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Johnny Mercer MP & the mini bond scandal, a useful dupe with a grossly inflated sense of self worth
By Tom Winnifrith | Wednesday 24 April 2019
Let us be clear: Johnny Mercer, the Tory MP is not involved in the London & Capital Finance scandal which we have done so much to expose. But he is personally profiting from what will prove to be the financial scandal of the year, the mini-bond mis-selling affair, and his reaction to criticism of his behaviour is lamentable.
Mr Mercer adds to his basic salary as an MP – which puts him in the top 2% of earners – by picking up another £85,000 a year working 20 hours a month as a non executive director of Crucial Academy Ltd. That is what the register of members interests states although Companies House fails to list him as a director. The website of this operation suggests that the company behind it is actually The Crucial Group Ltd, but Mercer is not listed as a director there either.
Whoever is paying, Mr Mercer his salary is mouth watering. Pro rata it up for a full working week and this 37 year old former soldier is hauling in the equivalent of £731,000 a year. That is almost five times what the Prime Minister earns. Perhaps Mercer thinks that is fair. If so he has a bloated sense of his own self importance, something that is not unusual for an MP.
Crucial Academy/Group seems to do good work, training up ex solders in cyber security. No -one can fault that. However it is a relative start up with no accounts filed yet, in part due to it changing its year end so delaying that unpleasant task. And critically its major shareholder is Paul Careless of Surge Group and it has been bankrolled by Surge with an interest free loan of £325,095. Now why is that conmtroversial?
Surge & Careless have made tens of millions of pounds introducing, generally naïve, investors to mini bonds. These products were marketed as low risk/safe but yielding anything from 9%, in the case of the LCF ponzi, to 14% in the scheme linked to Lib Dem peer Lord Razzall ( not that Surge promoted that particular duffer). Surge charged a marketing fee of 25% of funds invested in mind bonds it plugged.
In the case of LCF (where Amber Rudd MP and the Conservative Party nationally still refuse to answer £65,000 worth of questions), the funds received went on a range of items like a helicopter for the CEO, race horses and it was clearly an outright fraud which the SFO is now investigating as investors face an 80% capital loss and no yield.
But Mercer should consider the maths of all mini bonds where Surge is involved. Let me demonstrate with a worked example.
Granny invests £100 in a five year bond offering a 9% “guaranteed” yield.
Surge takes £25 up front and the mini-bond arranger takes a further £3 management fee.
So £72 is loaned by the mini-bond provider to a borrower.
To repay Granny’s capital and her interest the mini-bond provider thus needs to turn a loan of £72 into £145 in five years.
And that implies an annual return of 20.3% per annum.
Good companies currently borrow monies at, perhaps 5%. Weaker ones might pay 8%. Folks borrowing on their credit cards pay 17% so what sort of companies would be paying interest at 20%? Yes, really rotten companies that are likely, in many cases, to go bust. In financial markets what is termed a junk bond yields 12%. So this is mega junk and as such the risk of capital loss ( and default on interest payments) is exceptionally high.
That is the maths Mercer needs tpo consider as he weighs his salary from Crucial Group. It has been funded by the profits made from a marketing company that is pushing investment products on naïve investors which they think are safe but , are in fact, incredibly high risk.
We have covered about half a dozen such mini bond schemes on ShareProphets. So far only a couple have gone bust but this is just the tip of an iceberg which will, in the end, see several hundred thousand vulnerable folks losing money they cannot afford to lose – perhaps Mercer should listen to some LCF victims HERE and think again.
If I was running such a shocking marketing scheme I’d try to get some good PR by throwing some loose change, in terms of the wider business, at a “good cause”. And I’d try to get a dupe of a Tory MP who really thinks he is worth five times what the Prime Minister take home on an hourly basis, on board to make it all even more respectable. And here we go, Mercer insists that the press has got it all wrong, telling the Daily Mail:
Surge is not part of the SFO investigation into LCF and has done nothing wrong, adding: 'They are however suffering trial by media.
'This effort to smear me by some loose connection to a company that I have never met, done business with or even heard of before its collapse is besmirching the good name of an exciting project at Crucial Academy run by good people doing good things.'
Well Johnny up to a point. If you do the basic maths you will see that Surge may not have broken the law but what it has been doing is morally reprehensible and yet you defend it and attack its media critics. Crucial Academy may be doing good work. But your bloated salary is only possible because of the vast fees Surge has made stuffing naive and vulnerable investors into product that- because of the commission structure – were almost certain not to delivered the returns promised and pretty much certain to result in capital losses.
Do the maths Johnny…are you really worth five times as much as the PM? Is the source of your salary really one that you feel comfortable with?
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Monday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: I wish I knew what Luke Johnson was selling today, here are my two sell tips for Tim
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 9 December 2024, 14:53
Tribe Technology – “RC Drilling System Update” attempted ramptastic ahead of bailout fundraising attempt ahoy?
