Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: IQE Timber! (Next week)

Published 23 days ago

I start by discussing an interview with Matt Earl for the next Shareprophets Radio show. It will be up later and will knock your socks off. I look at IQE (IQE) and warn you all. I defend myself against an attack on my share tips from pompous twit NoGold. I look at Watchstone (WTG), Quindell as was in light of today's laughable news and also at Thomas Cook (TCG), which is still 80%+ overvalued.

Synectics – results subdued again… but investment beginning to pay off?

Published 57 days ago

Surveillance technology and networked security systems company Synectics (SNX) has announced results for its half-year ended 31^st May 2019 and a contract win…

Petropavlovsk – “Heavy Rainfall Event at the Malomir Mine”… but seems a minor issue & plenty of positivity

Published 58 days ago

A “2019 Half Year Trading Update” followed by “Heavy Rainfall Event at the Malomir Mine” announcements from Petropavlovsk (POG)…

Optibiotix new distribution deal fails to impress...BUT...

Published 60 days ago

Optibiotix (OPTI) shares now trade at 72p to buy after the announcement of a new deal with a company called BioEnergiser Ltd for the online distribution of SlimBiome Medical in the UK. SlimBiome Medical is a CE-marked medical device which independent clinical studies show reduces hunger, cravings for sweet and savoury foods, and fat intake. Steve O’Hara tells me this is not because Optibiotix's own online sales are slowing. Far from it. But this is just another channel to market...

Fox Marble – acquisitions dispute escalates, Malesheva quarry operations suspended

Published 60 days ago

Updating on Fox Marble (FOX) last month we noted enforceability of acquisition agreements challenged – though it believing the claims to be wholly unfounded. It now re-emphasises this “based on legal advice”, though “has suspended operations in its Malesheva quarry in Kosovo pending a resolution to the dispute”…

OptiBiotix Health – positive scientific and commercial update

Published 66 days ago

An update from OptiBiotix Health (OPTI); “Scientific and commercial update”...

Thoughts On Thomas Cook & Kier

Published 67 days ago

I suggested selling Thomas Cook (TCG) back in May at 13p and at 5p today the company is still valued at £75 million. Given Friday’s announcement of the inevitable debt for equity swap, which “is not the outcome any of us wanted for our shareholders”, this is still far too high as will become apparent when the details are released...

Berkeley Energia – “Strategy and Management Changes” = CEO resigns. Why?

Published 68 days ago

What the hell is happening at Berekely Energia (BKY)? A “Strategy and Management Changes” announcement from Berkeley sees the shares currently slightly lower below 19p, albeit still up from sub 10p at the beginning of this year…

Prospex announces a maiden profit, but how much cash was actually generated? Red Flag Alert!

Published 99 days ago

When is a net profit not really a profit? When it is being announced by Prospex Oil and Gas (PXOG) would appear to be one answer to that question!

Thomas Cook: forget a holiday, time for a takeover?

Published 152 days ago

As I write it is beautiful staycation weather outside which is wonderful news for many but potentially not so good for travel names such as Thomas Cook (TCG) which are focused almost exclusively on sending holidaymakers to foreign climes.  Of course I have spoken about the company before  - and my February call was looking downright shabby, even if there has been a touch of moving away from a Brexit cliff edge (the Halloween postponement) which has aided some of my other travel sector plays such as easyJet (EZJ) over the last week or two. 

Notes from Underground: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea

Published 153 days ago

Do we have any readers in Margate? My wife and I spent yesterday in your fair town for the first time and enjoyed it immensely. However, to get there from London, we needed to use the SouthEastern Trains service and that is a train operating company that should be fired into the sun.

Steve Moore share tips of the year updates

Published 158 days ago

As 2019 neared, I wrote a couple of share tips of the year. After the first quarter (and a bit), how are they faring?...

Trading Updates: Pearson and J D Wetherspoon under the Spotlight

Published 242 days ago

In this week’s article, we review two trading updates; one that took place last week, and one expected next week. Firstly, we take a look back at publisher Pearson (PSON) and review broker and tipster sentiment in the lead up to, and following, its most recent trading update this Wednesday. We then look forward to an expected trading update from J D Wetherspoon (JDW) thisweek. Has tipster broker and sentiment changed in recent months, and what will tipsters be expecting to see in the pub chain’s latest announcement?

Notes from Underground: For 2019, we promise more of the same

Published 258 days ago

I was reading the Most Read ShareProphets Articles of The Year piece posted on New Year's Day and a throught stuck me: not one of the top 20 stories was a tip.

KEFI Minerals – shares slightly lower on Tulu Kapi project update, BUT…

Published 259 days ago

KEFI Minerals (KEFI) states it “is pleased to provide” an update on the Tulu Kapi gold project, but then includes that “whilst the Government has provided a number of formal consents, at the date of this update there are a number of others that whilst having been verbally agreed, are still subject to processing formalities and thus the agreed deadlines have been extended to end January 2019”. Hmmm...

Reviewing Tipsters’ Top Picks for 2019

Published 259 days ago

The UK economy suffered a tumultuous 2018, and it proved to be a particularly rough year for holders long in UK-listed shares: the FTSE100 suffered its worst year in a decade, while the FTSE All Share slumped 13% over the course of the year. The turbulence we’re experiencing looks set to continue into 2019 as markets struggle with mounting uncertainty. As a result “tipping shares has never felt more hazardous”, but there are potential rewards; Joanne Hart (Daily Mail) notes that “UK shares are widely acknowledged to be undervalued, presenting clear opportunities across the market”. I should point out that Tom Winnifrith and others think Ms Hart is useless and clueless.

Catenae Innovation – full-year results, “commencement of the recovery for the business”

Published 262 days ago

Catenae Innovation (CTEA) has announced results for its year ended 30^th September 2018, including “the board saw the restructuring of the business as critical to delivering the new business strategy and became the primary focus for much of the year. The period saw the commencement of the recovery for the business with the introduction of the new product set and the board are pleased to see that the revised products areas are attracting both interest and revenues”…

Wishbone – loan conversion & tiny warrant exercise: more good news - still a buy

Published 262 days ago

This is good news. Expect more good news in early 2019. Wishbone Gold (WSBN) has announced that it has issued another 207,297,514 new ordinary shares to Sanderson Capital allowing the lender to convert 63% of its outstanding loans: £258,500 out of £407,141. The conversion price is based on the 30 day MA and is 0.1247p and Sanderson has agreed it will not sell any shares without permission, which we hope will not be given for some time...

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 22 is from Tom Winnifrith

Published 263 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. The twenty second and final tip is the third from Tom Winnifrith.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 21 is from Tom Winnifrith

Published 263 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Twenty-first up is the second from Tom Winnifrith

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 20 is from Lucian Miers

Published 263 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Twentieth up is a second from infamous bear raider Lucian Miers, the bard of the Boleyn

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 19 is from HotstockRockets

Published 263 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Nineteenth up is one from the team at HotStockRockets.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 18 is from Steve Moore

Published 263 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Eighteenth up is a second from Steve Moore.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 17 is from Steve Moore

Published 264 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Seventeenth up is a first from Steve Moore.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 16 is from Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore at N50

Published 265 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Sixteenth up up is the second from Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore at N50.

Notes from Underground - Still Bulletin Board Moron free for 2019

Published 265 days ago

It's been well over a year since ShareProphets went members-only, and there is no looking back for us. We're thriving and we don't have to prostrate ourselves to Google ads or anyone else.

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: the NY Honours Rewards for business failure & brown nosing, what is Woodford hiding & Darren's bonkers share tips

Published 266 days ago

I still feel like shite and want to go to bed clutching a half full bottle of brandy. Pro tem I look at the disgrace of the New Year's honours lists for business and in general, I tell you exactly what Neil Woodford is hiding and I explain why the share tips of the year from my friend and colleague Darren Atwater are 100% insanity, the product of a mind infected with full blown Brexit derangement syndrome. 

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 12, 13 , 14 and 15 from Darren Atwater

Published 266 days ago

I have been spending my Christmas break with my parents in British Columbia, surrounded by Canadian news that the locals are consumed by but are laughably petty by the standards of us in the UK. But the local news got me thinking of a tip.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 11 is from Malcolm Stacey

Published 266 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Eleventh up is the second from Malcolm Stacey.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 10 is from Tom Winnifrith

Published 267 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Tenth up is the first from site Editor Tom Winnifrith.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 9 is from Gary Newman

Published 267 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2^nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Ninth up is the second one from Gary Newman.

San Leon Energy – OML 18 arrears being paid, “a very positive step”. Indeed - buy

Published 267 days ago

With “all cash calls have been received for 2017 and are up-to-date for 2018”, San Leon Energy (SLE) now “is pleased to announce that it has been informed by Eroton that all of the 2015 NNPC cash call arrears have now been paid to Eroton and only approximately $20 million of arrears remain for 2016”. What does this mean?...

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 8 is from Nigel Somerville

Published 267 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2^nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Eighth up is the second one from Nigel Somerville, the deputy Sheriff of AIM.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 7 is from Chris Bailey

Published 268 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Seventh up is the second one from Chris "Three Brains" Bailey of Financial Orbit.

Wishbone Gold Placing, I could ffing scream - BUT!!!!

Published 268 days ago

Tom Winnifrith wrote before Christmas: I am just livid, But you make bad trading decisions when livid so I am not selling my shares in Wishbone Gold (WSBN) but am doubling down on my torture by going to spend two days with my mother in law in the grim Northern welfare safari.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 6 is from infamous bear raider Lucian Miers

Published 268 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Sixth up is one from the bard of the Boleyn, Lucian Miers.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 5 is from Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore at N50

Published 268 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Fifth up is one from Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore at N50.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 4 is from Nigel Somerville

Published 269 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2^nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Fourth up is one from Nigel Somerville, the deputy Sheriff of AIM.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 3 is from Chris Bailey

Published 270 days ago

Between Christmas Day and January 2^nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Third up is one from Chris "Three Brains" Bailey.

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 2 is from Malcolm Stacey

Published 270 days ago

Between now and January 2^nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. Second up is one from Malcolm Stacey. 

The ShareProphets share tips of the year 2019 – No 1 is from Gary Newman

Published 271 days ago

Between now and January 2^nd we shall be publishing more than 20 share tips of the year – buys and sells. We kick off with one from Gary Newman 

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Christmas cancelled for fools who ignore my warnings

Published 271 days ago

In today's bearcast I look in detail at Frontera (FRR), at mystery share sales of late, at market abuse and at the scallywags who were enablers such s Yellow Jersey PR and the whore blogger Malcolm Graham Wood. I look at Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) and also at Westminster Group (WSG) run by vile slug Tony Baldry. I urge you to enter the reader's share tips 2019 contest and I wish you all a Merry Christmas. The next bearcast will be on Boxing day.

The Most Frequently Tipped Companies by Professional Tipsters in November

Published 308 days ago

What blue chips do the "professional" share tipsters like and should we care?

BP - a buy for income

Published 333 days ago

Shares in BP (BP.) approached 600p as summer dawned and again earlier this month. They’ve been hit in the recent sell-off though, despite - already offering a hefty dividend - the second quarter results having emphasised “momentum and the strength of our financial frame… we are increasing our dividend for the first time in almost four years. This reflects not just our commitment to growing distributions to shareholders but our confidence in the future”…

Versarien - panic as market cap falls to 'only' £200 million

Published 334 days ago

When a share price suffers a setback, often it is the evil cabal of short sellers who are blamed by retail investors. In the case of Versarien (VRS), even CEO Neill Ricketts is at it.

Anglo Asian Mining - a golden buy?

Published 334 days ago

Shares in Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ) had recently risen materially, to approaching 75p. They then though slipped back – but recent news looked to have justified the earlier move and more and with gold now starting to motor thanks to stockmarket and bond market jitters...

Shoe Zone – shares jump on ‘ahead of expectations’ update, but still an income buy

Published 338 days ago

Shoe Zone (SHOE) “now expects to report a full year profit before tax for the year ahead of market expectations and in excess of £11.0m”…

Creightons - a penny share buy

Published 339 days ago

Having exceeded 40p in 2017, shares in Creightons (CRL) fell to below 20p early this year following a trading update including that “the group has outsourced supply of some branded products lines. This has impacted upon the profit margins of these lines. Therefore, the board has concluded that the full year profit before tax is likely to be marginally lower than last year”. However, that was because of “demand out-pacing capacities in our factories ahead of planned expansion in manufacturing capacities”...

Shenanigans at First Derivatives Don’t Look Good. Sell

Published 341 days ago

I doubt that there was the slightest sense of embarrassment at last week’s AIM awards (a ghastly sounding knees up for the world’s seediest stock market) when First Derivatives (FDP) picked up two gongs: Best Technology award for the company itself and Entrepreneur of the Year Award for its founder and CEO Brian Conlon. Presumably these awards were decided well before First’s price tanked amid some serious concerns being raised and the organisers, in true AIM style, were too gormless to think on their feet and give them out to a less dodgy enterprise.

Norcros - first-half trading update, looks to remain good value

Published 342 days ago

Bathroom and kitchen products company Norcros (NXR) has updated that “underlying operating profit for the first half is expected to be in line with the board's expectations reflecting a robust performance and continuing to demonstrate the financial resilience of the group” and that it “remains confident… will continue to drive market outperformance and will enable the group to make further progress in line with its expectations for the year to 31 March 2019”…

Fox Marble – acquisition of joint venture partner adds to prospects - BUY

Published 343 days ago

Fox Marble (FOX) has announced the acquisition of its joint venture partner based at the Prilep Alpha Quarry, Macedonia and “look forward to seeing the benefits of our increased participation in the Prilep Alpha quarry feeding through to the bottom line going forward”. Hear, hear!...

Fox Marble – half-year results, positive about the outlook - BUY

Published 357 days ago

Fox Marble (FOX) has announced results for the first half of 2018 and that “the board is positive about the outlook for the company for the remainder of this year and into 2019”…

Malcolm Stacey heads to Russia in search of the Magic Money Tree Part 5

Published 364 days ago

As you may have gathered on Tuesday, Malcolm’s long-suffering wife reckons that he has been spending too much time in The Punter’s Return and so has organised a holiday in Denmark, Sweden and Russia where Mr Stacey hopes to discover the magic money tree and an updated theme for his next novel. We left him speeding away from border towns in the money tree funded egalitarian paradise of Sweden ablaze. Our senior reporter has now updated us on his progress since…

Malcolm Stacey heads to Russia in search of the Magic Money Tree Part 3

Published 366 days ago

As you may have gathered on Tuesday, Malcolm’s long-suffering wife reckons that he has been spending too much time in The Punter’s Return and so has organised a holiday in Denmark, Sweden and Russia where Mr Stacey hopes to discover the magic money tree and an updated theme for his next novel. We left him having just arrived at Copenhagen airport, but our senior reporter has now updated us on his progress since…

Malcolm Stacey heads to Russia in search of the Magic Money Tree Part 2

Published 367 days ago

As you may have gathered yesterday, Malcolm’s long-suffering wife reckons that he has been spending too much time in The Punter’s Return and so has organised a holiday in Denmark, Sweden and Russia where Mr Stacey hopes to discover the magic money tree and a theme for his next novel. We left him at Heathrow, but our senior reporter has now updated us on his progress…

Bowleven – disappointing drill news

Published 399 days ago

One of my two share tips for 2018, AIM-listed Bowleven (BLVN), has updated the market on the first of two appraisal wells: it is bad news. As Waseem Shakoor puts it:  disappointing, but that’s drilling. I had hoped for better, but as AIM-listed UK Oil and Gas (UKOG) and fellow pie-in-the-sky oiler, AIM-listed Frontera Resources (FRR) want to ignore, no matter how loudly you shout about the potential, in the end it is only the drill-bit which matters.

Experience can pay off for professional share tipsters

Published 406 days ago

“There is nothing like losing all you have in the world for teaching you what not to do. And when you know what not to do in order not to lose money, you begin to learn what to do in order to win. Did you get that? You begin to learn!”

1600 tips - a new record: a bull sign or a bear sign? And Gary Newman the UK's top share tipster in July

Published 414 days ago

The previous record number of tips captured and performance-tracked by Stockomendation was smashed in July, with over 1,600 new stock tips and broker ratings added to our platform across 23 brokers and 40 professional tipsters. Tip activity in July was the at its highest since April –  coinciding with quarterly trading updates for many firms –  representing an increase of 81% on the number of tips tracked during the same period last year. This surge in tips was mainly driven by brokers, with tipster activity remaining in line with previous months.

Midas can you please advise your poor readers to sell Optibiotix every day?

Published 418 days ago

Amazed to find that one of her share tips had actually gone up, Jo Hart of the Midas column In the mail on Sunday  advised the poor saps who follow her to top slice or sell Optibiotix (OPTI) on Sunday. Just as a buy note from Ms Hart is seen by most folks as a sure sign that a PR puff campaign is underway and that you should sell at once, the Midas sell stance seems to have pushed the shares ever higher as the chart below demonstrates. Yes £1 hit again, another case of ouzo Cynical Bear needs to send me. I discussed why I’d not be selling at this price as I expect fireworks soon HERE. Meanwhile…

Berkeley Energia - a buy

Published 491 days ago

A Buy at a 20p offer price share tip in September 2015, the gain on shares in Berkeley Energia (BKY) was banked at a 56p bid price in October 2016 on a 20% one day rise thanks to a newspaper tip. At that point we noted how we could see how, on a fundamental basis, the shares are worth 100p+ looking at the numbers thrown off by the definitive feasibility study and that we may re-enter if the shares come back allowing us to buy with a margin of error. The company has since made significant progress, but the shares not and so…

LPA Group - a buy

Published 493 days ago

In January LPA Group (LPA) announced record results and in March updated that this year also “should present us with an excellent result”. However, despite already being on a modest rating, the shares are down from 178.5p in February to a current 155p offer price and so…

Purplebricks & Ticking Timebombs

Published 495 days ago

At last month’s UK Investor Show I grumbled about the difficulties of being short in the current fraud-friendly climate in which fundamental analysis seems way down the pecking order of share picking criteria and suggested that unless it can be shown that a company is in imminent danger of going bust (Carillion, for example) shorting right now is an uphill battle. I might have added that shorting a name where there is a small free float is also a dangerous game. Which brings me back to Purplebricks (PURP).

Fox Marble – 2017 sales lower than hoped, but now looking forward to “significant growth” - BUY

Published 496 days ago

Kosovo and the Balkans region marble quarrier Fox Marble (FOX) has announced 2017 results, including that “sales have been lower than expected” but that it “has made important progress over the year… Our factory in Kosovo is now fully operational, we have entered into a number of promising sales agreements, and we are beginning to see momentum building in the demand for our marble”…

Time to think about banking a 1,100% profit on Serica Energy

Published 496 days ago

Serica Energy (SQZ) has been one of my best performing share tips ever, but following recent developments now would seem to be a good time to bank some profit, if you haven’t already done so.

Tesla - Elon Musk Shows That The Wheels Are Starting To Come Off

Published 500 days ago

As I write, Tesla (US - TSLA) at $305 has regained the level at which it was trading on Thursday when Musk lost the plot on the Q1 conference call, causing the price to drop 7% in minutes.

Altyn – 2017 production growth constrained, but transformational financing “very close”

Published 502 days ago

Gold miner in Kazakhstan, Altyn (ALTN) has announced 2017 results including “infrastructure enhancements and progress of the underground decline have been continuing” but that “production was constrained by the closure of the processing plant for maintenance and availability of the necessary equipment”…

Sanderson – trading “slightly ahead” & “a good level of confidence”. All Good - BUY

Published 502 days ago

Digital Retail and Enterprise technology group Sanderson (SND) has announced “trading results for the six months ended 31 March 2018 are slightly ahead of management's expectations” and “a good level of confidence that Sanderson will make significant further progress during the current financial year ending 30 September 2018”…

UK Investor Show 2018 Video - Stockomendation, how to track and use share tipsters

Published 504 days ago

WEelcome to the Taffies, that is to say share tipster tracking site Stockomendation - not to be confused with a company of a similar name noted for tipping as massive buys all the big frauds on AIM. Stockomendation is a useful site and all is explianed in the presentation, by James Bowden, below.

Tonight we expose a 1 billion fraud - tomorrow Tom W share tip & Mark Slater's buys

Published 506 days ago

Do you really want to miss out on all of this for the sake of saving just £5.99 a month? Tonight on ShareProphets we will expose a 1 billion capitaised fraud. Make no mistake this is a zero. And we will also reveal which idiots have threatened Tom Winnifrith with legal action as well as publishing another main stage video from UK Investor - Mr Property, Nick Leslau. But to access all this premium content you need to invest £5.99 a month. And tomorrow is Mark Slater day.

