Buying Into Panic Can Pay Millions–And Sometimes Billions–If You Have The Guts. The hypnotizing stench of market pessimism never ceases to amaze me. It wraps itself around it’s victims like a heavy smoke—choking them into a deep financial slumber. Some wake up weeks, months, or years later, dazed and confused, while others simply perish. Optimism… Continue Reading

A fun story for mining and US history buffs and an argument for continued strength in copper demand. Stanford University, located in Palo Alto, California, and today known as the epicenter of technology, has graduated untold thousands of students. However, as with most top schools in the world, few of those graduates have chosen mining-related careers. But… Continue Reading

Cantor Hires 17 From Canaccord To Start Corporate Advisory Unit. Bloomberg It’s a good biz, managing trillions. Pimco’s Bill Gross Paid $200 Million Last Year, N.Y. Times Says. Bloomberg Ex BP boss working away. Tony Hayward Loads Trucks With Kurdish Oil Awaiting Pipe: Energy. Bloomberg Go Howard!#45Video: Howard Lindzon, Chief Executive Officer, StockTwitsinstitutionalinvestor.com/Article/306823…$$ — Barry… Continue Reading

House Passes Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ Bill. WSJ (Photograph by Frank Rebelo/CSU-Chico/AP Photo) Robert expects Gold Set for a Huge Break Out. Stock Sage “He who owns the oil will own the world.” Canada again a focus of a new Great Scramble for oil. Globe and Mail The idea that inflation might be our friend is gaining traction. LA Times… Continue Reading

Unimaginable ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Tragedy in Colorado. CNN “Give me a one-handed economist. All my economists say, on the one hand … on the other …” Harry S. Truman Notes from the various panels at CNBC & Institutional Investor’s Delivering Alpha Conference. Best Ideas, Global Opportunities, Real Estate, Commodities. Market Folly Benchmark-beating performance is reassuring. No worries over Canada… Continue Reading

Gross Returns to Form as Flagship ETF Doubles. CNBC CNBC, Fox Business and BNN ratings to tumble til Sunday. . . The Open Championship has begun at Royal Lytham & St. Annes: Leaderboard. R&A Group led by BC Partners with the help of Canada Pension Plan to Buy U.S. Cable Operator for $6.6 Billion. Dealbook If… Continue Reading

“We’re clean but we’re dirty-clean, rather than clean-clean,” a Barclays executive said. The British, at Least, Are Getting Tough. NYTimes A Gold Rush in the Abyss. Some mainstream attention for marine mineral exploration. NYTimes HDI CEO Ron Thiessen sees copper shortages hampering industrial growth in annual letter. HDI Gold will taking ever more buying by the official sector to keep prices… Continue Reading