- By Steven Moore
- 9 December 2024, 14:30
Video: The Debt Doom Loop and the New Era of $4K Gold, $100 Silver, & 200K Bitcoin
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 9 December 2024, 13:49
Has nobody explained to Versarien owning gerbils what an RNS reach is? Nonsense deal announced
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 9 December 2024, 13:40
Wishbone Gold places again – what on earth is the point? Do the maths...
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 9 December 2024, 13:02
Chill Brands statement: does it have no idea at all about its cash position?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 9 December 2024, 11:26
Inspecs – after as recently as September “confident in meeting market expectations”, now “improvement in Q4 sales not having been as strong as anticipated”. Uh oh!…
- By Steven Moore
- 9 December 2024, 10:57
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Hydrogen Utopia demolished and exposed via publicly available documents, where has the five hundred grand gone?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 9 December 2024, 10:19
Sunday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Be careful what you wish for
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 8 December 2024, 19:05
Golden Prospect – Subscription Rights Failure, Or A Golden Opportunity?
- By Nigel Somerville
- 8 December 2024, 14:16
AIM Sewer Market Statistics for November 2024 - Yet another disaster and there are even more departures in the pipeline
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 8 December 2024, 11:37
Eco Buildings Group proves modular housing business plan is working: STRONG BUY
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 8 December 2024, 11:13
Visual Aid: Share of Illegal Immigrants Across 9 Developed Countries
- By ShareProphets
- 8 December 2024, 10:46
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Suffers Stock And Bitcoin Gains
- By Nigel Somerville
- 8 December 2024, 10:45
Sunday Long Reads: World’s Greatest Coffee, Great Abandonment, End of the World, Six Hours of Martial Law, Denying Insurance with AI
- By ShareProphets
- 8 December 2024, 10:44
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Dec 7
- By ShareProphets
- 8 December 2024, 10:40
National World – “minded to recommend” improved proposal price, but will an offer now be made on those terms?
- By Steven Moore
- 6 December 2024, 16:35
Quiz plc – after poor performance and tight cash position results, what now from a “Trading and Cash Position Update”?…
- By Steven Moore
- 6 December 2024, 14:25
BREAKING: Jonathan “son of Spotty “ Rowland and Peterhouse when were you going to tell us about the strike off action?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 December 2024, 13:39
Brand Architekts – recommended offer means c45% (and possibly much more) gains, bank the profits?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 December 2024, 13:02
SkinBioTherapeutics – why it should revise its segmental analysis
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 December 2024, 11:54
EXPOSE of Eight Capital – repayment of 1AF2 Limited debt, kicking the can down the road amid smoke and mirrors and lying by Supply's Alessandro Zamboni
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 December 2024, 10:53
SkinBioTherapeutics – full-year results, products potential despite the detraction of its CEO means still a Buy
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 December 2024, 09:30
It’s the fees that count for law firms, morality takes the back seat
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 December 2024, 09:14
Thursday »
Greatland Gold – a transformational acquisition Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 5 December 2024, 16:59
Aptamer – “Technical Update” following soon after AGM update, attempted ramptastic?
- By Steven Moore
- 5 December 2024, 16:28
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: You have to be sensitive when talking of the recently departed but here goes anyway
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 5 December 2024, 14:44
Headlam – argues ‘transformation plan’ “significant early progress”, BUT…
- By Steven Moore
- 5 December 2024, 14:42
Video: The Vengeful Return of the Pendulum – Geopolitical Shifts, buy gold be very careful elsewhere
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 5 December 2024, 13:26
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Mr Market the manic depressive, Kefi and TrakM8, the latter is a zero, it is surely insolvent
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 5 December 2024, 12:28
Ebiquity – “a stronger H2 than H1… is proving to be the case”, BUT…
- By Steven Moore
- 5 December 2024, 12:15
Cavendish on Skinbiotherapeutics: God save us from Ashman as his M&A hunger is not sated
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 5 December 2024, 11:36
Amaroq – now that is what I call a placing: Buy at up to 90p and the shares to double from there
- By Steven Moore
- 5 December 2024, 10:42
Argo Blockchain End Game: the bond markets tell you that the shares are worth 0p, big moves in the past few days
- By ShareProphets
- 5 December 2024, 08:00
Wednesday »
Fusion Antibodies – “Approval of Grant Funding Application”, shares soar but how justifiably so?…
- By Steven Moore
- 4 December 2024, 16:35
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Am I a really mean, grumpy, old bastard totally out of touch with 2024? You and my siblings can judge
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 December 2024, 14:58
OptiBiotix Health – poorly-produced “Launch of Dr Morepen” announcement but the potential compelling, Strong Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 4 December 2024, 14:37
IXICO – full-year results, how much is recent fundraising to ‘accelerate technology platform growth and global commercial reach’?
