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Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Andy Burnham talks bollocks twice and the now certain death of the Valereum $32 billion gold crypto fraud

I start with Burnham on Poundland and Burnham on slavery and compensation. Then it is all things Valereum (VLRM)  as the $32 billion fraud goes up in smoke, a triumph for yours truly.

By | Published 10:56 31 October 2026 |

ZIN
PREMIUM CONTENT  hot

Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 14: Steve Moore on Zinc Media

To win an off peak holiday at the Greek Hovel simply send 300-999 words to tomat49@gmail.com on one UK listed stock capitalized at more than £10 million whose shares you expect to collapse, preferably to zero, but are not yet suspended. The deadline to enter is midnight on Saturday but why tarry.  Fourteenth up is Steve Moore on Zinc Media (ZIN)

By | Published 09:45 31 October 2026 |

ESNT

Essentra – “Q3 2026 Trading Update”, a further positives Buy

Industrial components manufacturer and supplier Essentra (ESNT) has issued a “Q3 2026 Trading Update” headlined “Strong Q3 revenue growth; FY26 adjusted operating profit expected towards the upper end of market expectations”. How good is this news from the valuation at a 115.2p share price, £328.5 million market capitalisation?

By | Published 09:28 31 October 2026 |

ECOB
PREMIUM CONTENT  hot

Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 13: Fagash on Eco Buildings

To win an off peak holiday at the Greek Hovel simply send 300-999 words to tomat49@gmail.com on one UK listed stock capitalized at more than £10 million whose shares you expect to collapse, preferably to zero, but are not yet suspended. The deadline to enter is midnight on Saturday but why tarry.  Thirteenth up is Fagash talking utter rot on Eco Buildings (ECOB)

By | Published 09:09 31 October 2026 |

VAST
PREMIUM CONTENT  standout

BREAKING: Brian Moritz walking the plank at Vast, email cock up prompts accusations of fraud, RNS needed!

The life of Brian. Well two Brians actually. Moritz who is currently chairman of Vast Resources (VAST) and Basham, the champagne socialist of the year 2002-26 who was a NED for a few months in 2017. It seems as it Moritz, the one vaguely credible chap on the board is on the way out as CEO Roy Tucker has been sending emails overnight, notably this one:

By | Published 08:51 31 October 2026 |

VLRM
PREMIUM CONTENT  hot

Photo article from Greece as Crazy Colette Quinn and jayrh lose all their money

I shall discuss the suspension of trading in shares in the Valereum (VLRM) fraud later. Suffice to say I have been on this company’s case for eons and am vindicated. And thus, as you can see below, I celebrated in the traditional way.

By | Published 17:48 30 October 2026 |

Bearcast
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Tom Winnifrith bearcast: meeting up with my goat milking teacher

It was horribly depressing. I discuss dementia. Then, almost as depressing, gold. Then Predator Oil & Gas (PRD) and why my target is 0p and a few more words on Fagash and Union Jack.(UJO)

By | Published 16:18 30 October 2026 |

EMAN
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Everyman Media – General Meeting result means it’s another AIM cancellation ahoy…

‘Independent, premium cinema group’ Everyman Media (EMAN) has announced its General Meeting resolutions passed including to cancel the shares AIM listing. What about this and a current 51.5p share price?

By | Published 14:43 30 October 2026 |

CRU
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Coral Products – good news travels fast and bad news is delayed…

Plastic products company Coral Products (CRU) has issued an update including that it “is working with its auditor to complete the audit and currently expects to publish its annual audited accounts by 30 November”. A problem though is that the accounts are for the company’s year ended 30th April 2026 and, therefore, due by the end of this month. As such, it’s shares suspension ahoy and this is far from the only problem here…

By | Published 10:49 30 October 2026 |

Bear

Video: gold to fall to $3,100 but the long term bull case

Chris Vermeulen is a technical analyst so take all this with a pinch of salt. He issues a stark warning: gold and silver have officially entered a bear market, with charts pointing to significant further downside.

By | Published 10:39 30 October 2026 |

OPTI
PREMIUM CONTENT  hot

Optibiotix – when you start making up telephone numbers, I call total bullshit

Oh for the good old days when Optibiotix (OPTI) used the Adam Reynolds keyboard. These days it uses one that does have numbers keys and I call bullshit as a response.