Mpac Group - a good recovery so far, more to come?

Published 506 days ago

Having been recommended at a 125p offer price in June and following a recent AGM update, shares in Mpac Group (MPAC), then Molins plc, are now comfortably above 200p...

Telit - results re-emphasise a compelling sell at 160p

Published 507 days ago

Despite missing even the most pessimistic forecasts, Telit Communications (TCM) was given the thumbs up by the market, up 3% as I write, to 160p. I guess on the basis that the kitchen sink job is now over and it is onwards and upwards from here.

Buy a ShareProphets subscription for £5.99 a month TODAY - 2 weeks of unique treats in store if you do

Published 508 days ago

In the fortnight following the UK Investor Show on April 28 there will be a spectacular avalanche of treats on ShareProphets but those treats will be for paying customers only. So what can you expect? And why should you join TODAY? Here goes...

Table of shorted AIM shares - week to 27/04/2018

Published 511 days ago

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...

9 UK Investor Show share tips for 2018 - No 8 Tom Winnifrith

Published 512 days ago

This week all of the team will tip 1 stock - long or short - which presented at UK Investor on Saturday or was mentioned in a presentation. For paying customers only, eighth up it is Tom Winnifrith.

9 UK Investor Show share tips for 2018 - No 7 Darren Atwater

Published 513 days ago

This week all of the team will tip 1 stock - long or short - which presented at UK Investor on Saturday or was mentioned in a presentation. For paying customers only, seventh up it is the pizza Hardman, Darren Atwater.

9 UK Investor Show share tips for 2018 - No 6 Nigel Somerville

Published 513 days ago

This week all of the team will tip 1 stock - long or short - which presented at UK Investor on Saturday or was mentioned in a presentation. For paying customers only, sixth up it is Nigel Somerville.

9 UK Investor Show share tips for 2018 - No 5 Chris Bailey

Published 514 days ago

This week all of the team will tip 1 stock - long or short - which presented at UK Investor on Saturday or was mentioned in a presentation. For paying customers only, fifth up it is Chris Bailey who, TW notes did a superb job interviewing Vin Murria on the main stage. Utterly top notch. Back to Chris and his share tip.

9 UK Investor Show Share tips for 2018 - No 4 Cynical Bear

Published 514 days ago

This week all of the team will tip 1 stock - long or short - which presented at UK Investor on Saturday or was mentioned in a presentation. For paying customers only, fourth up it is Cynical Bear. 

9 UK Investor Show share tips for 2018 - No 3 Malcolm Stacey

Published 515 days ago

This week all of the team will tip 1 stock - long or short - which presented at UK Investor on Saturday or was mentioned in a presentation. For paying customers only, third up it is Malcolm Stacey. 

9 UK Investor Show Share tips for 2018 – No 2 Gary Newman

Published 515 days ago

This week all of the team will tip 1 stock - long or short - which presented at UK Investor on Saturday or was mentioned in a presentation. For paying customers only, second up it is Gary Newman. 

9 UK Investor Show share tips for 2018 - No1 Steve Moore

Published 516 days ago

This week all of the team will tip 1 stock - long or short - which presented at UK Investor on Saturday or was mentioned in a presentation. For paying customers only, first up it is young Steve Moore...

The April 2018 edition of the UK Investor Show Magazine is now live featuring five great tips and the show schedule

Published 518 days ago

Featuring five great share tips plus all the details of the show.

97% sold out - book your UK Investor Show seat NOW while stocks last- showtime is 14 days away!

Published 532 days ago

UK Investor is acknowledged as the Country's leading one day event for those wanting to make more money from shares with an un-matched all star speaker lineup. The 2018 event is now exactly two weeks away. It takes place on April 21 at the QE2 Centre in Westminster and is now 97% booked out. So grab a free ticket TODAY while you can...

The February 2018 edition of the UK Investor Show Magazine is now live: Nine share tips, giving in a tax-efficient way, don't count Trump out

Published 545 days ago

Nine share tips, giving in a tax-efficient way, don't count Trump out. And much more...

The January 2018 edition of the UK Investor Magazine is now live: Nine tips, defending Churchill, and not missing Nigel Wray

Published 571 days ago

Nine share tips tips, defending Churchill, and not missing Nigel Wray. And much more...

Berkeley Energia & Goldplat – tip of the year updates

Published 575 days ago

In December, I detailed my share tips of the year for 2018; uranium-focused Berkeley Energia (BKY) and precious metals company Goldplat (GDP). The following updates…

The December 2017 edition of the UK Investor Magazine is now live: What will Father Christmas be putting in the stockings of the writers of ShareProphets, nine share tips , plus sexism at the BBC

Published 599 days ago

What will Father Christmas be putting in the stockings of the writers of ShareProphets, nine share tips, plus what sexism at the BBC

Notes from Underground: don't bogart that share, my friend

Published 622 days ago

In the UK, cannabis stocks are fever dreams of bulletin board morons. Here in Canada, it's respectable news in the quality newspaper financial pages.

FINAL CHANCE TO ENTER: ShareProphets readers share tips prize competition 2018 - once again semi-naked Quindell owning bimbos can take part

Published 628 days ago

The winner of the 2017 prize competition will be revealed tomorrow. We now though open the competition for 2018 - and once again the prize is a meal with myself. If you dislike me, you can fob that meal off on someone else. All you need to do before midnight on January 1st is to post in the comments section below your stock to buy and your stock to sell for 2018 (from the LSE or AIM Casino and the stocks not to currently be suspended). Steve Moore will monitor and report back monthly on how the competition is faring. Good luck all and especially, should they enter, to our favourite semi-naked Quindell & Cloudtag owning twins Hayley & Kate Whittaker, pictured below.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 25 a sell from Tom Winnifrith

Published 628 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a sell tip, the seventh pick from Tom Winnifrith.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 24 a buy from Tom Winnifrith

Published 628 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a buy tip, the seventh pick from Tom Winnifrith.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 23 a sell from Tom Winnifrith

Published 628 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a sell tip, the sixth pick from Tom Winnifrith.

Scandal! Profits! Cats! ShareProphets most read stories of the year

Published 629 days ago

In the last year, ShareProphets has produced 3733 articles from the scandals of Telit's Oozi Cats to the scandals of African Potash to the scandals of Cloudtag. Here are the 100 articles and 25 Bearcasts that were most read by ShareProphets readers.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 22 a buy from HotStockRockets

Published 629 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a buy tip, the second of two from the team at HotStockRockets.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 21 a buy from Nigel Somerville

Published 629 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a buy tip, the second of two from the deputy Sheriff of AIM, Nigel Somerville.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 20 a sell from Lucian Miers

Published 629 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a sell tip, the second of two from infamous bear raider, the Bard of the Boleyn, Lucian Miers.

Notes from Underground: As you get older, three things happen. The first is your memory goes. I don't remember the other two.

Published 629 days ago

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 19 a buy from HotStockrockets

Published 630 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a buy tip, the first of two from HotStockRockets

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 18 a sell from Cynical Bear

Published 630 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a sell tip, the second from Cynical Bear.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 17 a sell from Tom Winnifrith

Published 631 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a sell tip, the fourth idea ( of eight)  from Tom Winnifrith.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 16 a Buy from Nigel Somerville

Published 631 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a buy tip, the first of two ideas from Nigel Somerville.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 15 a buy from Cynical Bear

Published 631 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up is a buy tip, the first of two ideas from Cynical Bear.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 14 a buy from Tom Winnifrith

Published 632 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. There is no Number 13 so we move from 12 to 14 - next up is a buy tip, the third idea ( of eight)  from Tom Winnifrith.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 12 a sell from Lucian Miers

Published 632 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the first idea from Lucian Miers.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 11 a buy from Chris Bailey

Published 632 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the second idea from Chris Bailey.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 10 a sell from Tom Winnifrith

Published 633 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the second of eight ideas (four buys four sells) from Tom Winnifrith

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 9 a buy from Gary Newman

Published 633 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the second of two ideas from Gary Newman.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 8 a buy from Darren Atwater

Published 633 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the first of two ideas from the Pizza Hardman Darren Atwater.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 7 a buy from Tom Winnifrith

Published 634 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the first of eight ideas (four buys four sells) from Tom Winnifrith

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 6 a BUY from Malcolm Stacey

Published 634 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the second of two ideas from the grandfather of share blogging Malcolm Stacey.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 5 a buy from Steve Moore

Published 634 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the second of two ideas from Steve Moore

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 4 a buy from Chris Bailey

Published 635 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the first of two ideas from Chris Bailey.

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No 3 a buy from Steve Moore

Published 635 days ago

Between December 24 and January 2 we are serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers at ShareProphets. The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the first of two ideas from Steve Moore

The ShareProphets 24 tips of the year 2018, No2 – a Buy from Gary Newman

Published 636 days ago

Between today and January 2 we will be serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers here.  The share tips are for paying subscribers only. Next up, the first of two ideas from Gary Newman. 

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year: No1 a BUY from Malcolm Stacey

Published 636 days ago

Between today and January 2 we will be serving up 24 share tips of the year from our team of writers here.  The share tips are for paying subscribers only. We start with the first of two ideas from the grandfather of share blogging Malcolm Stacey.

The November 2017 edition of the UK Investor Magazine is now live: confronting the new takeover code, five buy share tips (and three sells), plus what are they drinking in Scotland?

Published 641 days ago

Nigel Wray's family buys the UK Investor Show, confronting the new takeover code, five buy share tips (and three sells), plus what are they drinking in Scotland?

Notes from Underground: Do you hear what I hear?

Published 650 days ago

Another week where 7 out of 10 of the top articles are videos or Bearcasts. That's fine by me, it's a USP of ShareProphets membership and I'm glad that people are using one of the defining things of our site in such numbers.

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Of course you know best Neil (another bad day for Woodford), UKOG to sub 1p and Adam Reynolds NOT fired

Published 655 days ago

I hope you enjoyed the two share tips earlier and thanks for the kind words from many of you abour our place in Greece. I start with a look at Strat Aero (AERO). I covered the dire maths earlier here but it is the sheer dishonesty of the placing that really annoys me. Then I look at more bad news for Nomates Woodford from Provident Financial (PFG) which cvould well up a zero. Then I cover UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) as its shares slide again and Arian Silver (AGQ) which is worthless. Adam Reynolds was not - as gleeful in house BB loon Wildes suggests - fired by Optibiotix (OPTI) - I explain why I remain uber bullish there. Finally today's interims from Vianet (VNET) are misleading and even after a 10% fall today the stock is a slam dunk sell.

Tom Winnifrith video - 2 share tips & some great scenery at the Greek Hovel

Published 655 days ago

I was originally meant to present this at an evening organised by brokers Turner Pope. But the compliance officer kicked off in an episode which fills me with despair so Turner Pope said put the video up on ShareProphets and we will give your speaker fee to Woodlarks anyway as it is a good cause. Good chaps. Seriously, TP get to do some good placings, notably of late Sosandar (SOS) where it was almost impossible to get stock anywhere else, So you should have an account with them just in case - you can call them on 0203 621 4121 to get the forms.  Now to the video...enjoy.

Tom Winnifrith - two share tip video from Greece - Tuesday AM (Today) on ShareProphets (paying subscribers only)

Published 655 days ago

Here is another reason to pay the equivalent of less than 2p per article and join ShareProphets. Today, not only will I be dobbing in another AIM listed company to the regulators but I will be publishing a video from here in Greece with two share tips. But it is for paying subscribers only. Surely that is worth £5.99 a month, less than 2p per article? Join now HERE for the share tips this morning and much more...

Notes from Underground: Putting your portfolio up in smoke, willingly

Published 657 days ago

This week, ShareProphets writers presented seven tips to buy for Christmas, including one from me. My original suggestion was vetoed by Tom as being 'not on AIM' and 'too weird.' But I'll share it with you now.

Bearcast plus the Christmas share tips from Steve Moore, Darren Atwater & Tom Winnifrith

Published 662 days ago

A few words from me in this final mini-bearcast and then onto the final three share tips our writers reckon will gain 33% by Christmas. First up is Steve Moore

Bonus Bearcast and Christmas Share tips from Cynical Bear and Gary Newman

Published 662 days ago

Second up with their share tips to gain 33% by Christmas are Gary & Cynical and I offer a short bearcast with my commentary on their efforts. First up is Britain's most cynical share blogger.

Bearcast Special & the Christmas share tips from Malcolm Stacey & Nigel Somerville

Published 662 days ago

We start our seven share tip Tuesday with Malcolm and Nigel. Like all the other writers they were asked to tip a share to gain 33% by Christmas. In both cases they have put their money where their mouth is. First Malcolm Stacey..

Tom Winnifrith Christmas share tips, free booze, mince pies, 4 companies - December 4

Published 671 days ago

Actually I am in Greece on December 4 or at least on my way home after the olive harvest. But, in return for a small donation to Woodlarks, I have agreed to record a video from the Greek Hovel with a few market thoughts and a couple of share tips for Christmas.

UPDATED: Don't be locked out from ShareProphets at Midnight TONIGHT! Sign up NOW!

Published 738 days ago

Evil Google and wicked Facebook have sucked all the advertising spend out of online media. We poor content providers do the creative work, the internet giants take the cash. And so we have no choice we must ask you to subscribe to ShareProphets or we must shut down. There are 297 reasons a month why you should pay as little as £5.99 a month for our content.

Gulf Keystone is a very different company these days - buy

Published 739 days ago

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) was one of the most hyped up oil companies that I have ever seen during my time in the markets, and although that all ended in tears, I think it could be worth another look now as it has changed a lot since those days.

Buy Big Sofa at 22.5p - target 60p

Published 743 days ago

When this share tip appeared on FivefreeShareTips yesterday the shares were 20.125p to buyur readers got the best deal. Do not miss out on our next tips emailed direct to you: register now HERE. But at 22.5p to buy Big Sofa (BST) still is stunningly cheap. Here is why...

IT IS FREE, IT IS LAUNCHED at 11 AM TODAY - YES TODAY - , SIGN UP NOW!

Published 744 days ago

Following complaints from Roger Lawson, ADVFN has insisted on a raft of new editorial controls on OneFreeShareTip.com. I did not re-start my life five years ago to be told what I could or could not write. I said no and ADVFN boss Clem Chambers has just said that the website will be shut down. So...our hand is forced ... Welcome to fivefreesharetips.com - we hope you join NOW HERE.

The Sun May Rise on Sunrise Resources as the 'Popcorn Rock' Pops Up

Published 744 days ago

Hello Share Smilers. Touch wood, I’ve been rather lucky with my share tips this year. So I’m now looking for penny companies which may replicate the success of some of my babies which may have reached the end of their rising tethers. It’s not easy. There is not much value out there.

6 tips, the one gold share that all must own, and six reasons why the stock market may crash in 2017 - The August edition of the UK Investor Show magazine is now live

Published 746 days ago

The August edition of the UK Investor Show Magazine is live featuring six share tips, the one gold share that all must own, and six reasons why the stock market may crash in 2017 and much more.

Lucian Miers continues his world war two theme as UK Oil & Gas shares surge again

Published 787 days ago

Lucian Miers' 3.1p short call on UK Oil & Gas (UKOG) seems to be, at present, right up there with most of the share tips of the market abuser Chris Oil in the pantheons of duff calls. The shares surged yesterday to 7.25p-7.3p. Ouch.

8 tips, CEO interviews with Wishbone & Optibiotix & much more - The July edition of the UK Investor Show magazine is now live

Published 801 days ago

The July edition of the UK Investor Show Magazine is live featuring eight share tips, a question of life after the Tories, a special book offer, CEO interviews with Optibiotix (OPTI) and Wishbone (WSBN) and much more.

Paternoster - at a c50% discount to NAV surely the shares are cheap? er...no

Published 804 days ago

My attention is  drawn to the curious way that Paternoster Resources (PRS) communicates information to its long suffering shareholders and prompted to ask if the shares are as cheap as they look. Of course they are not. 

Molins at 149p offer - worth at least 173.5p

Published 805 days ago

We tipped these shares a couple of weeks ago at a 130p offer. Readers of the Nifty Fifty are thus happy bunnies as the shares are now 147p-149p. We do serve up good share tips and Steve and I are now working on our next one! But the shares should head higher still. I explain why in detail - here is our original tip from two weeks ago.

The June edition of the UK Investor Magazine is live - 5 share Tips, voting guide, and where to emigrate if the wrong party wins

Published 809 days ago

The June edition of the UK Investor Show Magazine is live featuring three resource shares to buy, two more share tips, a voting guide for investors, and where to emigrate if the wrong party wins a special offer expiring on June 14 and much more.

TWO new hot share tips at 2 PM TODAY for just £5 - Don't miss out on our next winners!

Published 813 days ago

Our last big call was last Friday urging readers to top up on Minoan (MIN). Within one working day the company had - as we had anticipated - gained Greek planning consent and our readers were 20% ahead. It happens. Those shares are still cheap but what about our next hot share tips? As it happens there is not one but two coming out TODAY

Sell the Ocado Rally at 300p

Published 820 days ago

Until recently the stock market has been very kind to Ocado (OCDO), with the shares in May rising from 250p to nearly 320p valuing the enterprise at north of £2 billion. The company has though never remotely justified its market cap on fundamentals and has therefore needed to tease investors with hints of a huge, game-changing, deal.

Norcros – results good and remains confident: BUY

Published 825 days ago

Bathroom and household equipment and accessories group Norcros (NXR) has announced results for its year ended 31^st March 2017 and that “the board remains confident that the group should continue to make further progress for the year ending 31 March 2018”.

Stanley Gibbons bid approach - maybe mad Edi is not mad after all?

Published 832 days ago

This has been an awfu sharel tip and so, as a shareholder myself, I almost welcome an end to my suffering. I am sure the bidder is looking to pick up assets on the cheap and won't pay anything like a full price but at least the shares are up by 2.125p to 13.25p mid.

Shoe Zone – half-year results suggest continued income value

Published 832 days ago

Value footwear retailer, Shoe Zone (SHOE) has announced results for its half year ended 1^st April 2017 and that it “has traded broadly in line with management's expectations since the period end and the board continues to look to the future with confidence”.

Echo Energy - death spiral finance in disguise? A good short at 16p

Published 834 days ago

As a rule of thumb, when a company has a name change and a share consolidation it is not good news for the share price. Short term, the shares of AIM listed oil play Echo Energy (ECHO), formerly known as Independent Resources, have been an exception to that rule.

Fox Marble Results - 2017 will be THE year: Buy!

Published 835 days ago

Fox Marble (FOX) has announced its Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2016. The company reported a loss of €2.76 million on sales of €0.80 million, compared to a loss of €3.03 million and €0.23 million respectively. in 2015. So far so bad. But...

Petropavlovsk – Exploration Update emphasises achievements amidst attempted boardroom coup

Published 836 days ago

Petropavlovsk (POG) Chief Executive Pavel Maslovskiy is “delighted to report a strong set of exploration results, which are encouraging at all levels including target generation, and to update you on our progress during 2017.”

The May edition of the UK Investor Magazine is live - Tips, UK Investor Show photo feature, and the the end of the EU

Published 837 days ago

The May edition of the UK Investor Show Magazine is live featuring three share tips from Gary Newman, the Greek meltown is worse than everyone thinks, and the EU is not fit for purpose plus a photofeature from the 2017 UK Investor Show.

Fusionex: Sell while It’s still possible but I've bought Petrofac

Published 840 days ago

I certainly don’t condone bribery but I can understand why Ayman Asfari and Marwan Chedid, CEO and former COO of Petrofac (PFC) might be feeling a little hard done by, having been arrested by the Serious Fraud Office and seeing the company’s value plunge by £1.5 billion, as an investigation is launched into its dealings with shadowy Monaco-based “agent” Unaoil.

Chamberlin – full-year results and management chat

Published 845 days ago

Chamberlin (CMH), a 105p offer price share tip from ourselves last month, has announced results for its year ended 31^st March 2017 and that ongoing growth is “supported by major new contracts coming on stream”. The shares are now 154p! Who's Da Daddy???

Alliance Pharma – positive AGM update, remains a buy

Published 846 days ago

Alliance Pharma (APH) has made an AGM update announcement, including that trading “is good and in line with the board's expectations” and that “cash flow in the business remains strong”. This is a healthy reaffirmation of our BUY tip of last month which is now well in the money.