- By Steven Moore
- 4 December 2024, 13:30
Letter to Liam Murray re Energypathways: a yes or no answer will suffice
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 December 2024, 13:16
Almost 4 years of Ben Turney at Kavango: the jury is coming in and I call him out for bullshit
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 December 2024, 11:49
Zephyr Energy: more bad news Reverend Weight, doing the maths
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 December 2024, 11:11
Biome Technologies – after a trading warning last month, now a further “Trading Update and Board Change”. Uh oh!…
- By Steven Moore
- 4 December 2024, 11:07
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Amaroq the AIM placing of the year, shares can still double or more from here
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 December 2024, 10:14
Tuesday »
Mind Gym – interims including “the business has returned to profitability”. Er, no it hasn’t!
- By Steven Moore
- 3 December 2024, 17:35
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: who do you want as this year's Christmas carol villain?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 3 December 2024, 16:32
Vianet – argues interims “in line with management expectations”, but that actually meaning very demanding second half requirements!
- By Steven Moore
- 3 December 2024, 16:31
SysGroup – interims arguing “further strengthening our financial stability”. Er, what about the profit (lack of) warning then?
- By Steven Moore
- 3 December 2024, 14:10
Collapsing retail sales and collapsing business confidence: who does Rachel from Customer services blame? Maggie knew who!
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 3 December 2024, 12:24
Windar Photonics – having three weeks ago stated “a strong balance sheet”, now a discounted placing including to “strengthen the company's balance sheet”!
- By Steven Moore
- 3 December 2024, 11:29
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: a short email from 'arry Adams and a long chat with Steve O'Hara
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 3 December 2024, 11:04
BREAKING Supply@Me Capital: another rat jumps from the sinking ship
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 3 December 2024, 10:38
Tom Winnifrith: will you join me at what really will be the final Sharestock?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 3 December 2024, 08:39
Monday »
Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: Kefi placing, was I lied to and should we bail or buy via Primary Bid?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 2 December 2024, 17:36
Topps Tiles – what of its response to “disastrous acquisition”, “failure to adapt to an evolving retail landscape” and other ‘Comment’?…
- By Steven Moore
- 2 December 2024, 17:36
A failed and disgraced fund manager explains his art of stockpicking
- By ShareProphets
- 2 December 2024, 17:36
Condor Gold – one possible offeror announces it doesn’t intend to make a firm offer, but another announces proposed terms…
- By Steven Moore
- 2 December 2024, 16:29
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: a day of total shame for the FCA and glory for Jim Mellon
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 2 December 2024, 14:56
Evil Banksta: a SECOND critical question for EnergyPathways
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 2 December 2024, 13:24
GOTCHA! RegTech Open Project to delist, next stop administration?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 2 December 2024, 12:30
Global Petroleum: the twitter ramping of CEO Omar Ahmad, does Nomad SPARK not give a FF?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 2 December 2024, 12:16
Gamma Communications move to Main Market, a hammer blow for the AIM sewer
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 2 December 2024, 11:07
BREAKING EXPOSE: Argo Blockchain rejects more money at higher price for stinking subscription that still leaves it insolvent
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 2 December 2024, 10:55
Andrew Monk and the myth of the impoverished bankster caption contest
- By ShareProphets
- 2 December 2024, 08:00
Sunday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Now Steve O'Hara really will hate me, is his son worth £100k? And Jim Mellon gets a bid for Condor, don't get carried away
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 1 December 2024, 19:37
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Sees Less Volatility And Trump Threatens BRICS
- By Nigel Somerville
- 1 December 2024, 16:24
Johnson Matthey shares have been very weak but it could turn things around following the restructuring of the business
- By Gary Newman
- 1 December 2024, 12:25
Sunday Long Reads: Bad Apples, Extreme Travellers, Spanish Water, Rampaging Mobs, DB Cooper
- By ShareProphets
- 1 December 2024, 11:14
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Nov 30
- By ShareProphets
- 1 December 2024, 11:02
Saturday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: when did it become acceptable to tell lies?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 30 November 2024, 19:57
Mr. Karma always gets you in the end, Giles Clarke walks the plank at Ironveld after 15 years of massive value destruction
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 30 November 2024, 18:12
Has Optibiotix sold Skinbiotherapeutics shares? Steve O’Hara declines to deny
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 30 November 2024, 15:42
EnergyPathways: when you know who you are up against you know it’s a disaster waiting to happen
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 30 November 2024, 15:05
Doing the Fandango Holdings: joke interims is the FCA totally asleep at the wheel?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 30 November 2024, 13:26
ShareProphets readers tips for 2024 prize competition – about to enter final month update
