TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE FEB 5-11
Despite further strengthening in base and precious metal prices, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index retreated 26.2 points over the Feb. 5-11 trading session, closing at 2,541.53. The junior board…
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How to approach a bear: Amsterdam’s advice on Russia
Robert Amsterdam’s advice to Canadian businesses and government regarding Russia is simple: be firm. During a recent speech to members of the Economic Club of Toronto the lawyer to one of Russia’s …
Short Position Report (February 08, 2008)
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TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE (February 04, 2008)
The Federal Reserve Bank’s decision to make an emergency cut of 75 basis points to interest rates in the U.S. had the desired effect over the Jan. 22-28 trading period, with markets bouncing back from…
EDITOR’S PICKS: TOP STORIES OF WEEK 4
The spectacular failure of South Africa’s state-owned electricity supplier, Eskom, to provide power to the nation’s industrial sector was easily the most significant event in the global mining industr…
Toronto Stock Exchange Jan. 15-21
The TSX Composite Index hasn’t seen days this bad since 9/11. The index fell 1,500 points over the Jan. 15-21 trading period and commodities were caught up in the rout.
U.S. Markets Jan. 15-18
U.S. markets were closed on Jan. 21 for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, sparing the country’s equity markets from the massive global stock sell-off that roiled the world’s financial markets that d…
TSX Venture Exchange Jan. 15-21
Fallout from U.S. economic woes triggered precipitous drops in Canadian markets over the Jan. 15-21 trading session with the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index plummeting 13.5%, or 379.3 points, to 2…
Editorial: World’s stock markets head south
Panic in the global stock markets gripped a little tighter during the week ended Jan. 19, the third trading week of 2008, and metal prices and mining stocks were swept along in the crowd’s rush for th…
Short Position Report (January 24, 2008)
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TSX Venture Exchange Jan. 8-14
Despite bullion prices soaring to new records above the US$900-per-oz. level, the S&P-TSX Venture Composite Index dipped a modest 1.42 points to close the Jan. 8-14 trading session at 2,818.56. Da…
U.S. Markets Jan. 8-14
Weak economic news continued to cause uncertainty in the financial markets and hint of a new interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s next meeting at the end of January. Despite the prevailing gloom…