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Table of shorted AIM shares - week to 25/05/2018

From the FCA's spreadsheet of short positions required to be disclosed to it, the following shows the shorted AIM shares with positions from 2017 and thus far in 2018 (by net short position %) - and if this position has increased (red), reduced (green) or remained unchanged (black) since last week...

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Though Still Smarting at the Beaufort Affair, Let Me Try and Cheer You Up a Bit

Hello Share Cavaliers. There’ll be more than a few readers whose hearts sink whenever they see something about the Beaufort affair on this glittering website. But my purpose today is to try to add a little cheer if I can. So I’ve been looking at a few of the more positive points in this scary affair. Well, perhaps ‘positive’ is a wrong word in this context. So let’s say ‘less scary’ instead.

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Frontera Resources - another ramptastic release - So What?

I am waiting for Fat Bastard, the whore blogger Malcolm Graham Wood to earn his pay cheque by saying what great news Frontera Resources (FRR) has served up today. Of course it has not. This is more meaningless gibberish designed to pump the stock ahead of a bailout placing. But I have to take issue with the City's No 1 oil analyst Zac "the knife" Phillips of SP Angel. He is right to be mega bearish but wrong about the company. He opines:

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Folli Follie - surely it is double ouzo time now!

Having collapsed by another 25% yesterday to just 4.8 Euro shares in Folli Follie were suspended on the Athens stock exchange first thing today prompting a bearcast ouzo. Initially the company told the Greek media that it was because of all we nasty bears spreading false rumours and creating a disorderly market. Then at 11.30 GMT the awful truth came out.

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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - it is Ouzo O'Clock! Folli Follie suspended

Hooray. After this week's doorstepping and podcast special and the work back in Bristol this is a great day. I suspect it is game over and discuss the probable demise of Folli Follie. Never buy a stock on a PE of 1. Elsewhere I look at rumours concerning Nomad Northland, at Echo Energy (ECHO), the fraud MySquar (MYSQ), my letter to Julie Meyer HERE, Sound Energy (SOU), Westminster Group (WSG) - with its revolting chairman ex Tory MP Tony Baldry - and Frontera (FRR) and its latest pre placing ramp. Now come on chaps, if you enjoy bearcast - and I know 1000 of you do every day - please donate £10 NOW to the Woodlarks charity walk - HERE

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Paternoster GM Notice - market has this very wrong

The first thing to note is that the NAV of Paternoster Resources (PRS) was 0.172p per share and that was 94% in cash and listed investments. One of the larger stakes was in I3 Energy (I3E), shares in which have rocketed in recent weeks - almost certainly unjustifiably but that is life. With overheads slashed by the new regime, the NAV could well be heading towards 0.2p per share. The shares are 0.08p-0.1p which makes them a cracking buy ahead of the next NAV statement.

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A Letter to Julie Meyer - how do you fancy a long walk with a convicted felon?

A reader says that if I invite Julie Meyer MBE to join myself and Brokerman Dan Levi on our sponsored 30 mile walk for Woodlarks on July 28 he will donate £400, if she turns up he will donate an additional £600. Why not? I am sure that Brokerman Dan would be happy to share some of his past experiences with her and that might prep Ms Meyer for her life going forward. The letter is below. Now how about you all donate a tenner each HERE.

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Sanderson Group – interims “slightly ahead of management's expectations”, but...

Digital retail technology and enterprise software group Sanderson (SND) has announced results for its half year ended 31st March 2018 “slightly ahead of management's expectations” and “the board has a good level of confidence that Sanderson will make significant further progress during the current financial year”

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Why is the FCA still allowing Julie Meyer to manage other folks money & to raise fresh cash?

It is now almost two weeks since the regulators at the Maltese FSA (MSFA) suspended the license of Julie Meyer to conduct financial activities including fund management. The word on the street is that the license will be cancelled altogether soon. But it seems that back in London the dozy fuckers round at the FCA still have not caught up and indeed are now derelict in their duty to protect consumers.

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Tate and smile!

First a quick shout out to subscriber SoupChicken for their gracious comments on Tate & Lyle (TATE) earlier in the comment section of another story. Latest numbers from the sugars and ingredients company crystalised(!) many of the hopes I put out in my February update, which you can read HERE. As I noted back then '...for punters the 550s is one level to write down' and boy did that work from the sentiment lows in late March with the shares now breaking 650p. So that's great...but what now I hear you ask?

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Julie Meyer MBE Odd One out contest - the correct answer is...

