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This infographic illustrates 5 key reasons why it is important to own some platinum and/or palladium.

Today’s infographic comes to us from Evolve ETFs, and it shows what investors should know as the legal cannabis sector comes out of the dark.

As recreational legalization of marijuana in Canada approaches this summer, these companies have plans to meet the upcoming demand. If marijuana continues its rally, the Canadian marijuana stocks on our list could see strong returns in both the short and long term.

The evidence is increasingly pointing to this potentially being a secular bottom in commodities and energy stocks in particular. In fact, we think 2018 will be the year of the commodity bull. Below is the evidence to support this forecast.

Some basic math shows that the coming electric car boom will create a super boom in copper demand. In 2016, EVs made up 1.6% of the total U.S. car market and it is expected that EVs will make up 4% by 2021 and - get this - by 2030, the adoption of EVs in the U.S. will be 34%. What does that mean for copper demand?

We have identified four Canadian copper stocks that have declined 9.3% on average, underperforming their benchmark Global X Copper Miners ETF (COPX) which has only declined 6.4%. In addition, the stocks covered trade at Forward Price to Cash Flow Ratios (NTM) well below their peer average of 5.31x.

If wealth preservation investors get out of their stocks and buy silver, they are likely to avoid the most massive wealth destruction in the next few years. Let me explain.

As one of the premier undeveloped lead-zinc-silver rich base metal projects in the world Canada Zinc Metals Inc. is ideally suited to benefit from the expected long-term shortage in supply and resultant high zinc prices. Perhaps now is the time to take a position in CZX to take advantage of this eventuality.

I plan to accumulate stakes in some of the world’s best copper deposits. Why? Because copper has become a great way to invest in the green energy super-trend and I expect to make at least 300% in the coming copper rally over the next five years.

Uranium stocks should do well with the U.S. looking to boost their nuclear stockpile in reaction to a nuclear-armed North Korea. Today we have identified 3 uranium stocks that could see an increase in investor demand due to these nuclear threats.