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

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Petroamerica “PTA” placed amongst top 50 companies listed on the TSX.V, and second in the Venture Oil and Gas Category. The TSX Venture 50 annually awards the top ten companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, in each of five major industry sectors – Oil and Gas, Mining, Technology & Life Sciences, Diversified Industries and… Continue Reading

Canadian oil companies are getting less for their oil due to pipeline bottlenecking. Most of the Oil extracted in Western Canada is piped to Illinois for refinement and then to Cushing, Oklahoma for sale. In recent years the sale price differential between Canadian crude oil, known as WCS (Western Canada Select), and its American counterpart… Continue Reading

It is astounding to witness a group of 32 entrepreneurs from different parts of the world come together in one place. The energy of the room where a meeting of the minds took place is unlike anything I have ever experienced. There was a small, but incredibly important take-away that I got after observing and… Continue Reading

With special thanks to Odgers Berndston, global leaders in executive search, for supporting these interviews. Meet Brent Cook: seasoned geologist and the mind behind Exploration Insights, one of the most credible and influential gold stock newsletters in the world today. We recently caught up with Brent in Vancouver, and asked him to share some of… Continue Reading

Michael Campbell of the World Financial Outlook Conference sat down with renowned resource investor Frank Giustra last Saturday, February 2, 2013. During their conversation, Giustra warned the audience not to expect the truth about inflation from central bankers. He commented, “Inflation is caused by the fear of inflation. Inflation is a self-fulfilling prophecy, and every… Continue Reading

CEO Ivan Glasenberg, a superstar trader in the commodities industry, is being catapulted into the media spotlight after his company, Glencore, is to merge with Xstrata. Though the merger stands to make this billionaire an even wealthier one, it may come at a price not measured in dollars. Having made past deals with Apartheid South Africa,… Continue Reading

Our current system of education judges individuals against a preconceived idea of the optimal academic mind. In this RSA Animate video Sir Ken Robinson claims that our conformist method of education is antiquated, and needs to be updated if we are to reach our full potential. Robinson illustrates how our children are “living in the most intensely stimulating period… Continue Reading

In this short interview with Eric King of King World News , Michael Belkin – Founder, Financial Market Strategist & Author of the Belkin Report, warns that investors are not prepared for the coming year, and that too many believe we are in recovery, when we’re not. He suggests the possibility of a 30% decline… Continue Reading

Economists expecting “substantial declines over the next year or two”. The recent Global Forecast Update (Scotia Bank, 2013) illustrates how deleveraging of the private and public sectors coupled with geopolitical unrest, an expanding income gap, and euro zone unemployment could still put the moderate global economic recovery into a tailspin. The Update supports central banks… Continue Reading

In James Dines’ interview with King World News on Friday, the eccentric economist forecasted serious hyperinflation brought on by soaring gold and silver prices — unless Americans wake up and do something about it. On Friday, advocating his new 48-page “2013 Annual Forecast,” legendary forecaster James Dines detailed his predictions on the economic crisis, the… Continue Reading

US equities are currently situated at a very interesting place, both technically and in terms of overall market sentiment. Let me begin by saying that I don’t believe the previous high levels in the Dow or S&P are of much relevance in the current market. The Russell 2000 in in new all-time high territory, the… Continue Reading

The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) released its 2012 Mining Report this month. The purpose of the report is “to provide information to market participants on areas where they can improve their disclosure and on interpretative issues that have materialized during the past year.” The BSCS outlined some of the most common problems when it… Continue Reading

Bloomberg|GAMECHARNGERS aired a documentary recently of one of my personal hero’s, Ervin ‘Magic’ Johnson. In this 44 minute film we learn from and are inspired by Magic’s successes as a human being both on the court, in dealing with HIV, and in building a business worth over $700 million dollars. In this video we witness the… Continue Reading