Written by Dan Schwartz on May 31, 2012 – 6:00 am
Although there is still talk of a bull market in the US, the TSX Comp and the TSX Venture haven’t been so lucky over the past year. Both ended 2011 in the red and 2012 isn’t looking much better either at this point. Only gold has performed relatively well over the past year and at [...]
Written by Dan Schwartz on April 26, 2012 – 6:00 am
If you have been watching the TSX Venture index for the past few months and watching as most of your investments appear to be fading away, you’re not alone. Just looking at the 6 month Venture Index chart can make anybody’s stomach turn. The index has been in a virtual free fall for months now [...]
Written by Dan Schwartz on March 28, 2012 – 6:00 am
The mining industry continues to show strength on it’s balance sheets. Although all mining companies continue to face challenges caused by geo-political tensions, the uncertain global recovery and the fallout from the global financial crisis, their revenues are driven higher by continued growth in the emerging markets and strong investment demand for commodities such as [...]
Written by Dan Schwartz on March 8, 2012 – 6:00 am
There are a lot of hedge fund, mutual funds and traders who are bullish on gold miners lately. Relatively speaking, the gold miners are cheap after investors fled the sector thinking the gold bull was over. In case you are scared of the big decline that happened in gold prices, the gold miners aren’t dead [...]
Written by Dan Schwartz on February 8, 2012 – 6:00 am
Today was a typical day on the stock market. Stocks rallied, then pulled back, then rallied again, etc. The same old same old. That’s why I preach that investing in stocks takes time and patience. Prices move and over time will stabilize. You should never panic into or out of a trade; even when that [...]
Written by Dan Schwartz on February 1, 2012 – 6:00 am
The markets lately have been stagnant. After a spectacular run since mid December, a market pullback would be expected… actually welcomed. It is healthy for the markets to have cycles; trending periods and resting periods. Although earnings data has been good in Q4, the data hasn’t managed to get the market going and that is [...]
Written by Dan Schwartz on October 19, 2011 – 6:00 am
There has been an interesting trend of late. Everyone is well aware of the rise in the price of precious metals, particularly gold, but the unstable economic environment many investor are now asking themselves a fundamental question. “Where is the safest place for me to to store my gold?” For many, it’s not a bank, [...]
Written by Gold Admin on October 18, 2011 – 8:33 pm
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES Vancouver, British Columbia – Silver Pursuit Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: SPF) (the “Company”) is pleased to report on recent results from its La Luz copper-gold property (the “Property”) located 50 kilometers north of Alamos in Sonora, Mexico. In July 2011, the [...]
Written by Gold Admin on October 18, 2011 – 10:49 am
Vancouver, Canada, October 18, 2011. –UraStar Gold Corp. (“UraStar”) (TSXV: URS) wishes to announce that drilling has commenced on the Blackpoint Au-Ag Property in Nevada. The drilling program, which will consist of at least three (3) holes, is designed to test for high grade gold which is believed to lie peripheral to or beneath the existing [...]
Written by Dan Schwartz on October 12, 2011 – 6:00 am
We have seen some pretty steep declines in all the major indices across the board over the last 3 months, but over the last 2 weeks, we have also seen a nice rally off the bottoms. As this website covers micro cap early stage junior exploration companies, I will focus on the TSX Venture Exchange [...]