- By Steven Moore
- 30 November 2024, 13:12
Friday »
CMO Group – Friday intra-day “Q4 2024 Trading Update and Outlook” announcement. Uh oh…
- By Steven Moore
- 29 November 2024, 16:00
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: on the nature of fraud however small
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 29 November 2024, 14:55
Evil Banksta flags up a great twitter thread on EnergyPathways: now a compelling short
- By ShareProphets
- 29 November 2024, 13:48
When is it okay to be a convicted fraudster and cover it up?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 29 November 2024, 12:43
Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: what should Father Christmas bring Gary Newman and Lucian Miers this Christmas?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 29 November 2024, 12:00
Amaroq Minerals – completes its first gold pour at Nalunaq, developing “cash flow generation” BUY with a target of up to 180p
- By Steven Moore
- 29 November 2024, 10:08
GOTCHA: Lying Charlatans at Argent Pharma flip flop on delisting, shares collapse, TW 100% vindicated yet again
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 29 November 2024, 09:40
Thursday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Bit political, bit political..I'd rather eat my own toes
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 28 November 2024, 17:29
Dr. Martens – interims emphasise “in line with expectations… delivering on our strategic objectives”, but how creditable really is that?…
- By Steven Moore
- 28 November 2024, 14:24
Hemogenyx: When folks invoke and celebrate my mother’s suicide you know they have lost the argument
- By ShareProphets
- 28 November 2024, 13:40
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Optibiotix, Skins, what a journalist is meant to do, transparency, Lemming and Gary Newman
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 28 November 2024, 12:47
Another AIM disaster: Electric Guitar, the Fat Lady has now started singing
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 28 November 2024, 11:17
Ariana Resources – further increased Dokwe project prospectivity, BUY
- By Steven Moore
- 28 November 2024, 10:41
Hemogenyx owning moron JohnR thinks Tom Winnifrith is a “scumbag” and "disgrace"battlng for team leukemia
- By ShareProphets
- 28 November 2024, 10:36
J Sainsbury – further share buyback tranche follows interims, BUY!
- By Steven Moore
- 28 November 2024, 09:36
Warren Buffett’s advice on how to leave an estate of staggering wealth without ruining your children
- By ShareProphets
- 28 November 2024, 09:35
Wednesday »
Aston Martin Lagonda – argues “successful” share and private debt placings mean “now well positioned for growth”. Er, a few points…
- By Steven Moore
- 27 November 2024, 16:29
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: the three serpents in the Helium bubble garden of Jerry Keen
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 27 November 2024, 16:21
Strix – “Trading Update” = Profit Warning (natch!) and has there really been “significant progress” on the balance sheet?…
- By Steven Moore
- 27 November 2024, 15:02
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: greatly cheered by NOT speaking to 'arry Adams or Steve O'Hara
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 27 November 2024, 12:53
Restore plc – ten months trading update, still a recovery Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 27 November 2024, 12:07
EXPOSE: BWA Group - a group that doesn’t consolidate its subsidiaries, why accounting policies can materially impact reported results
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 27 November 2024, 11:52
Focusrite – full-year results argue “growth when market conditions improve”, but when’s even that likely to be?
- By Steven Moore
- 27 November 2024, 11:27
BREAKING: Is Helix Exploration boss David Minchin a brazen liar or a reckless fool?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 27 November 2024, 10:31
While my Electric Guitar gently weeps: suspension shocker, Fat Lady on Standby, PKF disgraced!
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 27 November 2024, 10:07
Tuesday »
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: egg on boat race time but for once not mine!
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 26 November 2024, 16:32
Topps Tiles – full-year results emphasise “confidence in the medium term outlook”, so what about the current outlook?…
- By Steven Moore
- 26 November 2024, 16:25
Severfield – from “market conditions are showing signs of improvement” to a ‘market conditions’ profit warning in less than four months, and worse!…
- By Steven Moore
- 26 November 2024, 14:09
BREAKING: Peel Hunt warns of £2 billion AIM IHT own goal by Rachel from Customer Services
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 26 November 2024, 14:02
Sosandar – Half Year Results, Big Helping Of Hartley's As More Jam Tomorrow Promised
- By Nigel Somerville
- 26 November 2024, 12:56
MPs and Lords say that the FCA is “incompetent” and “defective” – Pots and Kettles
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 26 November 2024, 12:21
i-nexus Global – proposed AIM cancellation, yet another roll-call of shame on the self-described “world's most successful growth market”!
- By Steven Moore
- 26 November 2024, 11:41
Golden Tuesday Bonus Bearcast: News from Amaroq and Ariana
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 26 November 2024, 10:35
Monday »
DSW Capital – interims, will deal volumes be “returning to normal levels” in its Q4?
- By Steven Moore
- 25 November 2024, 16:00
Doc Holliday pumping and dumping at ECR: there is a case for the defence
- By ShareProphets
- 25 November 2024, 13:55
Kingfisher – Q3 update emphasises “full year profit guidance range tightened”…but that’s not in a good way!
