Block Energy (BLOE) is typical of so many AIM listed oil and gas companies, which sound great on paper but usually have spent years failing to live up to expectations whilst burning through considerable amounts of cash in the process.

Wishbone Gold (WSBN) has followed an “Excellent Initial Results from Exploration” announcement with “New Tenement Application – Queensland, Australia” news – and the shares have responded positively, to currently 10.40p…but there is much, much more to come.

Centamin (CEY) has updated on actions it is taking to ‘unlock its potential’ – including expanding and extending an existing drilling contract and commencing a waste contract. However, more pertinently here is the outlook on production…

Trader and writer Kevin Muir sees numerous bubbles evident, emerging and inflating very quickly. This, he argues, is due to the entire world speeding up communication as these bubbles seem to form almost overnight. If you want to trade these, you need to do so quickly, and he outlines what is behind these market forces. The driver, of course, is how governments are moving towards direct fiscal stimulus and why this is likely to create growth. This growth will fuel the commodity sector and, eventually, inflation will occur as governments become direct competitors to the private sector.

Hello, Share Mongers. Probably like you, my penny shares are, on the whole, bettering my Footsie giants. I’m now very glad I always split my holdings into two camps – the jumbos for safety (ha-ha) and the minnows. It’s the virus that’s decimated the biggies, of course, especially my over-invested oil interests, like Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) and BP (BP.). But I’m not selling either share. And here’s why…

Shares in manager of promotional and retail merchandising space SpaceandPeople (SAL) have surged from 4.25p on the back of a “Prestigious Property Wins” announcement. Ramptastic?…

That put an end to his nursery day halfway through the practice for the Carol service. Anyhow, he is now back here with me and Maddie Moate and recovering. In today’s podcast, I discuss a change of name from Concepta (CPT) to My Health Check (MHC) and Wishbone (WSBN) en passant then am upset that Powerhouse (PHE) is still not answering my questions about related party (no sniggering at the back) transactions. Then, in more detail, DeepVerge (DVRG) and Zoetic (ZOE).

Concepta has announced a change of name to MyHealthChecked (MHC) and, more interestingly, jumped on board the Covid testing bandwagon. I am, as you know, a sceptic on many things relating to a disease where 99.95% of those under 70 recover and where the average age of death is, at 82, one year more than UK life expectancy. However…

Fully-listed Golden Prospect (GPM) has announced that the Subscription Trustee has exercised all the outstanding subscription shares for Golden Prospect (GPSS) and raised £4.77 million for the company as a result. Good news for the company, and perhaps a little good news for former holders who did not pony up the 46.14p per subscription share to convert into ordinary shares – although we will have to wait and see just how much will be returned to former subscription shareholders, as we are not told. But it is not such good news for ordinary shareholders who will be diluted and thus the potential NAV per share as of Tuesday night drops from 67.56p to 60.43p.

Much ramped DeepVerge (DVRG) has very kindly put the presentation it gave on December 1 to lucky clients of its corporate broker, the esteemed house of Turner Pope, on its website. Have you read it? I have rarely seen a more compelling sell case in my life. No wonder the shares are tanking. Off another 10% today to 23.5p; I am slashing my target price from 10p to 5p.

Early this year we showed the Shorted AIM shares at the start of 2020. How’s the performance as at the end of November? (those in bold remain from 2019)…

Brick model events and shows group Live Company (LVCG) Chairman David Ciclitira is “very excited at the chance of adding significant revenues to the group from our new division, which will be achieved with minimal addition to our central overheads. Discussions with our global partners with regards to the expansion of this new division have been very positive and we look forward to providing further information in due course”. The shares have currently responded to 5.25p… er 30% lower!…

Three announcements came this morning from Westminster Group (WSG), the cash-guzzling AIM promote run by sleazy ex Tory MP Tony Baldry of 3DM infamy. All add to Tom Winnifrith’s 5^th rule of investing: If the porcine piece of slime Tony Baldry is involved, sell.

Fully listed Egyptian gold-miner Centamin (CEY) has released the promised life of asset review this morning. In the wake of ground movement troubles, this an important step in regaining investor trust. The good news is that the shares did not fall precipitously…..

Hello, Share Fans. Intertek (ITRK) is one of those companies which sounds impressive, but not everyone knows anything about. It’s actually in the rather boring, but very useful, game of testing products and giving them quality and safety certificates. It does this for all kinds of products all over the world. Now as the global economy is being suffocated by the virus, you might expect Intertek’s revenue to have fallen away. And indeed it has, but this is one of those companies that has taken evasive action and hasn’t suffered as much as you might expect…

Shares in Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO) have been somewhat left behind in the recent markets rise but the company looks set to strongly benefit with the anticipated economic recovery the recent markets rise is based on, already having been expecting an improvement in performance in the second half of this year and into 2021…

Having asked for readers tips for 2020 for the prize of 1/2 litre of Tom Winnifrith’s Greek Hovel olive oil (2020 harvest) HERE, the following is an update on performance at the end of November (to be eligible needed to have selected, on a per username basis, a buy & sell pick from the LSE or AIM casino and the stocks not to have been suspended at the commencement of 2020). How are the standings with just one month to go?…

Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV) has emphasised “an exciting time for current and new shareholders” with an appointed Independent Expert now having determined a valuation for the company to acquire the other 50% of its South Korea gold projects joint venture, but the shares are currently a bit lower in response to 4.8p to buy…

In today’s bearcast I look at Concepta (CPT), Novacyt (NCYT), DeepVerge (DVRG) – target 10p – , Supply@ME Capital (SYME) – target 0p – and Powerhouse Energy (PHE)

Round at Supply@ME Capital (SYME) HQ it really is starting to look like the May Day parade in Moscow. So here is another matter for promoters such as the Sith Lord Zak Mir and the dwindling band of bulletin board fanatics to consider.