Ordinary investors need to know that these are not ordinary times. It’s time to review your risk tolerance. Ken Norquay asks: Are you satisfied with the profits you have just   Read More

From Côte d’Ivoire to Chile, Raymond James analyst Craig Stanley scours the globe for junior gold mine stocks to buy.
Although leisure travel to faraway places remains largely restricted, the movement   Read More

Gold prices are being driven up by demand from India and China; silver prices by demand from various industrial users. Don Vialoux picks 4 ETFs to buy for precious metals.

Rapidly   Read More

From Côte d’Ivoire to Chile, Raymond James analyst Craig Stanley scours the globe for junior gold mine stocks to buy.
Although leisure travel to faraway places remains largely restricted, the movement   Read More

Gold prices are being driven up by demand from India and China; silver prices by demand from various industrial users. Don Vialoux picks 4 ETFs to buy for precious metals.

Rapidly   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay ponders a dilemma: For stock market investors, negative news about the economy is good—positive news is bad. Go figure.
Skeptics like to say: “Seeing is believing.”   Read More

Here’s our forecast of what we expect of the economy and the stock market over the next six months.

Here’s our outline of what we expect of the economy and stock   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay ponders a dilemma: For stock market investors, negative news about the economy is good—positive news is bad. Go figure.
Skeptics like to say: “Seeing is believing.”   Read More

Gold stocks and physical gold can present disadvantages. A study of the real (inflation-adjusted) return on gold from 1802 to 2012 shows that it rose only 0.7 per cent a   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay warns no investment strategy works forever. It’s like a game of musical chairs: when the music stops, don’t be left without a chair.

Since The Ides   Read More

An Investor’s Digest survey of securities analysts’ opinions on more than 1,000 Canadian companies found these two resource stocks in the “Top 10” list of “Time to Buy”.
Endeavour Mining Corp.   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay warns no investment strategy works forever. It’s like a game of musical chairs: when the music stops, don’t be left without a chair.

Since The Ides   Read More

An Investor’s Digest survey of securities analysts’ opinions on more than 1,000 Canadian companies found these two resource stocks in the “Top 10” list of “Time to Buy”.
Endeavour Mining Corp.   Read More

Equity analyst Don Vialoux says current ‘best buys’ are Canadian securities or ETFs that will benefit from the recovery in the Far East.

As the bite of winter settles in, longtime   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay says when the central bankers change direction, we should too.
2020, the so-called Year of Good Vision, turned out to be the Year of ‘We’ve Never   Read More

Equity analyst Don Vialoux says current ‘best buys’ are Canadian securities or ETFs that will benefit from the recovery in the Far East.

As the bite of winter settles in, longtime   Read More

We labour mightily to haul gold out of dark mines only to hide it again in dark bank vaults. And to what end?

Some investors use gold to protect against potential   Read More

Some new factors have driven up the price of gold. You might want to buy bullion and gold producers to diversify. Just keep its long-run disadvantages in mind.

Gold trades at   Read More

In a world where gold exploration stocks can be wildly overvalued, Mike Kachanovsky thinks GoldON is a bargain stock that may be on the brink of a breakout.
There is a   Read More

Continue to buy gradually, emphasizing diversified, conservative Canadian and international (ex US) equity funds.

We think US stock valuations are rather high. We therefore recommend new money be added to non-US   Read More

Holding gold should be a priority for investors looking to preserve wealth during looming economic uncertainty, says BMG Group president Nick Barisheff.

The term ‘unprecedented’ has been used to explain 2020   Read More

The coronavirus hurt gold mining stock Agnico Eagle’s production and drove up its costs. But cash flow is healthy and it should earn significant free cash flow in the second   Read More

Here are three royalty and streaming stocks. They enjoy lower expenses and less risk than their operating peers, while enjoying the upside of any successes.
Government responses to COVID-19 are paving   Read More

Portfolios perform best with between five and 20 stocks. Fewer than five leaves you unable to achieve portfolio balance and diversification; more than 20 and it is hard to stay   Read More

Here are three royalty and streaming stocks. They enjoy lower expenses and less risk than their operating peers, while enjoying the upside of any successes.
Government responses to COVID-19 are paving   Read More

The coronavirus hurt gold mining stock Agnico Eagle’s production and drove up its costs. But cash flow is healthy and it should earn significant free cash flow in the second   Read More

Low energy prices and weaker local currencies versus the USD, improve the profitability of silver and gold stocks in Mexico, Australia and Canada.