- By Steven Moore
- 25 November 2024, 13:54
Letter to FRC: please investigate Zak Mir, Lift Global Ventures and Lee Lederberg of Edwards Veeder
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 25 November 2024, 13:07
Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: just a few more thoughts on Microstrategy vs Golden Prospect Precious Metals
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 25 November 2024, 12:45
Dialight – interims argue “confident that further progress will be made in the second half”, but sufficient for the balance sheet position?…
- By Steven Moore
- 25 November 2024, 11:19
EXPOSE: Has Graham Bond of RSM been a very naughty boy with his Celadon homework?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 25 November 2024, 10:15
Sunday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: does Optibiotix need an FD and time to short bitcoin?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 24 November 2024, 18:17
Golden Prospect – Late In Year 2024 Tipfest Update As Subscription Deadline Looms
- By Nigel Somerville
- 24 November 2024, 17:29
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Attempts To Stage A Comeback
- By Nigel Somerville
- 24 November 2024, 14:05
Sunday Long Reads: London Fish Markets, Junk Food Fights Back, Should India Only Speak Hindi?, Don Simpson, Painting Protests
- By ShareProphets
- 24 November 2024, 13:46
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Nov 23
- By ShareProphets
- 24 November 2024, 12:49
Saturday »
National World – saga continues as possible offerer Media Concierge warns it on “false and misleading statements”!
- By Steven Moore
- 23 November 2024, 19:26
SkinBioTherapeutics – “finalisation of commercial agreement with Croda” to further spark the shares, Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 23 November 2024, 11:04
Friday »
National World – considers possible offer proposal has “potential merits”, BUT…
- By Steven Moore
- 22 November 2024, 15:25
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Hemogenyx you guys are taking the piss!
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 22 November 2024, 14:57
A failed fund manager offers his great thoughts on Jaguar and its relaunch
- By ShareProphets
- 22 November 2024, 13:52
Nostra Terra is a great example of why the AIM market is dying and has been for some time
- By Gary Newman
- 22 November 2024, 12:20
Video: The Darkening Skies Over Wall Street – Ominous Signals for Investors
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 22 November 2024, 12:01
Letter to the FCA demanding suspension of the trading in the shares of the technically insolvent Supply@ME Capital fraud
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 22 November 2024, 11:55
Coats Group – “continued momentum with double-digit sales growth”, but still looks to offer value
- By Steven Moore
- 22 November 2024, 11:26
Webis: Jim Mellon takes it private, in reality shareholders’ equity already worthless
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 22 November 2024, 11:25
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Now Lemming Junior says switch from Optibiotix to Skinbiotherapeutics
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 22 November 2024, 10:36
BREAKING: Lift Global Ventures – deep dive into 30 June 2024 numbers, its off to the FRC I go!
- By ShareProphets
- 22 November 2024, 08:00
Thursday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: starting my hard conversation with Steve O' Hara
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 21 November 2024, 17:29
FW Thorpe – expects results “marginally ahead of last year”, but is such trading sufficient for the valuation?
- By Steven Moore
- 21 November 2024, 16:25
Eco Buildings Group – letter of Intent for potential significant new contract, risk/reward Strong Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 21 November 2024, 14:52
Ariana Resources – “Zenit Portfolio Operations Update”, the “portfolio” to expand?
- By Steven Moore
- 21 November 2024, 14:43
JD Sports Fashion – emphasises “well positioned for peak season”… but even with that only expects ‘lower end of guidance range’!
- By Steven Moore
- 21 November 2024, 14:25
Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: Which accounts from Zak Mir are a tissue of lies?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 21 November 2024, 13:15
Speedy Hire – interims, “the board anticipates the group meeting its full year expectations”. Really?…
- By Steven Moore
- 21 November 2024, 11:29
Celadon Pharmaceuticals: FFS just come clean, when’s the massively discounted placing?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 21 November 2024, 11:14
BREAKING: Supply@Me Capital – Alessandro Zamboni in default on yet another 7 figure financing commitment
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 21 November 2024, 09:39
Wednesday »
Volex – interims, confidence in meeting outlook targets and a possible offer for TT Electronics?
- By Steven Moore
- 20 November 2024, 16:43
James Cropper – I having previously questioned it “repositioned for growth”, a half-year results profit (lack of) warning…
- By Steven Moore
- 20 November 2024, 16:17
A failed fund manager writes about lies (is that his specialist subject?)
- By ShareProphets
- 20 November 2024, 14:59
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Under what circumstances do I give up on Optibiotix and switch into Skins?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 20 November 2024, 14:55
Churchill China – as I warned the half-year results suggested, a profit warning (and it’s ‘material’)
- By Steven Moore
- 20 November 2024, 13:37
EXPOSE: Technology Minerals: Breaking listing rules yet again, something it is not saying!!
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 20 November 2024, 13:32
Predator Oil & Gas, the apparently missing NED and the jumping rats
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 20 November 2024, 12:57
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Today's note from Cavendish on Skinbiotherapeutics is utterly pointless, here's my stab at forecasts
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 20 November 2024, 11:24
Proton Motor Power Systems – states to “orderly wind down” the business, but how “orderly”?…
- By Steven Moore
- 20 November 2024, 10:59
BREAKING: Bushveld Minerals, sack the board GM called, too little too late
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 20 November 2024, 09:50
Tuesday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Jeremy Clarkson bloody well should pay full IHT
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 19 November 2024, 17:59
Amaroq Minerals – Q3 results and key agreements for upcoming gold production, an upcoming catalysts Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 19 November 2024, 16:35
Calnex Solutions – interims, how confident to be of “expects to close the year in line with current market expectations”?…
- By Steven Moore
- 19 November 2024, 16:25
CML Microsystems – interims, is it really ‘progress showcasing the resilience and adaptability of the business model’?
