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Zytronic – results argue “grounds for cautious optimism over the medium term”. Er, what about the near term?…

Touch sensors manufacturer Zytronic (ZYT) is a former HotStockRockets tip, though where it was suggested to switch into something else with the shares still above 100p last May considering the company’s near-term outlook. The shares most recently closed at 80p, and now what of the company’s year ended 30th September 2023 results currently seeing them down at 60p?
Bear
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The collapse of Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne: a canary in the coalmine or a one off?

217 former workers at Milne will not really be bothered as to why their employer has gone bust. They start the New Year in the corrupt Greece of the North, the socialist wannabee republic of Scotland looking for a new job. Is this a sign of worse to come in the housebuilding sector, so beloved of my colleague Malcolm Stacey?
TM1
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Technology Minerals and its new finance partner: is this the worst customer review in history?

Desperate times call for desperate measures and Technology Minerals (TM1) the company originally created by the fraudster Chris Cleverly of Tingo (TIO) and African Potash (AFPO) infamy is in a financial black hole. No respectable financier will bail it out and so yesterday it announced its second deal in three months with CLG Capital run by Charles Ofori. You will enjoy this…
GILD
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Guild Esports – “pleased to announce” appointment of new CFO. Er, why’s the previous CFO left after less than a year?

An “Appointment of new Chief Financial Officer” announcement from Guild Esports (GILD), which states that it is “pleased to announce that Paul Kingsley has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary with immediate effect”. What of this and what of the positions having been available?
MMAG

musicMagpie: what is going on?

I have been contacted by a couple of readers spooked by the musicMagpie (MMAG) share price climbing by almost 20% today to 12.75p. Every dog has its day even this one. Two things will become apparent in the coming weeks.
HUD
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Huddled Group – “pleased to report” trading update, where’s its “investing” in its businesses now to take the cash position?

Huddled Group (HUD) states that it “is pleased to report an update on unaudited trading results for the year ending 31 December 2023, along with an update on the group's recent acquisition of Discount Dragon and Q4 2023 trading headline numbers”. So what of a current share price response to 3.55p, down over 10%?
ARB
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Argo Blockchain and another bailout placing – will it ever generate free cash?

In short, the answer to that question is that there is more chance of me shagging Cheryl Cole. But now to the long answer as Argo Blockchain (ARB) has passed the hat around yet again for dumb fund managers to piss away other folks cash for the umpteenth time.
Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: a new chapter of my life starts today

I start with a few domestic matters before discussing bank debt ref Horizonte Minerals (HZM) and Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL). Then it is onto Kefi Gold & Copper (KEFI), Ben's Creek (BEN), Argo Blockchain (ARB) and in detail Technology Minerals (TM1)
CMO
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CMO – “the group remains well financed”. Er, why currently attempting to “strengthen… available liquidity” then?!

Describing itself as “the UK's largest online-only retailer of building materials”, CMO Group (CMO) has issued an update headlined “Progress on key strategic priorities and Q4 trading update”. Not progress on Q4 trading too then?
CBX
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Cellular Goods CEO and Chairman walks, Mike Edwards back to complete the circle of related party bollocks but SMTM

You just could not make this up. Mike Edwards and his business partner Jon Bixby owned 31% of Cellular Goods (CBX) at the time of its 5p IPO. Their vehicle Durban Holdings paid just 0.1p for nearly all of its stock and as the shares were David Beckham/disgraced Daily Mail pumped they started sell. Indeed they sold all their shares. Lovely jubbly for them.
MDZ
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MediaZest – Raises Just £120,000 at 0.04p: It is 'avin' a giraffe

AIM-listed MediaZest (MDZ) announced this morning that it had raised just £120,000 (before expenses) at 4p per share. This is, of course, a paltry amount – and is dwarfed by the company’s technically insolvent balance sheet.
TNT
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Three on AIM Death Row, Two strapped to the Gurney this Morning but what about Advanced Oncotherapy?

Welcome to death row on the curious world of the AIM sewer. Waiting for that final walk to the gurney were Clem Chambers' Online Blockchain (OBC), obvious wrongun’s Tintra (TNT) and Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) which should have had its last meal on December 31. Today: two took that final walk.
LGEN

Here's Why the Legal is Likely to Land on its Feet, Sorry Claws

Hello Share People. My favourite financial outfit hasn't fared too well over the last two years. But it’s been unfairly treated in my view. And it may only be because indifferent economic news tends to sink all boats, whilst its strong dividends have been holding up. You can expect around a 9% such yield and compare that to your building society income.
Pig
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BREAKING: Do these scumbags have no shame: Dave Richards MBE of Wandisco infamy is back with another venture

Some folks have just got no shame: that vicar bird from the Post Office with her CBE, Julie “Lingerie on Expenses” Meyer CBE and, it seems Dave Richards MBE of Wandisco (WAND) infamy. Less than a year from the near collapse of, once $1 billion capitalized Unicorn, Wandisco, he is back on the scene. You will remember that Wandisco almost folded after it emerged…
Gold
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The View From The Montana Log-Cabin: Looking Ahead As Gold Puts In Yearly And Quarterly All-Time Highs….And Then Drifts

It has certainly been a good few weeks for Gold Bulls. Daily, Weekly and monthly all-time highs were put in at the end of November and following a seemingly inevitable pull-back, Gold put in all-time quarterly and yearly highs (in US$ terms), causing all kinds of excitement from technical analysts. And then it drifted, closing this week at $2,045.
COPL
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What can you learn from the Canadian Overseas fiasco and share price crash over the past 18 months?

Given all that has, and is, going on with Canadian Overseas Petroleum (COPL) at the moment, and the fact that I commented extensively on the convertible bonds back in 2022, I decided to pen my thoughts, including looking at how investors can help avoid finding themselves in this situation in the future.
Professor
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Sunday Long Reads: British Museum Heist, Calling Epstein’s Black Book, Mysterious Cells, Cheesesteaks in Lahore, Crypto Whistleblower

Sunday is a good time to sit back, read, and forget about shares. Put the kettle on, find a comfy chair. You have the time, don't you?

Quiz
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The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #222

It's time for the ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz.. There are no prizes! And remember, no Googling!

Professor

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.

Top-10

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.

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