Starting an investing blog covering the junior mining sector requires some preparation. So I trekked up Howe Street and east on West Georgia to the Vancouver public library, where I borrowed Fleecing the Lamb: The Inside Story of the Vancouver Stock Exchange, by David Cruise and Alison Griffiths. Published by Douglas & McIntyre in 1987, two… Continue Reading

If you were shocked to learn from Mitt Romney that 47 percent of Americans don’t pay income tax, you might be interested to know that only 1.2 and 2.7 percent of Chinese and Indians pay that same tax in their respective countries. Interestingly, 63 percent of Canadians pay income tax, a higher percentage than our… Continue Reading

Goldman Sachs Forecasts 18.2% Return on Commodities in Year. Bloomberg HSBC Managing Director: Why Asia Should Start Worrying About Inflation. CNBC Ahmadinejad Under Attack at Home and Away as Bow Out Nears. Bloomberg Qatar in talks to buy Batista’s $2 billion AUX stake: sources. Reuters  Blackstone to acquire Tampa Bay rental homes valued at $1B. TBBJ… 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

Robert Friedland returned to the mining spotlight with a vengeance this week on news of IPO plans for Ivanplats, his private company with copper and zinc projects in the Congo and platinum and nickel projects in South Africa. Friedland showed his Midas touch with the discoveries of Voisey’s Bay nickel deposit in Canada, purchased by… Continue Reading

Recently we sat down with Amir Adnani, CEO of Uranium Energy Corp. ($UEC), an American uranium mining company, for a conversation on the nuclear industry eighteen months after the catastrophe at Fukushima which devastated both Japan and most uranium miners’ share prices. One of the most critical issues we discussed in our interview was the… Continue Reading

Draghi-Day: ECB agrees new bond-buying plan. Reuters Russia is stockpiling gold. Marketwatch Indian Tycoon Seeks 40-Fold Payout In African Gas Deal. Bloomberg China’s New Richest Man Revealed, Living Off Just $20 Per Day. Bloomberg Transcript: Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver’s Speech to Canaccord Genuity Corp., Sept 4, 2012. Republic of Mining Qatar Imperils Big Merger… Continue Reading

Quiet, Understated, Marathon-Running Retail Banker Antony Jenkins Brought In To Run Barclays. Bloomberg Scotiabank Makes $3.13B No-Frills Bet on ING. Financial Post After Bloody, Violent Strike, Lonmin Miners & Management Make Amends, Prepare To Resume Mining Operations In S.A. Bloomberg SkySurf, Founded By Ottawa Businessman Raed Almasri, Bought Canadian Air-To-Ground Internet Service Rights For $2.1… Continue Reading

“You get a sale at Wal-Mart or Nordstrom, and they’re lined up at midnight to be the first ones in the door. When Wall Street has a sale, everybody says, ‘Oh gee, it might go lower’.” – Marshall Berol I had the chance to speak with Encompass Fund’s Marshall Berol yesterday. The Encompass Fund is heavily… Continue Reading

Greg Weldon’s Macro Market Update Audio. Weldon Financial Greg’s update focuses solely on Gold and Silver, with perspective on … … Gold’s med-term technical breakout … Gold’s longer-term technical position … the decline in the US Dollar Index … Gold ‘priced-in’ Eurocurrency … Gold ‘priced-in’ Yen … the new RECORD HIGH in Gold ‘priced-in’ Brazilian Real… Continue Reading

Enjoy the day… Flipping Banks & Thoroughbred Horses—Billionaire Gerald Ford(not ex-president) Tells His Multi-Decade Story. Bloomberg  Law of the Jhungle – Raise a glass for one of India’s best-known investors. Economist “Self-Storage Firms Making Stinking Profits—At A Time When Many Traditional REITS Are Not Working”. Economist Where Have the Mom & Pop Investor Gone? dlvr.it/21j9MR $$… Continue Reading

What Frank Holmes calls, “The love trade.”

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.

Bypassing Wall Street with your wealth. AVC Freighters for sale on the cheap! The shipping industry – Slow steaming, uphill. The Economist Lost decades – The Japanese tragedy. Economist “Mr. Burt, a former investment banker, staked his reputation on Tasiast…” CEO’s firing puts Kinross investors on high alert. Globe and Mail Scalpel-Throwing Surgeons Stun Anger… 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