Two policemen hacked to death, 34 platinum miners killed in violent South African mine strike. Bloomberg Is There a Limit to How Tall Buildings Can Get? The Atlantic Cities  see also: Interactive overview of global house prices and rents. The Economist “Anyone with the focus and inclination and access to a pc on the net has a chance to… Continue Reading

There was a 13.8% move upwards today in Petroamerica Oil Corp., stock symbol $PTA.v (bigchart), a company backed by well-known resource investor Frank Giustra. After market a news release came out that suggests PTA.v could have legs: Petroamerica Provides an Update on the Las Maracas-4 Well Results and Las Maracas Production, Colombia. More to come… Continue Reading

Here’s what I took away from the headlines this morning: Barrick in talks to sell Africa stake to China Gold. See also – why? and Gold expected to pull out of slump. Globe and Mail 5 Founders Who Came Back to Rescue Their Companies. Fiscal Times

“Welcome the disagreement. Remember the slogan, ‘When two partners always agree, one of them is not necessary.'” Boom. Paulson Steps Up Gold Bet To 44% Of Firm’s Equity Assets. Bloomberg “It is clear that there is huge untapped potential to increase trade between China and Canada.” Obstacles hurting Canada-China energy investment: official study. Financial Post

Today I’ll tell a tale that may not even be true, but I got a big kick of it and it involves two of Canada’s most famous mining personalities, the late Murray Pezim and the great George B. Cross. Pezim was the gregarious stock promoter immortalized in Sports Illustrated who helped finance several tremendous mineral… Continue Reading

(If you’re interested in this conspiracy theory, read this Tweet by Michael Schuss. Photo: Romary) Everything Wall St. Should Know About Ryan. Dealbook Infographic: Chinese Investments in Africa. Stratfor via TBP It’s okay, Dad. Carl Icahn Hands Son Brett $3 Billion To Prove His Mettle. Bloomberg Great read. Stimulate Your Customer’s Lizard Brain to Make a Sale. HBR… Continue Reading

Nobody’s going to jail and nobody’s getting rich, at least yet. Halted… Barkerville Gold Mines – Technical report (NI 43-101) – English. Sedar

“Democracy, despite all of this mess, will find it’s way. I hope it will.” Bill Gates.

What Frank Holmes calls, “The love trade.”

Rory McIlroy Wins the PGA Championship. WSJ Egypt president sweeps out army rulers in hopefully a peaceful end to 60 years of military leadership there. Reuters Five years on, the Great Recession is turning into a life sentence. Telegraph

“Don’t be in a big hurry to find the investments.” I sought advice from a generous friend today, Mr. Bill Lupien. Bill is an entrepreneur, author and hedge fund manager with a long and distinguished career in the equity markets that my words won’t do justice today. (You can learn more about him from Bloomberg).… Continue Reading

Mining legend Don McKinnon dies at 83. Timmins Press Selected Achievements: -Self taught, high school drop out prospector turned multi-millionaire; -Discovered the Hemlo Gold Mine — one of the most profitable gold operations in Canadian history; -PDAC Person of the Year in 1982; -Order of Canada winner in 1995; The list goes on. RIP Mr. McKinnon. Leaderboard. PGA… Continue Reading

Romney makes Ryan his VP pick in a potential jolt to campaign. Washington Post “A true Objectivist would not vote with his or her Republican party-mates 98% of the time in Congress as Ryan has. So, if the VPs Office somehow had an historically aberrant influence over a potential Romney Administration, there would be little… Continue Reading

Tekoa interviews IAMGOLD CEO Stephen Letwin. CEO.CA Fed-speak, Ayn Rand, etc. Alan Greenspan on His Fed Legacy and the Economy. Businessweek Canaccord Financial CEO Paul Reynolds just bought roughly $56k in $CF shares following the $CF Q1 2013 conference call we discussed yesterday. Thanks INK Research for the alerts as always. ‘Why Nations Fail’: Can elites choke American prosperity?… Continue Reading

There are now over a million multi-millionaires in China and a large number of them are looking to get out. When they do, that wealth will need to be fixed into something, somewhere.