July 12, 2018
Making money in the resource sector isn't easy. Many investors see the fundamentals for a metal like gold or copper and want to buy into what they view as a great opportunity. The problem is, the mining sector trades a lot differently than the commodities it produces. This makes investing more...
July 4, 2018
Over the last 20 years, people have flocked from all over the world to Silicon Valley. It’s the epicenter of the tech boom, and a magnet that attracts talent, ideas, and capital to come together to create new things. Software mania has shifted the most important corporate addresses in the...
July 3, 2018
June was an exciting month for investors, from the gold vs crypto vs cannabis panel that took place at the 2018 International Mining Investment Conference to looking at the value and real-world uses of blockchain. In our monthly roundup we bring together the most popular investing topics and...
June 27, 2018
In May we gathered some of the top resource companies and investing experts at the 2018 International Mining Investment Conference in Vancouver. With over 30 speakers there was a lot of ground covered, so we put together a list of some of the most talked about presentations from the show. 1....
June 26, 2018
Last month we took a look at Canadian companies who are currently attracting global tech investors and helping grow a venture capital culture. During the 2018 Cantech Investment Conference we had a chance to sit down with some of the top CEOs and discuss the path they took and how they are...
June 20, 2018
Depending on what narrative one chooses to put their faith in, the futures market for precious metals could be a very corrupt place. The idea behind trading commodities is a pretty simple one; by setting up a futures market like the COMEX, major metals producers can sell their future production...
June 17, 2018
The market for sports gambling in the USA is estimated to be worth at least $150 billion USD. Until the recent Supreme Court decision to legalize sports betting at a federal level, there was no way for anyone to build a business that centred around sports wagering. Now it looks like states are...
June 15, 2018
Most people out there don't own gold. Cryptocurrencies probably impacted demand last year in North America, and retail coin sales took a major beating in 2017. But at the higher levels in the investment community, Idaho's precious metal reserves are definitely on the radar. The past few...
June 13, 2018
The Sprott Vancouver Natural Resource Symposium is coming up, and it is bringing some of the biggest names in natural resources together in downtown Vancouver. The symposium will open up on Tuesday the 17th of July and will feature some of the best minds in mining, as well as premier resource...
June 11, 2018
Blockchain development is attracting some serious capital. So far this year Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) has raised more than $9 billion US Dollars. Nearly half of that figure was raised by EOS, a new Blockchain that is being designed to compete with Bitcoin and Ethereum. The amount of money...
June 8, 2018
The idea of “Peak Oil” isn't new. Ever since M. King Hubbert presented the theory in 1956 people have wondered how a world that wasn't dependent on oil would look like. Now it looks like new technology is on the brink of breaking into markets that drive oil demand, and creating...
June 5, 2018
The US Dollar has been the world's reserve currency since the end of the Second World War. Even after President Nixon decided to refuse delivery of US gold that was supposed to be backing the US Dollar in 1971, it has been able to maintain its role as the global currency of choice. Today...
June 2, 2018
It is hard to say where the idea of “fake news” came from, but President Trump seems to love using the term. When it comes to the gold market, the information that is sometimes found in the mainstream press could easily be called “fake”. One of the most popular myths...
June 1, 2018
As a veteran investor and billionaire Jim Rogers says, it has never been easy to make money. Contrarian investing can be very profitable, but it is vital to make sure the asset class you are investing in isn't cheap for all the right reasons. There are many investments out there which simply...