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Aptamer – “good visibility on its commercial pipeline going into the second half”. Really?
‘Novel Optimer binders to enable innovation in the life sciences industry’ group Aptamer (APTA) has issued a “Half Year Trading Update” emphasising that “2022 has seen significant progress for Aptamer with the investment in new facilities to create more capacity and an expanded team, especially in sales and marketing” and that it “has good visibility on its commercial pipeline going into the second half, including a further £1.0m of current signed orders, as well as contracts in negotiation and strong expressions of interest across all three business units… remains focused on delivering market expectations for the full year”. So what of a current share price response down almost 7% to 47.5p?- By Steve Moore |
- 3 January 2023, 11:09 |
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Cineworld saves the best until the end – its shares really are toast
Maybe it is a New Year’s Resolution? Cineworld (CINE) appears to to have turned over a new leaf and is, via RNS, now giving some commentary on how its equity is slowly being destroyed completely via the Chapter 11 process that kicked off on September 7.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 3 January 2023, 09:18 |
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Chocolate is a sweet treat but you still cannot say the same for Hotel Chocolat shares
Firstly, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. 2023 is going to be an interesting one, but it is not impossible out there and even the average boring institutional investor should do better this year than they did during the last twelve months or so. In short, as always, I enter a new year with the glass being half full and not half empty – as any thoughtful active investor should do. The key is to keep on learning. And all this means that, whilst some stocks are buys today, many others are at best an avoid…which brings me onto Hotel Chocolat Group (HOTC).- By Chris Bailey |
- 3 January 2023, 08:45 |
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Bidstack starts the year with a revenue recognition howler: which Nomad signed off on this garbage?
On the 29th December when nobody was watching, Bidstack (BIDS) snuck out the news that Francesco Petruzzelli was quitting as Managing Director and was resigning from the Board. So it ended 2022 with bad news and it has started 2023 with even worse news regarding the bust up with its major partner Azerion.- By Tom Winnifrith, the Sheriff of AIM |
- 3 January 2023, 08:17 |
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EXPLOSIVE EXPOSE: Okyo Pharma – still no real results, the FCA notified and here is what it is hiding!
Okyo Pharma (OKYO) has not updated its website and so has still not filed results which include a P&L, balance sheet or cashflow statement. I have alerted the FCA to this and in a normal world the shares would be suspended. But this is the FCA which will be too busy reading woke porn to actually do anything. So what might Okyo be hiding?- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 3 January 2023, 08:06 |
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DEADLINE 6:59am Tues 3rd Jan: ShareProphets readers tips for 2023 prize competition - ENTER HERE
As who will win the 2022 ShareProphets readers tips competition falls – the result to be revealed on this website over the new year bank holiday weekend, the 2023 competition is now launched. The prize is 1/2 litre of Tom Winnifrith's Greek Hovel olive oil (2023 harvest). To enter, just put in the Comments to this article - on a once per username basis - ONE BUY & ONE SELL PICK FROM THE LSE, AIM casino or AQUIS lobster pot (with the stocks not suspended at the commencement of 2023). Entry closes & prices - buys offer price (and performance measured to bid price) and sells vice-versa - are from before the RNSs start at 7am on Tuesday 3rd January 2023. Steve Moore will again update monthly on how the competition is progressing. Good luck all...- By Steve Moore |
- 2 January 2023, 15:52 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: 4 stocks that I did not quite make my 2023 tips of the year
I discuss manic swings between optimism and pessimism, my own pessimism re the world and UK PLC but my relative optimism on shares. Then I discuss 4 stocks almost making it as my share tips of the year but not quite - 3 sells, 1 buy.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 2 January 2023, 15:52 |
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The ShareProphets 20 share tips of the year 2023 – No 20 is a SELL from Tom Winnifrith
Between Christmas Eve and the start of the trading year 2023 we will be serving up 20 tips – 2 from each of our writers but six (all sells but that may not be true) from me. Twentieth up is a SELL from myself, Tom Winnifrith. I write….- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 2 January 2023, 12:20 |
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The ShareProphets 20 share tips of the year 2023 – No 19 is a SELL from Tom Winnifrith
Between Christmas Eve and the start of the trading year 2023 we will be serving up 20 tips – 2 from each of our writers but six (all sells but that may not be true) from me. Nineteenth up is a SELL from myself, Tom Winnifrith. I write….- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 2 January 2023, 12:19 |
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ShareProphets readers tips for 2022 competition results. And the winner is...