ScotttheScott was almost there but not quite. Yesterday I asked you to suggest which of the four figures below was the odd one out: former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith, devout Christian Julie Meyer MBE, divine actress Jennifer Aniston and shamed ex Sefton Boss JimmlyLiar Ellerton. I am shocked that Henry Gewanter who, heroically, ensured that MPs expenses were leaked and who used to act for Praise The Lord failed to get the right answer. That answer is:

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This House Erector has Perky Policies to Keep Those Profits Picking Up

Hello Share Shufflers. Oh dear! I’m afraid I have to go, once again, against Uncle Tom and Chris Bailey. I’m suggesting you take a gander at another house builder. But Countryside Properties (CSP) is no ordinary home erector. It has a business plan which is truly in accord with government plans to stick new and affordable homes in urban settings.

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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - picking up Andrew Monk on a couple of things

Forgive the late bearcast. Blame it on Greek Hovel business. In today's podcast I look at Folli Follie, shares in which are slumping again as I warned you the other day HERE - tomorrow might be D (for Death) Day. I then take up Andrew Monk on AIQ (AIQ), Petra Diamonds (PDL) and the idea of consolidating brokers and Nomads via M&A. It makes no sense Andrew. Then I look at the GoTech (GOT) shambles - its now a dope play but frankly you must be a dope to own this stock. Then I cover Optibiotix (OPTI) again with a point folks like Cynical Bear have missed. Finally its i3 Energy (I3E). Thanks to those who have sponsored me as I suffer the dual agonies of walking 30 miles and having to listen to Brokerman Dan drone on all day, but 99% of bearcast listeners have not yet donated a tenner. Please do so HERE

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Starcom – following announcement of launch of a “high expectations” product last week…

Last week Starcom (STAR) was “pleased to announce the launch of the latest iteration of its awarding winning intelligent padlock, the Watchlock Cube… the company has high expectations for the Cube due to its electronic shell being able to fit a variety of C10 padlocks from various manufacturers, its lower price and a far more durable battery life”. And now… “Placing” (surprise, surprise!)…

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Kingfisher and the weather Gods

Another day...another retail stock. 'Tis the (reporting) season I guess. Today's offering is Kingfisher (KGF), which longer-term readers will know I have traded once before over the last year or so, buying sub 3 quid and moving out after a 10%+ gain plus some dividends. Well, as noted most recently here, the share has been kicking around the three quid level today and that interests me. So is my call to trade the DIY and related company again for a double digit plus target gain looking wise or not after today's Q1 update?

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Julie Meyer - about that £172,192.70 owed to Barclays, what is a personal guarantee from you worth?

With Julie Meyer telling the US taxman, the IRS, that she has just £500 in cash and owing money to three banks, the IRS and HMRC, you might think that her personal situation could not get any worse. Well perhaps it could. I refer you to the administrators preliminary report into the demise of Ariadne Capital Limited below.

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Victoria Oil and Gas – how to deliver bad news: well done!

I previously covered AIM-listed Victoria Oil and  Gas (VOG) with reference to an after-hours warning issued after market close, but during the auction. It looked terrible, but there were mitigating factors which looked to have combined in an unfortunate fashion. This morning Victoria has issued a Q1 trading update. It is not pretty, but I have to take my hat off to the company this morning, for it gives full numbers and investors can make a rational decision.

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Julie Meyer and another big bank bill emerges thanks to Winnleaks

As each day goes by we discover yet another institution to whom Julie Meyer MBE owes money. Already we have identified the IRS,HMRC and two banks. Thanks to Winnileaks here, below, is a third, HSBC. One wonder if any of her creditors know about all the others and if that is going to make one especially jumpy and demand immediate repayment rather than accepting a payment plan? that could be awkward. Meanwhile are her various creditors happy that she has retained uber expensive lawyer Julian Pike of Farrer & Co to act for her in a personal as well as a corporate capacity?

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Bluebird Merchant Ventures - Kochang sampling results “further encouraging” - BUY

Bluebird Merchant Ventures (BMV) has announced further results from underground channel sampling at Kochang on in-situ ore left behind by the original miners – including emphasising “the samples show positive indications of high average gold and silver grades” and “orogenic deposits typically extend over 1 kilometre in depth and Kochang has only been developed to a depth of 150 metres”

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Inspired Entertainment - the FOBT ruling & a Car Crash Balance Sheet

Back in January, I suggested selling Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ - INSE) at $7.70 on the basis that a revised £2 maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) from the current £100 would cause serious problems for the company.

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