This Week on StockHouse March 26 to 30

Fresh worries about inflation and U.S. economic growth gave markets a pause mid-week. At the same time, oil prices continued to escalate along with tensions between Britain and Iran, as the latter country continued to hold 15 British sailors and marines captive after saying it had captured them in Iranian waters.

This week on StockHouse, Danny Deadlock covered a small exploration company with big joint venture partners (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19499 ). Motapa (TSX: V.MTP), which explores for diamonds and uranium in southern Africa, counts both DeBeers and Cameco (TSX: T.CCO) as investors.

The Resource Report interviewed alternative power company NaiKun Wind Energy (TSX: V.NKW) CEO Michael Burns about the company’s proposed wind farm (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19501 ) in the Haida Energy Field off the coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands. The CEO answered questions about the project’s scale, time frame, profitability and environmental impact.

Technologies to give Internet users the ability to better share ideas and collaborate more easily are springing up as quickly as media articles about Web 2.0 (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19500 ). Katherine Young profiled a company called Rocketinfo (OTC: BB: RKTI).

Gold prices rallied sharply this week before paring gains on profit taking. The latest report from Casey Research maintained that gold stocks (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19504 ) can be an investor’s best friend in a volatile market.

The rising price of gold has made reprocessing more economic. Luke Burgess looked at how the low-cost operation (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19518 ) can boost revenue for gold miners.

And a special column from the Gold Report examined the supply/demand crunch that’s put uranium prices (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19505 ) into a sharp uptrend.

Canadian investors have another free resource for market information (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19507 ) at their fingertips. StockHouse Executive Editor Publish Darin Diehl spoke with Investor Education Fund president Tom Hamza to find out more.

Micro-cap Spotlight profiled the first of two technical analysis features this week, which detailed a few tools for investors looking for profitable Small Float Stocks (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19508), while George Leong’s Technical Thursday column focused on finding potential break out stocks (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19517 ) using the High Relative Strength indicator.

A list of lists captured the pulse on the site this week. Sean Mason and Keri Korteling compiled the StockHouse Top Five (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19512).

A new study released this week at the American College of Cardiology Meeting in New Orleans showed that drugs (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19513 ) could offer potentially greater survival benefits for patients with heart disease than coronary stents, according to Bio Check authors Leon Hamerling and J. Paul.

Turning to the broader market, Steven Saville forecast a widespread liquidity correction (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19511), and the Securities Sleuth Mark McNair delved into the Beazer Homes (NSYE: BZH) investigation (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19516).

U.S. consumer discretionary stocks (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19519 ) are ending its period of season strength earlier this year, said Don Vialoux in the ETF Check.

Financially Fit staff writes about how the Fed’s decisions about interest rates influences the value of your equities. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19525 

Reporter Sean Mason, meanwhile, looks at the discussion surrounding takeover speculation with a nice ring to it on Buzz on the BullBoards. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19523 

This as Editor Keri Korteling profiles a blogger offering tips for moly stock speculation in Best of the Blogs. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19524

And, in STANDUP Advice, John De Goey says advice evaluation is just a click away. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19522