The AIM-listed property disaster that is Trafalgar Property (TRAF) was surely already at death’s door but yesterday’s update shows that its board is either deluded or trying to delude investors. The last set of numbers (released at 4.23pm on the Friday before Christmas) showed negative shareholder funds of £2.9 million (quite an achievement for a housebuilder in a housing boom!). Three weeks ago it tried to dress up a hoped-for bucket shop bailout by proposing to grow tomatoes in test tubes and now we have a disastrous statement which it thinks polishes the turd – but looks more like an April Fool to me...

We're inviting you to send pictures in of what you see out of your window and/or of your new workspace. Just email them to editorial@shareprophets.com . Today, we're looking at the view of Ian in Wakefield, West Yorkshire (the not so grim North)...

Hello, Share Bunnies. Previously, I've opined that supermarkets were among companies likely to see the biggest and fastest increase in share value once the crisis peaks. But one of them, in my humble opinion, might do better than the others. It’s already showing signs of benefitting most from all the extra buying. And it’s not just panic buying either, as people can no longer grab food in the street or visit pricey restaurants...

I start with a look at dividends in general and why they should be cut or axed but I discuss - as per today's most excellent article from Chris "Three Brains" Bailey - Imperial Brands (IMB) and Shell (RDSB) in particular. I am tempted to buy both because I think their shares will go up AFTER an inevitable dividend cut. I discuss what a moron Jeremy Corbyn is and my anger at an Oxford institution wanting Government cash. I look at Zenith Energy (ZEN) wondering if it has found more fake sheikhs drawn to the AIM Casino and also at AIQ (AIQ) - which continues to amuse.

Vimto, Feel Good, Starslush, ICEE, Levi Roots and Sunkist soft drinks company Nichols (NICL) has updated including “trading in the first two months of the financial year was in line with management's expectations… given the level of global uncertainty, the board is not currently able to provide financial guidance for the year ended 31 December 2020… The group entered this financial year with a strong balance sheet, with more than £40m of cash and no debt”. The shares are currently more than 4% up on the day, approaching 1250p…

I’ve always gone on the basis that if something doesn’t feel quite right when it comes to non-binding deals being announced, then at the very least it is worth questioning the likelihood of completion. Of course, that isn’t always the case and some non-binding letters of intent, or memorandums of understanding, do in fact proceed as outlined, but my first thoughts when I saw today’s news from Zenith Energy (ZEN) was that it looked very ‘spoofy’...

After slipping on my hazmat suit (cheap before the crisis by the way) but eschewing the Czech military issue gas mask (again a steal a few months back), I made my weekly allowed trip to a local supermarket. At least my local Sainsbury (SBRY) was sensibly stocked and everyone seemed happy enough to give me a two metre wide berth. Lots of yellow sticker bargains to be had for the freezer too - well you all know I am a value investor at heart. Anyhow, whilst bounding around the supermarket aisles, I was pondering this morning's regulatory news disclosures…

Previously writing on technology products principally for the gaming and broadcast industries company Quixant (QXT), with the shares towards 160p I concluded hopefully my prior warning was heeded – and, with that, I question whether the “softness in demand” is really worse than should have been reasonably anticipated? As such, I also remain wary of the company’s confidence for the future – and particularly so with the market cap still more than £100 million (currently circa $130 million). I continue to avoid. Now a “2019 Trading and COVID-19 update” – and the shares currently around 60p, a further more than 20% lower on the latest news…

Okay, I have been wrong with such calls before. Quindell (QPP) was a total and demonstrable fraud, running on fumes and so just had to be a zero... Then along came those Aussie poltroons from Slater & Gordon, who bought most of its worthless assets, so saving Quindell but train-wrecking their own company. It happens now and again that the corporate world throws up an even bigger fool than your average Bulletin Board Moron on the LSE Asylum. Moreover, these are “challenging” times...

AIM-listed serial dog Inspirit Energy (INSP) released its interims yesterday at 2.33pm and it is same old, same old: the bills keep on coming in but where's the progress on its boiler? And when will the cash run out? – and why was its broker - a subsidiary of housemate Octagonal plc - holding such a proportion of its cash?...

There are three scenarios here of which one is that Big Sofa (BST) goes bust and we shareholders lose everything. If that happens I will apologise again for a bad tip as I apologise now for what has happened. I am sorry. If it is any consolation, if this goes to zero I am kissing goodbye to £37,000. But that is not a given...

Updating at the weekend on technology provider to media and entertainment network operators Amino Technologies (AMO), with the shares at 118.5p I concluded I maintained a cautious view having particularly noted from results a month ago, “working closely with its customers and supply chain partners to meet… demand while accommodating higher ex-factory leadtimes” and after a previous (October 2018) profit warning was “reflecting an intensification of external macroeconomic headwinds”. Now a “Covid-19 Update, Dividend and AGM” announcement from the company…

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Hello, Share Fans. It’s interesting to see how the adverts have changed on TV. Obviously, if your business is closed, you don't want to waste money on commercials. That’s why all those holiday ads have been replaced by promotions of stuff you can still buy in the supermarket. And it's not just food. Cosmetics, for example, or cleaning stuff are all being pushed. You also get takeaway companies advertising and mail order specialists. But you may have noticed the proliferation of another business sector altogether...

In today's bearcast  I look at Iconic (ICON) which really does not understand irony. Then at Purplebricks (PURP), self entitled snowflake young barristers, Hammerson (HMSO) and EasyJet (EZJ)

Shares in self-styled “FX risk management and payments specialist servicing corporates and institutions internationally”, Alpha FX Group (AFX) were already down from 1350p reached in January to 940p – and this also following a results statement just the week before last. Now though a “COVID-19 Trading Update” – and the shares currently 560p!...

The founder of EasyJet (EZJ) has written to the board demanding it scrap £4.5 billion of planned Airbus orders, asking if any executives took bribes from Airbus and demanding wholesale boardroom change. The letter is dynamite and I reproduce it in full below:

‘Regenerative medicine’ medical devices company Tissue Regenix (TRX) has updated including that currently “the San Antonio facility remains fully operational” and the company “has not experienced any material reduction in net revenues versus expectations”. However, the shares have currently responded to below 0.40p, circa 35% lower…

As usual the bulletin boards seem to be flooded with people saying what a great deal I3 Energy (I3E) has just secured, having announced today that it had acquired Toscana Energy Income Corporation (TEIC).

As I write shares in Restaurant Group (RTN) have plunged by 18%. There is a false market here. Some folks know the reason, others do not as boss Andy Hornby has told regulators to feck themselves by NOT issuing a statement about price sensitive information. What a complete banker.