- By Steven Moore
- 19 November 2024, 14:20
Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: ye or me or that idiot Magna Carta of little faith, Eco Buildings and Skinbiotherapeutics
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 19 November 2024, 11:59
Fusion Antibodies – interims argue “now well positioned”, but is it really?…
- By Steven Moore
- 19 November 2024, 11:40
Is China fraud specialist Paul Shackleton doing a bit of a Rachel from Customer services on LinkedIn?
- By ShareProphets
- 19 November 2024, 10:14
Monday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Barclays wastes 15 minutes of my life
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 18 November 2024, 17:34
StreaksAI – interims argue AI technology developments “nearing completion” and “adequate working capital”, BUT…
- By Steven Moore
- 18 November 2024, 16:05
Microlise – “Update on Cyber Security Incident”, how ‘materially’ will trading forecasts and financial position meet expectations?
- By Steven Moore
- 18 November 2024, 14:05
Judges Scientific – expects certain orders now “will not all occur in time to deliver against the expectations”. Uh oh!…
- By Steven Moore
- 18 November 2024, 10:59
Bushveld Minerals: ouzo on cornflakes for the Sheriff of AIM as shares suspended pending clarification
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 18 November 2024, 10:26
The chart that proves oil stocks trump green shite, or does it?
- By ShareProphets
- 18 November 2024, 10:06
Georgina Energy:– today’s cashless warrant exercise is a massive vote of no confidence
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 18 November 2024, 09:52
Sunday »
Tern – Yet More Disaster At Wyld….Has It Sold Out Yet?
- By Nigel Somerville
- 17 November 2024, 16:29
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Will Southport see Keir Starmer also forced to resign, the gagging is not working! And is today's Georgina expose enough for Jerry Keen to quit?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 17 November 2024, 16:06
Visual Aid: Top Personal Income Tax Rates in Europe in 2024
- By ShareProphets
- 17 November 2024, 15:54
BREAKING EXPOSE: Georgina Energy, the bogus research report by a firm that does not exist and the criminal charges
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 17 November 2024, 15:39
Sunday Long Reads: No Contact Children, Greek Espionage, Prediction Markets, Academic Raving, Microchip Mobilisation
- By ShareProphets
- 17 November 2024, 10:43
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Suffers Continued Trump Dump
- By Nigel Somerville
- 17 November 2024, 10:42
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Nov 16
- By ShareProphets
- 17 November 2024, 10:39
Saturday »
#Gowokegobroke: Boots wins the Christmas advert clanger
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 16 November 2024, 20:19
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: why Rachel Reeves needs to resign NOW
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 16 November 2024, 20:05
EXPOSE: Georgina Energy, the 2020 slide deck and the mystery of the dog that barked
- By ShareProphets
- 16 November 2024, 19:26
Craven House Capital – a technically insolvent company without a material uncertainty warning thanks to Zak Mir's pal
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 16 November 2024, 19:04
AIM Market Statistics for October 2024 - another month of decline on the casino, a 23 year low hit
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 16 November 2024, 18:08
Friday »
Kefi – Saudi Arabia interests dilution, though remaining interest set for “a significant premium” realisation to that
- By Steven Moore
- 15 November 2024, 17:59
Creightons – half year profitability in excess of the prior full-year from this winning share tip
- By Steven Moore
- 15 November 2024, 16:37
TT Electronics – possible offer proposals, but rejected and currently “no ongoing discussions”
- By Steven Moore
- 15 November 2024, 16:29
Solid State – after just last week ‘expects particularly defence sector orders to meet market expectations’, now a prominent defence order programme “paused”!
- By Steven Moore
- 15 November 2024, 14:47
BREAKING: Rachel Reeves MP – is it from bad to worse on her CV fabrication? Is Kev Gillett for real?
- By ShareProphets
- 15 November 2024, 14:40
Hellenic Dynamics: loan still not arrived I guess Peterhouse and Cairn think lying is all fine and dandy
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 15 November 2024, 13:06
Tekcapital: yet another placing and more mendacity for the vicar?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 15 November 2024, 12:49
Thursday »
HeiQ – ‘preparing for a capital raise in the coming weeks open to all shareholders’. Er, I wonder why!…
- By Steven Moore
- 14 November 2024, 17:10
TT Electronics – expects full-year “at the lower end of… previously stated range”, but that’s a range already lowered less than two months ago
- By Steven Moore
- 14 November 2024, 16:19
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Mad Welshmen and the dogs and maybe Pierro is right
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 14 November 2024, 14:57
Zytronic – having last month emphasised “material growth opportunity” of its transformation plan, now to seek a solvent liquidation!