Mysquar Ltd Part 2: Taking liberties with the Truth

Published 847 days ago

I wrote about Mysquar (MYSQ) last week and promised to explain how conflicts of interest and accounting shenanigans make it uninvestable. In the AIM admission document of two years ago it is stated:

Not all our share tips give readers 12 day profits of 77% some take longer - catch next hot tip TODAY for just £5 + the Falanx excitement and will we make another 100% on Obtala

Published 848 days ago

Four times in the past three or four months we have advised our readers to bank big gains on shares we tipped - the one before the one before last was a 77% profit (offer to bid ) in just 12 days. But though we target quick gains, most tips take rather longer to make money for our readers. take Falanx (FLX) we tipped it last year at a 4.75p offer - it is a solid cashed up fast growing cyber security play. We like it so much we own a few shares too but won't be selling any of them till after our readers bank big gains. The shares are now 9.5p -10p! That is a potential 100% offer to bid profit!

Sanderson Group – interim results and management chat

Published 849 days ago

November 72p offer price share tip, Sanderson Group (SND) has announced results for its half year ended 31^st March 2017 and that it has “a good level of confidence that the group will continue to make further progress and deliver trading results in line with market expectations for the current year”.

MySQUAR, a total basket case. Sell at 5.1p

Published 853 days ago

I wrote recently about AIM listed BNN Technology (BNN), a flaky and wildly over promoted China tech play, but having had a look at Burmese tech play MySQUAR (MYSQ), BNN looks a solid blue chip.

Zytronic – strong interims - lets bank our profits

Published 854 days ago

Zytronic (ZYT) has announced results for its half year ended 31^st March 2017 and that “the second half of the year has started well and is in line with expectations and on this basis we expect to make further progress in creating value for shareholders”.

Interquest - sell in the market: chairman Gary Ashworth acts like a prize tosser

Published 854 days ago

Interquest (ITQ) has now announced that there is a formal offer at 42p per share in cash from an MBO team led by Gary Ashworth. That would be the same Ashworth who told us after the last profits warning that the future was bright and the shares were cheap at 52p.

ECR Minerals China subscription update - like pulling (Dragon's) Teeth but shares will zoom soon

Published 855 days ago

The great £553,564 investment by Shenyang Xinliaoan Machinery Co Ltd into ECR Minerals (ECR) announced on 27 February grinds on.

Veltyco – 2016 results, remains confident

Published 856 days ago

Veltyco (VLTY) has announced results for the 2016 calendar year and that it “is confident that the group will continue to deliver strong growth”…

Premaitha - full year trading statement: BUY

Published 856 days ago

Premaitha (NIPT) has updated on trading in the year to March 31 2017. Of course, what matters is not historic trading but the future, that is to say the patent challenge by US corporate fascist bully-boys Ilumina. However, some numbers do matter...

K3 Business Technology – another profit warning, faith lost. Sell.

Published 856 days ago

K3 Business Technology (KBT) has updated that it “now believes that the results for the year to 30 June 2017 will be significantly below current market expectations” as “certain large Enterprise contracts have not been secured as expected”...

InterQuest – possible management buyout offer, a piss take

Published 857 days ago

With shares in InterQuest (ITQ) yesterday having increased on the day from comfortably below 40p to well above, at 3:51pm (noting the “recent share price movement” - nothing suspicious to concern AIM regulation then!) a newly created company (Chisbridge Ltd) formed by Gary Ashworth, Chris Eldridge and David Bygrave (respectively InterQuest Chairman, CEO and CFO and 33.3%, 0% and 0.1% shareholders) ‘confirmed’ “that it is evaluating making an offer for InterQuest at 42 pence per share in cash with a full loan note alternative”. They're taking the piss, surely...

Optibiotix - launch of Slimbiome and LPLDL products. Read closely & buy

Published 857 days ago

OptiBiotix Health (OPTI) has announced what it terms the "successful" launch of its SlimBiome® and LPLDL® products at the Vitafoods Europe tradeshow in Geneva from the 9-11 of May 2017. The event provided the opportunity to connect with 16,500 industry decision makers from the supplements, nutraceutical, functional food and beverage industries. This is viewed as one of the world's leading trade fairs for the food and drinks industry. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Companies always say launches are successful. More jam tomorrow. So what. Etc. But no read on... We have underlined a few key words for you.

Petropavlovsk – board structure update amidst attempted coup

Published 857 days ago

Petropavlovsk (POG) has updated on the attempted boardroom coup – including on its process to appoint an independent Non-Executive Chairman, a further independent Non-Executive director and opposition to the requisitioning shareholder nominees.

Sell Petro Matad Before the Death Spiral Picks up Speed

Published 860 days ago

It is extremely rare for companies to resort to death spiral financing without serious damage to their share price (Gulf Keystone pulled it off a few years ago, but it really doesn’t happen often). Mongolian oil explorer Petro Matad (MATD) is unlikely to be an exception to this rule.

Andrews Sykes – 2016 results, dividend yield remains attractive despite share price rise

Published 860 days ago

Andrews Sykes (ASY), a 380p offer price November share tip, has announced results for the 2016 calendar year and that it is “cautiously optimistic for further success in 2017”…

Notes from Underground: In the year 2117, if man is still alive...

Published 860 days ago

Well, the first non-Tom article is by me, at a lofty #4: Leavers are either nuts or hiding what they're really on about. There, I said it. To be honest, I still haven't received a satisfying answer in the comments.

Premaitha - puts Swiss distributor Genoma into bankruptcy: BUY

Published 861 days ago

The issue with Genoma was flagged up in the interims pre-Christmas. It owes Premaitha (NIPT) £750,000. That debt looks like a bad debt because the Swiss company has - despite its parent company concluding a fundraise - been having financial issues. So Premaitha has gone to court and had Genoma made bankrupt.

Symphony Environmental - very bullish AGM statement: hang on, hang on

Published 861 days ago

We are now way ahead on this share tip which was at a 6.75p offer. The shares are now 15.25p-16p on the back of a very bullish trading statement. But before you think about taking profits on Symphony Environmental (SYM) remember that the market cap is still just £23.6 million.

Stanley Gibbons - a curate's egg update

Published 861 days ago

Stanley Gibbons (SGI) “is pleased to announce the sale of a major part of its Interiors division and to provide an update on its current trading and the restructuring”…

Petropavlovsk - what on earth is M&G doing getting into bed with dodgy Russians? Attempted coup

Published 862 days ago

Petropavlovsk (POG) has announced that it has received notification that three shareholders will vote against the re-election of all five existing directors and attempt to insert four new chaps at the forthcoming EGM. The shareholders all got their holding via the debt for equity swap and so are well in the money and are Renova Asset Holding Limited, Sothic Capital European Opportunities Master Fund Limited and M&G Debt Opportunities Fund II Limited.

Optibiotix - share slippage not a reason to sell, but to buy

Published 862 days ago

Shares in Optibiotix (OPTI) hit 60.5p mid at one point Wednesday but closed at 61p-63p. Having retipped this as a buy in the low seventies and at up to 80p we have received a number of emails saying "should we sell?" Some were citing savants on the LSE Bulletin Board who make dire predictions and others were asking what is wrong?

Concepta - China deal, the worst PR on AIM but the shares very cheap

Published 862 days ago

Concepta (CPT) has announced major news. But whichever fucktards are paid £5,000 a month for writing its press releases have done their best to bollocks it up. Step forward Yellow Jersey PR, a haven for the morally bankrupt or intellectually challenged. Anyhow, Concepta has announced its first Chinese distributor.

Orogen - why Tom Winnifrith's family has bought more

Published 864 days ago

Is Orogen (ORE) the cheapest AIM shell? It could well be. That is why, with the shares at 1.625p mid, FIML - a company owned by the family trust of Tom Winnifrith, has added to its holding. As a reminder...

Character Group – lower interims, but confidence remains

Published 864 days ago

Character Group (CCT) has announced results for its half year ended 28^th February 2017 and that “we remain on target to achieve current market expectations for the full financial year”…

Two emergency share tips at 2PM - catch both ( & news on the cheapest share on AIM) for just £5

Published 865 days ago

These share tips cannot wait. Events are moving fast. We expect shares in both companies to start racing ahead within days and those who follow our tips to be sitting on gains of 50%+ as a result. And so we will publish two new emergency share tips this afternoon ( Tuesday 9th May) at 2 PM sharp.

Sanderson Group – half-year trading update, “in line” & confident

Published 868 days ago

November addition to the Nifty Fifty Growth portfolio, Sanderson Group (SND) has updated on half-year ended 31^st March 2017 trading “in line with management's expectations” and on a “good level of confidence that the group will continue to make further progress during the current financial year”…

Buy Altyn at a 1.99p offer

Published 873 days ago

Recent years have been ones of transition from open pit towards underground mining for Altyn (ALTN). However, production is now starting to increase again - and the anticipated marked increase from current levels looks far from discounted in the present valuation. As such, the shares are a buy

Concepta at 17p offer: Last chance to Buy: fireworks ahead - target 28p to sell

Published 874 days ago

Concepta (CPT) has been a slow burner but we are well ahead on this share tip with the shares now at 16.6p-17p.Last autumn that it was about to sell its MyLotus kits in China and since then it has appointed a country manager and huffed and puffed but there are no sign of those sales. But you won't need to wait long. There are fireworks coming soon.

Sell Restaurant Group, 353p does not reflect the risks

Published 875 days ago

Restaurant Group (RTN), owner of the Frankie & Benny's and Chiquito brands, has been struggling to turn itself around for a while now as it attempts to combat falling sales and somewhat tired brands.

Veltyco - fundraise and proposed acquisitions. Hmmm...but BUY

Published 885 days ago

Veltyco (VLTY) has announced a €2.55 million subscription for new shares to fund two acquisitions which it argues represent “an exciting opportunity… to grow its business by building on existing online betting brands, using its expertise in online marketing combined with award winning sportsbook technology”…

Norcros - full-year trading update boosts shares: BUY

Published 887 days ago

Supplier of branded showers, taps, bathroom accessories, tiles and adhesives, Norcros (NXR) has updated that year ended 31^st March 2017 adjusted operating profit “is expected to be in line with the board's expectations” and that “the board is confident that the group is well placed to make further progress”…

Chamberlin - positive trading update, a good share tip prospers

Published 888 days ago

Recent 105p offer price Nifty Fifty share tip, Chamberlin (CMH) has updated on trading – including that, following “a strengthened performance in the second half” of its year ended 31^st March 2017, underlying profitability will be ahead of the prior year and “in line” with current market forecasts…

BNN Technology: Where does all that money go?

Published 888 days ago

BNN Technology (BNN) has duly announced its prelims for the year to Dec 2016. First of all: hats off to broker Mirabaud for finding punters willing to throw a further £25 million at the company on top of £51 million stumped up last year.

BNN Technology - still hugely overvalued. Sell.

Published 893 days ago

I hadn’t heard of BNN Technology (BNN) until last Wednesday, when the shares tanked nearly 30% without any news, forcing the company to issue a statement to the effect that revenue was expected to grow this year, the prelims for year to Dec 2016 will be out before Easter and that the company was sitting on £28 million cash at the beginning of the year. I thought this warranted a closer look.

Safestyle: bank profits

Published 895 days ago

Safestyle UK (SFE) has announced “record results” for 2016 and that it “is well placed to continue its progress in 2017”. But…

Bushveld Minerals: Do the Maths

Published 896 days ago

At the UK Investor Show on Saturday I got chatting to a group of likely lads who were in celebratory mode, having enjoyed considerable success of late at momentum trading AIM resource stocks. Bushveld Minerals (BMN) was a name that cropped up, so I decided to have a quick look.

The March edition of the UK Investor Magazine is live - with why we fight fraud

Published 904 days ago

The March edition of the UK Investor Show Magazine is live featuring 7 share tips, company profiles, interview with Richard Poulden of PCGE, why we fight fraud & fake news on Channel 4, Donald Trump, Marine Le Pen, a look at the banksters and much more.

Obtala - great update and great placing! We are more than 100% ahead - more to come

Published 905 days ago

We tipped this stock at 8.5p (offer) so are 100% ahead but there is far more to come. Obtala (OBT) has followed a quarterly business update with news that it has entered into a conditional subscription agreement to issue £4 million of new shares at 20p each - with also the same amount of warrants convertible at the same price.

Falanx - MidGard launch and massive name tie ups

Published 906 days ago

You would not have thought that Falanx (FLX) had, yesterday,  served up some cracking news but it has. The shares rose just a fraction tpo 6.5p-7p. The market is missing what is going on for now, here but the import will sink in. We are well ahead on our 4.5p offer share tip but there is plenty more to go for.

Amryt - trials of AP101 now underway - broker ups target to 88p: buy at 20p or under

Published 906 days ago

Shares in Amryt Pharma (AMYT) are starting to move the right way and ever faster as clear progress is made with its portfolio. On Tuesday we had the, not unexpected, news that it has started the phase 3 ( that is to say final human) trials of AP101, its lead drug candidate, a potential treatment for Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). EB is a rare, genetic skin disorder, which causes exceptionally fragile skin.

And this another reason why folks just can't take ADVFN seriously...its joke awards are announced

Published 914 days ago

The joke awards from ADVFN (AFN) are here again and yet again Brokerman Dan is honoured as the share blogger of the year. Two wins in three years. Nothing to do with him being on the board of delisted & shamed Sefton Resources together with his pals the ADVFN bosses, running an online tipsheet with the ADVFN Chairman this is all down to merit. Oh yes it is. Stop sniggering at the back! Actually it is not the most "interesting" award.

Final Thoughts on the Disgraceful IGAS Debacle. Lest We Forget

Published 917 days ago

As the sordid story of IGas (IGAS) reaches its conclusion with massive destruction of value for its shareholders, let us not forget a deceitful and misleading chain of events, approved by Sarah Hale then at NOMAD Jeffries and completely unpunished by the AIM regulators.

About bloody time ...good news from Petropavlovsk: buy

Published 918 days ago

Petropavlovsk (POG) has updated on its pressure oxidation hub development, with construction activities having fully resumed following bank debt refinancing.

Interquest Results - still a recovery buy

Published 919 days ago

Technology sectors-focused recruitment group, InterQuest (ITQ) has announced results from a “challenging” 2016 year of“transformation” following a change in executive management, though is “cautiously optimistic about 2017”.

Three Top Tips To Tweak the Tricky Task of Ticklish Timing

Published 920 days ago

Hello Share Carriers. It’s often said - and for good reason - that timing is everything in the great share game. Usually it’s trying to sell at the top and buy at the bottom. As this is well nigh impossible, it’s probably useful to look at other matters of timing, which are a bit easier to achieve.

Lucy Wray: UK Investor ticket update just 400 of 3000 left for April 1 - grab your free one NOW

Published 921 days ago

Time really is running out if you want to attend what is the country's biggest and most exciting one day event for those who are serious about making money from shares. UK Investor Show will be having a 15th birthday party on April 1 (no kidding) in Westminster, London. But as of today fewer than 400 of the 3,000 tickets are unallocated. So if you want to attend book one NOW!

Red Flags Still Fluttering at Mayair Group

Published 923 days ago

Back in August I suggested that Mayair Group (MAYA), which purports to provide clean air solutions in China might not be so different from other AIM listed China plays.

Symphony Environmental Results - more good news

Published 924 days ago

Symphony Environmental Technologies (SYM) has announced results for the 2016 calendar year and that “we expect to build on the positive momentum and are optimistic for a successful year ahead”.

Begbies Trading Statement - downgrade stance but sure don't sell!

Published 926 days ago

Business recovery and property services group, Begbies Traynor (BEG) has updated on its third quarter (to end January), including that “we are encouraged to see some (insolvency) market stability”.

Our last share tip is 70% up in 11 days - our next hot tip is at NOON Wednesday - catch it & 2 more for just £5

Published 927 days ago

That 70% gain is at the bid by the way - what you could sell the shares for! We have no need to bodge our satistics our tips are just good tips. And we are not advising readers to sell yet - we expect them to be banking gains of 100% plus on that one within weeks. That is what we like - share tips that deliver big gains fast!

Lonmin offers a leveraged play on platinum prices

Published 930 days ago

Lonmin PLC (LMI) was one of my best performing share tips during 2016, and following the recent pullback I think it is well worth another look.

The February edition of the UK Investor Magazine is live - with stocks to fall in love with

Published 930 days ago

The February edition of the UK Investor Show Magazine is live featuring 7 share tips, company profiles, and stocks to fall in love with plus much more.

2 new share tips in 3 days for £5, starting at 7.45 AM TODAY (Friday)

Published 939 days ago

Not all our share tips are winners. If they are doing nothing we try to admit we erred and advise selling even if it means taking a small loss. We want our readers invested in shares that are moving the right way and quickly. But there comes a time to sell even big winners. This month we have already advised readers to bank gains three times.

Tom Winnifrith: More than 150 reasons to attend the 15th Birthday Party at UK Investor Show on April 1: Book NOW!

Published 941 days ago

April 1 really is the date for the UK Investor Show which is now the 15th time that Nigel Wray, aka Britain's Buffett, and I have been involved in staging such an event. So it is a birthday party as well. And with MBN, the incredibly well regarded events management firm owned by Nigel's daughter Lucy, now in charge this will be a knockout event. Indeed here are more than 150 reasons why anyone serious about making money from shares must be there!

Premaitha share issue - not a grovel sort of placement: BUY

Published 946 days ago

After two pieces of good news in as many days you do not need to be cynic of the year to expect a placing. But this is not a placing as in the company's broker goes and grovels to fund managers. Premaitha (NIPT) was approached and asked it wanted cash and so has taken £1.487 million at 8.75p per share from Harwood Capital

Falanx: New business unit - so what? Grrrrr - still a buy (or hold at worst)

Published 946 days ago

In a very strong contender for non news of the week Falanx (FLX) has announced the creation of a new business unit, Falanx Cyber Technologies. Right. 

Kefi Minerals Fund Raise - grit your teeth and buy

Published 946 days ago

This Kefi Minerals (KEFI) share tip at a 0.58p offer has not been a good one so far. We apologise and as shareholders share your pain. The shares are now 0.34p-0.36p. We took more shares in this fundraise at 0.33p on the view that the underlying value is c1p per share. So what has happened?

The January edition of the UK Investor Magazine is live 7 share tips and much more

Published 947 days ago

The January edition of the UK Investor Magazine is live featuring 7 share tips, company profiles, and what to do with the Dow at 20,000 plus much more.

Collagen Placing and Open Offer - go for it!

Published 947 days ago

On recommending shares in Collagen Solutions (COS) at the end of 2016 we noted that the company is understood to be investigating the possible use of debt financing, though this is a risk here.  It has now announced a financing potentially to provide “sufficient working capital to fund the group until it achieves cash flow positive operations”…

BREAKING: Snake Oil Salesman & Charlatan Darren Winters defeated and humiliated in Court - The curse of ShareProphets is upon him

Published 961 days ago

For almost 20 years, the spiv Darren Winters has been making a killing charging mug punters five figure sums for utterly worthless stockmarket courses. His salesman get punters to sign pieces of paper which they say do not bind them to anything then bully and threaten folks for thousands of pounds. In 2015 we started to expose this conman and Winters threatened us with legal action unless we desisted HERE. We said "see you in Court Bitchez!" and he declined that offer. We then started funding various cases of folks who Winters was trying to fleece. Winters has used google to try to stop people finding out about this (see HERE) but yesterday one case came to Court. It was a disastrous humiliation for Winters - who sent his ghastly Mrs Tatjana to represent him - and ouzo o'clock for ShareProphets & the Sheriff of AIM. Here is the story of Mr O.

Our October share tip of the month has almost doubled, our next tip of the month is out TODAY - grab it for just £5

Published 967 days ago

Our October share tip of the month was Sula Iron & Gold (SULA). The Bulletin Board Morons thought we were daft and the shares were 0.18p offer. Today they trade at 0.33p-0.34p so were are heading fora 100% gain and some brokers think we are mad. Broker VSA says the shares are still cheap and reckons fair value is 2.5p. we kid you not.

PureCircle - sell the rally

Published 978 days ago

Purecircle (PURE), the purveyor of stevia products (plant based sugar substitutes) warned on January 5th that first half results for the six months to 31 Dec 2016 were likely to crash into a loss from last years $5 million profit.

Shoe Zone - buy on results

Published 980 days ago

UK value footwear retailer, Shoe Zone (SHOE) has announced results for its year ended 1^st October 2016, that it has made a “solid start” to its current year and that “the board remains positive for the outlook of the group”.

We've brought our next hot share tip forward as it is so hot - catch it for just £5 TODAY

Published 981 days ago

We were not planning to serve up our next share tip until the end of the month. But shares can move fast on AIM and we have identified a stock where something really is bubbling. And so our next hot share tip is out TODAY (Friday 13th) at 2 PM. we are working hard on it now.

