Visual Aid: The Best and Worst Performing Sectors in 2023
In 2023, the stock market saw surprisingly strong returns, even as interest rates climbed higher. Exuberance around AI stocks and big tech, lifted returns. Traditionally defensive stocks, on the other hand, declined. Overall the stock market recovered losses from 2022’s plunge, and is now hovering near all-time highs.
- By Darren Atwater |
- 7 January 2024, 10:20 |
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 6 January
Every year ShareProphets publishes twenty year-end tips, and these tips overwhelm the Most Read article leaderboard. So I have separated them out, then listed the most read articles and then the most listened-to Bearcasts over the past seven days. The most read non-Quiz, non-Tom article last week is Steve Moore with Plant Health Care – “Brazil approves TEIKKO… excited about the developing plans”. Er, what about the developing funding situation? at No 3 or No 14 including Bearcasts and year-end tips.
- By Darren Atwater |
- 7 January 2024, 10:19 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Looking for yield, ITV dividend can't be safe, what about my pension stocks and Malcolm wrong on the USA
I start by looking at the income stocks in my SIPP and at stocks in my pension I expect to start paying out soon. Then at what to buy for more income. I don't think it's ITV (ITV) a Malcolm Stacey favourite and I also take the old boy up on his warnings about America made earlier today.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 6 January 2024, 18:46 |
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Video: The Greatest Scenario For Gold Stocks
David Skarica, Publisher and Founder of Stock Chart Of The Day says that the current rate-cutting cycle by the Federal Reserve is driven by political pressure. He compares the current situation to previous cycles, noting that in 2008, the market was in a crash, while in 2019 and 1995, stocks were rallying before the rate cuts. Skarica also highlights that the bubbles in 2008 indicated that previous rate cut cycles did not immediately work, but this time, the economy has held up relatively well. He expresses the belief that this rate cut cycle will be different and that predictions of a significant market downturn may not necessarily come true.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 6 January 2024, 17:26 |
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Canadian Overseas cry babies – your mega losses are YOUR fault, not that of the board
I return to the pathetic cry babies at the Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL) Shareholder Action Group blaming, as you can see below, their humungous losses on the board. Man up losers: the folks who are to blame for those losses are YOU. Take responsibility for your own stupidity.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 6 January 2024, 13:31 |
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LPA Group – connection systems business bolt-on acquisition, Buy
Electronic and electro-mechanical components and systems group LPA (LPA) has announced an acquisition of aviation ground power equipment manufacturer Red Box, emphasising that “being part of LPA will provide scalability to boost Red Box's success”.- By HotStockRockets |
- 6 January 2024, 12:19 |
I'd like to Be in America - and into its Shares. Not!
Hello Share Movers. Have you been watching ‘The Traitors’ on TV? Yes, I know. Nobody sensible watches reality game shows. But anyway, those succumbing will know that the contestants haven't a clue what the other players will do next. Yet they will mouth off all sorts of peripheral reasons why they do suspect their rivals. It’s same with the stock market.- By Malcolm Stacey |
- 6 January 2024, 12:19 |
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Sondrel – director resignation, what part of the share price down from 55p listing in 2022 to below 5p is “the valuable contribution” he is thanked for?!
Semiconductor company Sondrel (SND) has announced that “Gordon Orr has resigned as Non-Executive Director of the company with effect from 5 January 2024”. What of this, he thanked “for the valuable contribution he has made since the group's flotation” and a current 5.75p share price?- By Steve Moore |
- 5 January 2024, 16:18 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Dickheads set up Canadian Overseas SAG, a clear sign the Fat Lady should start gargling
I start with some Welsh singing for Darren as he turns 56, then it is Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL), Endeavour Mining (EDV), Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO), Online Blockchain (OBC), Wildcat Petroleum (WCAT), Tern (TERN), Reabold Resources (RBD), Mark Slater and Jubilee Metals (JLP).It is January 5 not December 5 as I said twice in the podcast. Apologies. Long covid.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 5 January 2024, 16:13 |
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Wildcat Petroleum – ludicrous newsletter, placing ahoy, is the FCA investigating again?