- By Steven Moore
- 14 November 2024, 14:39
Video: Why Uranium, Gold and Silver are the Actual Winners of the US Election
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 14 November 2024, 13:45
ActiveOps – having been an AIM Awards 2024 nominee, results disappointment (natch!)
- By Steven Moore
- 14 November 2024, 11:23
Oracle Power: shares already below placing price the sheer pointlessness of it
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 14 November 2024, 11:22
Wednesday »
Ariana Resources – loan to further advance Dokwe project ahead of Australia dual-listing, Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 13 November 2024, 16:22
Gelion – “Produces Solid-State Separator”, again attempted ramptastic?
- By Steven Moore
- 13 November 2024, 16:14
A reader reports Roast PR to the FCA over a new porky pie but nothing will happen
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 13 November 2024, 14:44
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Just Eat and Grub Hub show fund managers even bigger morons than Bulletin Board Morons as $7.3bn turned into $650m
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 13 November 2024, 14:20
Ten Lifestyle – states “pleased to announce” full-year results, but what’s ‘pleasing’ about them?
- By Steven Moore
- 13 November 2024, 14:19
Biome Technologies – after September-argued “challenges… progressing towards resolution”, already another trading warning!
- By Steven Moore
- 13 November 2024, 11:42
Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: Revenge of the knicker wetters and Kefi which can now escape a placing and here's how
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 13 November 2024, 10:42
Optibiotix: would you Adam & Eve it? How is Neil Davidson not a trougher who misleads?
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 13 November 2024, 09:29
EXPOSED: The lies and smears of Zak Mir and David Burton on behalf of Georgina Energy
- By ShareProphets
- 13 November 2024, 08:53
Has the election of President Trump killed the gold bull market? What the gurus say
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 13 November 2024, 08:50
Tuesday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Tomorrow I expose Zak Mir and David Burton with their pants down
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 12 November 2024, 17:19
Marks Electrical – after late-June “optimism for the year ahead”, already now a material profit warning!
- By Steven Moore
- 12 November 2024, 16:20
Comparing farmers today to 1980s miners is duff economics and shows the class hatred that really fuels the left
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 12 November 2024, 13:55
Zoo Digital – interims, states it believes it has sufficient working capital “for the foreseeable future” but for how long likely is that?
- By Steven Moore
- 12 November 2024, 13:39
BREAKING EXPOSE: Roast PR Limited, the alleged Zambian gold fraud, Colin Bird and while Roast profits readers lose out
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 12 November 2024, 12:10
BREAKING: Georgina Energy and Mark Wallace and the 2013 fraud allegations
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 12 November 2024, 11:21
Facilities by ADF – as I cautioned, profit warning. To do with UK Budget and US election uncertainty or more?…
- By Steven Moore
- 12 November 2024, 11:20
Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: you cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear, the tale of UK onshore oil and Union Jack Oil
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 12 November 2024, 11:04
Monday »
BREAKING: Georgina Energy, Antony Hamilton and the undischarged bankruptcy he neglected to mention
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 11 November 2024, 16:35
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: the wording at Dialight terrifies me as CFO walks
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 11 November 2024, 16:34
Dialight – after a week ago “confirms” half-year results for today, it’s now CFO leaves “with immediate effect” instead!
- By Steven Moore
- 11 November 2024, 16:19
Various Eateries – argues “a strong position” with a “healthy” financial position. Really?…
- By Steven Moore
- 11 November 2024, 13:53
Roast PR: Bent journalism and a 12 stock kiss of death list
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 11 November 2024, 13:12
Westminster Group and the most dreaded words in the English Corporate language
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 11 November 2024, 12:46
Hemogenyx raises £600,000 it is still bust within weeks and this stinks
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 11 November 2024, 12:09
Tom Winnifrith bonus Bearcast: gold, country risk, not a death spiral, Resolute and Ariana
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 11 November 2024, 11:14
Forterra – trading only “broadly in line” and price increases challenges ahead?
- By Steven Moore
- 11 November 2024, 10:59
Sunday »
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: Resolute bosses arrested, Georgina's bosses should be
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 10 November 2024, 19:42
Visual Aid: Top 10 Countries by Value of All Their Natural Resources
- By ShareProphets
- 10 November 2024, 11:30
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Slips On Trump Election Result
- By Nigel Somerville
- 10 November 2024, 11:20
Sunday Long Reads: Lying Researcher, Old Film Future, Tankers vs Whales, Buttons are Back, Non-Nigel Cabin on the Mountain
- By ShareProphets
- 10 November 2024, 11:14
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending Nov 9
- By ShareProphets
- 10 November 2024, 08:50
Saturday »
Jubilee Metals – “Operational Update”, a Q1 and outlook positives BUY
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 9 November 2024, 17:15
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Jubilee to more than double and Neil Woodford's oil bearishness overcooked
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 9 November 2024, 12:40
A disgraced fund manager turned share blogger warns about oil, bullish on Trump, UK shares and China
- By ShareProphets
- 9 November 2024, 09:48
Empresaria – “sale of non-core subsidiary”, but still group financial concern?…
- By Steven Moore
- 8 November 2024, 16:15
Mkango Resources: good companies just do not behave like this
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 8 November 2024, 14:49
CyanConnode – interims, was the fundraising to enhance growth and operational capabilities or mainly to keep the lights on for a bit longer?
