Nvidia has become an early winner of the generative AI boom. The company reported record revenue in its second quarter earnings report, with sales of AI chips playing a large role. If we compare to other American competitors, what do the AI chip sales of Nvidia vs. AMD vs. Intel look like?

Thanks to the sponsorship of Sure Valley and   Pires Investments (PIRI) we are expanding the number and quality of speakers and are able to offer up more fun and games at ShareStock this year - as you can see HERE. In this episode I chat to Brian Kinane and Alex Thompson of Sure Valley about the role of Google in the AI boom. Enjoy.

A year ago I wrote that “if you got lucky with Capita (CPI) shares…you should exit stage left now”. And the same has happened this year too, as you could have purchased Capita shares at about 30p and sold them at around 40p a share a few months later. However, the shares have been poor performers since, and the stock is lower than it was a year ago. Does Capita remain “C(r)apita”…?!

But think of today's suffering before I escaped and donate HERE. Then I look a bit more at poor John Allen and Tesco (TSCO). Then on the 4th anniversary of the gating of the Neil Woodford funds I look at Hargreaves Lansdown (HL). Finally a few thoughts on AI after recording the 4th Techcast on Friday.

Six months ago, I observed about Vertu Motors (VTU) that “I do not own the stock but if you do then I would carry on holding…this is more than a sector survivor in my opinion”. How is it all going at “the UK automotive retailer with a network of 189 sales and aftersales outlets”?

IQ-AI (IQAI) Chief Executive Trevor Brown is “pleased to announce… unaudited financial results for the six months ended 30 June 2021”. So ‘pleased’ that he’s done so at an intra-day 9:57am on the Friday before a bank holiday weekend… not usually a time to announce ‘pleasing’ financial results Trev! But then this is the Trevor Brown of pumping & dumping, spiv infamy. Now, why may these results not be pleasing for shareholders?

Here are five long reads that have nothing to do with shares. Put the kettle on, find a comfy chair. You have the time, don’t you? 

Hello, Share Placers. This old punter is constantly searching out new medical pioneers to have a crack at. If things work out, you have the profits and the added bonus of helping to move medical technology further forward. But the risks are more than normal because new treatments and cures have to be carefully researched and then licensed. And quite a few horses never leave the stalls.

Chris Akers ramp AIM-listed Asimilar (ASLR) saw its shares suspended on Friday after the company announced it was buying a stake in Sentiance, an AI company in Belgium. But hang on, I thought another Akers ramp, Mesh Holdings (MESH), was supposed to be buying that!

Not content with leaving burying bad news on polling day to the likes of Purplebricks (PURP) or Versarien (VRS), this morning – election results day – AIM-listed Anglesey Mining (AYM) joined the fray with its Interims to September. They are truly horrid.

CEO of ‘Procurement-as-a-Service’ platform company Maistro (MAIS, formerly Blur), Laurence Cook is “pleased to report on the significant progress that has been made in 2018”. The shares have responded currently to 1.25p – 4% lower. Hmmm…

This conference  on Tuesday March 5 will highlight ways to invest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) software companies; either directly, through private equity or listed venture capital vehicles.

Having filed patents and announced the start of the technology programme last year, Cambridge Cognition (COG) has now announced its “first voice-based cognitive assessments are available for use in its core pharmaceutical and biotechnology clinical trial channels”…

Despite changing its name from blur Group (BLUR) to Maistro (MAIS) at the start of the year, it is hard to see much of a change when it comes to the fortunes of the company. Basically, it offers businesses a platform for the procurement of business services, including marketing and human resources, and on its website it boasts that it has been in the business for over a decade. With that in mind, it doesn’t exactly look great that the company is still racking up heavy losses each year, and looks like it is going to continue doing so for the foreseeable future.

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a buy tip, the second of two from the deputy Sheriff of AIM, Nigel Somerville.

AIM-listed Tern plc (TERN) has issued a portfolio update RNS this morning, but that is not the story. It waxes lyrical about how well Device Authority is doing – but what about the $10m fundraising? Step forward the Statement Re Issue of Convertible Unsecured Loan Notes and Loan To Device Authority for that is where the real beef is. It’s not pretty.