And now from Wales, by just 30 yards, it is my new weekly video show. This costs 99p per episode, and you can either listen to, or watch, some sparky interviews with  Chris Gilbert the boss of Fox Marble followed by me explaining why, though I am 80% down, I am sure Fox will multibag from here. Then a very long – and very funny – session with Zak Mir with his top share tip among London small caps, his view on the markets, the real economy and discussions on Supply@ME Capital (SYME), Eurasia Mining (EUA) & the lies of both, on Big Dish (DISH) and more. Finally it is me onSupply’s lies again and also on why Trainline (TRN) miust surely see a share price collapse. You can access the show HERE

Chaarat Gold (CGH) has updated on the third quarter of the year, noting “a strong Q3 operational result and continued progress at our Tulkubash project” despite COVID-19 and “events” in its countries of operation…

Previously writing on internet top-level domains owner and operator Minds + Machines Group (MMX), earlier this month with the shares at 5.25p I concluded an “investigation will focus principally on a specific contract”, not ‘solely’, and that overall stated revenue for the half-year was $8.4 million and for full-year 2019 $18.9 million. With a market cap of still more than £47 million, and ahead of “further announcements will be made in due course”, avoid / sell. Today “Statement re: Contract, Investigation & Board”…

The out and out con that is Supply@ME Capital (SYME) has today issued another statement of delay in rolling out its nonsensical business plan. Perhaps it will buy time for the founding shareholders to dump more shares while getting the Sith Lord Zak Mir and other promoters to pretend that they are net buyers.

Previously writing on self-styled “a leading provider of technology and services for the global offshore energy markets” Tekmar Group (TGP), in May with the shares at 120p I questioned it “well placed to navigate this period of uncertainty” and concluded I currently continue to avoid. Having commenced today at 71.5p, “an update on the new CEO’s Review, a trading update ahead of the group’s half year results for the six months ended 30 September 2020, and a change to its financial year end”…

We were promised news on AIM-listed Turkish Gold-producer Ariana (AAU) and its proposed corporate action involving Proccea and Ozaltin by the end of this month. At 7am there was nothing and the shares started to slide sharply, especially because CEO Kerim Sener has been selling shares. But fear not…..

The newly installed finance director of St James House (SJH), Mr Daniel Pym, (appointed on 30 September 2020) hasn’t exactly got off to the best of starts because his announcement of delays in completion of the audit citing COVID 19 and “complexities in relation to fair value adjustments of certain assets” means that the shares will be suspended on 2 November 2020.  Given these accounts are for the year ended 31 January 2020, the COVID 19 excuse isn’t credible as management has had 9 months to finalise the financial statements and major companies have published not only their 31 December 2019 accounts but also their interim accounts for the six months ended 30 June 2020.  I look at three of the lower quality assets on the balance sheet where if I was the auditor exercising my professional scepticism, I would be requiring management to take major write downs:

Shares in jam-tomorrow, next year, never investment company Tern plc (TERN) have gone on the rampage – emphasis on the ramp, for there has been no RNS. Are we again to see the company get a placing away whilst there is perhaps a misapprehension over its prospects in the market?

AIM-listed graphene outfit Haydale Graphene Industries (HAYD) was “pleased to announce” its interims to June this morning – I’m not sure why, for a £14 million market capitalisation company to offer up a pre-tax loss of £4.4 million in just six months is surely nothing to be pleased about.

FinnCap (being polite) is house to fully-listed Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM), so you would not expect the genius writers to say sell. Since they are also talking my book (I am a proud owner of both ordinary and subscrition shares), naturally I think the writers are extremely clever (despite some comical number) so the broker note is worth a butchers…

Hello, Share Players. It’s not often I bring you shares that are not homegrown, but this American company looks interesting. Workhorse (NASDAQ – WKHS) makes battery-powered lorries and also drones that deliver stuff. Pretty futuristic eh, but if you’re excited by pioneering companies…

A “Further progress in UK owner-operated estate” announcement from escape-the-room experiences company Escape Hunt (ESC) though the shares, at 9.25p, are more than 5% lower…

Shares in fully-listed Golden Prospect Precious Metals (GPM) are now down to 56p to buy (55.5p mid) and if you are a gold-bull, bearing in mind the most recent NAV per share of 67.91p as of last night appear to be a very strong buy…except for those subscription shares (which I hold, for the avoidance of doubt), due for conversion at the end of next month. It looks as though the resulting NAV post-subscription will be lower as a result, but although I am talking my own book, the Subs themselves are now just 6p to buy and look a very interesting play for they are now essentially option money…

Biome Technologies (BIOM) has updated including “revenues in the Bioplastics division in Q3 at £1.6m were 48% ahead of the previous quarter (Q2 2020: £1.1m) and 131% ahead of the prior year comparative (Q3 2019: £0.7m). The division’s revenues in the first nine months of the financial year stood at £3.8m, 93% ahead of the equivalent period last year”. The shares though have responded little changed at around 155p, and comparing to 240p as recently as last month…

Filtronic (FTC), “designer and manufacturer of products for the critical communications, wireless telecoms and defence & aerospace markets”, is “pleased to provide” an update which includes “trading broadly in line against the same period to date of the prior financial year”. The shares have currently responded to 8.25p, approaching 14% lower. Hmmm…

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) has issued Q3 results today. In several respects they were better than I had feared. In two respects they were outstanding…

The Gold correction still rumbles on but as investors are perhaps panicking, Jordan Roy-Byrne of TheDailyGold is unwrapping his buying boots ready for action. Having feigned strength last week, gold itself headed south last night to a low point of $1870 per oz and gold stocks took a bit of a whipping yesterday. But the broader market was also hit and the US$ has been recovering from a low point and Europe has been heading back into lockdown. It looks like a fear trade to me…

By my reckoning, today is the biggest day of the global quarterly corporate earnings results season. Even before we get to a bunch of Silicon Valley’s finest this evening, global investors will already have waded through a bunch of Eastern Time American reporting names, far too many eurozone corporate names and apparently – so I heard this morning – up to 1,000 Chinese companies also putting up their numbers for review. What fun! Naturally, the UK market feels obligated to join in…so forgive me for folding three big FTSE-100 entities in…

Almost all companies advise investors in a timely manner about material developments to the investment case, but some do not. Of course stock market rules mean all should but I have flagged previously how I consider Simec Atlantis Energy (SAE) has revealed material project delay information via non-RNS routes. Guess what? – the cash-consuming Uskmouth Power station project looks delayed again, why have investors not been updated?…

BP (BP.) has announced Q3 results emphasising “Performance improving despite difficult environment”…