The U.S. Federal Reserve elected to again cut interest rates on its benchmark overnight lending rate, to increase liquidity and moderate the pain of the subprime mortgage lending crisis. While the move was widely expected, markets remained on unstable ground.
Danny Deadlock has his eye on a platinum play and a zinc-lead-silver explorer working in Portugal, both of which he highlighted in Two new mining plays.
Maybe it’s time for wealth-based taxation, a view offered by littleguy123 in Income taxation is a failed system.
Buzz on the Boards reviewed the discussions at ECU Silver Mining (TSX: T.ECU, Bullboards) and Paradigm Medical Industries (OTC: BB: PMED, Bullboards).
In Monday trading, traders bid up shares of a junior gold and silver play with a drill program underway in the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report. An acquisition agreement bolstered shares of a China rare metals play, featured in the new Stockhouse U.S. Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.
On the heel of the Alberta government’s decision to substantially increase oil royalties, , Dr. M. H. Rajabally followed up his first look at the “Oil Barons” in No tears for oil barons, part two.
Thom Calandra is back with a guest column exclusive to Stockhouse, and he wrote about communities among other things in the column entitled So he’s back, melting UP… will anyone care?
Buzz on the Boards looked in at the talk on the Thermal Energy (TSX: V.TMG, Bullboards) and PetroHunter Energy Corporation (OTC: BB: PHUN, Bullboards) Boards.
On Tuesday drilling news from a microcap gold explorer was enough to propel big gains, according to the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report. Merger news was very palatable to certain shareholders of a medical technology company. Read more in the Stockhouse U.S. Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.
Community member High2 wrote about the exciting potential gains for a junior miner with a zinc deposit, in Dajin could be an elephant.
Pro contributor Aaron Fennell, an account executive with MF Global, wrote a helpful, easy-to-understand overview of the yen carry trade and why it’s important to watch the Bank of Japan, in The yen carry trade: the impact of rising Japanese rates.
Buzz on the Boards highlighted Viterra (TSX: T.VT, Bullboards), and Oragenics Inc. (AMEX: ONI, Bullboards).
On Wednesday, a venture-listed gold miner noted that recent assay results are backed by an independently produced technical report. See the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report. Just in time for Halloween: some sweet news about the fight against tooth decay cheered investors in a small biopharmaceutical firm. Read the story in the Stockhouse U.S. Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.
Casey Research reprinted some of their prescient writings circa December 2006, but insisted it’s not too late to belly up to the junior resource party. A trip back in time to profit from the unfolding crisis today.
Stacey Laliberte wrote about the second part of his plan to survive in the event of a U.S.: add a healthy dose of uranium to his portfolio for downside protection in What if a recession? Part two of three.
A recap of the recent writings of Thom Calandra, exclusive to Stockhouse, highlighted the contributions from the former MarketWatch columnist.
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On Thursday, earnings from a wireless company pushed its shares skyward. Read more in the Stockhouse U.S. Small and Micro-cap Stock Report, while orders for two venture-listed alternative energy plays zapped their share prices higher. Please read the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.
Financially Fit contributing editor Nancy Zambell urged investors to sleuth through company annual reports to avoid making any Enron-type investing mistakes. http://beta.stockhouse.com
MontyHigh wrote a brief fundamental analysis of Roca Mines (TSX: V.ROK, Bullboards), http://beta.stockhouse.com
followed by an examination of a recent technical price breakout in Fat Pitch: Roca Mines. http://beta.stockhouse.com
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