If you go back far enough in time, Capita (CPI) was a company where some investors (not me) made a fortune during the 1990s but life has changed a lot since then. And, despite the 90% share price fall over the last five years, I have not been a fan as most recently noted three months ago. But are the glory days coming back? After all, Capita notes this morning that it “continues to perform well, with further revenue growth and a stronger balance sheet”.

Pebble Beach Systems (PEB) has announced results for the 2021 calendar year and that it looks forward with optimism – we are marginally ahead on this 12.5p offer tip but there is more to come.

Hello, Share Finders. The value of my holding in Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) & (RDSB) has increased by enough for me to consider top slicing profits. It’s never a good idea to hold more than 10% of your bundle in one company and that’s where I find myself today here...

Updating on Minoan (MIN) with the shares at 1.9p earlier this month, we noted that, although the track-record suggests to be cautious and there may well be some further equity dilution to come, the potential for the shares to soar on a Crete project deal meant we continued to consider they merited at least a small, speculative position. Now “a proposal which the directors believe will provide the company with sufficient liquidity to service its short term cash obligations and to strengthen its balance sheet… believe… will greatly assist the group in its ongoing discussions and negotiations with third parties”…

I see the housebuilders got another share price stuffing yesterday on fears that the Help to Buy policy (which I have lampooned on this website recently here) might come to an end. I see the updates today from Barratt Developments (BDEV) and Berkeley Group (BKG) have hardly reignited the shares despite all sorts of 'record results' comments from the former. Well when the average house price is around six times income (and a way higher multiple in London) then value there is not. However...

Like shares in many larger miners Glencore (GLEN) has enjoyed something of a recovery in recent months, and at times has been trading as high as 150% or so above the lows of 66p that it hit back in September.

Premier Foods (PFD) has disappointed investors over the last couple of years but I think it could be on the verge of turning things around.