I start with a few words on the summer weather here in Wales. then it is on to Big Sofa (BST). Then onto a few words about Neill Ricketts, Versarien (VRS), Rolls Royce (RR.), me, Cheryl Cole and the company's latest promo video HERE. Finally, onto Wirecard a German Norfolk which tests the Roger Lawson thesis on how to deal with short sellers to destruction as it implodes. 

As I explained in some detail in my first new video show three weeks ago, Novacyt (NCYT) senior managers, notably CEO Graham Mullis, are massively incentivised to ramp the shares as hard as they can up to October 17. If they achieve peak ramp they will clean out the company’s cash reserves, leaving the PLC gasping for breath as they shout “Ching! Ching! And buy top of the range Porsches.” The full scheme is explained HERE

I see that Barry “The Tit” Gibb at broker Turner Pope has produced a gushing note on Avacta (AVCT ) today. Maybe that will help a few more Turner Pope clients to flip the stock they got in the recent 120p placing. Or maybe The Tit just wants a distraction from wittering an about Tomco (TOM), shares in which remain suspended although it has, today, been forced to admit that its RNS that accompanied a Turner Pope placing yesterday, contained a massive porky.  Back to Avacta, when your cheerleader in chief is “The Tit” you know it is right to be bearish.

Union Jack Oil (UJO) has announced it “is pleased to publish the positive conclusions of a Carbon Intensity Study on the West Newton hydrocarbon project”...

The board of Angelfish Investments (ANGP on the AQSE ‘Growth Market’) “is pleased to announce… Company Update and Proposed Director Appointment”. This with it previously - in October - “continuing to review the options to address the capital structure and will provide further updates in due course”. So now, at last, some good news then?...

More than a million Americans a month opened a brokerage account with Robinhood in the first quarter of this year, most of them new to trading. The attraction: Robinhood charges no commission at all and you need just $1 to open an account. And now, as you can see below, it is coming to the UK this year. Great news or worrying news? It depends who you are. I start with my long held belief that traditional retail brokers like Hargreaves Lansdown  (HL) and AJ Bell (AJB) rip folks off with execution only charges that are far too high.

The sale of a bunch of biotech assets by Link from the Neil Woodford portfolio which used to be known at his Equity Income fund has received criticism as the buyer immediately offloaded some of it at a massive profit. Surely that means those assets were sold too cheaply……or does it?

Previously writing on security and surveillance systems group Petards (PEG), in February I concluded; Also noting net debt of £0.5 million, the shares are currently more than 20% lower on the day, below 10p. I’ll review the full-year results statement particularly for the overall balance sheet picture but, with also continuing trading visibility concerns here, will presently continue to avoid. Now, on the results… the shares currently below 7p, a further 17.5% lower currently today...

Personal confession time: I have never had an online grocery delivery. I know this makes me some antediluvian technophobe but I historically have not really minded popping out to the shops as the physicality of it provides some good research insights. And there is nothing like snaffling a few of those 'yellow sticker' bargains. I am deep down a value investor after all. Lockdown excitements therefore have made me a bit less of a Tesco (TSCO) shopper over recent months. Nevertheless, I have remained loyal to the shares...

Hello, Share Twiddlers. Though I’m a supporter of most housebuilders, my favourite is probably Berkeley Group (BKG). Its latest numbers for the year ended April are out and at first blush seem discouraging. However, though revenue and profits are reduced by 35% on the last time there are a couple of good reasons for that...

Oh dear,. Oh dear, this looks very grim for Tomco (TOM). Gary Newman slated the heavily discounted bailout placing at 0.4p announced first thing.  But it seems that Tomco has been telling porkies and at 2.52 PM its shares were suspended pending an announcement. What will that say “ We are scumbags and fucking liars!” would be my suggested headline.

An “Update on IA Grant” announcement from Ethernity Networks (ENET) is actually that it has been informed that its grant application has been declined. The shares have currently responded to 21.5p, approaching 30% lower… but surely for what it states is “a leading supplier of functional acceleration ethernet adapter cards”, this is no major problem?…

I start with a few words on the hard working, courageous and heroic teachers. Then it is Barry the Tit from Turner Pope who cannot read and insults the professionalism of Gary Newman but raises a wider point about how AIM and brokerages operate. Barry is a tit but I regard his employer as Best of Breed although if I had my way the breed would not exist if the Casino was run according to new rules I suggest. Finally a look at the idea from Eric "snotgobbler" Platt of the Financial Times that the greatest living investor, Mr Warren Buffett, might be past his sell by date.  Hat tip on the last point to Jim Mellon.

Leading UK and Ireland pizza group Domino's (DOM) has updated including noting “trading in the period prior to the lockdown was robust” and that since “increase in sales from delivery more than offset the lack of sales from collection” – the shares are though currently more than 7% lower, heading towards 300p. Hmmm...

Pity those who bought shares in Sound Energy (SOU) at well over 80p at peak ramp. Luckily for him, the chief ramper James “Dracula” Parsons sold most of his stock while urging others to buy, as the shares now trade at just 1.11p to sell, valuing this company at £12.5 million, which is far too high. By about £12.5 million in fact.

When you combine one of the least successful AIM listed natural resources companies with probably the worst bucket shop brokers around, then you rarely end up with a good outcome.

AIM-listed serial property dog Trafalgar Property (TRAF) has announced the sale of land in Barnett Wood Lane, Ashtead for £687,500 which has seen a stonking 40% rise in the share price this morning. Good news - or is it?

A “New Business Wins” announcement from self-styled “creative audio-visual systems integrator that specialises in providing innovative marketing solutions”, MediaZest (MDZ) – and the shares currently over 40% higher in response...

Results from Kingfisher (KGF) are effectively in two parts. The first is the set of full year numbers up to the end of January. There is not too much to say about those. The second is the thoughts of the company over the last few months which are naturally far more interesting...given its leading DIY retail positions via B&Q in the UK and Castorama in France plus the very strongly performing (over recent years) Screwfix brand...

In a series of articles running for almost a year I have highlighted a sea of red flags concerning uber-dog Iconic (ICON).  Yesterday Iconic announced that it “supports Greencastle Capital bid for Joe Media and discussions on management contract”.   The rest of the announcement below provided some more background as follows but trhere were a few, explosive, details Iconic neglected to mention.: