This Week on StockHouse April 16 to 20

Markets on both sides of the border were mixed as earnings reports for the first quarter began to flood the newswires.

On StockHouse, users were looking at junior resource companies with interests in gold, nickel and uranium, according to this week’s Top Five (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19598), a list of what’s hot on StockHouse assembled by Sean Mason and Keri Korteling.

As a follow up to last week’s Casey Uranium Summit, Publisher, Executive Editor Darin Diehl summarized a panel discussion (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19583 ) about what to look for in a junior uranium company.

And his Publisher’s Notebook column addressed the crucial matter of management experience (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19587 ) among the multiplicity of uranium companies currently looking for investor support. He interviewed Ted Trueman of Pitchstone Exploration (TSX: V.PXP).

In addition to looking for experienced management, investors want to be sure that uranium miners are working with community leaders on environmental issues. Resource Report’s Melissa Pistilli spoke with Ray Roland, president of Ultra Uranium (TSX: V.ULU) about this issue (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19585 ).

And Luke Burgess of Pure Metals advised potential investors to watch the insider trades (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19608 ) to find the really hot uranium companies.

Uranium may be hot, but gold investments are never out of style. The Micro-cap Spotlight shone this week on Megastar Development Corp (TSX: V.MDV), which is readying to begin drilling (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19588 ) on its new Simkar gold property in Quebec.

And Casey Research editor Chris Gilpin interviewed gold explorer Ron Parratt (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19590 ) about his induction into the Explorers’ League, managing political risk, and the art of drilling.

The weekly ETF Check by Don Vialoux advised investors that U.S. dollar weakness makes gold ETFs (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19607 ) very attractive now.

In a series of dispatches, Resourcex writers reported on the new Sprott molybdenum participation stock (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19591), new acquisitions from Ultra Uranium (TSX: V.ULU) (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19592), a nickel and cobalt discovery for rare earth metals Great Western Minerals (TSX: V.GWG) (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19601), an asset management company’s interest in Grenville Gold (TSX: V.GVG) (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19605), and a whopping 1.5 carat diamond discovered in Wawa, Ontario (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19606 ).

The weekly Micro-cap Monday column by Danny Deadlock profiled oil and gas services company Dalmac Energy (TSX: V.DAL) http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19582, a thinly-traded company with operations in central Alberta.

You want an expert to help guide your investment choices in emerging markets, and this week’s Weekly Wizard, David Riedel, offered a number of picks to make money in the burgeoning China markets (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19593).

Does the U.S. current account deficit really matter? Is it serious? Steven Saville said the deficit was the symptom of inflation only. (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19597 )

BullBoards posters were caught up in the tussle over Clean Power Income Fund (TSX: T.CLE.UN), which reached its end this week after Algonquin Power Income Fund (TSX: T.APF.UN) backed away, leaving Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund (TSX: T.MFT.UN) as the winning bidder. Sean Mason reported on the wisdom of the Board (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19599).

The weekly Bio Check waded into the discussion about whether mandatory administration of a new vaccine was the best choice for women’s health (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19600).

The IPO market remains thin, but 24/7 Wall Street’s Jon Ogg had an update on some new companies coming to market. (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19603).

Some IPOs come to market as spin-offs. Financially Fit looked at when this kind of special situation (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19611) makes good investment sense.

Totally Technology talks of taxing problems for one software maker. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19613 

While John J. De Goey believes DSC is wrong in STANDUP Advice. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19612