September 10, 2018
I was in Vegas when Conor McGregor won his first UFC Championship belt. When his left hand connected and sent Chad Mendes to the canvas the noise was deafening. I could feel it in my chest. Recently in Vancouver, I attended an event that rivalled this volume. It was in Rogers Arena. A sold-out...
September 6, 2018
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain simply weren't on the radar for many investors until they rocketed in price last year. It seemed like every company was adding Blockchain to their name and watching their stock price go up, but like all bubbles, they eventually burst. With share prices plummeting...
September 5, 2018
The way that people power their lives is rapidly changing. Today, long-standing energy assumptions are being questioned as the demand for battery storage has skyrocketed with no signs of slowing down. Coal is no longer the cheapest source of power out there, and oil may not be the transportation...
August 28, 2018
Did Elon Musk overpromise and underdeliver? Probably, but his vision of a dead-sexy Electric Vehicle (EV) that can outclass petrol burning cars is clearly a massive hit. Elon's idea was so wildly popular that it was hard for Tesla Motors to scale up production, and now he is being hit with...
August 20, 2018
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is working in new ways to help people all the time. AI and cannabis may not seem like a natural fit, but companies like Cannvas MedTech are showing how much functionality AI can bring to the medical cannabis sector. Specialized cannabis breeding has been...
August 16, 2018
If you don’t know who Christopher Wyllie is and you are an avid investor then this is one speaker you won’t want to miss at the upcoming Extraordinary Future Conference on September 19-20. Whistleblower and Former Director of Research for Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group,...
August 10, 2018
The dream of a fully immersive artificially created experience goes back to wishful writings from the 19th century. There were a few early writers that were inspired by the idea of a totally immersive experience, but past expressing their fascination in words, little more was possible. Until the...
August 2, 2018
The market for junior miners isn't great at the moment. In a recent interview with Justin Hayek, Fireweed Zinc (TSXV: FWZ) CEO, Brandon Macdonald, described it as “painful”. There are probably numerous reasons why investors are overlooking a sector that is offering up some great...
July 31, 2018
Last month was especially interesting as we looked at a wide range of topics from the state of uranium and cannabis, to tips to help avoid common mistakes investors make. In our monthly roundup, we bring together the most popular investing topics and also look at companies investors are...
July 26, 2018
The uranium market is probably in the process of forming a bottom. The price of U308 has been stable since 2017 began, and today it is actually showing sight gains over the last year or two. None of this has done much to help the share prices for uranium companies, which could mean opportunities...
July 24, 2018
Tether is one of the largest cryptocurrencies out there, but what they are actually doing is something of a mystery. Over the last week, they took Leonardo Real on as their chief compliance officer. Mr. Real worked at Bank of Montreal prior to coming to Tether, which may do something to shore up...
July 18, 2018
Now that cannabis is legal in Canada, there are going to be a few changes to a market that was operating in a legal gray area for decades. One of the biggest changes to the cannabis industry is an increased level of oversight. Specifically, the rules that govern the ownership and operation of...
July 16, 2018
The way that people power their lives is changing. For most of modern human history, fossil fuels have been king. Coal, natural gas, and petroleum have all supported the global industrialization that took place over the last 300 years. Today, long-standing energy assumptions are being called into...
July 12, 2018
Base metals are the most fundamental minerals produced for the modern economy, and metals such as copper, zinc, nickel, lead, and aluminum are the key components that support sustained economic growth. During periods of economic expansion, these are the first materials to support a bustling...