I do hope that the FCA is, as I urged the other day, investigating comments made in the past ten days by Wildcat Petroleum (WCAT) chairman Mandhir Singh in private telegram groups. It should be. Meanwhile as rumours swirl of yet another heavily discounted bailout placing, Wildcat has published its latest monthly newsletter.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 5 January 2024, 14:21 |
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Mission Group – completes a disposal, but how material to the balance sheet concerns?
Group of digital marketing and communications agencies The Mission (TMG) has announced the disposal of its 80% stake in the Pathfindr Limited business for £1 million and an earn-out based on future earnings across the next three years, with “the initial consideration will be used to reduce the group's net debt position”. What of the shares currently up to 22.75p in response?- By Steve Moore |
- 5 January 2024, 14:12 |
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One of the FOUR share tips of the year for 2024 from the HotStockRockets team...
HotStockRockets is a website looking for swift gains, with a focus resultantly tending to be on quite small companies. Though with four share tips of the year for 2024 we try to offer something of a diversified selection and the following is one of them...- By HotStockRockets |
- 5 January 2024, 13:04 |
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Revolution Bars: curate’s egg trading statement, is there a NightCap read across?
Revolution Bars (RBG) tries its utmost to draw comfort from an H1 trading statement showing like for like sales falling and the impact of the Government’s increase in the minimum wage. But it is still downing in debt and facing clear macro headwinds. Even the good news is not really good news.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 5 January 2024, 12:05 |
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Iconic Labs – change of Board and Strategy, its still a share for morons only
Brad Taylor, the Chief Executive Officer of Iconic (ICON) has announced a change of Board of Directors with 3 former Directors leaving and 2 new ones joining. He also announced a change of strategy as follows:- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 5 January 2024, 09:25 |
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TruSpine – Utterly Bonkers Becomes Utterly Bonkers Squared!
This morning Aquis lobster-potted TruSpine (TSP) updated the market on its finances and its FDA application which, perhaps unsurprisingly, has not yet resulted in clearance. It is a total comedy shit-show.- By Nigel Somerville |
- 5 January 2024, 09:00 |
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RegTech Open Project – Lack of Alternative Funding Options
In yesterday's RNS where Regtech Open Platform (RTOP) 'fessed up that for a third time since its IPO in August 2023 that RegTech Italy had failed to make working capital payments on a timely basis RegTech made the following statement:- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 5 January 2024, 08:26 |
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The folks paying £2 each to fight cancer so that they can abuse the FD at Canadian Overseas Petroleum
As Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL) shares head to an inevitable zero, its FD Ryan Gaffney is trying to show what a good fellow he is by raising a paltry sum to fight cancer by running the London Marathon. Given his gratuitous troughing I am surprised Ryan is not making a big pledge himself.But as my pal Sam Antar would note from his days as a fraudster, the way to distract from what you are doing as your day job is to appear to raise vast sums to charity.
What is most amusing is the list of folks you can see below, happy to donate £2 just so that they can abuse Gaffney on line. Enjoy.
- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 5 January 2024, 08:23 |
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Tekmar – “pleased to announce a significant new contract award”, how significant?…
Describing itself as “a leading provider of products and solutions for the global offshore energy market”, Tekmar Group (TGP) states that it “is pleased to announce a significant new contract award” but what of it helping the shares more than 17% higher to 12p?- By Steve Moore |
- 4 January 2024, 17:00 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: I make that an ex cash PE of 7 for JD Sports but I still would not buy
On today's Bearcast I look at Verditek (VDTK), Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL), Rightmove (RMV) and the housebuilders after shocking data out today, the fraud Regtech Open Project (RTOP) and its sister company Supply@ME Capital (SYME), and JD Sports (JDS)- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 4 January 2024, 16:55 |
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Another very impressive production update from Arrow Exploration and with more to come - Buy
Last November I covered a Colombian oil company, Arrow Exploration (AXL) as being well worth a look, and after the latest operational update I’m even more convinced of the potential.- By Gary Newman |
- 4 January 2024, 15:54 |