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

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

New regulation complicates Canadian companies’ ability to raise capital at home and abroad. Source: British Columbia Securities Commission.  See also: BCSC to End Finder’s Fees for Capital Raising Except by Registered Dealer (Clark Wilson). BCN 2013/01 Notice and Request for Comment – Proposed Revocation of BC Instrument 32-513 Registration Exemption for Trades in Connection with Certain Prospectus-Exempt… Continue Reading

The unapologetic promoter behind Newstrike Capital and other ventures shares his latest and greatest ideas. TH: Keir, last year you were pitching us on a web startup called Stockmash, which aimed to crowd source investment ideas. What’s the latest there? KR: Ah, yes, I sold it to another company last year that was more advanced in crowdsharing… Continue Reading

In 1863, electrician Edward A. Calahan invented the stock ticker, a telegraph receiver capable of printing letters and numbers onto paper tape. At first, almost all ticker customers were brokers and bankers. By around 1880, however, the ticker had spawned a new kind of business, called bucket shops… Continue reading at Bloomberg ->

Via The Calandra Report – Subscribe Here – Only $58 HOUSTON — Are Colombia oil producers nearing a wave of mergers, as asset manager Frank Holmes forecast three weeks ago?

Petromanas Energy Inc. ($PMI), an Albanian-focused oil and gas explorer backed by Royal Dutch Shell, was discussed in the Energy Report recently by National Bank analyst Darrel Bishop. Highlights below. Shpirag-2 well site in Albania – Photo: Petromanas TER: One of the jurisdictions you follow is unusual —Albania. Can you explain the investment thesis and the current opportunities? DB:… Continue Reading

Since we first wrote about Petroamerica Oil Corp. ($PTA.v) on August 16, shares of the Calgary/Bogata-based oil and gas junior have risen over 50% to 52-week highs (chart). Obviously something is up so we decided to take a closer look to see why shares in PTA have more buyers than sellers. What first attracted us… Continue Reading

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