Concepta gets EU ISO13485 accreditation for MyLotus shares at 18p set to hit 28p+ by easter

Published 981 days ago

Concepta (CPT) has announced that it has secured ISO13485 accreditation which is a key step in attaining its CE marking for its 'myLotus' product for unexplained infertility.

Writing to NOMADs. A New Year Resolution. First Off is Harvest Minerals.

Published 986 days ago

I have often grumbled about the inadequacies of the AIM NOMAD system which has always seemed to me to be an inherent conflict of interest. That is to say that NOMADs are expected to ensure that their client companies adhere to the AIM rules and given that they are paid by these companies, the temptation to ignore transgressions is irresistible, particularly given the reputation for inaction by the regulatory authorities.

Challenge accepted, Mr Winnifrith: my stock picks for 2017

Published 986 days ago

Last week, Tom accused me of bailing on on my 2017 tips as I was too busy dancing naked around the Winterval Pole praying for Gaia to weaken the minds of good people around the world to accept ciimate change. Or something like that, I didn't read it too closely. Now, my role here at ShareProphets is to keep the plates spinning, not make the tips. But that changes today.

Notes from Underground: People are making money on AIM, thanks to this one old weird trick

Published 986 days ago

One of the comments made by bulletin board/Twitter morons that I always find mystifying is: "Oh, you guys are just trying to get page views."

Stanley Gibbons - dire interims but...

Published 989 days ago

This is one of our worst share tips and also one of my (TW) worst investments of recent years. Collectibles group Stanley Gibbons (SGI) has announced further dire results - this time for the six months ended 30^th September 2016 - though “is optimistic that the trading of the group is now beginning to reflect the giant strides made through the restructuring plan in a year of substantial transition” (including a completely new board of directors).

Buy RedT Energy says Andrew Monk - one of his 3 share tips of the year

Published 990 days ago

Andrew Monk of VSA Resources was today explaining in his private daily email why RedT Energy (RED) was his nap share tip of the year. Now bear in mind VSA acts for Red T but Monk is a principled sort of fellow and if he says he believes in something he really does.  As such it is over to the Monkey who writes:

The ShareProphets 24 share tips of the year for 2017 in review - can you do better?

Published 992 days ago

Since Christmas Even the various authors on the ShareProphets website have been serving up at least 1 share tip for 2017 every single day. There are blue chips, small caps, buys and sells. And of course we also have our readers share tip prize contest for 2017 where the deadline to enter is midnight and where you can enter HERE. But what did our writers tip. As we prepare for the stockmarket to reopen on Tuesday here is a full recap:

ShareProphets Readers share tips Prize Competition 2017 - deadline midnight TODAY

Published 992 days ago

Once again we will have a competition and once again the prize is a meal with myself. If you dislike me you can fob that meal off on someone else. All you need to do before midnight on January 2nd is to post in the comments section below your stock to buy and your stock to sell. Steve Moore will monitor and report back monthly on how the competition fares. He will also be announcing the 2016 winner on 3rd January. Good luck all and especially, should they enter, to our favourite semi naked twins Hayley & Kate Whittaker pictured below.

Buy Character Group

Published 992 days ago

Following positive results at the start of December, shares in Character Group (CCT) went on to exceed 530p. However, following news of director share sales they slid to a 495p offer price at which point in December we tipped them to our readers on the Nifty Fifty website we run with Lucian Miers. The shares are now 510p and still a buy.

ShareProphets share tips of the year number 23: Sell Telit Communications says Tom Winnifrith

Published 992 days ago

Telit Communications (TCM) is the most heavily shorted stock on AIM but its share price has proved incredibly resilient. At 275p it is almost up at 2016 year highs and the company is capitalised at £317 million. But you simply cannot defy gravity forever and, as a sell, it is my next share tip of the year.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year Number 22 - sell Plus 500 says Lucian Miers

Published 992 days ago

Lucian is still on his grand tour of Eastern Europe but before he left he told me his two sell tips of the year for 2017. The first, natch, was Cloudtag (CTAG) HERE. The second, at 384.5p, is Plus 500 (PLUS).

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - my entries in the ShareProphets readers tips contest explained

Published 993 days ago

The entries in the ShareProphets readers share tips contest are stacking up. And who would not want to win a meal with me? I very much hope that Hayley & Kate, pictured below,, enter and are successful. If they do win there is no need for them to dress up, if that makes them feel uncomfortable. I have two ideas for my sell but think Steve would ban them both so instead I go for one he will allow and explain why it is going to 0p. Then I explain why my buy - which we do own - could multibag.  I hope you will enter the contest as well and you can do so HERE

ShareProphets share tips of the year Number 21 - Buy Minoan says Tom Winnifrith

Published 993 days ago

Minoan (MIN) has been something of an AIM uber-dog for many years. It is a stock that I have tipped with success once and with lack of success more than once. Its failure to deliver on gaining planning consent on its Cave Sidero site in Crete over more than a decade is perhaps why its shares languish at 6.25-6.5p. But 2017 will be THE year.

REACT - ghastly statement but market over-reacts: BUY

Published 993 days ago

REACT (REAT) served up a ghastly trading statement just before Christmas, but in marking the shares down to 0.7p ( market cap £2 million) traders over-reacted.

Notes From Underground: Happy New Year

Published 993 days ago

As today is New Year's Day, there is nothing to do but reflect on our activities of the past year and anticipate the adventures of the next. Starting Tuesday, we'll be back full time, although we have a few surprises planned for Monday, Quixotically jousting the windmills of AIM but for today, Happy New Year to you and your familes. 

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year number 20: Buy Amryt Pharma says Tom Winnifrith

Published 994 days ago

Boy did Amryt bore its loyal shareholders, including us, to tears for most of 2016. Owning this stock, formerly a failed oil explorer Fastnet, was like watching paint dry. Amid a totally understandable ennui the shares drifted back to lows of just under 14p which - as we had tipped the shares at 18.4p and bought ourselves at higher levels - was a bit of a pain. But then in November it roared into life and the shares are now 18.5p-20.5p and are my second buy tip of the year at up to 22p.

ShareProphets share tips of the year Number 19: Sell Taihua says Nigel Somerville

Published 994 days ago

ShareProphets AIM-China Filthy Forty play Taihua (TAIH) is, in my view, a screaming sell in view of the Red Flags highlighted on this site for months. I doubt very much whether a short position is possible with this stock, but if I were a holder I’d be running for the hills.

Catch Four hot share tips THIS MORNING for just £5! - NOW ALL OUT!

Published 995 days ago

2016 is not over yet and we have four more share tips to serve up by midday TODAY and you can catch all of them for just £5 by clicking HERE

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year Number 17 - Sell Eden Research says Tom Winnifrith

Published 995 days ago

In the long run buying shares in companies that break accounting rules, commit fraud and which are running out of, other people's, money is a recipe for poverty and thus AIM listed fraud Eden Research is my second share tip of the year, like my first (Cloudtag HERE) it is as a sell. The shares are now xxp but this is a sell at any price down to 0p. Frauds are always worthless in the end.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year Number 18 - buy Wishbone Gold says Tom Winnifrith

Published 995 days ago

You want your share tip of the year to have the potential to double or treble. You will not get that with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Equally it is incredibly unlikely that you might lose 75% of your cash on Glaxo. Elephants do not gallop eith forwards or backwards. My third tip of the year is a stock that could lose 75% and become a cash shell. But it is also one that could easily treble and I think he odds are on the treble not the collapse. I refer to Wishbone Gold (WSBN)

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Why Criminal Aidan Earley must be defeated for the sake of AIM and for Natural Justice

Published 996 days ago

If the bonkers convicted criminal Aidan Earley goes through with his threat and takes legal action against me I shall see him in court and - once again - I shall defeat him. I explain what happened last time we met and why it is vital that Earley is now crushed. If he wins I shall quit writing about shares and this website will close. You say "so what?". The point is that if Earley wins it will become suicidal to run negative articles even on the most blatant of frauds, he will have established this principle. London will become a safe haven for fraudsters. That is what Earley wants. This article HERE is referred to when I say how FEW companies I accuse of fraud, contrary to what the dirty little criminal Earley says.

ShareProphets share tips of the year Number 16: Sell IGAS says Nigel Somerville

Published 996 days ago

A year ago I made AIM-listed Igas Energy (IGAS) my one suggestion – as a sell - as part of the ShareProphets tipfest for 2016. Without wishing to sound like a broken record, it is still a sell – and the clock is really ticking now especially in the light of this morning’s RNS.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017: No 15 Buy Centamin says Malcolm Stacey

Published 996 days ago

Hello Share Hopers. Gold prices are not as high as they might be, given the shakiness of the major currencies over this year. These currencies may be come even more unstable in 2017 - the dollar, euro and pound.

ShareProphets share tips of the year number 13, sell Cloudtag says Lucian Miers

Published 997 days ago

Lucian is off on a tour of Eastern Euroland but when asked what his top sell tip for 2017 was he was in little doubt - at almost any price the answer is Cloudtag (CTAG) with a target price of nil. Actually Lucian does not see the shares hitting zero. However...

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year Number 12 Steve Moore says sell Tungsten

Published 997 days ago

Recent half-year results from Tungsten Corporation (TUNG) sought to emphasise “statutory loss after tax £4.5 million, a £15.5 million improvement over H1-FY16”. However, not included in this comparison is that the prior period loss included £6.8 million of non-cash impairment and £2.3 million of finance cost foreign exchange losses against, respectively, none and a £5.2 million gain this time around. Capitalised, at a current 53.75p bid price, at approaching £68 million and it looking like there is further prodigious cash burn ahoy, the shares are a sell…

Shareprophets Share tips of the year Number 11 - Cynical Bear says sell Challenger Acquisitions

Published 997 days ago

Challenger Acquisitions (CHAL) has a been a common target for me this year and it doesn’t surprise me that its share price has collapsed from 37.5p when I first wrote on the subject back in January to 11.875p today – a drop of 68%. However, I think there’s plenty more to go and would actually be surprised if it still existed by this time next year.

Reach4Entertainment - breach of banking covenant update - this is good news

Published 998 days ago

Reach (R4E) flagged up in its FY numbers in May that it would probably breach banking covenants. It argued this was a technical matter of no concern but the shares slumped. We urged you to buy then.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017 number 10: Steve Moore says Buy Interquest

Published 998 days ago

Following another profit warning recently, InterQuest (ITQ) has been a disastrous tip for 2016 from myself (though, thankfully, outweighed by my other one, Avesco Group, delivering a more than 180% return). But the current 36p offer price for the shares looks to me much too harsh an appraisal…

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017 Number 9 Gary Newman says Sell Sound Energy

Published 998 days ago

Sound Energy (SOU) has performed better than I expected in 2016 and the share price has held up at higher levels than I anticipated, yet I still think the current market valuation is totally crazy at this stage!

Harvest Minerals: If it Looks too Good to Be True……..

Published 999 days ago

On the face of it, Harvest Minerals (HMI), whose shares have quadrupled since they switched horses from the ASX to the AIM Casino a year ago, seem like a cracking good investment.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017 Number 8 Steve Moore says Sell Sabien Technology

Published 999 days ago

With prodigious cash burn the focus of my other sell tip of the year, the focus on this one is the balance sheet in conjunction with current trading…

ShareProphets Share Tips of the Year Number 7 - Buy Randgold Resources says Gary Newman

Published 999 days ago

When it comes to picking a company which is going to perform well over the course of a year, I believe that you need to consider the macro-economic factors that are likely to affect the sector in which it operates.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017: No 6 Buy Big Sofa Technologies says HotStockRockets

Published 1000 days ago

We have four more share tips out between now and January 2nd which you can access for just a fiver HERE, but here is one we prepared earlier which is our first share tip of the year.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017: No 5 Buy Swallowfield says Steve Moore

Published 1000 days ago

A recent share tip on the Nifty Fifty website at a 250p offer price, shares in developer, formulator and supplier of personal care and beauty products, Swallowfield (SWL) are already ahead to a current 270p offer price. However, this is still down from 290p reached in October - and I believe there could be much more to come and so it is my first tip of the year.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017: No 4 Buy IQE says Malcolm Stacey

Published 1002 days ago

I am quite confident in making IQE (IQE) a tip of the year. And this is despite the fact that this outfit usually appears in the list of most shorted shares, helpfully published on this spectacular website.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017: No3 Sell Wolseley says Chris Bailey

Published 1002 days ago

Best FTSE-100 short for 2017?  After musing about the property stocks I chanced upon Wolseley’s (WOS) epic push towards a 50 quid share price.  First congratulations to anyone who picked up shares in the plumbing and building industry supplier at the time of the Brexit referendum vote for around 36 quid.  My advice though for 2017 is to sell the shares. 

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017: No 2 Sell Cloudtag says Tom Winnifrith

Published 1002 days ago

I kick off my contribution to the 24 share tips of the year for 2017 that ShareProphets writers will be publishing between now and January 3 with one of the four sells I shall deliver. And I start with the most obvious: sell AIM fraud Cloudtag (CTAG) at 7.125p with a 0p target.

ShareProphets Share Tips of the year 2017: No 1 Buy Whitbread says Chris Bailey

Published 1002 days ago

If you want to buy just one new single stock in the FTSE-100 for 2017 you need to look at the perceived Brexit losers given, over the course of the next 12 months, Brexit apocalypse will move further away via delays and position dilution.  Forget big overseas earners as this backdrop will crimp their translated back into Sterling earnings so it has to be more domestic plays.  And filtering for market leadership, strong balance sheet and continued growth hopes I end up with Whitbread (WTB) the owner of the Costa Coffee and Premier Inn franchises. 

REVIEWED: ShareProphets writers share tips of the year for 2016

Published 1003 days ago

On the long tack, it is congratulations to Gary Newman with Vedanta Resources (VED, currently +220%) edging out Steve Moore (Avesco Group, +186%)...

2016 in review: our top 30 articles and Tom's ten most read non financial pieces

Published 1003 days ago

As the year draws to a close it is only natural that we look back on the past twelve months. And it has been twelve months of achievement. It is a great achievement in that our writers have continued to write exactly what they want without any editorial interference. So Cynical Bear & Gary Newman have knocked shares I own. So what? We really do support free speech.  And it has been a year when we have "dealt with" more frauds and lies on the AIM casino and the main market than ever before. That really is the USP of ShareProphets.

Zytronic serves up good results - buy

Published 1004 days ago

Recent share tip of ours Zytronic (ZYT) has announced results for its year ended 30^th September 2016 and that its new “year has started well with orders, revenue and current trading ahead of the same period last year”.

Our Monday share tip is up by 26% so far but it will double from here - catch it and 4 more tips for just £5 NOW!

Published 1005 days ago

Our Monday share tip is up by 26% in 1 day but it will double from here - catch it and 4 more tips for just £5 NOW!

San Leon bid approach - Hold pro tem - any bid must be at c70p +

Published 1005 days ago

San Leon Energy (SLE) has announced an early stage bid approach. Its shares are up to 49.5p on the news just down on our tip price but we hope you've followed our advice since and averaged down so are in the money. San states:

Falanx - very cheering AGM Statement Indeed

Published 1006 days ago

The AGM of Falanx (FLX) on Thursday was a cheerful affair. We tipped these shares at a 4.25p offer in May. They are now 6.75p-7.5p. ot only were all the usual tedious resolutions passed but there was an upbeat trading statement.

Five hot share tips for just £5 - starts Monday 7.45 AM (TODAY!): Don't miss out!

Published 1006 days ago

On Friday we published an update on a tip from a few months ago. We tipped the shares at a 4.25p offer, they are now 6.75p to sell so that is not a bad return for 5 months work. BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH! The shares are still cheap and we won't be advising selling till they are 8p or more which they will be very soon.

Begbies Results - still a buy

Published 1007 days ago

Business recovery and property services group Begbies Traynor (BEG) has announced results for its half-year ended 31^st October 2016 and that “for the year as a whole, we anticipate growth in earnings, in line with expectations”.

Petropavlovsk and that global warming update - buy

Published 1008 days ago

Petropavlovsk (POG) has announced results of its adverse weather-induced (are you reading Al Gore?) impact assessment at Andreevskaya East  – with both negative and positive outcomes.

TODAY 2 PM ...TWO share tips from the Sheriff of AIM - make money before Christmas

Published 1009 days ago

Some folks are winding down for Christmas already. Idle wotsits! Steve Moore and I are, however very much hard at work and we will have not one but TWO fantastic share tips coming out TODAY, Friday 16th December, at 2 PM. Christmas shopping can wait. These share tips are too hot. They can't!

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: I shall keep this simple so that morons don't get even more confused

Published 1009 days ago

I start with a few explanations of how businesses work and how markets work for shareholders in Cloudtag (CTAG) and Optibiotix (OPTI), Then I mention two risers, Falanx (FLX) and Andalas (ADL) before moving on to Marechale (MAC), MySquar (MYSQ) and finally, in great detail, the 17 years of jam tomorrow bollocks that is Torotrak (TRK). Remember, as per podcast, - five share tips for a fiver - starts Monday at 7 AM, don't miss out sign up HERE

Optibiotix - big news and validation from India: Buy

Published 1009 days ago

On 29 November Optibiotix (OPTI) stated: "OptiBiotix reports that it has reached late stage commercial discussions with six commercial partners across its technology and product platforms.". The knockers said "jam tomorrow won't happen". This week the first of the six deals was announced and it is massive. More will follow as Adam Reynolds made clear yesterday exclusively HERE. The news is:

Fox Marble warns again but we really do think this is the nadir

Published 1010 days ago

Another day, another disappointing update from Balkans region quarrier Fox Marble (FOX) – with “the conversion of orders into delivered sales has taken longer than anticipated… leaving our estimated sales number for full year 2016 lower than expected”. We’ve now spoken to CEO Chris Gilbert.

Thoughts on the rout of the spreadbetting firms -a pair trade: buy IG sell Plus

Published 1012 days ago

The Market reaction to last Tuesday’s news that the FCA was proposing stricter rules for CFD products was predictably savage. What surprised me was that IG Group (IGG) led the way with a 40% fall whereas Plus 500 (PLUS) fell “only” 27%. Since then IG has continued to weaken ( 470p at the time of writing) whereas Plus has rallied a little (373p ditto).

What do Ex Nomad to the African Potash FRAUD, Stewart Dickson, charlatan Darren Winters and an associate of fraudster Rob Terry have in common?

Published 1013 days ago

When Google receives a notice asking it to remove a link to a website, if it doesn't feel like litigating it, it0 removes the link and sends a copy of the notice to LumenDatabase.org. Often, it is used by copyright holders to prevent people from downloading pirate copies of books, films, or music, as in this case where the publisher of Tom Winnifrith Sr's must read book, Fallen Women of the 19th Century, asked for links to be removed.

Interquest another warning and another company chat

Published 1020 days ago

A latest “Trading update” announcement from recruitment group InterQuest (ITQ) saw the shares fall to to circa 30p although with Jim Mellon upping his stake they are now 35p. We have had a long chat with the company’s Chairman Gary Ashworth.

Sanderson: results and company chat - buy

Published 1021 days ago

Recent share tip, Sanderson Group (SND) has announced results for its year ended 30^th September 2016 and, chatting to management, they remain conscious of macroeconomic risk but doesn’t currently detect any loss of confidence in the company’s areas of focus and are confident of making further progress.

Purecircle. Moving in the Right Direction - DOWN!

Published 1022 days ago

I have never been a fan of Purecircle (PURE), particularly in 2012/13 when its shares rose six-fold from £1 to £6 on hugely overblown dreams of the potential of its plant based sweetener product to replace sugar and cure America of its obesity problem.

4 cracking shares to buy for just £5 - bargain!

Published 1023 days ago

Five pounds for four cracking share tips - stocks to buy and make you money by the New Year. What could be better than that?

Petropavlovsk - very good news on debt: buy

Published 1023 days ago

An easing of debt risk for Petropavlovsk (POG) has moved a significant step closer – with it announced that the company has received approvals for the refinancing of its entire bank debt of $529.8 million from its lending banks, Sberbank and VTB.

Petropavlovsk: Al Gore made it all up about global warming - buy

Published 1025 days ago

As a climate change "denier" I have written elsewhere about how global temperatures are plunging not, as the BBC might lead you to believe, heading higher. You can see a recent article on that matter HERE. And thus Petropavlovsk (POG) serves up news from Russia which does not surprise me, but which might shock your average Guardian reader.

Norcros Interims - buy

Published 1028 days ago

Supplier of showers, taps, bathroom accessories, tiles and adhesives with operations primarily in the UK and South Africa, Norcros (NXR) has announced results for its half year ended 30^th September 2016 and that “with our strong brands, leading market positions and continued self-help initiatives focused on market share gain the group is well positioned to make further progress”.

