January 16, 2018
Tuesday was a rough one for cryptos, with a slew of bearish headlines hitting the wires from across the world. South Korean regulators have reasserted that shutting down crypto exchanges is still an option, even without approval from the legislature. According to local news sources, regulators...
January 16, 2018
The past few weeks have seen a slight deescalation in the war of words between North Korea and The USA, and thankfully there seems to be another diplomatic push coming to the heated situation on the Korean Peninsula. But another hotspot seems to be flaring up, with two nuclear armed neighbors...
January 15, 2018
With gold now comfortably trading above the $1300 USD/oz mark, the multiple calls for a washout below $1000 USD/oz are beginning to seem more like fever dreams. While cryptos certainly stole the limelight over the last year, gold has been quietly consolidating a very solid looking uptrend. The...
January 14, 2018
When it comes to gold, there are a number of respected investors who are very bullish on the yellow metal. The last few years haven't been very exciting for the precious metals, and much like the often repeated calls for the demise of the Chinese growth story, there have been a slew of...
January 13, 2018
The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off in Davos, Switzerland, before too long, and the meteoric rise of cryptocurrencies is almost certainly going to be a hot topic. 2017 saw some incredible price action in the crypto space, and today, the cryptocurrency market as a whole is valued at well...
January 12, 2018
Justin Hayek, Investment Advisor and Associate Portfolio Manager at PI Financial Corp, interviews Ivan Bebek, Executive Chairman and Director at Auryn Resources Inc. and Co-chairman, Co-founder and Director of Torq Resources. Car Ride Confessions follows top CEOs to explore their greatest...
January 11, 2018
A lot has happened in the last decade, and some extreme monetary policies have come into play that would have been unthinkable prior to the sub-prime crisis in 2008. In the wake of a near total collapse of the Western financial system, central banks in the US, EU, Japan and UK engaged in...
January 10, 2018
When HIVE Blockchain hit the TSX-V over the summer, there were some questions surrounding the new business model they were bringing to the market. While Frank Holmes and Genesis Mining were both well respected, the idea of a public crypto mining company was seen by some commentators as being too...
January 10, 2018
Records for renewable energy consumption were smashed around the world in 2017. View the high-resolution version of today’s graphic by clicking here. Looking at national and state grids, progress has been extremely impressive. In Costa Rica, for example, renewable energy supplied five...
January 9, 2018
It would be hard to argue that the cryptocurrencies haven't taken the investment world by storm. The last year has seen some pretty amazing returns generated by just about any crypto out there, and when it comes to Bitcoin, the rapid appreciation of the world's most valuable crypto has...
January 9, 2018
Ever since people stopped having to pull the antenna out of the body of their cellular phone, the role of antennae in modern life has gone relatively unnoticed. But for TSX listed Baylin Technologies, the numerous antennae we use on a daily basis are how they keep driving their company to create...
January 8, 2018
Late in 2016, Goldman Sachs came out with a report that stated that while copper prices were likely going to rise in 2017, they might hit a 'wall of supply'. This idea can be defined simply as: rising prices create headwinds for supply, as governments and labor want more money for the...
January 7, 2018
The last week has seen a lot of mixed messages come out of the Chinese Government when it comes to crypto mining. At first, it looked like the People's Bank of China (PBOC) was moving towards an outright ban on crypto mining activities, but as the week went on, it was made clear that they...
January 7, 2018
Iron ore prices seem to be joining the entire commodity complex in a big open to 2018. Benchmark prices for iron ore in China have hit levels that haven't been seen since last September, and across the Indian steel industry concerns are being voiced over the rising cost of the key feed...