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Advanced Oncotherapy – New Low As Disgraced Odey Continues to Dump

AIM-listed Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) shares  fell to just 2.375p per share on Friday as Odey Asset Management continued to dump the shares at any price it can get, having paid 25p for shares trading in the market for less. We warned you this was coming and with still 49 million bits of confetti to offload, there is more to come.
Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 24 June

For the second week running, the most read non-Quiz, non-Tom article last week is by Malcolm Stacey, Why Lloyds Shares May Be Chirpy Chirpy Cheap Cheap and How the Black Horse Might Gallop Ahead, at No 10 or No 17 including Bearcasts.

Crime-Scene
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Piers Pottinger lectures the SNP on Corruption: YES THAT Piers from the MySquar multi million pound fraud – has he no shame?

I guess Piers Pottinger is part of the City and media establishment so the PR man and former chairman of the AIM fraud MySquar (MYSQ), where millions of quid was stolen, not by Piers, but by others who now face criminal charges, can say what he wants. He is part of the great and the good. You may remember that I showed with detailed analysis, exactly, why MySquar was a fraud almost a year before it ran out of other folks’ cash.
Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: a snake spotted and a mother-in-law joke

I start with an unlikely bromance as Brokerman Dan and Richard "nobody apart from Dan Levi likes me and I don't care" Jennings walk for cats - as you can see here. Then the mother-in-law joke. actually my mother-in--law is a top banana so maybe I should not be so rude. Then a go at BBC Radio 4's Today programme as I comment on events in Russia. Then the woolly thinking on inflation and home owners. Finally Gary's excellent piece on Contango (CGO) today and why he is bang on the money.

Bear

Video: Lawlessness and the Real Causes of the Banking Crisis (which is far from over)

Banking expert John Titus comes up with some hard truths. Folks do not accept the real reasons for a banking crisis that is far from over.
CGO
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Contango comments on rumours about its off take agreement, but given the history of CEO Carl Esprey I wouldn't be rushing to invest!

Until this week Contango Holdings (CGO) wasn’t a company that I’d ever taken much notice of, although I had seen it being heavily promoted at times across social media.
CGS
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Castings – positive full-year results, still further upside?

Foundry and Machining company Castings (CGS) has announced results for its year ended 31st March 2023 and that “customers continue to increase schedules”. So more good news from a now above 400p share price?
ECOB
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Eco Buildings Group – former Fox Marble has modular housing factory close to production and significant sales soon, STRONG BUY

Formerly Fox Marble, the marble quarrier and processer, and now also a modular housing business, Eco Buildings Group (ECOB) has announced that it expects its factory to be operational and fully commissioned in the next quarter, enabling it to commence production and sales – with it already having two supply and manufacture contracts with a value of €114 million deliverable within the next three years. So material cash flow soon.
Malcolm-On-Motorcycle
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With the Footsie Falling, Wiser Eyes Turn to the Pennies, but Make Sure You Do this First.

Hello Share Fanciers. With the Footsie still faltering (though not for long, I fancy) the best way to continue to make dosh in the meantime is to buy penny shares not often affected by lack of progress by the jumbos. But, of course, the risk is much greater.
UBG
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Unbound Group – “Response to Press Speculation”, “stakeholders” again meaning shareholders are fecked?

Hotter Shoes brand footwear group Unbound (UBG) late this morning noted “recent press speculation regarding the possible implementation of a restructuring plan” and stated that it “continues to explore the options available to maximise value for the company's shareholders and the group's other stakeholders. The board will continue to provide further updates as appropriate”. What of a current share price response up to 3p?
Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - Hotel Chocolat is talking almighty tummy rot

I start on the subject of strawberries. Then it is onto: Hotel Chocolat (HOTC), SRT Marine (SRT), Bidstack (BIDS), Non Standard Finance (NSF), Versarien (VRS) and Audioboom (BOOM), today's big ouzo moment.
PEN

Pennant International – new contract wins, Buy

Safety-critical industries training technology and product support services group Pennant International (PEN) has announced new contract wins, emphasising they showing recent momentum being maintained, and currently helping the shares up to 38p.
SRT
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SRT Marine Systems – following “pleased to advise” contracts news, discounted fundraise (natch!)

On 18th May maritime domain awareness technology company SRT Marine Systems (SRT) was “pleased to advise that it has signed a US$180million contract”, on 31st May there was “an open live shareholder webcast” and on 21st June the company was pleased to advise of a new follow-on system contract… and now “a proposed fundraising of up to £3.95 million”. Hmmm!
BIDS
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Bidstack: Back to Note 18, this really does not add up

I worry that I might be getting a bit obsessed by note 18 in the annual report of Bidstack (BIDS) but it really does not add up and begs massive questions. Yesterday I asked a few HERE which the Oxymorons at AIM regulation should be asking right now but there is more. Here goes.

HOTC
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The continuing challenges for Hotel Chocolat (and its fancy chocolates), still grossly overvalued

Regular readers will be able to guess what I am going to say about Hotel Chocolat (HOTC). A few months ago my view remained very cautious and today’s trading update remains…very, very mixed. And you can all guess that there is a reason why the shares are down about 13% today as I write (and about 30% year-to-date and around 60% over the last year)...
FCAP
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Secret Sauce, Ms I quit FinnCrap to get my Leg Over Sam Smith has a best selling book, STILL doesn't twig that sales are vanity

Sam Smith who, according to a fawning interview in the Daily Mail, quit as CEO of FinnCap (FCAP) in order to end her drought in the "How's your father" department, has a new book out, The Secret Sauce, which she is plugging on LinkedIn as you can see below. The fawning comments from the sisterhood are truly nauseating, brace yourself and get a sick bag ready. They are in awe as to how Sam turned a £1m turnover per annum business into a £1 million sales per week firm. But hang on, sales are vanity...
BOOM
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Dire warning from Audioboom, poor Gary Newman: he should have trusted his site Editor

It's ouzo on cornflakes this morning for the Sheriff of AIM as Audioboom (BOOM) has served up another dire, and, I suggest, misleading lack of profits warning. For fanboy Gary Newman it looks like cold cabbage water tonight. And if anyone is thinking of bottom fishing as the shares have slumped by 23% to 216.5p. Don’t! Things will get worse.
DCTA
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Directa Plus – more RNS Reach “news”, how’s that balance sheet currently?

Directa Plus (DCTA) has announced that it has demonstrated on a pilot scale in Romania a “new decontamination solution” for produced water, which comes out of wells during crude oil production, and “is now working with an existing major customer in Romania to transport this new solution for treating produced water inside one of their oil production areas, starting to operate as soon as possible, before rolling out the solution to customers globally”. What of though currently a muted share price response from 68.5p?
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