Vatukoula Gold Mines (VGM) must have its diehard fans, the sort of people who support Bradford City in the ludicrous hope of a return to playing in the top flight, no one would like to experience is the type of price action for the stock seen in May when the share price effectively doubled and then halved within a space of a couple of weeks. Compared to that watching Bradford must be fun.

The U.S. Comex gold futures spiked 2.04 per cent on Tuesday while the prices have jumped 3.66 percent last week. Month-to-date, the gold futures have risen 1.21 percent after slumping 4.96 percent in September.

Hello Share Fans: Now this getting really good. The Footsie is tottering within a whisker of its old record of just under 7,000. 

Good things are happening. At ADVFN we see trends early, as they start with us first. The stock market is rallying hard and the private investor is slowly but surely inching back into the market.

We revealed here on Monday of this week that bear raider Evil Knievil had gone aggressively long of both Co-Op Bank bonds (yield at the time 21%) and Prefs (yield 18%). Shortly afterwards trading in both instruments was suspended. Evil reckons the Co-Op has blinked.

Ahead of an expected 4th November announcement of its results for the six months ended 30th September 2013, the former Printing.com – now Grafenia plc (GRA), apparently “to reflect the broad 'graphic nature' of the group's activity” – earlier this month warned to “expect the results for the year to be below market expectations and skewed towards the second half's trading”. Is this another case of a change of a company’s name but the same old problems?

I have called this one brilliantly to date: tipping the stock at 4.875p 46 days ago before advising folks to top slice two thirds at 6.5p 8 days ago so leaving them with a free carry.  Oh come on 31% in 38 days is not bad is it? The shares are now back at 5.25p thanks to a forced seller. And it is time to buy again.

It is now more than three weeks since I passed to Green Dragon Gas (GDG) a dossier showing environmental wreckage in the US and bloodied Chinese villagers. The dossier was prepared by a former trade partner. I made it clear that I would publish a rebuttal in full.  Despite promises to the contrary I have received no such rebuttal. But that is not as pressing as the cash issue and a potential $50 million black hole which could sink Green within weeks.

It has been quite year for shares of the Zeitgeist catching company @UK (ATUK). Indeed, the name seems so a la mode the group deserves to be in the FTSE 100. But at 43p on the back of a big contract win today there is more to come. Buy with a 70p target. Here’s why.

Following my update earlier this month, Andor Technology (AND) has put some of its cash pile to use – announcing an up to Canadian$16.3 million (initially Canadian$11.3 million, £6.8 million) acquisition of Spectral Applied Research Inc., a Toronto-based “market leader in the design and manufacture of optical systems for the cell biology research community”

Only a madman or a chartist (or both) would attempt to make a call on a new issue like Royal Mail (RGM) so soon after its stock market debut. So soon after the desperate Government’s fire sale to get a few pennies on board with which to bribe the Great British public at the next election. Am I a cynic? Was the taxpayer robbed? 

The good news is that the revenues from licensing jumped more than 48% in the year. The bad news is that revenues missed analysts’ estimates. This miss is an opportunity to buy the stock.

In the summer of last year, I spotted N. Brown (BWNG) as a retail share for buying; the share price was then 234p. Last seen it was 525p. Well done me.

11 days ago Hot Stock Rockets tipped Alexander Mining (AXM) at 4.25p. The shares are now 7p so we are 58% ahead already. Not bad eh? But there is more to go. The shares are still a buy.

It was less than two weeks ago that, well after market hours, Kenmare Resources (KMR) issued a profits warning and staged a £66 million rescue bailout at 26.5p. Those who ponied up then must be cursing themselves as the stock is now at 22.5p. As a bear for some time I predict that worse is to follow.

Hello Share Fanciers: I'm not making much money so far this week. This is a bummer. I thought I would.

At a current 29.5p, capitalising the company at £32.9 million, shares in gold producer from Azerbaijan, Anglo Asian Mining (AAZ) have yet to really recover from a May low of 25.125p – they having commenced the year at 45p having, in 2011, reached 80p. The gold market environment has clearly been unhelpful but there is still much positivity around this company.

Terry Bond has been the executive chairman of AIM Cesspit posterboy Vialogy (VIY) since its launch. Last year as the company recorded another whopping loss he trousered a pay packet of £181,261 even though the company also has a CEO and a CTO. Is he needed? Is he an asset? Or just another cash drain on a company which is weeks away from running out of cash? It's the latter. It's time to Junk Bond.

Having closed at 139.5p the week before last, shares in identity technology company GB Group (GBG) have slipped back to a current 131.5p despite it last week announcing it “has achieved a strong set of results in its half year to 30 September 2013” and that “we enter the second half with confidence and momentum”. So is the slippage justified?

Ortac Resources (OTC) has announced the submission of a preliminary environmental report for a proposed application to mine from the existing underground development at its Šturec gold deposit in Slovakia. This follows an application for small-scale surface mining – which is currently going through the environmental consideration process – and their approvals would enable the company to extend the current 30th June 2014 expiration date on its underground and surface mining rights to the Kremnica mining licence area. So what does that mean?