- By Steven Moore
- 8 November 2024, 14:32
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast; Reporting back alive, good cancer news but...
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 8 November 2024, 14:27
Argo Blockchain: No it really is a zero, a 'fess up and an AI spoof, 0p here we come
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 8 November 2024, 10:09
Thursday »
BREAKING: Argo Blockchain ‘fess up – delayed to an attempted no one watching o’clock and even then attempted obfuscation!
- By Steven Moore
- 7 November 2024, 17:35
Kefi Gold & Copper – increased proposed bank loan facilities for Tulu Kapi, Strong Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 7 November 2024, 16:35
TPXimpact – CFO appointment, to ‘create lasting shareholder value’?
- By Steven Moore
- 7 November 2024, 16:25
DSW Capital – 'Beat the Budget' transactions boost, but what’s the outlook from here?…
- By Steven Moore
- 7 November 2024, 14:20
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: a 1 in 15000 chance this is the last one ever
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 7 November 2024, 13:38
Hummingbird it’s almost game over, watch out Celadon there is a lesson for you
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 7 November 2024, 13:15
Fadel Partners – having been AIM Awards-shortlisted for “Best Newcomer” last year, ‘Update to Trading Expectations’ is downwards (natch!)…
- By Steven Moore
- 7 November 2024, 11:44
Wednesday »
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 2: this strategic review could be amazingly good news
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 November 2024, 18:11
Aptamer – “pleased to report that the sustained focus of our commercial team continues to bear fruit”. Er, does it?…
- By Steven Moore
- 6 November 2024, 17:35
Westminster: classic bullshit from loathsome ex Tory MP and penny share spiv Tony Baldry
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 November 2024, 16:44
Microlise – “confident that no customer systems data has been compromised”, but employee data?…
- By Steven Moore
- 6 November 2024, 16:35
A disgraced and failed fund manager on Trump's win and China
- By ShareProphets
- 6 November 2024, 14:40
Solid State – argues “trading in-line with market expectations for the full year”, but how much really so?…
- By Steven Moore
- 6 November 2024, 14:40
Surface Transforms – “Directorate Change”, why ANOTHER share price slump?…
- By Steven Moore
- 6 November 2024, 11:20
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast No 1: GroupThink, Donald Trump and Kefi
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 6 November 2024, 09:59
Tuesday »
Distil – interims, was recent discounted equity raise to “provide working capital”?…
- By Steven Moore
- 5 November 2024, 17:25
Amaroq Minerals – 2024 exploration update, this winning 73p offer price tip still a Buy
- By Steven Moore
- 5 November 2024, 16:40
Itaconix – “pleased to provide” trading update, but how ‘pleasing’ is it really?…
- By Steven Moore
- 5 November 2024, 16:21
Aferian – emphasises trading improvement and “well-positioned”, but how much so really?…
- By Steven Moore
- 5 November 2024, 14:34
EnSilica – full-year results argue “from both a financial and operational perspective… remains well positioned”. Er, does it?!…
- By Steven Moore
- 5 November 2024, 11:40
Victoria now just 93p, target remains 0p: a 20 red flag check list
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 5 November 2024, 11:24
Tom Winnifrith bonus bearcast: serial deceit and lying at Predator as it places
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 5 November 2024, 09:31
Monday »
Empresaria – states a disposal as part of “previously announced plan”, but how useful?
- By Steven Moore
- 4 November 2024, 17:29
Feedback plc – argues “successful fundraising”. Er, what about the 55% discount?!
- By Steven Moore
- 4 November 2024, 16:25
Video with Rick Rule: The Inevitability of the Gold Price Rise
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 November 2024, 14:53
Predator; when is the discounted bailout placing? Target from 6.25p, 3p within months
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 November 2024, 14:25
EnSilica – “pleased to announce” a new debt facility now, I wonder why…
- By Steven Moore
- 4 November 2024, 13:59
ProBiotix Health – wins at requisitioned General Meeting, now time for reconciliation
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 November 2024, 12:34
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: a trans moral quandry for daughter 2
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 4 November 2024, 12:12
Vianet – half-year update argues “in line with management's expectations”, but suggests demanding second half requirements!
- By Steven Moore
- 4 November 2024, 11:29
Sunday »
Nexus Infrastructure – diversifying acquisition and recovery potential, our share tip is ahead but still a BUY
- By Tom Winnifrith
- 3 November 2024, 19:11
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Takes A Bump And Reeves Thieves
- By Nigel Somerville
- 3 November 2024, 13:01
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