Pension plans see investing opportunities in alternative assets. Globe and Mail  Heavy Call-Option Buyer Steps Into Ross Beaty’s Pan American Silver. Barrons Real Estate Investors Seek Opportunities in European Debt Crisis. NYTimes CEOCouncil… Executives and entrepreneurs need to go global in person. Globe and Mail B2Gold to Buy CGA to Take Over Philippine Gold Mine. Bloomberg Contrarian headlines… Uranium Recovery… Continue Reading

“Plans are for architects!” Japan follows the Fed, eases policy as recovery prospects fade. Globe and Mail Rehypothecated “Ghost” Steel Pledged as Assets in China, Nowhere to be Found; Did it Ever Exist? Mish’s Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism. New Atlantis Tech Startup Compensation Tool. WealthFront

We had the opportunity to sit down with one of the youngest and most successful CEO’s in the mining business today, Nolan Watson, of the Sandstorm companies. Chosen as a Canadian “Top 40 Under 40”, Nolan has created billions in shareholder wealth beginning as a 26 year old CFO at Silver Wheaton. He currently appears… Continue Reading

Harvard Losing Out to South Dakota in Graduate Pay: Commodities. Bloomberg Fracking Fluid Fit for Human Consumption in Five Years. Mining.com Call Option Activity on IAMGOLD Moves Up 12x Average. CNBC See Our Recent Interview With IAMGOLD CEO Stephen Letwin. The global wealth-management industry is now paying $8 to generate every $10 of income. CNBC… Continue Reading

Did you notice P. Lassonde is also wearing a Mandarin shirt collar, the same style as F. Giustra wore in our interview together? Is the Mandarin collar the secret handshake, so to speak, of the gold-bug elite? … It is obviously not a cost-savings measure… Thoughts?

Don’t Show Me The Money. NYTimes Institutional investors turn to hedge fund managers for strategy, macro advice. Pensions & Investments Sandy Lewis: The Lonely Redemption Of A Wall Street Provocateur. NYTimes Inside the Startup-Generating Secrets of Y Combinator. Vanity Fair Generation jobless: ‘Millennials’ struggle with unemployment. PBS Winklevoss Twins Back Finance Startup. WSJ David Foster Wallace on Life. Brain… Continue Reading

Gold and mining investors should watch Franco Nevada Chairman Pierre Lassonde’s presentation at last week’s Denver Gold Forum. Lassonde believes the mineral exploration sector needs and will see a technological breakthrough like 3D Seismic’s revolution of exploration for oil and gas. He thinks the commodity super-cycle has at least 5-10 years left, and would bet “a lot of… Continue Reading

Come see how Canadians are solving global commodity shortages, and learn how to make inflation your friend. Dear Readers, We’d like to take this opportunity to invite you to the 2012 Toronto Resource Investment Conference at the Sheraton Hotel. Headlining the event are resource entrepreneurs Brent Cook, John Kaiser, Lawrence Roulston and Keith Schafer. These… Continue Reading

Brent’s partner Quinton Hennigh was also interviewed by Daniela at the Denver Gold Forum. Serious speculators should consider subscribing for Exploration Insights, Brent and Quinton’s premium newsletter. It’s the gold standard of exploration stock newsletters and I read it every Sunday. Join Brent, Quinton and I at the Toronto Resource Investment Conference Sept 27-28, 2012. Early registration is free… Continue Reading

Growing up my mother always told me, “You can be anything you want in life, just not a promoter.” She should have known her statement would have the reverse effect as I’ve been a proud promoter all my life. I’ve promoted ideas, products, services, sweatshops, stocks, websites and conferences, to name a few, but most… Continue Reading

“At one stage there was a growing list of investment bankers who left the world of capital markets for the world of mining. Now there is a growing list of those investment bankers who have now left mining.” The investment banker/mining nexus. Financial Post QE3 Arrives – Bernanke’s Battle for Jobs Eclipses Inflation Concerns. Bloomberg Glencore… Continue Reading

Ray Dalio, founder and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates, L.P., the world’s largest hedge fund, discusses global economics with Maria Bartiromo – Sept. 12, 2012. Source: Council on Foreign Relations More Ray today: Ray Dalio: Southern Europe Is About to Enter a ‘Lost Decade’. WSJ Bridgewater’s Dalio: U.S economy out of ‘intensive care’. Reuters

U.S. stock futures pull back ahead of Fed decision. Marketwatch Fink Belies Being Boring Telling Customers to Buy Stocks. Bloomberg Friedland Seeks Congo Funding After Gobi Exit: Corporate Canada. Bloomberg “Is copper too high or is iron ore too low? In all probability the answer is yes and yes.” Reuters via IKN Tertzakian: Pipelines are by far the… Continue Reading

Amir Adnani’s “Uranium and nuclear energy state of the union.” Business Insider Equity Firms Like Bain Are Depicted as Colluding. NYTimes The Tragedy of the European Union and How to Resolve It. George Soros Peter Koven: Robert Friedland is back. Financial Post AngloGold’s Cutifani Sees South Africa Solution in Months. Bloomberg Could Private Equity Solve Pro… Continue Reading

“It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting. Got that? My sitting tight! It is no trick at all to be right on the market. You always find lots of early bulls in bull markets and early bears in bear markets. I’ve known many men who… Continue Reading