Stocks & ETFunds

Stock market can go down as well as up but I have some good news on how you can actually protect yourself from losses while making money if the markets plummet! Words: 701

Follow these five trading tips and you’ll be surprised how much your results can improve. Are they magic? No, not at all. You’ll still have plenty of ups and downs but good trade execution is still a very important step for more active investors. Words: 994

Whole oceans of ink have been spilled detailing the good and not-so-good points of the closed-end fund CEF (Central Fund of Canada) and the twin ETF's GLD (SPDR Gold Trust) and SLV (iShares Silver Trust) funds. My goal here is to distill the salient points down to the fewest words possible to help make your due diligence task somewhat less...well...tasking. [Let's go!] Words: 650

This post examines 5 small cap stocks that are financially sound investments with profitable track records. Each has an above average Return on Equity, a current ratio above 2 and, to top it off, each has a consensus analyst expectation of a 20%+ return for investors in 2017.

With the possibility of numerous interest rate hikes coming and a current strong U.S. dollar pressuring the gold price, we have identified 5 low-debt TSX gold juniors with positive cash flows ideally positioning the companies to take on cheap debt in order to finance projects for future growth.

Right before the start of the year, I wrote an article outlining my top 5 overall silver stock picks for 2016. I may not be as bullish on these picks as I was back in December 2015 so here's an update including the performance of my picks and my current recommendations.

Gold exploration companies carry more risk than typical mining companies, but they also carry more upside potential. I try to target gold explorers that have high-potential gold deposits with exploration upside, favorable mining jurisdictions, close proximity to producing mines, and strong insider ownership. Here are three gold explorers that recently released positive drilling results, and my thoughts on each stock.

We've all heard of big companies like Silver Wheaton, Royal Gold, and Franco-Nevada employing the concept of "streaming" but how does it work, exactly? Today's infographic explains the precious metals streaming model, and the arbitrage opportunity that creates value for both the streamer and the miner seeking to acquire capital.

Analysts expect earnings to improve dramatically (35+%) for the 4 Canadian small cap companies on our list today, hence the high target price estimates.

Growth, as calculated here by taking a 2-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR), has been tremendous for the stocks on our list today, hitting 40% and above. In addition, an appetizing dividend payout is a bonus.