Mitie Group is poised to go much lower

Published 1029 days ago

There are few shrewder analysts of the Business Services sector than Matthew Earl, the man who called the demise of Connaught way before the herd, and more recently questioned the value of Mitie (MTO), suggesting a profits warning was on the way.

K3 - very strong trading update, we are more than 100% ahead but still a buy

Published 1029 days ago

K3 Business Technology (KBT) has updated that “trading in the first four months of the new financial year is ahead of last year” – this in advance of a key selling period of the forthcoming weeks to the end of December.

Avocet Mining: A Rollercoaster Ride to Zero

Published 1032 days ago

Gold miner Avocet Mining (AVM) has always been a bit of a rollercoaster of an investment since its 1 for 10 share consolidation in June, the shares have doubled, halved and then doubled again as punters have reacted skittishly to news from darkest Africa.

Today 2 PM ...TWO share tips from the "Maverick Tipster" - this is not about Donald Trump!

Published 1037 days ago

I do not know about you but I am starting to feel a bit Trumped out. And I actually wanted him to beat crooked Hillary. But the papers and TV screens are just so full of the man, what he is doing and what it means for us all. Is the Donald good for shares or bad? What about gold? Or bonds? Or house prices? Or the chances of England winning the World Cup? The truth is that no-one really knows any of the answers... except that England won't win the World Cup.

Lost money on China Frauds Naibu, China Chaintek, JQW & Camkids - here's a mad idea

Published 1040 days ago

Did you lose money on any of the Fujian Four? We hope that you took our warnings seriously and did not but now there is hope if you ignored us and lost out. Or is there? I refer you to the website of China Resolutions which claims that it may get your money back.

Avanti hurtles towards the trap door

Published 1041 days ago

Having seen Cloudtag (CTAG) demonstrate one of the golden rules of share trading here is another: run for the hills when a company starts messing with its creditors. Step forward Avanti Communications (AVN). 

Cloudtag - Do what Bruce says and run to the hills

Published 1042 days ago

Any lingering doubts that may have been harboured by bears of Cloudtag (CTAG) were dispelled last week by its tacit admission that it had misled the market earlier in the year when it boated of a firm $5.2 million sale to be completed this year, which has now turned out to be a phantom as predicted.

TODAY 2 PM... Don't miss out says Tom Winnifrith - or perhaps you like losing money on shares?

Published 1065 days ago

Steve Moore and I have not tipped a stock on our Nifty Fifty Website for a good while. We are nervous of the stockmarket as whole and as a result we have been advising readers to liquidate existing share tips, mostly banking big gains as they do. But we now have a stock we want to tip irrespective of the wider market as its shares are just cheap. That share tip goes out Friday 21st October at 2PM - tomorrow! 

September UK Investor Show Magazine - TW's top 7 holdings, 5 AIM frauds named & shamed and more

Published 1072 days ago

The September edition of the UK Investor Show magazine is live and as its two lead features reveals the top seven shareholdings of my family trusts, names and shames 5 AIM listed frauds and contains a raft of share tips and 3 sells (to zero) plus an exclusive interview with Richard Poulden of Wishbone Gold (WSBN), a challenge to PM Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn involving Keith Vaz and much more. You can access the magazine now and at no cost below. I, Tom Winnifrith, am now on leave, Steve Moore will be editing the next issue.

InterQuest & Avesco – share tip of the year updates

Published 1103 days ago

Since previously updating on my share tips of the year last month – see HERE, both have had significant news…

8 share tips, Adam Reynolds, a Golden Night at Saracens RFC - UK Investor Mag - download now!

Published 1103 days ago

The August 2016 edition of UK Investor Show Magazine is out now. Access your free copy below for 8 share tips, the 7 reasons Crooked Hillary Clinton MUST lose, a Golden Night at Saracens RFC, an exclusive Q&A with the Shellmeister Adam Reynolds of Concepta and Optibiotix fame and much more.

InterQuest & Avesco – share tip of the year updates

Published 1121 days ago

I previously updated on my share tips of the year just after the Brexit vote – see HERE. The following updates on developments since…

Gulf Keystone PLC More Retail Madness - sell

Published 1148 days ago

When I last wrote about Gulf Keystone (GKP) I said it would be my final word on the subject but that was before Friday’s news of a $300 million bid from the Norwegian Oil company DNO, the details of which are on its website.

TWO share tips from Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore out today - don't miss out

Published 1149 days ago

On Wednesday we learned that the FCA is investigating City fat cats Cenkos for its part in the Quindell fraud and is likely to levy a vast fine as you can read HERE. This is the biggest stockmarket scandal in the UK since Robert Maxwell. Tom Winnifrith has already been thanked by other regulators, the accounting watchdog the FRC, for his key role in unearthing this scandal as you can read HERE.

FDM Interims - Told y'all

Published 1150 days ago

Specialist provider of IT consultants, FDM Group (FDM) has announced results for the first half of 2016, noting a “strong” performance “is continuing into the second half… Notwithstanding the changing European political backdrop we remain confident that FDM is very well placed to meet the board's expectations for the full year”.

Ramper of worthless penny shares Big Gib gives up on Blenheim Natural, takes mega haircut and sells

Published 1152 days ago

He tried his best to ramp this crock of shite but even arch twitter ramper Wayne Gibson, aka Big Gib, could not push the rancid wastewater that is Blenheim Natural Resources (BNR) uphill. Having bought a stake of 5.625 million shares ( 3.05%) just before Christmas at 0.8-1p, Gib has now bailed, taking a huge haircut.

June edition of the UK Investor magazine: Should we stay or should we go? + 7 share tips

Published 1161 days ago

The June edition of UK Investor Show magazine is now live featuring Sainsbury v Tesco, Brexit or in, Tom Winnifrith vs Darren Atwater, 4 buy share tips and 3 sells to 0p from Tom Winnifrith, Q&A with Alexander Mining and more. You can download your free copy below.

Malcolm Stacey on Holiday Caption Contest day 2 (and day 1 winner)

Published 1177 days ago

Getafix is still on holiday and has sent us back another snap for our amusement. But before we go to today's caption contest there was a clear winner yesterday

InterQuest & Avesco – share tip of the year updates

Published 1178 days ago

Writing earlier this month, I remained optimistic on both of my share tips of the year. Post recent developments and amidst current market volatility, I now update…

For just £5 a hot share tip at 3.45 PM today Tuesday - Dont miss out

Published 1236 days ago

Our March share tip of the Month was a scorcher. We banked gains of almost 50% within a month. That is the way to do it. our April share tip of the month has been delayed by a few days and it too is going to be a scorcher and it is out TODAY. We hope to be banking gains of 30%+ within three months. But what is it?

March edition of the UK Investor Show magazine - Beware the coming crash + 5 share tips

Published 1258 days ago

The March edition of UK Investor Show magazine is now live featuring Tom's interview with Peter Hambro, chairman of Petropavlovsk, five tips, company profile on SafeStyle, how to make money from EIS shares, 5 share tips and more. You can download your free copy below.

Polemos - yet another placing but why? The stench of Lenigas again

Published 1264 days ago

Polemos (PLMO) has been a value destruction exercise par exellence by David Lenigas and his wrecking crew and news of another planned placing today just adds to that tale. The only question is who would be daft enough to get involved?

January edition of UK Investor Show Magazine now live packed with share tips

Published 1325 days ago

The January edition of UK Investor Show magazine is now live featuring an astounding 79 share tips, three sells (from TW), company profile on Avesco, buys from Zak and Chris Bailey, an interview with Zafar Karim, CEO Legendary Investments and more. You can download your free copy below.

We dont publish share tips often but we publish at 2.30 PM TODAY

Published 1331 days ago

I was asked the other day how, on the Nifty Fifty website, we managed to deliver such impressive returns when most AIM shares have done so dreadfully? It is a fair questi

New hot share tip on HotStockRockets Today at 2PM - are we crazy?

Published 1340 days ago

The stockmarket has been heading only one way so far this year, RBS says you should sell everthing and it is tempting to just bury one's head in the sand. So maybe we are crazy? No we are not - the time to buy is when there is blood on the streets and everyone is panicking. And right now that seems to sum up the stockmarket. And that is why we will be publishing a new hot share tip at 2 PM on TODAY, 20th January and you can access that share tip for as little as £5 HERE

Reviewed: Performance of the most shorted London-listed shares as at the start of 2015

Published 1345 days ago

From the FCA's spreadsheet of short positions required to be disclosed to it, we recently detailed the most shorted London-listed shares at the start of 2016 - see HERE. Is this worth paying some attention to? The following reviews the 2015 performance of the most shorted such shares as at the start of that year (those in bold also on the 2016 list), completing our review of 2015 (which has included of the ShareProphets writers share tips of the year HERE, the China AIM 'Filthy Forty' HERE, the AIM shares shorted HERE and the 2015 UK Investor Show bear calls HERE)...

Zak Mir's Great Request Show: Bacanora Minerals, Polo Resources, Sainsbury

Published 1347 days ago

If you want me to analyse a stock for you just drop me a line at sqmir@hotmail.com - Today I look at shares in Bacanora Minerals (BCN), Polo Resources (POL) and J Sainsbury (SBRY) setting share price targets for all three stocks.

Notes from Underground - Opposite coloured ducks

Published 1350 days ago

Who does it take to stop Tom's domination of the Top Ten most-read articles? Only Richard Bloody Poulden. Poulden's Black Swan newsletter clocks in at number 9.

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast 4 January - bent share tipsters & useless companies

Published 1356 days ago

I am now back from New York and arrived in Bristol about an hour ago. 7 hours sleep, since Saturday at 11 AM your time, and I am cream crackered. And so I shall shortly be joining the Mrs and my morbidly obese three legged cat Oakley in bed and going straight to sleep. Before that a bearcast covering BSD Crown (BSD), Inspirit (INSP), Evocutis (EVO), Scancell (SCLP) Motive TV (MTV) and the curent rumours surrounding 3 bent share tipsters and the FCA.

K3, Impellam & Vislink – updated views on my 2015 share tips of the year (with links to picks for 2016)…

Published 1356 days ago

In aggregate – as displayed HERE – my 2015 recommendations performed well. The following updates with my current views on those and links to my picks for 2016…

DEADLINE MIDNIGHT: Reader Contest - give us your share tips of the year & win a prize

Published 1357 days ago

This is very simple. Our writers will be serviing up their tips of the year but what do our readers think? The prize is lunch or dinner with me. The contest pick your top buy and top sell for 2016. It is easy to enter the contest and the deadline is midnight on Sunday January 3rd 2016.

Tom Winnifrith's share tips of the year No 7 - Buy Premaitha at 18.5p - target 30p

Published 1357 days ago

Ok this was one of my less successful share tips of the year for 2015 but this time it really will come good. That will be the prompt for guffaws of laughter from Wildes, who is currently sitting on a sinking lifeboat from the doomed SS LGO Energy. But he who laughs last... 

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast 3 January - reviewing the Midas tips of the year 2016

Published 1357 days ago

The share tips of the year from Joanne Hart in the Mail on Sunday Midas column are interesting. I look back on the days when I worked with Jo and then review the three tips: Allied Minds (ALM), Elegant Hotels (EHG) and Telford Homes (TEF) which I kind of think are all macro calls as much as company specific ones.

Notes from Underground - That's a wrap, 2015

Published 1357 days ago

In the past seven days, 42,201 unique readers read 76,973 pages on ShareProphets. The circulation of the Investors Chronicle is c30,000. Shares is less than half of that. To our critics who think we do not count, we say think again.

Tom Winnifrith's share tips of the year Number 5 - sell LGO Energy at 0.265p

Published 1358 days ago

This company is on the precipice. It needs to raise £5-6 million in emergency equity to keep going and everything is going against it. The best case for LGO Energy (LGO) is mega dilution from whatever is a confetti issuing machine, but an equally plausible outcome is insolvency.

Tom Winnifrith's share tips of the year Number 4 - Sell Fast Forward Innovations at 17p

Published 1360 days ago

A reader posted on our comments section: "Ive also just bought into FFWD. Tom why can't you tip this for 2016 instead of repeat tips on OPTI and NIPT?" Hmmm well I am sure that Optiobiotix shares will race ahead ( 100p + within weeks after the next deal is announced) and that Premaitha will announce new contracts and that it is passed the inflexion point of cash breakeven soon and that its shares will head to 30p+. That is why I tip them as buys. You want me to tip shares that will go up ,right? But your wish is my command and so I will also tip FastForward Innovations. But as a sell at 17p.

Malcolm Stacey's share tips of the year Number 2 - buy Royal & Sun Alliance

Published 1360 days ago

Let me confess. The main reason I choose the old Royal Insurance, Royal & Sun Alliance (RSA) as my second New Year tip is that it has a good chance of being taken over in the next twelve months. 

Tom Winnifrith's share tips of the year Number 3 - Buy Reach4Entertainment at 1.5p

Published 1360 days ago

There is no doubt that Reach4Entertainment (R4E) has been a total dog of an investment for many a year. But it goes into 2016 in great shape. We have bought shares in the market at 1.4p and 1.45p. I reckon the shares are going to 3.5-4.5p within two years and as such this is my 3rd tip of the year.

Lucian Miers share tips of the year Number 1: Sell InternetQ at 61.25p, target price 0p

Published 1361 days ago

In the end it all comes down to cash. Good companies generate it. Bad companies run out and in the end go bust. The shares go to 0p. And that brings me to Greece based InternetQ (INTQ) which - as a sell - is my first share tip of the year.

Robert Tyerman's share tips of the year number 2 - Buy Rio Tinto

Published 1361 days ago

Shares in blue-chip mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO) have not been immune from the stockmarket carnage that falling commodity prices have inflicted on the whole mining sector, though at £19.85, down from a 12-month high of £32.37, they have fared much better than many of their weaker brethren. It is my second share tip of the year for 2016.

Notes from Underground: Boxing Day Rebellion

Published 1363 days ago

Today's edition comes from the banks of the Ottawa River in the bucolic Gatineau region of Canada. Unusually for this date, there is no snow and the river is unfrozen. Ciimate change denier Tom Winnifrith will probably put the blame on Canadian pot-smokers warming the air in anticipation of looming legalisation.

Zak Mir's share tips of the year Number 2 - Buy Egdon Resources

Published 1363 days ago

2015 was the year when (at least for now), I had to swallow my disappointment regarding there possibly not being 1 billion barrels of oil under Gatwick airport. But it was the year when the long awaited shale gas / fracking revolution looked to be finally getting underway. While there are doubts about the possible environmental effects, poisoning aquifers, and of course the not in my back yard syndrome, the fact is that The Treasury needs the money to fund money guzzling organisations such as the NHS.

Zak Mir's share tips of the year Number 1 - Buy Bacanora Minerals

Published 1363 days ago

Firstly, as it is the season of goodwill and to celebrate the fact I managed to get to December 23^rd without buying anyone a present, Bacanora Minerals is my stock to revisit. This is partly a tribute to the late, great David Lenigas, formerly the King of Aim. His abdication from the throne last week

Gary Newman's share tips of the year Number 1 - Buy Vedanta

Published 1363 days ago

Vedanta (VED) is a company that I have been consistently wrong about over the past year or so, but which I still like! Like pretty much any resource stock its shares have been slaughtered over the past 12 months, having traded in the mid 550s at the start of the year, as opposed to the current share price in the 280p range. That means its market cap has taken a hit of in the region of £770 million.

December edition of UK Investor Magazine 7 share tips, Adam Reynolds & More

Published 1364 days ago

The December edition of UK Investor Show magazine is now live featuring seven buy share tips,  company profiles on InterQuest, an interview with Adam Reynolds, and what ShareProphets writers would like to find in their stocking. You can download your free copy below.

Nigel Somerville's share tips of the year Number 1 - Sell Igas

Published 1364 days ago

Shares in AIM-listed Igas (IGAS) have been heading south for almost two years. First we had the oil price coming off sharply. Then we had the Equities First scandal involving the former CEO selling shares when the market was told he was buying. And then the oil price slid some more. In early 2014 the shares peaked at 160p and it has been downhill all the way since then. The Christmas Eve close at 18.5p values the company at £55.3 million (source: ADVFN). But there is much further to go. Here are ten reasons why.

Tom Winnifrith's share tips of the year No 1 - Buy Petropavlovsk at 6.7p offer

Published 1367 days ago

You have, by now, read my macro calls for 2016 which you may or may not have dismissed as complete mumbo jumbo but I hope they make sense. You will see that I expect the gold price to pick up during the next 12 months. Not to rocket but to improve and that makes Petropavlovsk (POG) at a 6.7p offer a very obvious first tip of the year.

Tom Winnifrith's six big macro-economic calls for 2016

Published 1367 days ago

How many macro-economic forecasters does it take to change a lightbulb? None. You get someone who knows what they are doing to do it. In that vein I offer up my six big macro calls for 2016. I am a bottom up investor - my share tips of the year will follow - so this is not really my forte but I have views - and did study economics at university - and these shape my investment calls. So here goes.

REVIEWED: ShareProphets writers share tips of the year for 2015

Published 1367 days ago

On the long tack, it is congratulations to Tom Winnifrith with OptiBiotix Health (OPTI) soaring by more than 300%. Kudos also to Steve Moore (K3 Business Technology, KBT, +62% and Impellam Group, IPEL, +57%), Malcolm Stacey (Zytronic, ZYT, +43%), Chris Bailey (Coca-Cola HBC, CCH, +25%) and last of the double digit gainers Nigel Somerville (Core VCT, +11%). On the other hand, it is commiserations to…

November edition of UK Investor Magazine now live packed with share tips

Published 1390 days ago

The November edition of UK Investor magazine is now live featuring 4 buy share tips, 3 sells (from TW), company profiles on Inspirit Energy and Prime People, Ben Turney on Irish oil plays, Malcolm Stacey on investing with ethics, and Tom Winnifrith's 'See You In Court, Bitchez' policy. You can download your free copy below

There is no point in paying for share tipsters says Duck & Dive, whatever...

Published 1391 days ago

So says the sage of the ShareProphets comments section. His thesis is a) that if tipsters were any good they'd be coining it in as investors themselves and b) that they are just talking their own book. He cites the Mirror journalists the City slickers who were sent to prison for pumping and dumping.

The Best £5 you will spend this week…..new Hot share tip out 1.45PM TODAY

Published 1422 days ago

Some folks never make mistakes with shares. They are the heroes of the Bulletin Boards.  You read their boasts all the time. So that is why they are still living in Council Houses trading parcels of £500 worth of shares. Yes they are making it all up. In the real world everyone gets it wrong some time. The hard thing is admitting it and acting on it fast.

Out now - October UK Investor Magazine - 4 buy tips, 3 sells, George Osborne chases the dragon and more

Published 1437 days ago

A slightly delayed October edition of UK Investor magazine is now live featuring 4 buy share tips, 3 sells (from TW), company profiles on Universe and Northcote, Amanda van Dyke on why now is the time to buy mining stocks or is Tesco a better recovery play? Darren Winters takes over the normal Rob Terry slot while George Osborne Chases the Dragon as our cover story. You can download your free copy below

Jim Mellon, 7 share tips, Rob Terry jail update and much more – UK Investor Show Magazine Sept now out

Published 1450 days ago

Issue 4 of the UK Investor Show Magazine is now out and can be accessed below. Jim Mellon, Rob Terry (prison update), the stockmarket crash (a buying opportunity?), Advanced Oncotherapy, 6 other share tips, accounting for Geeks from myself and Chris Bailey. There is something for everyone.

The Best £5 you will spend this week…..how we screwed up on our last share tip

Published 1457 days ago

Some folks never make mistakes with shares. They are the heroes of the Bulletin Boards.  You read their boasts all the time. So that is why they are still living in Council Houses trading parcels of £500 worth of shares. Yes they are making it all up. In the real world everyone gets it wrong some time. The hard thing is admitting it and acting on it fast.

Buy Premaitha Health at a 20p offer, 
says Tom Winnifrith



Published 1463 days ago

This was not going to be my tip in the recently published book "The Magnificent 7" which you can download for free HERE. I was set to tip Optibiotix (OPTI) at c40p. Unfortunately for you (but fortunately for me since we own shares in the company) the share price has raced ahead to a 48p offer. I still think that they could head much higher and Zak Mir reckons that Optibiotix shares will be 60p by October. I think, that is what a chartist terms a long term view.



Why Rob Terry should & will go to prison, 7 share tips & 6 shares to bet the ranch on

Published 1482 days ago

The August Edition of UK Investor Show Magazine is now live and the cover story explains why the fraudster Rob Terry of Quindell (QPP) infamy should, and will, go to prison. There are seven share tips from Tom Winnifrith, Zak Mir and Steve Moore and the ShareProphets writers answer the question "if you had to what stock would you bet the ranch on". Amanda van Dyke explains why she is still a gold bull and there's more..