The best medicine for market reactions to COVID-19’s   Read More

Mining stock specialist Mike Kachanovsky says now is the time to buy heavily discounted precious metals stocks and capture a rebound in this sector that is long overdue.

It seems that   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay says buying energy stocks after the next bear market ends will be like buying the Dow Jones Industrials in mid-1932.

Modern journalism is characterized by repetition.   Read More

Old tax returns aren’t as much fun as mountain music but they provided an eye-opening experience for Toronto-based accountant Mark Goodfield, a.k.a. The Blunt Bean Counter.

When I was a young   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay says buying energy stocks after the next bear market ends will be like buying the Dow Jones Industrials in mid-1932.

Modern journalism is characterized by repetition.   Read More

Behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay says: Be alert for a sell signal in both stocks and bonds. We should be preparing to buy gold and oil ETFs.
Gold bugs are investors   Read More

One of the world’s top-10 gold-mining companies and two juniors on the TSX Venture exchange all get ‘buy’ ratings in a recent MoneyLetter round-up.

Toronto-based Beacon Securities mining analyst Michael Curran   Read More

Shredding some old tax returns was an eye-opening experience for Toronto-based accountant Mark Goodfield, a.k.a. The Blunt Bean Counter.

When I was a young accountant and happened upon an estate return,   Read More

There is a distinct possibility that the bond market, the stock market and the economy all peaked in the third quarter of 2019. Something is wrong. Beyond the Bull author   Read More

Ken Norquay recalls the late Richard Russell’s admonition in making the case that investors who have not adopted financial plans that include selling, should do so immediately.

I remember those carefree   Read More

Haywood Securities mining analysts expect a positive backdrop for precious metals and related equities to remain. They name their six favourite gold stocks.

Since the all-time high of US$1,921 per ounce   Read More

In a recent survey of gold mining stocks, The MoneyLetter featured the world’s largest producer and three juniors—all favored by the analysts that follow them.
Haywood Securities analysts Kenny Smith and   Read More

In a recent survey of gold mining stocks, The MoneyLetter featured the world’s largest producer and three juniors—all favored by the analysts that follow them.
Haywood Securities analysts Kenny Smith and   Read More

Ximen Mining Corp.’s ambitions begin with re-examining the historic Kenville Gold Mine near Nelson, BC, a funky town more recently known for its ability to mine tourist dollars.
Ambitious junior exploration   Read More

While drugs and gold were the two most popular forms of payment for votes in the recent election in India, portfolio manager Elvis Picardo proffers far better reasons for picking   Read More

Long term buy-and-hold strategies rely on up trending markets. Long term buy-low-sell-high strategies rely on volatility. That’s why behavioural finance analyst Ken Norquay recommends incorporating selling into your investment strategy.

Previously   Read More

While drugs and gold were the two most popular forms of payment for votes in the recent election in India, portfolio manager Elvis Picardo proffers far better reasons for picking   Read More

Equity mutual fund managers sense a high risk in the stock market and are increasing their cash reserves. But the amount of cash they hold is restricted by the fund’s   Read More

It’s tough to get analysts excited about natural resource stocks these days. Words like ‘neutral’, ‘hold’ and ‘average’ reflect the mood of the street for many Canadian natural resource companies.
Pretium   Read More

PI Financial’s Chris Thompson and Philip Ker say investors should watch for a potent reversal and widening of the gold-to-silver ratio to historic highs (roughly 86:1) which will favour accumulating   Read More

Equity mutual fund managers sense a high risk in the stock market and are increasing their cash reserves. But the amount of cash they hold is restricted by the fund’s   Read More

A recent review of gold mining stocks by The MoneyLetter turned up three analyst reports with recommendations ranging from ‘speculative buy’ to ‘buy’ to ‘outperformer’.

PI Financial on Troilus Gold
Gold and   Read More

Behavioural financial analyst Ken Norquay believes managers of big portfolios are ‘concerned’ about the market. But they have a liquidity problem. Selling will depress the market. Small investors don’t have   Read More

The shock of past downward projections belies the true value of established gold miner Guyana Goldfields’ Aurora gold mine, says Investor’s Digest of Canada junior mining stock columnist Mike Kachanovsky.   Read More

If gold reaches more than US$1,377.50 per ounce, seasonal analyst Don Vialoux says: “Every analyst on the street is going to be yelling: ‘We’re finally reaching the next secular cycle   Read More

There are strange things done in the midnight sun / By the men who moil for gold; / The Arctic trails have their secret tales / That would make your   Read More