcoin Mining Machines” announcement. Still clear catalysts ahead

 

ACRM

Acuity RM – expects “significant progress towards cash generative trading at the end of 2025”, so what’s its current financial situation?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 3: who killed Poundland?

 

OXIG

Oxford Instruments – argues “strong results and good momentum”, but how much so really?…

 

KEFI

The greed of Harry Adams: an update as the trougher hides behind the skirts of his chums

 

Crime-Scene

EXPOSE: £125m IPO and 2 fund raises built on flagrant lying

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: Putting Gary Newman straight, what Israel's heroic attack on the nukes of the mad mullahs means for shares, oil, gold and bitcoin

 

STG

Strip Tinning – argues 2024 “financial performance in line with market expectations”. Er, not with the start of the year expectations it isn’t!…

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No1: Praying for the Rev Andrew Carter as he commits 2 deadly sins: Smarter Web vs Amaroq

 

ADT1

Adriatic Metals (#ADT1) – recommended 268p per share offer in shares and cash from Dundee Precious Metals Inc.

 

RNO

Renold (#RNO) – recommended 82p per share offer

 

PHP

Primary Health Properties (#PHP) – “strongly disagrees with certain assertions made by the board of Assura… around the financial risks to the combination”

 

PXC

Phoenix Copper (#PXC) – £0.5m placing at 4p per share

 

GEM

Gemfields (#GEM) – 82.4% take-up of $30m rights issue, rest with underwriters

 

OCDO

Ocado (#OCDO) – “drawn down on a Letter of Credit for $152m issued by the Bank of Nova Scotia”

 

DIAL

Diales (#DIAL) – Chair Shaun Smith to “step down… to concentrate on his other business interests”

 

AFC

#AFC Energy – argues “progress” in ramptastic “Operational Update”

 

STG

Strip Tinning (#STG) – 2024 increased loss, “continue to seek new funding”

 

OXIG

Oxford Instruments (#OXIG) – FY adj. EPS +3% to 112.4p, DPS +7% to 22.2p, argues confident in its differentiated higher margin business

Thursday »

CER

Cerillion – states CEO shares sale “significantly over-subscribed” with shareholder “very strong support”, so why the vastly discounted price then?!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 3: No it will not be different this time & a present to enrage the Mrs

 

ENSI

EnSilica – “pleased to announce” a Contract Update… but its contract announcements earlier this year were followed by a major (lack of) profit warning!

 

SBTX

Naughty Bear Tim Kempster schooled in GCSE science yet again by Stuart Ashman

 

GoldfishShark

Video: The Coming Decade Looks Like the 1970’s, Take Action to Survive It

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: the lies, deceit and incompetence of Labour yesterday, this looks terminal for the UK

 

PODP

Pod Point – states “pleased to announce” recommended offer… but it’s really ANOTHER Covid-era IPO Roll-Call of Shame…

 

AMRQ

Amaroq and a bit of Black Angel Leni-Maths

 

RRR

Red Rock: how to use the most dreaded words without using the most dreaded words?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Amaroq placing triumph, FYB

 

PODP

Pod Point (#PODP) – recommended 6.5p per share offer from EDF

 

WG

Wood Group (#WG.) – “continuing to work with Sidara in relation to the pre-conditions to the possible offer”, Takeover Panel deadline extended to 30th June

 

AMRQ

Amaroq Minerals (#AMRQ) – raises £45m in “significantly oversubscribed” fundraising at 85p per share

 

BMV

Bluebird Mining Ventures (#BMV) – “non-binding Heads of Terms” for £0.2m in equity acquisition of Bitcoin mining machines

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