By | Published 09:54 30 October 2026 |

Beggar
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Nuburu - delisting deferred (for now)

Until yesterday the Alessandro Zamboni US listed fraud Nuburu (US:BURU) looked like it was heading for its third and probably final relegation to the OTC markets as its share price reached a low of just 16 cents close to the delisting threshold of 10 cents.

By | Published 09:12 30 October 2026 |

BTC
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London Bitcoin -time to fess up, interims imminent

David Lenigas and the 12 year old pipsqueak CEO Hewie Rattray can run but they cannot hide. Half calendar year results came out on November 11 last year so we must again be due numbers soon from London Bitcoin (BTC)

By | Published 09:00 30 October 2026 |

VLRM
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Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 12: Tom Winnifrith On Valereum and 2 others

To win an off peak holiday at the Greek Hovel simply send 300-999 words to tomat49@gmail.com on one UK listed stock capitalized at more than £10 million whose shares you expect to collapse, preferably to zero, but are not yet suspended. The deadline to enter is midnight on Saturday but why tarry.  Twelfth up is Tom Winnifrith with a few ideas and one main zero, the most obviously worthless stock he has seen for years.

By | Published 08:25 30 October 2026 |

PRD
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GOTCHA! Predator Oil & Gas, the duster in the desert

This stinks to high heaven. And makes Predator Oil & Gas (PRD) always a dog,  just wholly uninvestable. The FCA should be all over thus and the CEO, the crazy old coot, Paul Griffiths.

By | Published 08:23 30 October 2026 |

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Sohail
Sohail31 Oct 2026
Yes the gold rush principle works well in so many similar scenarios.The people who sell the equivalent of the pic axe and shovels are the ones who make the money.
Video: gold to fall to $3,100 but the long term bull case
Sohail
Sohail31 Oct 2026
I think a number of commentators did point out that gold was over extended when it suddenly shot up to 5500.However since then there has been a consistent failure to assess the impact of the ongoing wars.In both Ukraine and the gulf there has been a perception that the wars would be over quickly.I dont know what is going to happen but unless there is a fundamental change in world events the short term pressure on miners will surely be negative .The impact of the speed of the fall in Gold has been to materially effect the free cash flow being generated.
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: meeting up with my goat milking teacher
COLINS2
COLINS231 Oct 2026
I would have thought that it was in PB's interest to investigate the data collection done by UJO. I guess it won't make any difference to the company's fortunes as the people concerned have now left but it could be seen as good housekeeping. Hopefully, for UJO, CH and JA were not part of the spying!I'm guessing that PB's essay will be on ECOB? I will read it with interest.
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: meeting up with my goat milking teacher
COLINS2
COLINS231 Oct 2026
"Perhaps now, as they see their savings heading down the pan with the shares now just 0.725p they will see the folly of their ways."Nah, they won't, it's easier to blame you than admit to their own poor judgement.
GOTCHA! Predator Oil & Gas, the duster in the desert
MAYFAIRMAN
MAYFAIRMAN30 Oct 2026
There is no doubt that Trump will leave a legacy, it will just be one of lives lost, businesses ruined, and a country wallowing in debt. He will be remembered as the worst President in the history of the United States.
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: meeting up with my goat milking teacher
MAYFAIRMAN
MAYFAIRMAN30 Oct 2026
I think the balance between political tripe and share comment may be slipping again. There is no evidence whatsoever of political fraud in US elections on either side. MAGA Republicans, egged on by Trump wasted millions of dollars looking for it and bringing frivolous electoral lawsuits after his defeat by Biden in 2020 and not a single one came to trial. They were all thrown out for lack of evidence. The Big Lie was just that, a lie.
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: meeting up with my goat milking teacher
TOM
TOM30 Oct 2026
oh no that is not what happened, VLRM is lying to everyone again. It is far worse
BREAKING: Valereum: email exchange with White Hawk President– this makes no sense at all
TOM
TOM30 Oct 2026
during LOM we will see 5-6k per oz and higher. In fact am sure we will see 5 at some point in 2027. As it happens i did flag up that id top slice amrq in the 140s earler in the year and suggested folks might do the same. I then bought back in at current orice and lower. Get your facts right man!
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: meeting up with my goat milking teacher
38MPH
38MPH30 Oct 2026
Praise the Lord, I got out of this clusterf.. long ago.
Optibiotix – when you start making up telephone numbers, I call total bullshit

