Malcy's Blog looks at the oil price and producers, featuring: Amerisur (AMER), Petro Matad (MATD), and Pantheon Resources (PANR)

As podcast popularity continues to rise, with their existence becoming ubiquitous, Audioboom has established itself accordingly as one of the strongest leaders profiting from the lucrative industry. 

On today's podcast: Russ Mould talks about: Strix Group (KETL), Renold (RNO), CVS Group (CVSG) and the US Economy.

Amerisur said: “In light of the high level of recent activity in the Colombian E&P sector, it has decided to conduct a formal review of the various strategic options available to the Company to maximise value for shareholders.”

SP Angel research note on commodities and miners, featuring: BlueRock Diamonds* (BRD LN) – 12.2ct diamond sold for US$105,000 Cora Gold* (CORA LN) – Drilling returns good grades in the sulphide mineralisation at Selin Highland Gold (HGM LN) – Q2 production update Solgold* (SOLG LN) – Expanding the drilling fleet to expedite the PFS

CEO of Nuformix (NFX) Dr. Dan Gooding stopped by our studios to discuss recent news-- breaking down the company's business strategy, the status of their Chinese payments, and their continued venture into cannabinoids.

The bidder behind the £2.5billion takeover of Inmarsat has pledged to keep its key operations in Britain, Stonegate – the company behind Slug and Lettuce, Walkabout and Yates – is on the verge of snapping up Britain’s biggest pub company, EI Group

We discuss why emerging markets is ripe for stock picking, why investors are losers in the shift to passive investing, and why investors should not be perennially optimistic.