December 26, 2017
The last few years have seen many new ideas enter the world of finance. While Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and the idea of a digital, stateless currencies have been hot topics, there have been a number of other innovations that have been taking place behind the scenes. One of the most...
December 24, 2017
There are few people in the world who have worked harder than Bill Murphy to demonstrate the seemingly blatant attempts by governments, central banks, and money center banks to suppress precious metals prices. In addition to creating an investment newsletter, called Le Metropole Cafe, he is a...
December 23, 2017
Many people who are alive today may not remember Betamax, or the conflict between Sony and the rest of the videocassette industry. Not that this has much relevance to life today, as services like Netflix have supplanted pretty much every other form of monetized personal media delivery. But it...
December 22, 2017
James Black, VP of Listings Development at CSE - Canadian Securities Exchange, discusses the importance of promoting a fair playground for raising capital in Canada.
December 22, 2017
Most people associate the word 'Dollar' with the United States. But its history is fundamentally linked with the era of humanity in which we learned how to split the very fabric of nature. Some may know that the same mine is responsible for both the world dollar, and the original rock...
December 21, 2017
It is interesting to consider how we relate to the computers that are now an integral part of everyday life. For a very long time, computers were more or less an appliance, much like a refrigerator, or toaster. Sure, computers could do things that a toaster could only dream of, but in terms of how...
December 20, 2017
Chris Parry, Equity Guru, discusses communicating with millennials and staying ahead in the tech industry.
December 20, 2017
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a tricky concept to delineate specifically. Some of the first AI research was dedicated to the development of sensory functions that mimic what a human has, but today AI is a field that is expanding rapidly into areas that we may not fully grasp at a group...
December 19, 2017
There is no two ways about it, cobalt really crushed it in 2017. From December 30, 2016 until yesterday, cobalt's price rose by about 120%. A lot of this has to do with a looming supply crunch, and also where most of the cobalt mined today comes from. There is little doubt that the next...
December 18, 2017
Justin Hayek, Investment Advisor and Associate Portfolio Manager at PI Financial Corp, interviews Frank Holmes, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Global Investors, Inc. and Chairman of Hive Blockchain Technologies. Car Ride Confessions follows top CEOs to explore their greatest...
December 18, 2017
The cryptocurrencies stormed the world's mind this year, with breakneck price appreciation that has put Bitcoin's market value (market cap) on par with some of the largest companies in the world. But today's hot could just be a flash in the pan. The real story, according to some,...
December 15, 2017
The Federal Reserve raised rates on Wednesday, taking their target rate to 1.25%-1.5% Despite the dollar getting a touch more yield, gold seemed to react very well to the news. Going into the meeting there had been a lot of talk about how continuing the tightening cycle could be bearish for the...
December 14, 2017
Part Two of the Cambridge House Legacy Series, close up with Doug Casey, author, publisher, professional investor, founder and chairman of Casey Research.
December 14, 2017
DeepMind is an interesting company. The illustrious Elon Musk bought a chunk of it after Google, now called Alphabet, took majority control of DeepMind in 2014. Mr. Musk claims that his purchase was made so that he could keep an eye on what he views as the biggest threat to humanity in the...