Notes from Underground - Follow Follow

Published 1497 days ago

The launch of the ShareProphet's China Filthy Forty is the kind of thing that shows why the financial press fear ShareProphets. Clear and devastating. It sums up ShareProphets as a whole. It also demands an informed readership. Your average ThisIsMoney.co.uk reader isn't going to come across a chart of 40 Chinese companies which IPO'd on AIM, shares in which  are almost all underwater, and understand the relevance. This sometimes puts ShareProphets in a bind, where we seem to be wonks speaking to swotters.

Your Share Tips Were Not All Right, Jack. But They Will Be - ref. Advanced Oncotherapy, IQE & Lloyds

Published 1501 days ago

Hello Fellow Share Bashers. The other day I told you how I’d picked five companies for my 21- year-old son Jack’s first share portfolio. But I was a bit miffed when he went off on a ten-day holiday to Denmark, without lodging his first £1000 with the broker. So far my fantastic five tips have gone unused.

Notes from Underground - When your girlfriend says go to the GP, go to the GP

Published 1504 days ago

In the past seven days, 50,555 unique readers read 91,679 pages on ShareProphets. The circulation of the Investors Chronicle is c30,000. Shares is less than half of that. To our critics who think we do not count, we say think again. And here ae the ten most read stories. It is not just Quindell..

Notes from Underground - It is. Are you?

Published 1511 days ago

Looking at this week's top 10 actually made me laugh: five stories out of the top 10 were about Brokerman Dan's (now long past and regretted) days as an armed robber. Stories how ShareProphets tracked down the information. Stories about Brokeman Dan's silly associates. Stories making fun of the whole story. All good, hard earned, enterprising journalism.

Video of David Paul of Vectorvest with some share tips at ZaksTradersCafe

Published 1549 days ago

Among the guest presenters of the Sith Lord Zak Mir at his new free booze and pizza evenings was David Paul of Vectorvest who served up an explanation of how to trade AIM stocks and a few share tips. The video is below.

The Sith Lord Zak Mir Circus continues - he has just been mugged in the Ukraine. Not.

Published 1552 days ago

Just what dodgy websites has the Sith Lord Zak Mir been logging onto recently? I only ask because I - and at least one other person in his address book has just received the following email:

Tom Winnifrith vs Sith Lord Zak Mir - book seats now for June 22nd 6 PM (TODAY!)

Published 1552 days ago

As it happens Tom is in London for non-work reasons on 22nd June (next Monday) and so has agreed to - in his words - wipe the floor with Zak Mir in a head to head debate that evening. "Charting is cobblers and Zak's tips are rubbish" is the motion for debate and Zak will offer up his top share tips for demolition on the day. You can book a ringside seat by emailing your name, address and phone number to zakandtom@shareprophets.com and there is more.

The House View - The General Election mattered not a jot

Published 1560 days ago

Crack out the champagne, the Tories have won and can govern unhindered by those pesky Liberal Democrats! That seemed to be very much the view on 8th May but five weeks later what has really changed for Britain?

UK Investor Magazine June 2015, tips from Tom, Zak & Steve and more - download a free copy now

Published 1564 days ago

Following the cracking success of the UK Investor Show 2015, ShareProphets is delighted to present the inaugural issue of our new e-magazine: UK Investor Magazine with share tips long and short from Tom, Steve and Zak, Tom with a Greece feature and why UK house prices must fall - and more . Get your exclusive free copy here.

Do Share Tips Affect Prices – Do they Buck Stone Abbey?!

Published 1569 days ago

Hello Sharemates. When a share bounces up fast, there is often a report on RNS saying the board knows no reason why the shares should have risen. Sometimes, it will add…’other than comments on bulletin boards’. This was the case with a little £3 million pound set-up, called Feedback (FDBK), which I highlighted this week. Before that, a message appeared from Advanced Oncotherapy (AVO) saying that the company did not know of reasons for a boost in share price after I wrote about it.

Jubilee Platinum - we are 16% ahead in a month more to come, still a buy

Published 1576 days ago

This week Jubilee Platinum (JLP) has announced a 1.6p per share placing to raise £600,000 “to ensure that no momentum is lost in current business development activities with particular attention to the simultaneous execution of the company's platinum surface processing projects”. We are aware that it was offered more but took enough for its needs and no more. For that we applaud it. The shares now trade at 1.8-1.9 - that is on an offer to bid basis more than 15% up on our tip price of amonth ago. But there is more to come.

Notes from underground - Print is Dead

Published 1581 days ago

 B Anderson has commented on this item several times with this same argument: 'How can you compare Investor Chronicles with ShareProphets when IC charges and you don't? Start charging, then compare the stats. You have to compare like for like.'

A mistake we made as share tipsters that cost our readers money: we confess ahead of new Tip TODAY

Published 1586 days ago

As we prepare to publish a new hot share tip on Tuesday, here is a lesson on a mistake that Steve Moore and I made on the Nifty Fifty website we run. It cost our readers a few quid but we are unapologetic and would do exactly the same again. Let me tell you about Restore PLC.

New World Oil & Gas: Chris Oil & the Shorts off the Hook: shares collapse

Published 1594 days ago

Oh dear. Those following flip flop pitchfork Ben Turney and the loons on the LSE asylum and filling their boots with New World at up to 0.85p ahead of “The biggest bear squeeze in history” have today done their conkers. The shares have crashed by more than 60% to just 0.16p bid thanks to two announcements. Ouch, how does it feel being skewered on your own pitchfork? Ask Ben.

Telecity, Randgold, Aviva: UK Investor Show share tips newsfest frenzy

Published 1598 days ago

I am not sure if we should all be thinking about the General Election today or not but hopefully I will be able to squeeze in some time to vote given the newsfest frenzy on shares I am interested in around the world. Last month at the epic UK Investor Show I mentioned four UK stocks to the assembled audience (as you can watch here).  Three of them usefully gave interesting updates today.

How to Judge share tipsters: Video of Paul Roberts of Stockomendation at UK Investor Show

Published 1598 days ago

Paul Roberts of Stockomendation reckons that he knows how to judge share tipsters and so can help you to pick which shares to buy. All is explained in his presentation from UK Investor Show 2015

ShareProphets Appeal: save Chris Oil: persuade the Takeover Panel that he is 100% clueless

Published 1599 days ago

We are just such nice guys here at ShareProphets – we want to help out those least able to help themselves. And so we come to the case of Chris Oil (AKA Mrs Williams) and that holding of 48% of New World Oil and Gas (NEW) – as opposed to the 10% figure that Nomad and Broker Beaumont Cornish was happy to sign off just last week. Mrs Oil/Chris Williams (mix and match as appropriate) has a potential £7m problem – but YOU can help save him/her.

Being idiosyncratic (and why that includes having some HSBC in your portfolio)

Published 1600 days ago

In my youth I used to come back from overseas investment research trips brimming with new ideas and insights.  Having spent much of the period since the superlative UK Investor Show in the US of A I would hope to be able to say that opportunities are a-plenty.  But they are not.  Here’s a few of my notes from speaking with global investors far cleverer / richer than me at a conference in California a few days ago:

Could Chris Oil lose £7 million on New World Oil & Gas? Or more?

Published 1600 days ago

This morning’s RNS from New World Oil & Gas makes it abundantly clear that the takeover Panel is at least considering forcing the eccentric blogger and hit and (largely) miss share tipster known as Chris Oil to make a mandatory offer for the company and this could well set the poor fellow back a net £5.5 million or more.

The HotStockRockets tip of the month out today at 3.30 – catch it for a fiver

Published 1604 days ago

Actually this is the April tip of the month so in May you will get two tips of the month and you can join the UK’s fastest growing share tips website for one month for just £5 – so that is £2.50 a share tip. Or

Notes from underground - Kill your darlings

Published 1609 days ago

In the week since the UK Investor Show, what have we learned a number of things - meanwhile this website continues to draw in the crowds and this is what you were reading last week

Two share tips from Tom Winnifrith today – at c3.30 PM

Published 1615 days ago

As well as working on UK Investor Show last week, Steve Moore and I were also working hard on two new share tips and both will go live this afternoon just after 3 PM.

Notes from underground - Horses of Courses

Published 1623 days ago

Posting nearly 2,000 UK Investor Show tickets over the past week, I have marvelled at the wondeful place names that populate the UK. Names like Beehive Yard, Smock Alley West, Egg Pie Lane, Ynysmeudwy, and 123 Fake Street. 

Tom Winnifrith BearCast 7 April

Published 1628 days ago

Thanks to bloody Doc Holiday and the Mrs and her damned organic vegetable box this is my third take on this Bearcast and I have thus wasted 40 minutes of prime time working and am not pleased. In the podcast I look at Wildhorse Energy and insider dealing ( no apologies for crude racial sterotypes about Australians and how they got there), Daniel Stewart, Good Energy and Malcolm Stacey's other weekend share tips, Mosman Oil & Gas and have a detailed look at Condor Gold.

Tom Winnifrith’s Easter share tips (buy) No 3 – Stanley Gibbons

Published 1629 days ago

Yes I know that it has just had a profits warning and that the old adage is that warnings come in threes. But I do not expect that to be the case with Stanley Gibbons (SGI) and so it is my third share tip for Easter at 249p.

Malcolm Stacey’s Easter share tips No 3 - Avacta

Published 1629 days ago

A year ago, I had three beautiful cats. Now I have only one. In between, came some agonising trips to the vets to try and save two lives. It was not possible in the end, though of course my family did everything they could to postpone the inevitable.

Tom Winnifrith’s Easter share tips (buy) No 2 – Vislink at 51p

Published 1630 days ago

My second share tip for Easter is a tech stock but not one of those that has zero revenues or uses the dreaded EBITDA metric to justify its lack of real profits. This is a real company making real profits. Tip two is Vislink (VLK) at 51p.

Tom Winnifrith Easter share tips (buys) No 1 – InterQuest at 100p

Published 1630 days ago

It has been a poor six months for shareholders in Interquest (ITQ). The stock zoomed to 130p as it put itself up for sale but no offers came in at the right price so the shares tanked to 88p. That was a big over-reaction as the company is going great guns. That is why Interquest at 100p is my first Easter share tip (buy).

Malcom Stacey’s Share tips for Easter No 2 – Good Energy

Published 1630 days ago

Wind farms and solar energy are achieving a much higher profile these days. The rather beautiful white giants are springing up in windy corners everywhere. Vast banks of solar cells are beginning to spread. And even though the present government is cutting back on subsidies for solar energy suppliers, it still looks a reasonable bet.

Tom Winnifrith’s Easter Sell share tips No 1 – Daniel Stewart at 1.35p

Published 1631 days ago

This share price is simply insane. You can defy gravity bit not for long and at 1.35p Daniel Stewart (DAN) is capitalised at £10 million – it is at least 85% overvalued and so is the first of my here Easter short ideas.

Malcolm Stacey’s Easter Share tips No 1 Advanced Oncotherapy

Published 1631 days ago

Not that long ago a five-year-old boy called Ashya King made the news in sad circumstances. He was taken away from an NHS hospital in Bristol and then grabbed by the police in Spain where his parents were arrested.

Tom Winnifrith Positive Seminar Video: Reasons to be buying shares right now & 5 share tips

Published 1635 days ago

Two weeks ago I gave a two part presentation at the ShareProphets Seminar. Part two covers the reasons to be bearish on shares and 5 shares to sell. Part one are the reasons to be bullish and serves up 5 share tips at the end. The part 1 video is below:

Share Tips for 2015 update – Core VCT Update: good news – full winding up.

Published 1655 days ago

I didn’t exactly cover myself in glory when it came to the fine details of my second suggestion in the ShareProphets Christmas tip-fest HERE , but as explained HERE I think that statements from the company were materially misleading. Happily, the basic case was pretty much unchanged in that there was – as I saw it – a decent looking return to be had with a strong margin of safety. That, even though this was a VCT investment, and therefore by most readings classified as high risk. We’ve had some good news.

Two new hot share tips out at 3.30 PM on the dot today

Published 1667 days ago

It is a double share tip day today with both new share tips appearing at 3.30 PM today.

The 13 most embarrassing comments on Chris Parrish's quixotic Quindell petition

Published 1679 days ago

Chris Parrish is mad at us, ShareProphets, and he wants us regulated by the FCA. The petition uses our logo and, in a mere 478 words, calls out ShareProphets or Tom Winnifrith 11 times. Check out Parrish's petition here. It's a hoot.

Breaking: T1ps.com is shutting down

Published 1700 days ago

Having lost almost all of the 3,000 readers it had 30 months ago the financial website t1ps.com is to shut down, we can reveal. Its editor Richard “Gollum” Gill is looking for alternative employment. To mark this sad day, our resident in house poet has penned a short offering. 

Falkland Oil & Gas – I am still bullish

Published 1714 days ago

I have been asked several times why Falkland Oil & Gas (FOGL) was not one of my two share tips for 2015. Well it just missed out. It would have been the third had I been allowed three.

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast 5th January

Published 1720 days ago

The working year starts a proper and I am in a good mood which is bad news for the low life on the AIM Casino. On the agenda today: Enegi Oil, LGO Oil, Iofina, Mosman Oil & Gas, oil stocks, Chris Oil & his share tips, Naibu, Jiasen, Camkids and China Chaintek ( the China Norfolks), Quindell, and - in some detail - Tern.

Chris Oil’s share tips of the year 2015, No 2 – Buy Rockhopper

Published 1721 days ago

After its interim update the other day Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) has to be my top share tip of the year for 2015. 

Tom Winnifrith’s share tips of the year 2015, No 8 – sell Jiasen International at 42.5p

Published 1721 days ago

Anyone owning a Chinese based AIM stock is certifiably bonkers.  That is especially the case if it is based in Fujian Province, a small part of the PRC which has specialised in listing frauds on AIM, the Frankfurt Exchange, the TSX and NASDAQ.  The Fujian four on AIM are: Camkids (CAMK), Naibu (NBU), China Chaintek (CTEK) and Jiasen International (JSI) and for all four my ultimate target price is 0p. But I feature Jiasen today at 42.5p as a sell of the year.

Chris Oil’s share tips of the year 2015, No 1 - Buy Falcon Oil & Gas at a 5.75p offer

Published 1722 days ago

Following the investor excitement surrounding UK onshore plays in 2014, followed by the damp squib at Horse Hill and then a plunging oil price, my first 2015 tip of the year is a fully funded low cost play - . Falcon Oil & Gas (FOG) at a 5.75p offer. 

Why do writers opt NOT to own the shares they write about?

Published 1722 days ago

Mark Howitt has today penned an article slating writers who write about shares they do not own. He is a young man, naïve of the ways of the world and – with respect – an amateur talking out of his arse and here is why.

Chris Bailey’s share tips for 2015 No 2 - Aviva

Published 1723 days ago

Hopefully I don’t need to elaborate on the observation that the global economy has a few problems otherwise at this stage of the economic ‘rebound’ from the dark days of 2007-9 interest rates would be going up.  This warped environment favours a different sort of share and – sorry to say for any current employees who will be impacted – but Aviva’s (AV.) cost cutting heavy takeover of Friends Life (FLG) is just the sort of story that has a strong chance of working next year. 

Lucian Miers share tips for 2015, No 2 – Sell Avanti Communications

Published 1724 days ago

Shares in Avanti (AVN) have managed to head higher in recent months thanks to a rumour that Facebook was about to bid. Now Facebook might just co-operate with Avanti to bring the internet to Bongo Bongo land but that will not earn Avanti a fortune and there is no way that a bid is on the way. So I am very happily short on fundamentals.

Mark Howitt’s share tips of the year No2 – GlaxoSmithKline

Published 1724 days ago

After some careful thought I have selected GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) as one of just two of my Prime Share Selections for 2015. Being honest, I find it difficult to pick two which really should be the best of all shares, but I am fairly confident GlaxoSmithKline will perform well in 2015.

Gary Newman’s share tips of the year 2015, No 2 – BHP Billiton

Published 1724 days ago

Miners have had a very bad time of late, but that can also lead to some long term bargains like BHP Billiton (BLT) cropping up. 

HotStockRockets share tips of the year 2015 No 1 – Buy Minoan at 10.25p

Published 1725 days ago

Minoan (MIN) shares have taken a Christmas beating thanks to Greece where the buffoons in charge have contrived to ensure that the country faces another General election in late January. The market has over-reacted and that makes the shares at 10.25p (a market cap of £17 million) the first HotStockRockets share tip of the year 2015. 

Robert Sutherland Smith’s share tips of the year 2015 No 2 – Buy Rolls Royce

Published 1725 days ago

My second choice for the traditional Christmas share consideration and selection game has the following merits. It is a share that has performed well over the long term but having underperformed the market this year. It looks attractive on a technical interpretation of the share price chart and is well supported by fundamentals on low estimated measures of value. It is of course, Rolls Royce (RR.) which I last visited in October when the shares were 800p and looking, I thought, particularly bombed out. 

Robert Tyerman’s share tips for 2015 No 2 – Buy Randgold Resources

Published 1725 days ago

Gold has been the despair of its fans ever since hitting $1,900 an ounce three years ago. Instead of soaring above $2,000 and on into the stratosphere, amid international political and economic turbulence, the perverse yellow metal has slithered back to below $1,180 an ounce, as the US economy and dollar have proved unexpectedly strong and oil has lately taken a spectacular tumble.

How to get THE sizzling hot share tip for 2015 for just £5 TOMORROW (31/12) 9 AM

Published 1726 days ago

You want a hot share tip for 2015? A Penny stock where there is going to be cracking newsflow over the next couple of months? A stock you can trade and which we expect to double or more in just a couple of months? We believe that we have found that stock for you.

Tom Winnifrith’s Share Tips for 2015, No 5 – Sell Quindell, target 0p

Published 1726 days ago

Some of you may regard this as boring. There is after all, ALMOST, nothing written below that I have not written before. But I promised my top 5 shorts as part of my 10 tips of the year and Quindell (QPP) is my top short. Quite simply these shares are worthless. And so selling at 42p or whatever you can get is a sure fire 100% win. This is a “niller” at so many levels. Where do we start?

Chris Bailey of Financial Orbit's share tips for 2015 No 1 - Reloading on Randgold Resources

Published 1726 days ago

A year ago I tipped Randgold Resources (RRS) as my ‘FTSE-100 tip of the year’ and despite the volatility in the underlying gold price and desperate performance of the average gold miner the tip has done well and has nicely outperformed the UK’s leading share index. 

We do not tip shares very often but on Monday... That is today at 3.30 PM

Published 1727 days ago

Steve Moore and I have been cautious on shares and especially AIM shares for a year. We have not touched some sectors like oil at all. And we have been vindicated. We are value investors and thus caution is the name of the game. The skills we use in detecting frauds like Quindell are the same skills we use in unearthing value buys. But it is Christmas and we have a new share tip underway. Like the Tailor of Gloucester we are still hard at work on it as the big day approaches.

Tom Winnifrith’s Tip of the Year No 4 – Buy Optibiotix

Published 1727 days ago

As I noted in my ten macro themes for 2015 article (HERE) the analysis that Steve Moore and I serve up is bottom up – that is to say company specific – not so much macro driven. But the odd macro think session establishes useful tramlines for the investment process. My first, second and third share tips for 2015 are already live and so onto Number 4.

Mark Howitt’s share tips for 2015 – No 1: HSBC

Published 1727 days ago

What first attracted me to HSBC (HSBA) as a tip of the year? The fact that I knew how cold and ruthless it could be. I have a certain amount of ‘inside information’ on this. When you look at HSBC... there is often something quite clinical about it. My sister has a bank account with HSBC... you would be hard pressed to easily find that it pays no interest at all. “This account pays no credit interest” it says in the small print. However, if she went overdrawn she’d be charged around 18% every year.

Robert Tyerman’s share tips of the year No 1 – Paragon Diamonds

Published 1727 days ago

Diamonds seem to have escaped the worst of the carnage that has afflicted other commodities, from gold to iron ore and participants in the sector, perhaps unsurprisingly, claim to see a widening of interest in the dazzling gemstones, from China to the Middle East, with a new emphasis on their potential merits as investments as well as adornments. One such enthusiast is Philip Manduca, former hedge fund pioneer, brother of the head of the Prudential insurance giant and chairman of AIM-quoted Paragon Diamonds (PRG).

Nigel Somerville’s share tips for 2015 – No 2 Core VCT (CR3) and Core IV VCT (CR4)

Published 1728 days ago

If my first idea for 2015 of Scancell (SCLP) which you can read HERE seemed high risk then this one will look – at first glance – off the scale. But there is method in my madness. Core VCT (CR3) is an arbitrage buy with what looks to be limited downside. Here is why.