Complete Coverage

That Was the Week that Was 7 Days of ShareProphets

Saturday »

Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Andy Burnham talks bollocks twice and the now certain death of the Valereum $32 billion gold crypto fraud
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 4 hours ago
ZIN
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 14: Steve Moore on Zinc Media
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 5 hours ago
ESNT
Essentra – “Q3 2026 Trading Update”, a further positives Buy
  • By Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore
  • 6 hours ago
ECOB
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 13: Fagash on Eco Buildings
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 6 hours ago
VAST
BREAKING: Brian Moritz walking the plank at Vast, email cock up prompts accusations of fraud, RNS needed!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 6 hours ago

Friday »

VLRM
Photo article from Greece as Crazy Colette Quinn and jayrh lose all their money
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 21 hours ago
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith bearcast: meeting up with my goat milking teacher
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 23 hours ago
EMAN
Everyman Media – General Meeting result means it’s another AIM cancellation ahoy…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 1 day ago
CRU
Coral Products – good news travels fast and bad news is delayed…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 1 day ago
Bear
Video: gold to fall to $3,100 but the long term bull case
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 1 day ago
OPTI
Optibiotix – when you start making up telephone numbers, I call total bullshit
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 1 day ago
Beggar
Nuburu - delisting deferred (for now)
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 1 day ago
BTC
London Bitcoin -time to fess up, interims imminent
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 1 day ago
VLRM
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 12: Tom Winnifrith On Valereum and 2 others
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 1 day ago
PRD
GOTCHA! Predator Oil & Gas, the duster in the desert
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 1 day ago
GEX
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 11: Seadoc (again) on Georgina Energy (again)
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 1 day ago

Thursday »

FDBK
Feedback plc – a 2pm “Business Update”. Uh Oh!
  • By Steve Moore
  • 2 days ago
VANQ
Vanquis Banking Group – “signs of affordability pressure emerged in some credit card customer cohorts”. Uh oh…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 2 days ago
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Fagash what are you smoking? Why not go full in and become a NED at Bluebird as well?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 2 days ago
ZIN
Zinc Media – a “pleased to announce” fundraise, so surely a limited discount to the prior share price then…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 2 days ago
SYME
Insolvent fraud Supply@Me Capital kicks the can down the road, now interims won’t be published by 31 October 2026 deadline. But the end is nigh!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 2 days ago
LLOY
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 10: Gordon Gecko on Lloyds
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 2 days ago
CTAI
Catenai AI – a high risk gamble that didn’t pay off but a shocking breach of AIM rules to boot, what is Liam Murray at Cairn smoking?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 2 days ago
KEFI
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 9: Reader P on Kefi
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 2 days ago
MIRI
Mirriad Advertising – investment discussions “now terminated”, quelle surprise! You were warned…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 2 days ago
HTG
Hunting plc – warns “conflict in the Middle East has impacted our overall results”, but that’s not all…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 2 days ago

Wednesday »

Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Rearranging deckchairs and the discount you need on a placing
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago
MPAL
MedPal AI: is it burning cash to buy market share? Winnileaks questions
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago
AML
Evil Banksta on his big short from Sharestock: Aston Martin Lagonda
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago
TERN
Tern – more cash out of the door to Device Authority. Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock it’s almost discounted placing o’clock (Yet Again!)
  • By Nigel Somerville
  • 3 days ago
BRCK
BRCK Group – “the timing of any recovery in new housebuilding starts remains uncertain”, so trading should be as expected then?…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 3 days ago
AVCT
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 8: Seadoc on Avacta
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago
KEN
2 Ramptastic RNS’s in 2 days and Kendrick shares plunge to 4.25p you know what is underway, shall we say 3p vicar?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago
WCAP
WeCap has to fess up that it may not be able to pay loan due in May 2027!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago
GEX
GOTCHA! Georgina Energy – you could not make this shit up, except it just did! Admission of fraud!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago
CRTA
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 7: The Cornishman on Cirata
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago
Clown_Funeral
The cross dressers at Baker Street jump on the anti semitism bandwagon as they defame me and Kefi
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 3 days ago

