Source: “Junior Venture Exchange Needs Cleansing” says Rick Rule of Sprott Global Resource Investments. Small Cap Power Q: The Canadian junior market and the resource juniors continue to struggle as investors shy away from them despite the TSX and Dow Jones trading at very good levels. When do you see the junior markets starting to perform again?… Continue Reading

In spite of falling iron ore prices, a group of well known insiders from Oceanic Iron Ore Corp have reached into their own pockets to move their Hopes Advance project in Quebec’s Labrador Trough forward. We had the opportunity recently to connect with Oceanic’s chairman and former president of Teck Resources, Steven Dean, and Oceanic’s president, Alan… Continue Reading

Clueless Capital: An Interview With the World’s Youngest, Most Charmingly Oblivious Hedge Fund. NYMag “Avoid the Canadian tradition of nit-picking the ambitious and original.” Conrad Black: As Quebec decays, Toronto seizes greatness. National Post Robert Frank: Texas Postal Worker Is Artist Behind Hermes Scarves. CNBC Photo: Hermes Blood, Sweat, and Piers (Morgan). Vanity Fair

The Parti Quebecois’ narrow election victory yesterday gave the province’s long-suffering separatists something to cheer about – at least until deadly gunfire from a lunatic introduced tragedy as Pauline Marois celebrated her political party’s win. The election outcome, not to mention the gunfire, likely put a bit of a scare into people – especially outside… Continue Reading

by James Kwantes “In a world of steel-eyed death and men Who are fighting to be warm, Come in, she said, I’ll give ya Shelter from the storm.” Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks (1975) by James Kwantes Steel-eyed death? Not quite, but speculative investors are bruised and bloodied. And Venture investors are certainly fighting to… Continue Reading

Ten Reasons Winners Keep Winning, Aside from Skill. HBR Glenn Hubbard: The Romney Plan for Economic Recovery. WSJ Berkshire Benefits As Buffett Wagers On U.S. Housing. Bloomberg China Slowdown Forcing Discounting At Gome To McDonald’s. Bloomberg Fareed Zakaria: Capitalism, not culture, drives economies. Washington Post Bernanke Is Bluffing – go-tst.com/cGFRc by @pmorici1 — Jim Cramer (@jimcramer)… Continue Reading