Having asked for readers tips for 2022 for the prize of 1/2 litre of Tom Winnifrith's Greek Hovel olive oil (2022 harvest) HERE, the following is the competition result (to be eligible needed to have selected, on a once per username basis, a buy & sell pick from the LSE, AIM casino or Aquis lobster pot and the stocks not to have been suspended at the commencement of 2022). And the winner is...
- By Steve Moore |
- 2 January 2023, 11:45 |
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2023 – the outlook for Oil, Gas and Energy and oil stocks to buy and sell
I’m sure most readers have picked up a few traits I have. Being blunt and brutal about our ruling classes. Smoking behind the bike sheds at every opportunity, even if it means supporting the illicit undeclared habit of a fellow bear. Being grumpy about almost every listed company in the oily sector. But more importantly why say something in 200 words when 3000 will do just fine, especially when 1% are miss spelt or missing?In that vein I will prattle on at some length reflecting some history and how I see the energy sector investment world in 2023.
- By Peter Brailey |
- 2 January 2023, 10:59 |
Visual Aid: Countries grouped by their greatest trading partners in 1960, 1990, and 2020
These Visual Capitalist graphics tell a story in three images. In 1960, the big dogs were the US, the UK, Germany France, and the countries of the Iron Curtain. By 1990, China was the disruptor.
- By Darren Atwater |
- 2 January 2023, 10:27 |
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Five Slam-Dunk Sells For 2022 – The Final Scores
At the last count I was on four wins and one loser with my five slam-dunk sells for 2022. The five were AIM-listed Tern (TERN), URU Metals (URU), Trafalgar Property (TRAF), Barkby (BARK) and sub-Standard-listed AIQ. So what was the final score?- By Nigel Somerville |
- 2 January 2023, 10:25 |
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The ShareProphets 20 tips of the year 2023 – No 18 a BUY from Darren Atwater
Between Christmas Eve and the start of the trading year 2023 we will be serving up 20 tips – 2 from each of our writers but six (all sells but that may not be true) from me. Eighteenth up is a BUY from Darren.- By Darren Atwater |
- 2 January 2023, 10:24 |
This Mighty Metal Mickey of a Company Could Soar When Commodities Start to Get Scarcer.
Hello Share Twiddlers. One of my first suggestions of the New Year is a Footsie giant that, in a very long career, I can’t recall mentioning before. But in these days of very little choice for stock buyers, this well-known jumbo looks safer than most.
Festive Break: The final two Views from ShareProphets’ Readers’ Windows – Costa del Sol and Ballyholme, Northern Ireland
Every day from Christmas to New Year’s Day (observed) we published a view from ShareProphets’ Readers’ Windows. These are the final two.- By Darren Atwater |
- 2 January 2023, 09:21 |
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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: A rotten end to 2022 for the vile slug & self confessed liar David Williams of Avanti infamy + bubbles bursting for Malcolm and Darren
I start with Williams. Everything that is wrong about fat Tory conceit and sleaze. Then the bursting of the green and pot bubbles and why Malcolm and Darren just cannot see either.- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 1 January 2023, 17:30 |
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The ShareProphets 20 share tips of the year 2023 – No 17 a SELL from Tom, Steve & Lucian
Between Christmas Eve and the start of the trading year 2023 we will be serving up 20 tips – 2 from each of our writers but six (all sells but that may not be true) from me. Seventeenth up is a SELL from Tom, Steve & Lucian and the N50 website. The trio write….- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 1 January 2023, 16:51 |
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The 20 Most Listened-to Bearcasts of 2022
Tom's Bearcasts are the most popular part of ShareProphets – and that's by what we can count. Podcast plays on individual’s personal phones or computers are notoriously unmeasurable. These 20 Bearcasts are what the members of ShareProphets could not get enough of in 2022.- By Darren Atwater |
- 1 January 2023, 16:33 |
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Okyo Pharma Limited – surely shares should be suspended first thing when the market reopens?
Evil Banksta flags this up on the comments section but this merits a wider audience. This is a disgrace. The great bear, with grammar corrected by myself and a bit of added poison from me, notes:- By Tom Winnifrith |
- 1 January 2023, 11:29 |