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Silver Wheaton’s Smallwood foresees a ‘great end to the year’
VANCOUVER —Vancouver-based streaming company Silver Wheaton (SWL-T, SWL-N) was ready to focus on record quarterly silver equivalent production, but it was a drop in sales volumes and subsequent rollback in dividend payments that…
Short Position Report
TSX Short Positions Short positions outstanding at Oct. 31/12 (with changes from Oct….
TSX Venture soldiers on, Oct. 29-Nov. 2
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index jumped 19 points or 1.44% during the Oct. 29 – Nov. 2 trading period before closing the week at 1,310.03 points.
TSX rises then pulls back
The TSX Composite Index managed to finish the Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 period 98 points higher at 12,380 points, despite giving back some of its earlier period gains.
Storm takes wind out of U.S. markets, Oct. 29-Nov.2
U.S. markets were closed for an historic two-day period during the Oct. 29-Nov. 2 trading week, as one of the most damaging storms ever to strike the U.S. northeast left more than one hundred people dead. When the markets re-opened, they…
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Spot pricesCourtesy of ScotiabankTuesday, October 30, 2012Precious MetalsPrice…
TSX Venture stumbles, Oct. 22-26
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index dropped 14.78 points or 1.1% during the Oct. 22-26 trading sessions before closing the week at 1,300.84 points.
TSX ends flat during Oct. 22-26 week
Toronto’s resource-heavy index had a lacklustre Oct. 22-26 trading week, where upbeat economic data from the U.S. failed to propel the markets.
U.S. equity markets tank, Oct. 22-26
GDP growth in the U.S. increased at an annual rate of 2% in the third quarter, up from 1.3% in the second quarter, but earnings disappointments from a slew of U.S. multinational companies, including Apple, and worries about slowing…
Four greats to enter Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame will welcome four new inductees at its twenty-fifth annual induction dinner on Jan. 10, 2013, at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The new inductees are Charles E. Fipke, Gerald W. Grandey, Pierre…