Tom Winnifrith’s share tips for 2015 No 3 – Sell Globo at 39p

Published 1728 days ago

My general view on equities is mildly bearish as I explained in my macro calls piece HERE. As such I will be serving up 5 longs and five shorts as my tips of the year. The first long was HERE and the first short HERE. Now for Number 3, Globo (GBO), the sort of flim flam that will suffer badly in a bear market. 

Gary Newman’s 2015 share tips of the year – No 1 buy Genel Energy

Published 1728 days ago

My first ‘tip for 2015’ has to be Genel Energy (GENL) which has the potential for big returns and is better positioned than some of its peers. 

Steve Moore's share tips of the year 2015 - No 3 Impellam

Published 1728 days ago

Having recently re-capped on my 2014 selections HERE, it is now time to repeat the exercise for 2015. My first tip of the year 2015 appeared HERE. My second selection was published HERE and my third choice is….

Tom Winnifrith’s share tips for 2015 No 2 – sell Igas at 39.5p – target cut to 10p

Published 1729 days ago

In my macro themes for 2015 article HERE I stated that I was fundamentally bearish on equities and as such half of my ten tips of the year would be shorts. Another theme for 2015 (as it was for 2014) was an extreme aversion to oil stocks. In that vein I return to Igas (IGAS) which I first suggested shorting at 56p a month or so ago HERE but where I am now halving my target price to 10p making this my second top short for 2015.

Nigel Somerville’s 2015 share tips of the year – No 1: Scancell

Published 1729 days ago

Scancell (SCLP) is a biotech stock I’ve been keen on for some four or five years. The statistics on getting new treatments through clinical trials and regulatory approvals are terrible, so we are certainly at the high-risk end of the spectrum, but I believe the risk/reward is favourable and I like the company, management, the way it behaves (important!) and the products currently being developed. Here is why.

James Parter’s 2015 share tips of the year – No 1 – sell Solo Oil at 0.6p

Published 1729 days ago

Solo Oil (SOLO) is one of a few AIM listed oil companies where there is activity on most fronts. The hot front to the south sees Solo progress gas exploration in Tanzania. The cold front in England sees Solo progress its oil exploration at Horse Hill. All eyes are on these two beasts after resource upgrades and the share price has rocketed to 0.6p making Solo worth £30 million. But there are great reasons to think this will at least halve by 2016.

Steve Moore's share tips of the year 2015 - No 2 Vislink

Published 1729 days ago

Having recently re-capped on my 2014 selections HERE, it is now time to repeat the exercise for 2015…

Tom Winnifrith’s share tips of the year 2015 – No 1 Buy InterQuest at a 102p offer

Published 1730 days ago

One of my highlights of Christmas was a gathering of the friends of the woman I once referred to as the deluded lefty, that is to say the Mrs. I was ill so, having cooked for them, I retreated to bed with the cats, but coming down for a cup of tea I heard the most deluded of the lot of them (they are nearly all sociology lecturers) opine that she had “applied for research funding to study how black women are suffering in the recession.” Where does one start?

Lucian Miers share tips of the year Number 1 – Short Purecircle

Published 1730 days ago

I last wrote about Purecircle (PURE) in March and predicted that 2014 would be the year for the big collapse.  I was wrong: the permascam that is Purecircle has remained rock solid while all around it our favourite bear trades have borne fruit.  Indeed, for the price of Purecircle  (£940 million) you could now buy Quindell. Gulf Keystone Petroleum, and Globo combined and still have change left for Iofina.

Steve Moore's share tips of the year 2015 - No 1 K3 Business Technology

Published 1730 days ago

Having recently re-capped on my 2014 selections HERE, it is now time to repeat the exercise for 2015 and so here is my first tip of the year…cue drumroll

Tom Winnifrith’s Big 10 Macro calls for 2015

Published 1731 days ago

Tomorrow I start serving up my ten tips of the year. On reflection given my bearish take on the markets I am going to go with a 50/50 long/short split. Other writers will be serving up plenty of buy ideas but I cannot bring myself to do that given my macro-take on the world. I am sorry to be so gloomy this Christmas day but for what it is worth I wish you a Merry Christmas. Now to the macrobabble:

How to play the Oil Price Slide on AIM

Published 1739 days ago

The Oil price slide throws up some interesting opportunities on the AIM market. I have shorted a basket of five stocks on the basis that if it continues to fall or stays at these levels they will get into serious financial difficulty very rapidly.  If it rallies the upside is hopefully limited by management practices that are unlikely to reward shareholders. 

The ShareProphets Christmas share tips, exposes & specials: programming revealed

Published 1743 days ago

The BBC has already published its Christmas programme schedule and it appears to be 70% repeats. ShareProphets is being rather more daring and will be producing novel content and so, for you, here is a sneak preview of what is in store, it is tips, drama and exposes all round.

Bango go figure?

Published 1744 days ago

I have never understood the vagaries of how companies are valued on AIM. Select ten companies at random, have a brief trawl of their recent financials and try to guess their market caps and I defy anybody to even get close.  In this spirit I had a look at Bango (BGO) the other day and, forewarned that it was a little on the expensive side, decided to aim high. 

Amino - cracking Trading Statement ( a cracking share tip)

Published 1751 days ago

Technology enabling digital programming and interactivity over IP networks-focused Amino (AMO) has updated that“profit before tax for the year ended 30 November 2014 is expected to be above market expectations” on the back of a return to revenue growth in the second half.  Good news for those who followed our tip of just a few weeks ago – we are massively ahead already.

ValirX – it will be different this time! Oh no it won’t Mr Bulletin Board Moron

Published 1751 days ago

You see my problem is that I just do not understand the exciting technology. That is what the ValiRx (VAL) experts say, well by experts I mean Bulletin Board Morons. We have been here before. Do you remember Monitise?

Mattioli Woods Trading Update - all on track

Published 1752 days ago

Specialist pension, wealth management and employee benefit services provider, Mattioli Woods (MTW) has updated that “current trading is in line with the board's expectations” and that it “is very well positioned to secure further profitable growth going forward”. 

Am I the only remaining bear in Avanti?

Published 1757 days ago

One of the big market mysteries of the last couple of months has now been solved. Why has the price of Avanti Communications (AVN) being going steadily upwards despite results that appear to confirm the worst fears of the bears? Why has the astute hedge fund Ennismore been reducing its short position?  Why has Avanti uber bear Mathew Earl – The Dark Destroyer -  gone strangely silent as the share price has ticked relentlessly North?

Two NEW share tips TODAY from the man who exposed Quindell

Published 1758 days ago

Not flinching once despite threatening lawyer’s letters, wholesale harassment abuse and even death threats Tom Winnifrith has over the past six months clearly exposed the fraud and lies at the heart of the Quindell (QPP) soufflé. He did this using forensic analysis and is using the same skills to today serve up two new share tips on two sites.

So the market is nearly back to all-time highs, everything is okay?

Published 1758 days ago

Hmmmm. Lots of low grade Aim stocks are flying, the FTSE 100 is nearly at all-time highs, there is a lot of rubbish being spouted about a Santa Rally coming early and I am stuck in Greece preparing to start the olive harvest tomorrow when I should be punting rubbish on AIM making a killing. Right? Wrong.

K3 Business Technology AGM - Good news all round from another of our winning share tips

Published 1759 days ago

K3 Business Technology (KBT) has updated that trading in its new financial year to date “has been in line with management expectations” and also announced the appointment of an experienced interim Chairman, Lars-Olof Norell, following the retirement of its current Chair at its AGM.

Advanced Computer Software takeover bid – another winning share tip from Steve & me

Published 1760 days ago

Vin Murria has delivered for our readers again – with Advanced Computer Software (ASW) announcing a recommended 140p per share cash takeover by US-based Vista Equity Partners. 

Is the Fitbug hype justified?

Published 1761 days ago

Until about five weeks Fitbug (FITB) was languishing in the depths of AIM. Its shares, priced at less than half a penny, seldom traded and its market cap was well south of £1 million.   

How Many Eggs?

Published 1763 days ago

As well as choosing different sectors of the market in which to buy your shares, really prudent investors scatter their funds over a large number of companies. If you rely on just four enterprises and one collapses, then it's serious. If you have 20 share certificates with different names at the top, big losses posted by two or three companies won't send you looking for an outside ledge on a tall building. Some brokers urge their clients to buy an interest in just 10 businesses. They argue that this is a nice manageable group and that it's hard to keep track of any more.

Premaitha - good AGM statement: Buy

Published 1780 days ago

Premaitha Health (NIPT) has updated investors attending its AGM that it believes its lead product “remains on target to be the first regulated CE marked ‘in vitro’ diagnostic product in the rapidly growing market for non-invasive prenatal screening”.

K3 Microsoft News ( that is Good News)

Published 1780 days ago

K3 Business Technology (KBT) has announced it has become one of only 25 companies globally (and the first for Microsoft Dynamics AX for the fashion retail sector) to be included in Microsoft's 'Global Independent Software Vendor' programme - “designed to provide key partners with extensive technical, sales and marketing support, including early insight into the future Microsoft Dynamics AX roadmap and marketing funding”.

Cracking Interims from Advanced Computer Software

Published 1780 days ago

Advanced Computer Software Group (ASW) has announced results for its half year ended 31^st August 2014 and that it “is confident that full year results, supported by strong contracted revenue visibility and a robust contract pipeline, will be in line with its expectations”. This is another stunning performance from the Queen of tech Vin Murria.

Plastics Capital - average down and or buy as acquisition announced

Published 1782 days ago

Plastics Capital (PLA) has announced a, conditional on 20^th November General Meeting approval, £5 million placing at 98p per share to help fund a prospective £9.82 million, and up to £10.64 million, acquisition of a business from the Grim North. we guess that this shows that not everyone living north of Kenilworth lives off welfare. You learn something new every day.

1Spatial – we are well ahead on the share tip but post interims more to come

Published 1783 days ago

Provider of software and services to manage spatial ‘big data’, 1Spatial plc (SPA) has announced results for the six months ended 31^st July 2014 and that it “is encouraged by current trading and looks forward to the future with confidence”.

Risk on Again. But too late to save Quindell or Naibu

Published 1785 days ago

A few weeks ago I was reflecting on the irony that September 19^th , the day of the Alibaba float on the NYSE, was likely to prove the high water mark for the Dow Jones for 2014 and possibly a good few years thereafter. (For those unfamiliar with the Alibaba fable, he was a thief)

Catch the next HotStockRockets tip of the month TODAY at 2.30PM for as little as £5

Published 1786 days ago

The next sizzling hot share tip from the new HotStockRockets website (our tip of the month) will go live TODAY at 2PM. Our readers will get to know about it for as little as £5 a month ( or less!).

Stratmin More Good News but still cheap

Published 1790 days ago

Following its announcing it has entered into an offtake agreement and rebound in share price last week, shares in StratMin Global Resources (LSE:STGR) got a second boost on the back of a further positive announcement.  Two in a week – it all helps!

Amino is already a winning tip from Steve & I but there is still c40% upside

Published 1790 days ago

Young Steve Moore and I tipped Amino at an 82p offer on our Nifty Fifty website on October 15 2014 - the shares are now 95p to 96p. You see we can write BUY share tips and when we do we are good at it! But there is still upside. We reckon fair value for the shares is 133p and here’s why.

Concha: Its Gone CRAZY 5p valued at a quid!!!!

Published 1792 days ago

Would you pay Warren Buffett one pound to manage 5 pence of your money? No? I didn’t think so. Would you pay anyone a quid to manage 5p of your cash (that’s right you break even after he or she has twenty bagged the investment) No? I think we can agree that you would be crazy to do so. No argument there.

Quindell Bulletin Board Moron of the Day: Mr Palmer LSE Board – his “obligation” is to destroy me”

Published 1804 days ago

Oh dear, The Quenron (QPP) shareholder list does contain more than its fair share of complete and utter nutters. On an almost daily basis I am alerted to a post which has been made by someone who really is truly bonkers. I was entertained to see some cretin on ADVFN discuss the “TW Red Flags” on Quenron – apparently having a strong opinion which is not buy is deemed a Red Flag.  However, The Bulletin Board Moron of the Day is “Mr Palmer” on the LSE Board. On a day when another Quindell nutter who boasted on twitter of having a "hitlist" which included myself and Dan Levi has been reported to the Old Bill (not by me as I regard the Met as useless), Mr Palmer takes centre stage.

The Level & Type of Share Buybacks I see make me very worried

Published 1813 days ago

In certain circumstances share buybacks make sense. Where a company has surplus capital and cannot think of a way of earning an economic return on that capital it is absolutely right that it is returned to shareholders via buybacks. I prefer them to special dividends because one can elect to sell less or no stock or to stay on board with a bigger percentage of the equity. It is down to the individual investor. And it is right that surplus capital should be returned to the company’s owners (shareholders) not simply be hoarded by management.

Amara Mining – New Estimate at Yaoure: clear value in the shares

Published 1814 days ago

Amara Mining (AMA) has announced an updated Mineral Resource estimate for its flagship Yaoure gold project in Côte d'Ivoire – emphasising that “with over 4 million ounces contained in a single economic pit and compelling economics benefiting from low cost hydro-electric power, Yaoure stands out as the pre-eminent gold development asset in West Africa”.

AO World is a joke and a sell and a lesson for our times

Published 1814 days ago

When, in the not too distant future, learned books and articles appear discussing the crazy climate at the top of the bull market which started in March 2009, there will be various iconic examples greed and folly at the peak in 2014.

Premaitha – Share Options award: Reiterate buy stance

Published 1814 days ago

It sticks in the craw when management award themselves share options at 10p when the share price is 17p. But that is what Premaitha (NIPT) announced yesterday. However

Practical Tips you can Take From One Up on Wall Street Part One

Published 1819 days ago

So you’ll remember my ‘advice of others’ post recently HERE, If you are going to listen to advice you might as well listen to people who make a lot of money. This goes for self development too! Peter Lynch certainly qualifies in that regard, being the portfolio manager of Fidelity Magellan Fund, which was the best performing fund in the world under his leadership from May 1977 to May 1990.

Quindell now at 136.5p – 75% off highs where next & a reminder of 8th August

Published 1821 days ago

Shares in Quenron (QPP) plunged last week to close last week at 136.5p. They are now more than 75% off their highs. Where do we go next? Down obviously. The question is when not if they hit 0p. And here’s why.

Monitise - Visa is walking, shares crash, and another win for the Sheriff

Published 1829 days ago

Okay its time for the Bulletin Board Morons to apologise to me YET AGAIN – today’s victory is Monitise (MONI), shares in which have crashed to 31p as Visa has said that it wants out. My 10p target price stands.

Vin Murria delivers with another strong showing by Advanced Computer Software

Published 1829 days ago

Advanced Computer Software (ASW) has issued a trading statement stating that it “expects to report first half results in line with the management's expectations” and considers that it has “a very strong platform for long term sustainable growth, both organically and through acquisitions”.  Well done Vin Murria, the best CEO I the sector by a mile, who I saw shortly before leaving England and who never lets her investors down..

Action Hotels Interims – Steady Build, this share tip WILL come good

Published 1830 days ago

Owner, developer and asset manager of branded economy and midscale hotels in the Middle East and Australia, Action Hotels (AHCG) has announced its results for the first half of the 2014 calendar year and that it is “in advanced discussions on a number of potential new hotel opportunities”. 

No sane person should touch any AIM listed China stock with a bargepole

Published 1830 days ago

The recent passing of its interim dividend by Naibu (NBU), which would have involved an outlay of £600,000 against claimed profits of £20 million and claimed net cash of £30 million has prompted accusations of fraud and skull doggery at the Chinese sports shoemaker and put the spotlight on other China frauds that might be lurking on AIM.

K3 – Very Good Finals – still share price upside at 214p

Published 1831 days ago

K3 Business Technology (KBT) has announced results for its year ended 30^th June 2014 and that “with a strong pipeline of opportunities ahead, supported by a stable and profitable underlying business, the outlook for K3 is particularly encouraging”. Good news! 

Reach4Entertainment Interims - buy at up to 6p

Published 1831 days ago

Reach4entertainment (R4E) has announced results for the first six months of the 2014 calendar year and that it is “confident that we will, at the very least, meet market expectations for the full year”. Good. We are well on track with this share tip but there is more to come.

Alliance Pharma Interims - buy at up to 35p

Published 1833 days ago

Alliance Pharma (APH) last week announced results for the first half of the 2014 calendar year and that “we expect full year results to be in line with market expectations”.  This makes the shares a buy at up to 35p

Do Bulletin Board Morons Ever Learn or Ever apologise – discussion with top blogger Paul Scott

Published 1834 days ago

It was only the other day that a Bulletin Board Moron owning shares in Naibu (NBU) referred to me as Winnifraud, accusing me of making it all up. Hey presto come Friday there were dire interims and t is clear that it is not me that is the Norfolk and the moron saw his investment slump in value by another 40%. Worse is to come as I shall reveal later today.  But this follows the same pattern as we have seen with Range Resources, Sefton, Vialogy, Globo, Quindell, Iofina, blinkx, Gulf Keystone, Outsourcery etc. etc. Folks like myself and Paul Scott, the great share blogger, point out obvious reasons to sell and all we get is abuse. Paul posted this on ShareProphets yesterday re Naibu

Restore – 26% up on this share tip since June but more to come

Published 1834 days ago

We are 26% up on this share tip in less than three months but there is more to come. Restore (RST) has announced results for the first half of the 2014 calendar year and stated that “we remain confident of making further progress in the second half of the year and our full year expectations are unchanged”. 

Quindell Caption Contest - Numerous Brilliant Entries but the winner is...

Published 1835 days ago

Yesterday I asked you to supply captions for the cartoon below. There were numerous superb entries and it is worth checking out the comments section on the original article for a good laugh HERE. But the winner is...

InterQuest – Cracking Interims, has to be a corporate play

Published 1836 days ago

Specialist IT recruitment group InterQuest (ITQ) has announced results for the first half of the 2014 calendar year, noting “strong performance in both our contract and permanent recruitment business” and that “we are confident of further success in the second half of the year and beyond”.  This all looks good. What next?

Naibu Q&A throws up more Qs than As.

Published 1837 days ago

At the shambolic Naibu (NBU) AGM on June 30^th this year, a number of questions were asked of the non-execs and advisors which they were unable to answer but which they kindly agreed to pass on to the three executive directors who for some reason had not showed up. (Visa problems were cited. Yes really! All three of them) 

Amara Mining: Great Drilling Results and the Loathsome Peter Hain MP buys shares

Published 1840 days ago

We are well ahead on our tip to buy shares in Amara Mining (AMA) We told Nifty Fifty readers to buy at a 15.75p offer – the stock is now 23.75-24p. But there was interesting news last week implying that there is more upside still.

Sell Telecity at 740p as it goes Ex Growth and ex Management.

Published 1841 days ago

Telicity (TCY) was a relatively early entry into the electronic data storage market. Since its 2007 IPO (at 220p per share), it has not disappointed shareholders with the shares almost five bagging to over £10 in June last year. But nothing lasts forever…

Empresaria interims good - but more to come on this share tip

Published 1842 days ago

International specialist staffing group, Empresaria (EMR) has announced results for the first half of the 2014 calendar year and that “based on performance to date, we are confident that earnings for the full year will be in line with market expectations and look forward to delivering further growth”.  This has been a great share tip from me but what now?

Amara Mining – we are 50% up on this gold share tip but certainly not selling: Interims comment

Published 1848 days ago

We are c50% ahead on this share tip after interims last week. But there is more to come.

Monitise a sell down to 10p, Twitter Moron of the Week and no It WILL NOT be different this time

Published 1849 days ago

Monitise (MONI) has announced another big name collaboration which has the Bulletin Board and twitter morons all excited. Natch there are no financials. Monitise only admits then when it says – as it does every few months – “uh, oh, another small delay in the move to profitability but do not worry revenues are going up.” My twitter moron of the week Share Tipster (@2years2go) reckons that concepts like cashflow, DCF etc are all so old hat and that I just do not get the new paradigm. Where to start.

Quindell Will Again Test Recent Lows

Published 1851 days ago

Quindell’s (QPP) Interims duly arrived last Thursday and as is so often the case with this company when it attempts to reassure the market, yet more concerns were raised.  The share price has now lost all the gains in the run up to the announcement and it would not surprise me if they test the recent 140p low in pretty short order. And the ultimate target is a tiny fraction of that.