Tuesday »

VLG
Venture Life – a “growth prospects in the exciting consumer healthcare market” Buy
  • By HotStockRockets
  • 4 days ago
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: I believe but Mr Market does not believe 'arry Adams and his Saudi Kefi news and $32 billon of golden balls
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 4 days ago
COPC
Coppa Collective – states “delivering a substantial improvement in profitability”, but is it actually profitable at all?!
  • By Steve Moore
  • 4 days ago
LBG
LBG Media – “a social entertainment powerhouse… confident of delivering growth”. Really?…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 4 days ago
SHOE
Shoe Zone – I having previously questioned “how positively really” its trading, now it’s “slower than expected”…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 4 days ago
VLRM
BREAKING: Valereum: email exchange with White Hawk President– this makes no sense at all
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 4 days ago
VTY
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 6: Reader CT on Vistry
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 4 days ago
WSBN
GOTCHA!: Wishbone Gold placing as predicted, apologise to the Sheriff of AIM you BBMs
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 4 days ago
SHI
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 5: Gary Newman on SIG
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 4 days ago
Greek Tear
Photo Article from the Greek Hovel: what are you doing in January?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 4 days ago

Monday »

Roulette
'The Takeover 12' Great British Takeover stakes competition leading picks performance update – some further improvement...
  • By Steve Moore
  • 5 days ago
ATG
Auction Technology – board change requisition, how much “significant progress and momentum in the business”?
  • By Steve Moore
  • 5 days ago
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Pantheon is out of cash by Christmas, a stonking £138m short
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 5 days ago
Bear
Video: The US Will ‘Return to Gold’, Imminent Debt-Spiral & The Fourth Turning
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 5 days ago
CGS
Castings plc – “the order book remains strong across the group,” BUT…
  • By Steve Moore
  • 5 days ago
OCDO
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 4: A on Ocado
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 5 days ago
GEX
A letter to Wiluna Shire CEO Matt McIntyre: Georgina Energy is calling you out as liars
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 5 days ago
SSTY
Safestay – hopefully my prior warnings were heeded as it’s admitted “face pressure on its liquidity position”!
  • By Steve Moore
  • 5 days ago
AC8
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 3: Evil Banksta on Acceler8 Ventures
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 5 days ago
WCAP
WeCap is technically insolvent by a mile: The Fat Lady approaches
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 5 days ago

Sunday »

GEX
Shire of Wiluna audio recording: $10m of bad news for Georgina Energy
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 6 days ago
Gold
The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Capitulates – Am I Panicking?
  • By Nigel Somerville
  • 6 days ago
CAS
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 2: M on Candessa AI
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 6 days ago
Quiz
The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #369
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 6 days ago
Blackboard
Visual Aid: How Many Disaster Warnings Does It Take for People to Act?
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 6 days ago
GEX
Bet the ranch on a short, win a Greek Hovel Holiday – entry No 1: BuriedTreasure on Georgina Energy
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 6 days ago
Reading
Sunday Long Reads: Goodbye Gate Theatre, Walking Oxford Street, Cookie Loophole, Paranoid Putin, First Social Network
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 6 days ago
Top-10
Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending October 24
  • By Darren Atwater
  • 6 days ago

Saturday »

Greek Tear
NEW: Win an off peak week at the Greek Hovel and help me out contest: PLEASE START SENDING ENTRIES TODAY!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 7 days ago
Bearcast
Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The Tide IS going out and soon you will see who is swimming naked
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 7 days ago
PRE
Pensana: fake sheikh deal, project delays, financing black hole so its pay rises all round!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 7 days ago
VLRM
The Valereum $32 billion fraud and the BLM dog that barked in the night!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 7 days ago
BMY
Bloomsbury Publishing – interims, second-half start and outlook gives full-year confidence on winning share tip
  • By Tom Winnifrith & Steve Moore
  • 7 days ago
GEX
The Georgina Energy Hussar fraud, the FCA and the mystery of the dog that barked in the night!
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 7 days ago
Sinking_Ship
Nuburu Inc - delisting ahoy?
  • By Tom Winnifrith
  • 7 days ago