US Treasury secretary’s prescription for an ailing market
COMMENTARY — The following is a statement made by U. S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. in Washington, D. C., on Sept. 19 with respect to the crisis in the…
Stock Markets/Investing
Editorial: Toil and trouble (September 24, 2008)
The week ended Sept. 20, the 38th trading week of 2008, was one for the financial history books.Even veteran ma…
Southwestern settles lawsuits for $15.5M
Southwestern Resources (SWG-T, SWGGF-O) has settled the class action lawsuits brought against it last year following news that drill grades in the database of its Boka gold project, in China’s Yunnan …
Editorial: Gold juniors thwacked
Crumbling faith in U. S. credit markets loomed large over the wider markets during week ended Sept. 13, the 37th trading week of 2008.
CPM Group not throwing in the towel on commodities (September 22, 2008)
In a recent report, New York City-based CPM Group says that even though commodities prices may weaken in the short-term due to the global economic slowdown, the fundamentals suggest that longer-term, …
Short Position Report (September 19, 2008)
TSX Short Positions Short positions ou…
Editorial: Hedge funds humbled
The past half year of plummeting commodity prices took its toll on two big-name commodity funds during the week ended Sept. 6, the 36th trading week of 2008.
CPM Group not throwing in the towel on commodities (September 12, 2008)
New York City-based CPM Group has released its commodities market commentary in August. Entitled The Long Term Sust…
Forty years a speculator, part II
— The following is the second of a two-part, edited excerpt from Forty Years a Speculator, an investing memoir by Fred Carach, a certified real-estate appraiser in Florida and 40-year subscriber to T…
Short Position Report (September 04, 2008)
TSX Short Positions Short positions ou…
Forty years a speculator
— The following is the first of a two-part, edited excerpt from Forty Years a Speculator, an investing memoir by Fred Carach, a Florida resident and 40-year subscriber to The Northern Miner. The 142-…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE AUG. 19-25
The S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index posted a gain over the Aug. 19-25 trading week, closing up 16.37 points at 1,940.01. It was the first weekly gain in several months for the junior board. Daily …