Ocado – sell into the rally

Published 1855 days ago

Shares in Ocado (OCDO) have become somewhat volatile of late. Last year this was hardly the case: the shares simply rose every day to everyone’s general bemusement and in many cases, my own included, considerable financial cost. 

Jim Slater’s Two AIM share tips

Published 1861 days ago

Jim Slater, father of UK Investor Show speaker Mark, is the controversial fellow who created the PEG (Price Earnings Growth) method of investment analysis. Using PEG analysis e has today served up two AIM listed stocks he reckons as buys in today’s Daily Telegraph. One of the, as it happens, is a stock Steve Moore and I have tipped on our Nifty Fifty website.

Short Concha

Published 1863 days ago

As it is increasingly difficult to short stock in the real pond life on AIM, I tend to steer clear of looking at these companies unless some stock becomes available. I was told about Concha (CHA) a few months ago and when a bit of borrow came up the other day I had a quick look at it to see if it was really was that bad.

Amara Mining – we are well ahead on share tip but there’s more to come – Yaoure news

Published 1863 days ago

Steve and I have avoided tipping gold stocks on our Nifty Fifty website but we made an exception for Amara Mining (AMA) suggesting readers pile in at a 15.75p offer. The shares are now 23p and there was cracking news a couple of days ago. This stock is starting to hum.

Buy Prime People at a 95p offer

Published 1868 days ago

Investment Case: Noting that a large proportion of its cash looked surplus to what is needed in its ongoing business and for its current growth plans, Prime People plc (PRP) recently returned 15p per share (£1.82 million) to shareholders. This, together with an attractive ordinary dividend, shows a regard for shareholders that few other AIM-listed companies do. This is perhaps because the directors' interests are via their shareholdings to a rare extent aligned with other investors. We tipped this at a 90p offer a couple of weeks ago but at 95p to buy this is still a good share tip and here’s why.

Has the Bubble Burst and If So how to prosper?

Published 1869 days ago

A look at the chart of the Dow Jones shows that it has more or less gone up in a straight line for five and a half years. The current fall back to start of the year levels looks like no more that one of the various sub 5% blips we have had on this tremendous Bull Run.

Sell Genel until the ISIS threat is dealt with

Published 1872 days ago

As a shareholder in Genel (GENL), the oil exploration company run by ex BP boss Tony Haywood with its main asset in the Kurdish region of Iraq I had a rather sleepless night on Sunday.

Action Hotels - new contract: Buy ( look at asset backing)

Published 1872 days ago

Action Hotels (AHCG), the owner, developer and asset manager of branded economy and midscale hotels in the Middle East and Australia, has updated that “a memorandum of understanding has been signed with leading hotel operator Accor for the management of a new 160 room ‘Novotel’ hotel which will be built in the prime business district of Sharq in Kuwait City”. This is in addition to the pipeline of hotels announced at the time of IPO in December and makes the shares look cheap

Creston – 19% ahead on this share tip but far more to go for

Published 1874 days ago

Last week marketing communications group, Creston (CRE) announced that “current trading is in line with its expectations for the full year” (to 31^stMarch 2015) – with, in the three months to 30^th June 2014, like-for-like revenue 2% higher than in the corresponding 2013 period (overall revenue: +3%).  That helped the shares and we are now 19% ahead on this share tip but there is more to go for.

Buy Begbies Traynor at a 53p offer

Published 1876 days ago

Investment Case: As the UK's leading independent business recovery practice, Begbies Traynor (BEG) has been unsurprisingly adversely impacted by a low interest rate environment and lenders being unable or unwilling to crystallise losses. However, the company has restructured and remains profitable and cash generative, with an attractive dividend and undemanding rating based on its current performance. There are though now also signs that things are turning in its favour - “the expectation of an increase in interest rates over the forthcoming months has escalated recently” and with it “also retain the capacity and expertise to handle an increase in activity levels should they arise, which would result in improved profitability due to the inherent operational gearing in the business”. As such, at a current 53p offer price, the shares are a buy. Here's why.

Where we are now with my eight most recent share tips?

Published 1876 days ago

A week ago I published a review of the status of some of my tips I originally made a few months ago (here ).  So how about some of the more recent names I have mentioned? I am happy to say that on balance I am, well ahead!

Stanley Gibbons – we are 40% ahead on this share tip but more to come

Published 1878 days ago

We tipped Stanley Gibbons (SGI) at a 225p offer price on the Nifty Fifty and with the shares now at 310p we are – dividends included more than 40% ahead but following yesterday’s AGM statement we still see material upside in the shares.

Invest just £5 TODAY to get access to the hottest share tip of the month 11 AM TODAY!

Published 1878 days ago

We advised our readers to take a small loss of one of our tips on Friday. We are honest not all our tips work – only liars say that all their tips go up! The loss was small. The company is a good one run by a superb CEO but the shares are just not moving. Our aim is to find good companies whose shares are cheap and which will move fast – that is what we do on HotStockRockets.And we will publish our hottest tip of the month TODAY at 11 AM and you can access that tip for just £5 HERE

Hutchison China Meditech – I’m well ahead on this China share tip but more to come

Published 1879 days ago

Never buy Chinese stocks listed in London is a golden rule of mine. But I broke it last month tipping Hutchison China MediTech (HCM) at an 870p offer. They are now 960p bid after interims yesterday. So why break a golden rule and is there more to come for the shares?

K3 Business Technology – we are 45% up on or share tip but still upside

Published 1880 days ago

K3 Business Technology (KBT) yesterday announced a £0.61 million “strategic infill” acquisition of Retail Technology Ltd, a ‘Microsoft Dynamics’-based electronic point of sale provider to smaller retailers.  That is more good news for a share where we are already 45% ahead on our tip – there is more to come.

Update on my eight share tips number 2

Published 1883 days ago

According to the excellent ShareProphets website search functionality it is over 140 days since I wrote a piece titled ‘Update on 8 share tips’.  In the spirit of continued openness and accountability, how are these eight tips looking and what would be my view now?

Purecircle: The Last Shoe Yet To Drop?

Published 1884 days ago

In the last two years my seven most covered bear selections have been: Gulf Keystone (GKP), Iofina (IOF), Cupid (CUP), Quindell (QPP), Globo (GBO) Avanti(AVN) and Purecircle (PURE). With the exception of Purecircle, the other six are all firm retail favourites and I often wonder what it is that draws the private punter like a flame-bound moth to such eminently shortable stocks. One can highlight various useful themes but all seem to throw up exceptions – modestly I point oiut these have all bar one (so far) been great short calls by my good self.

If you are serious about making money from shares, there are three reasons to read on NOW

Published 1886 days ago

Are you serious about making money from shares? Yes? There are three reasons to read on as a matter of some urgency.

It is sometimes prudent to place shares – do not always bash the boss: ref Leni Gas & Oil

Published 1888 days ago

I do not follow Leni Gas & Oil (LGO) but I note that it got the Bulletin Boards buzzing last week. It announced a big acquisition and the next day a placing. This outraged some commentators. I think wrongly.

Buy 1Spatial (even though I am already almost 75% up)

Published 1892 days ago

I am still almost 75% up on this share tip but 1Spatial (SPA) shares have drifted in line with the tech sector of late and that should be a buying opportunity at 6.75p

K3 Business Technology is a buy at 216.5p

Published 1893 days ago

K3 Business Technology (KBT) has announced that for its year ended 30^th June 2014 “trading in the second half of the financial year across the group has been good and, accordingly, the board expects results for the year to be in line with market expectations”.  The shares are, at 216.5p, way up on my share tip on the Nifty Fifty at a 148p offer but still have further to go.

Symphony Environmental Trading Statement - we are not yet 100% up but soon will be!

Published 1894 days ago

Symphony Environmental Technologies (LSE:SYM) has issued a trading statement updating we loyal followers that “revenues are expected to be approximately £3.3 million for the first half with administrative expenses significantly reduced following the cost reductions undertaken during 2013” and on various business progress made.  We are well ahead on this share tip but there is more to come…

Profit, Sales, Debt, Growth and the Crimson Pirate.

Published 1894 days ago

Hello Share Folk: OK, let's get down to the basics. Let's remind ourselves of the really important, solid gold ground rules that should govern all our share decisions. Let’s take the fundamentals of each company into consideration when we read all those tips on shares, especially those highlighted on this sizzling website.

Invest just £5 TODAY to get access to a scorching share tip, no make that FIVE tips TODAY!

Published 1894 days ago

Let’s not mess about. You want a hot share tip TODAY? In fact how do you fancy five stock tips TODAY? For just £5. Or less. Read on…

ShareProphets Tip of the Week: Buy Restore at a 176p offer

Published 1896 days ago

Restore (RST) is a share tipped by Tom Winnifrith and Steve Moore at 30p back in 2010. They both still like it and see meaningful upside at a 176p offer. This is not a blow your socks off buy but a solid “sleep soundly” investment to make you market beating returns without worrying. It is a dull and predictable generator of great cashflows…what is wrong with that?

Lombard Risk Management – Buy after solid trading statement

Published 1899 days ago

Lombard Risk Management (LRM) has issued a trading update that it “remains on target to achieve the market growth forecasts for the current year… supported by recent new licence wins and additional new orders won with existing customers” as well as announcing the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer, Nigel Gurney. 

Our last tip is 22% ahead in NINE days – catch our next winner on Monday at 11 AM for £5

Published 1909 days ago

Our last share tip was published nine days ago. On an offer to bid basis it is already 22% ahead. And we think it offers 50% more upside from here and will get there within weeks. That I what we look for – shares that are cheap and moving fast. 20% ahead after nine days is not bad but just wait for our next winner – our tip of the month which is out on Monday! You can catch it for just £5 HERE

Creston plc – tip of the year update

Published 1923 days ago

Having updated on one of my tips for 2014 earlier this month, the following updates on another after it last week announced results for a year ended 31st March 2014 and a share buy-back programme.

Invest just £5 TODAY to get access to a scorching penny stock tip on Monday Morning

Published 1923 days ago

Let’s not mess about. You want a hot share tip on Monday? A Penny stock where there is going to be cracking newsflow over the next couple of months? A stock you can trade and which we expect to double or more in just a few weeks? We believe that we have found that stock for you.

TWO TIPS at 3PM TODAY: THREE Compelling Reasons why investors who want to make money will join the Nifty Fifty NOW

Published 1930 days ago

If someone promises you a share tipping service based on “exciting” stocks that can gain hundreds or thousands of percent, penny share whizzers or “hidden secrets” they are yanking your chain. There is no such thing as free money where the stockmarket is concerned. Sorry if this sounds boring but successful investors know that you get rich by showing patience, by analysing accounts and by listening to proven experts with all the right contacts. And this is how you start TODAY.

The Danger of Getting Too Close to Companies - ref Vatukoula and others

Published 1932 days ago

Lucian Miers says that he does not like to meet companies. He is all too aware that part of the job of a CEO is to butter up potential investors, or to persuade bears not to go short. CEO’s are paid large sums to be charming and persuasive and Lucian is concerned that they will manage to schmooze him into making a bad call. I take a different view.

Advanced Computer Software - Cracking Results

Published 1934 days ago

Advanced Computer Software (ASW) has announced results for its year ended 28^th February 2014 and flagged that “we have started the current year in line with our expectations. With double digit growth in the order book to £209m, a growing recurring revenue stream, and more customers taking our Software as a Service, we have excellent forward visibility and are increasingly confident about another strong year”.  I am due to meet up with CEO Vin Murria in a couple of weeks and will report back then on the Nifty Fifty website.

Why on earth should you join successful investors at the Nifty Fifty TODAY BEFORE 11? Here’s why.

Published 1958 days ago

You probably get loads of promotions telling you about “the one share you must buy” or “how to make 100% a day with this and that trading platform or training course.” Of course it is all total rubbish. If only life were that simple? We’d all be as rich as Buffett. The truth is that investing is hard work.

Capitalism works…even in Greece

Published 1960 days ago

As you know I have been in Greece for three weeks or more. And I come away in no doubt that the economy is picking up. Athens was almost buzzing whereas last year at the same time it was distinctly un-buzzing. Out in the boonies there has been less change.

Quindell: What Does History Show Us?

Published 1961 days ago

I read somewhere recently that one should only invest in companies where it is possible to explain what they do to a six year old. This is perhaps a little unfair in the age of fast evolving technology where often the business model, let alone the product, of highly successful companies can be pretty difficult for even brainy adult analysts to get their heads around. 

In defence of Negative articles ref QPP, Iofina, Globo, blinkx, Sefton, Range, etc.

Published 1962 days ago

Writing negative pieces about companies does not win you friends. In the past year I have enjoyed as a result: lawyers letters from companies, being sued for libel, shit posted to me in the post, death threats, stalking (yesterday), numerous complaints about me to the FCA, defamatory comments about me and my restaurant on the internet and now attempts to get ADVFN to stop me writing. Bollocks! What I do is right and in the interests of shareholders. I am not stopping. Nor will this website.

Book by phone TODAY to get last seats for UK Investor on Saturday

Published 1996 days ago

You can book one of the last twenty or so seats at UK Investor by calling 07761030374 TODAY and we will hold a ticket on the door. Of the 1500 tickets we have just a few returns to re-issue. If you want to see real fireworks BOOK NOW.  What fireworks you ask?

Bulletin Board Morons, the sentiment of grief and Gulf Keystone

Published 2009 days ago

I gather that I am not wildly popular with certain Bulletin Board Morons for my pieces yesterday on Gulf Keystone (GKP). Arguing that the shares could be worth 0p in some circumstances (HERE) or pointing out that its Bonds were now in Junk Bond territory (HERE) was always going to attract some ire. However, the tone of the comments is most instructive. We are in phase 1 of grief.

Go with the Golden Triangle on share tips

Published 2016 days ago

Hello Share Movers; Good journalists never touch a controversial story, unless he or she hears it from at least three sources. They call it the Golden Triangle.

Update on 8 share tips

Published 2024 days ago

I have always taken the view that the route to success in stock picking is ‘90% perspiration and 10% inspiration’.  Timing and honesty matter as well.  Bringing all this together how are my eight tips from December and January looking?

Join Myself, Dan Levi, Malcolm Stacey and the share tipsters at our bloggers café on April 5

Published 2028 days ago

We are ringing the changes at The UK Investor Show on April 5 in Westminster. One big change is the introduction of the bloggers café – a special area where writers like Brokerman Dan, Doc Holiday, Malcolm Stacey, Malcolm Palle from Mining Maven, Robert Sutherland Smith, Steve Moore and myself will spend much of the day, blogging, tweeting and just chatting to anyone who wants a chat over a coffee.

How share tipsters fudge performance & a Valentine’s love-in with Steve Moore as we discuss ours on Nifty Fifty.

Published 2042 days ago

Share tip services usually bodge performance in a number of ways. You can safely say they try to make their stats look as good as possible in order to get you to sign up. The bodges are easy.

Buy Max Property at a 157.5p offer Price

Published 2048 days ago

We tipped this stock on our Nifty Fifty website last week at 155.75p to buy. We measure our performance on an offer to bid basis unlike most websites which hide their real achievements by using a mid to mid. After 14 months in operation the average Nifty Fifty tip is (with an average holding period of around seven months) ahead by 19.38% on an offer to bid basis (including dividends). For more information ahead of our next tip go here. Back to Max (MAX). It is still a buy at 157.5p – last week’s article read:

The Closet Chartist’s SIX AIM Stocks of the week: 1 & 2, IQE and Staffline

Published 2069 days ago

As a bonus feature the Closet Chartist has served up his six most exciting AIM TA situations of the week. He starts with IQE (IQE) and Staffline Recruitment (STAF). 

The 30 2014 tips of the year – a recap of the second Fifteen published

Published 2085 days ago

We saved the best to last (he said smugly having published his tips last) with our thirty tips of the year from ten different top share tipsters. Once again there should have been something for everyone whether you are a short term trader and speculator or a long term value investor.

My Macro calls for 2014

Published 2086 days ago

My three share tips of the year are in a sense driven by the strong macro-economic and macro market calls I make for 2014. I sense an exciting and interesting year ahead although not necessarily a rewarding one for all. My macro calls start in the UK.

Lucian Miers shares to short tips of the year 2014 Number 3 (joint bronze medal) – Cupid, Iofina and Globo

Published 2090 days ago

The share tips of the year for 2014 from HotStockRockets is delayed until tomorrow – instead, the Bard of the Boleyn, infamous short seller Lucian Miers has returned from Scotland and has revealed exclusively to his Nifty Fifty colleague Tom Winnifrith his FIVE tips of the year to short, to sell as he predicts disaster ahead.  Lucian’s joint third tips as a bear are Globo (GBO), Iofina (IOF) and Cupid (CUP).

Lucian Miers shares to short tips of the year 2014 Number 2 – Avanti Communications

Published 2090 days ago

The share tips of the year for 2014 from HotStockRockets is delayed until tomorrow – instead, the Bard of the Boleyn, infamous short seller Lucian Miers has returned from Scotland and has revealed exclusively to his Nifty Fifty colleague Tom Winnifrith his FIVE tips of the year to short, to sell as he predicts disaster ahead. Number 2 is Avanti Communications (AVN) at 253p – a disaster waiting to happen.

Lucian Miers shares to short tips of the year 2014 Number 1 – PureCircle

Published 2090 days ago

The share tips of the year for 2014 from HotStockRockets is delayed until tomorrow – instead, the Bard of the Boleyn, infamous short seller Lucian Miers has returned from Scotland and has revealed exclusively to his Nifty Fifty colleague Tom Winnifrith his FIVE tips of the year to short, to sell as he predicts disaster ahead. Number 1 is Purecircle (PURE).

Amara Mining - New Resource Estimate: Buy

Published 2107 days ago

Amara Mining (AMA) has announced an updated NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource estimate for its Yaoure gold project in Côte d'Ivoire – which represents a 71% increase in the company’s overall mineral resources; to 3.7 million ounces ‘Measured and Indicated’ and 6.4 million ounces ‘Inferred’. 

Bulletin Board Morons and share tipsters the Law applies to both!

Published 2120 days ago

Share tipsters publish their views in their own name and declare a position in a stock covered. Bulletin board posters do neither. Most BB posters are sensible folks but some are obviously morons in that they think the law does not apply to them.

AimShell Acquisitions – Follow the Chairman for the lowest risk trade of the year

Published 2130 days ago

AimShell Acquisitions (ASAP) is going to get booted off AIM next week but its chairman has just bought £80,000 of shares. Follow him if you can.

Why I Follow Share Tips on Here

Published 2158 days ago

Hello Share Team: When I first started writing for this very website, I thought it might be nice to show a bit of loyalty and invest in some of the daily tips I found on the top and bottom of my modest column.

Why I remain short of Cupid

Published 2159 days ago

I last reported on Cupid (CUP) shortly after it reported the disposal of its casual dating business to the company’s founder Mr Polyakov back in July I had assumed that the whole of Cupid was a “casual dating business” but no, Cupid is now a “mainstream” and “niche” dating business.

Doc Holiday vs Mining Maven, Rockhopper vs Mariana Resources

Published 2215 days ago

Our very own penny stock resources guru Doc Holiday has challenged our friends at Mining maven to a share tipping contest.  Today is day two.  C’mon Doc:

Free share tip of the week: Buy Alliance Pharma at 36.5p

Published 2354 days ago



Alliance Pharma (APH), the speciality pharmaceutical company which acquires and licenses established products in niche areas, announced its calendar 2012 results a couple of weeks ago. The numbers contained no nasty shocks. That is no surprise, one of the great attractions of Alliance is that there is a real visibility of revenues. I tipped the shares on my premium Nifty Fifty service at 31p (offer price) in December and they now trade at 36-37p but are still a buy.

Shanta Gold – Getting There: Buy at 23p

Published 2440 days ago

It was not a good Autumn for AIM listed Shanta Gold (SHG) but the last two RNS statements from the company demonstrate that it is both soundly financed and that, at last, it is delivering operationally. The shares have always had clear latent value it is just that investors have had a number of (utterly valid) reasons for not believing. But the times they are a changing.

Minoan: Acquisitions, Trading Update and Company Chat. Recovery play 2013?

Published 2492 days ago

AIM listed travel leisure and property group Minoan (MIN) has not been one of my better share tips from my days at t1ps but news out this week points the way to it being, potentially, a great recovery play for 2013. At 8.375p the company is now valued at £12.6 million. That does look far too low for me and this is why.

Hibu Interims: Still a sell at 0.25p target price still 0p

Published 2503 days ago

I warned you here back on 25^th October that shares in hibu (HIBU) the online directories group formerly known as Yell were worthless and a stonking sell at 0.37p with a 0p target. Interim results out today do not change that analysis, indeed even the company seems to agree with me. The shares are now 0.25p.