This podcast does not mince its words. The latest AIM Casino China POS outrage pulled by scumbag Nomad ( shares suspended still) Daniel Stewart kicks things off. And we end with another POS floated by Daniel Cesspit.

West African gold hopeful Aureus Mining (AUE) expects to have its flagship 900,000-oz. New Liberty project in Liberia producing gold in or shortly after March next year and is confident of announcing a new resource next month for Ndablama, 40 km away, its second project in the country’s Bea Mountain licence area. Liberia is at the centre of the deadly ebola epidemic, gold at $1,248.80c an ounce remains at present stubbornly out of investment fashion and Aureus’s shares have virtually halved from their 41.25p 12-month peak to 21.25p now, but David Reading, the company’s chief executive officer, strikes a determinedly upbeat note.

Broker Northland acts for Stratmin Global (STGR) so this is not impartial but it has published a detailed note on the stock after the signing of a major offtake deal yesterday. It reckons that the shares (now 8.1p) are worth 19.3p, that they trade on a 2015 PE of 9, falling to 1.5, and it has upgraded its stance from hold to buy. Analyst Dr Ryan Long writes:

Shares in specialist IT recruitment group InterQuest (ITQ) have jumped by a net 8% in the past two days to 116.5p on the back of an announcement that “it is launching a review of options open to the company to maximise value for shareholders including a potential sale of the company”.  Ching Ching.

Shares in online fashion company ASOS (ASC) bounced back somewhat yesterday on the back of results for its year ended 31st August 2014. The following reviews whether the response looks warranted.

The latest profits warning looks near term and marginal in its impact. The shares of Rolls Royce (RR.) have lost all their former premium and at 803p look good value. A great opportunity for serious long term investors to pick up this long term  technology growth stock at what looks like a low valuation of earnings.  

Hello Share Peddlars. Now that I‘ve returned from hectic Berlin with time to think about it, I must reply to Uncle Tom Winnifrith’s description of my original piece on ethical investing as ‘Tommy Rot’.

There are some people who like to criticise Tobacco companies for being evil. Labour would like to tax it even more as part of its plan for ‘British Socialism’. But remember that British American Tobacco (BATS) is investing a lot of money in developing E-Cigarettes.

Just two stocks in today's podcast. Both are discussed for company specific reasons. But the interest has wider application that just Beacon Hill Resources (BHR) and Quindell (QPP). The points made have wider import.

Prevailing world conditions have conspired, in a surprisingly short space of time, to cause us to question the possibility of progress. It is a world of one (civilisation challenging) problem after another. 

We have just re-released my bestselling book, the 49 Golden Rules of Making Money from Shares. I do not mean I outsell Jeffrey Archer, just that of my books it has been the biggest winner. Rules 22 deals with shares that are Bulletin Board favourites, rule 23 with top slicing. We have 50 free copies of the book to hand out this month and you can get yours by filling in the form HERE.

It is good to see the FTSE 100 rise today, but not all companies are joining in on the fun. Shares in British American Tobacco (BATS) have fallen, so have shares in GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Banco Santander (BNC) shares are basically flat at 549p.

Shares in recruitment software group Dillistone (DSG) have slipped back from more than 110p in July and in excess of 100p for most of last month to a current 96.5p. The company’s house broker, WH Ireland, has now updated and the following updates my view.

Quindell (QPP) has announced what it believes to be a major deal. Oddly certain Bulletin board morons who have in the past been leaked confidential lawyer’s letters by Quenron have been pre-announcing this for days making a mockery of AIM rules re the release of supposedly price sensitive information. But that is the least of Quindell’s crimes.

Identity technology group GB (GBG) has updated that in results for the six months to 30th September 2014, to be announced on 24th November, it “expects to show an adjusted operating profit of not less than £3.7 million (2013: £2.6 million)” and that “we expect our strong performance to continue through the second half of the year”. The following reviews in the context of the announcement having helped the shares approaching 4% higher to 146p.

The normal Bearcast will be up a bit later. However I was struck by news releases issued today by ASOS (ASC), Northern Petroleum (NOP), Blur (BLUR) and Globo (GBO) and so recorded a podcast special. Superficially it might seem like good news all round, however:

On Friday I updated on short positions with a ‘position date’ in the current month which have been disclosed, as required, to the FCA. Today I highlight the top 19 disclosed ‘net short position %’ as of then, regardless of the 'position date'. Interestingly these are all in different companies (the first repeat 'share issuer' being WH Smith in 23rd, repeat 'position holder's in the table in bold). This is thus another table for which investors holding the shares featured may want to check the current fundamentals.

Hello Share Manglers. I’ve just returned from a working holiday in Berlin where I’ve been trying to work out their currently rather dodgy financial situation. (Their government has just cut its annual growth rate forecast from 1.8% to 1.2%)

The markets are down but all sorts of flotsum and jetsom on the AIM casino is up sharply? What is going on? That is the start of the podcast today - a look at some of the big risers and why they are up.

Ebola is certainly everywhere on the news at the moment. The epidemic continues to spread like wildfire, and more people are dying all the time. Thankfully, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is continuing its work on a vaccine which should help stem the spread. Today it issued a press statement, opening with the following: