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By Mark Leibovit |
April 26, 2013
Midday review of financial, commodity and Canadian markets.
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By Tom Armistead |
April 25, 2013
Whether the topic is peak oil, climate change or commodity bull markets, Jim Letourneau tends to take the contrarian position.
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By Mark Leibovit |
April 25, 2013
Stocks higher on support from continued better-than-expected earnings. A supportive factor this morning was the stronger-than-expected UK Q1 GDP report.
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By Sally Lowder |
March 19, 2013
Robert Cohen has been kicking up dust at conferences and in board rooms with his "revolutionary and simple" idea that gold mining companies should hold gold on their balance sheets and use gold-based loans.
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By Peter Byrne |
January 24, 2013
If a person consumed only nuclear-generated power, the amount of waste generated over his or her lifetime could be contained in a soda can. Compare this to the trainloads of coal delivered daily to coal-fired power plants.
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By Ryan Fletcher |
January 15, 2013
With global equity markets booming and some commodity prices still on the rise one could have expected that the TSX Venture would have had a decent year. The exact opposite, however, was the case as fear and uncertainty gripped the market.
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By Jeb Handwerger |
January 2, 2013
Critical minerals, uranium and precious metals are already in a supply shortfall, while Central Banks in Europe, Japan and the US continue to devalue their currencies through QE. These are ingredients for a price spike in several strategic commodities.
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By Danielle Park |
April 19, 2012
Mining and commodity stocks have been hit hard again the past month, with the TSX Venture composite now below support and flirting with the lows of last fall. Venture along with Chinese stocks have served as leading indicators for the demand cycle and global growth.
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By Brian Sylvester |
January 19, 2012
Success in critical metals depends on finding the trends - how the metals will be used, where market share is allocated - and on familiarity with the companies you invest in, from who is on the management team to how much cash they have on hand.
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By Dudley Pierce Baker |
October 14, 2011
Simply put, if you want to make money in the markets, you must buy low and sell high. Sounds very easy but at times like these many investors are afraid to step into the resource sector much less think of buying the penny stocks.