Markets were whipsawed this week as big investment banks reported disappointing results. Metals dragged Toronto trading lower.
On Monday…
Danny Deadlock looked at how tax loss selling has accelerated declines among certain small cap exploration stocks, and encouraged investors to watch shares of a certain semiconductor stock in Don’t poison the punch yet!
Luke Brocki noted that the uranium spot price eased last week, despite numerous grassroots opposition campaigns that could squeeze already tight supplies of the radioactive metal in U308 spot falls.
And the folks at 24/7 Wall Street said that takeover talk failed to boost shares of a gold and silver explorer based in Peru in The Stockhouse weekly Canadian company report.
For news about small stocks that made big moves in Monday trading, please read the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report
On Tuesday…
Matt Stiles said bring on the charts when making a call on the current state of the markets and where they might be headed in Levels worth watching for a bear market.
Part four of littleguy123’s analysis of the derivative meltdown and those taking part behind the scenes digressed to study the oil supply situation in “Axis of Evil” IV: Evil-doers unite.
Straight from Mexico came a report on junior gold company Animas Resources (TSX: V.ANI, Bullboards), by community contributor Kevin Graham. Animas Resources Ltd. – A newer, wider, and deeper lens is thorough and clear – pictures included.
Lions, tigers, bears – and cows. Investors cheered a government investment in a Canadian biopharma company specializing in animal vaccines, and Buzz listened in. Read Bioniche Life Sciences gets government nod for more.
Platinum went for gold Tuesday in Buzz on Commodities. Read what Stockhouse members had to say about their favorite hard assets in Platinum hits high, uranium on shaky ground.
For news about small stocks that made big moves in Tuesday trading, please read the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report and the Stockhouse U.S. Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.
On Wednesday…
Boris Sobolev, of the Resource Stock Guide, brought a little bit of cheer to precious metals investors with this unique analysis of the relationship between gold and gold stocks to oil prices. It’s not all bad in Optimistic outlook after two years of failing rallies.
Roy Martens, of Resource Fortunes, drilled down into charts for the XAU, gold, silver, the USD and major indexes in Order over chaos: profit from the big picture!
What does Steven Saville think about China’s economic position with respect to the USD / Yuan exchange rate, and what are the options? Find out more about China’s currency problem.
Cross-Bullboard traffic made for some interesting revelations, and Buzz on the Boards got to the bottom of them in Animas Resources catches more eyes.
It was gold versus silver Wednesday in Buzz on Commodities as Stockhouse contributors stated their cases, in Gold more bright than silver?
For news about small stocks that made big moves in Wednesday trading, please read the Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report and the Stockhouse U.S. Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.
On Thursday…
New contributor David Banister brought his take on tax loss selling to the Stockhouse scene today, with notes in support of cheap stocks in the junior resource sector. Read more in Small cap junior stocks now on sale.
David Reidel, of China Investment Opportunities, sat down for a Q&A with Weekly Wizards in a round-up of all things China-investment related, in Focusing on China.
Exploration moves forward apace with an Argentinian copper play in this report by Luke Burgess: Mineral resource at Josemaria.
Don Rodgers offered a handy year-end wrap-up of the stocks he received the most queries about over the course of the year in Alberta royalty revenue schedule hurts drilling stocks.
For news about small stocks that made big moves in Thursday trading, please read the
Stockhouse Canadian Small and Micro-cap Stock Report and the Stockhouse U.S. Small and Micro-cap Stock Report.
On Friday…
Steven Saville provided an in-depth analysis of the HUI, including strategies for protecting against more downside. He also presented a case for a junior explorer called Golden Queen Mining (TSX: T.GQM, Bullboards) in What to do about gold stocks?
Why paper money is NOT money; why strawberries, art, and lead are NOT money; and, why gold IS money. Balancing risk in a time of crisis is by David Galland of Casey Research.
Stuck for what to give on Christmas? Try giving away your stocks. Stockhouse reporter Robert Arber explored the tax considerations associated with donating stocks to The Fig Tree Charitable Foundation in Fig Tree shares the wealth.
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