Focus on Gold – the ongoing debate

January 11, 2010
Focus on Gold – the ongoing debate

Today’s edition of CBC’ radio’s The Current featured another gold debate between one of the most prominent proponents of gold in John Embry,  chief investment strategist for Sprott Asset Management . The other side of the debate featured Larry Swedroe,  principal and director of research for The Buckingham Family of Financial Services. The debate can be found here and the...
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S&P/TSX Venture on a tear

January 8, 2010
S&P/TSX Venture on a tear

In this note we present an anotated chart of the S&P TSX Venture index. This is where smallcap/venture investors were affected the most by the crash of 2008. The loss from the peak in May 2007 down to December 2008 was a very...
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Market depth indicators: cumulative advance-decline line

January 7, 2010
Market depth indicators: cumulative advance-decline line

This is quite a simple yet powerful market depth indicator. There are a number of definitions available online such as the one from Investopedia.com: “The advance/decline line is the most popular of all internal indicators by far. It is a very simple measure of how many...
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A TSX snapshot – December 29, 2009

December 30, 2009
A TSX snapshot – December 29, 2009

The favorite saying in real estate is “location, location, location”. One has to pay up for properties in good locations. Investing is similar in this respect. One needs to...
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Focus on gold-mine supply

December 29, 2009
Focus on gold-mine supply

In an earlier note, we looked at opinions regarding the gold price. The opinions vary from gold being overpriced and an old relic to the price being at a low level and going much higher...
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It is the season !!

December 24, 2009
It is the season !!


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