Analyst Articles
Globex Retains Canaccord to Maximize Shareholder Value
Globex engages Canaccord Genuity as financial advisor to unlock value in numerous projects to create additional shareholder value. [more]
eR Reports
eCommerce/Retail
Seasonality Trends: For December 2019
As 2019 starts to draw to a close, investors will be assessing their portfolio performance. Results should be good as most major indexes in North America did well. Our December Seasonality Trends Report highlights what indexes/sectors are currently going-in/going-out of expected strength. [more]
Dividend Portfolio
Dividend Portfolio – New Portfolio from eResearch
The Dividend-Income Portfolio has a long-term perspective. It comprises essentially a Buy-and-Hold strategy, with minimal trading. The initial investment will be a total of $500,000. It is intended that each of the stocks in the Portfolio will have an equal weighting. [more]
Analyst Articles
Kirkland Lake, HBC, Couche-Tard, WeedMD, eBay, Tiffany’s Making M&A News
Dealmaking last week covered the whole gamut from gas stations to retailers to gold miners, from online trading to ticket trading, and from champagne drinkers to cannabis smokers. [more]
Analyst Articles
Golden Valley Mines – Equity Portfolio Valuation Higher than Market Cap
Golden Valley had an equity portfolio worth over $82 million and a Market Cap of only $50 million. In addition, Golden Valley has approximately 63 royalties, 18 properties available for option, and 3 optioned properties. [more]
Chart-of-the-Day
S&P 500 Index Continues Trending To All-Time Highs
The S&P 500 Index continues to reach all-time highs. Given this, investors are advised to heed the maxim: the “trend is your friend”. From a seasonality standpoint, the market is in its typical bullish time-frame and there is always the possibility of a “Santa Claus” rally and year-end advance. [more]
Analyst Articles
RASI: Index Breaks Below Two Technical Patterns
Last week, the RASI fell out of two triangles that it has been bounded by for months. This is bearish. Since the RASI and the DJIA normally move in sync and since the two indexes have diverged this month, something has to give. [more]
Analyst Articles
WELL Health to Acquire Trinity Healthcare Technologies for $7.2 Million
Trinity focuses on digitizing the communication and workflow between a physician’s office and the rest of the healthcare system. The acquisition adds over 500 clinics in Ontario, supporting more than 2,280 physicians and healthcare practitioners. [more]
Analyst Articles
Niobium Declared To Be A Strategic Metal
There are only three known mines in the world that are currently mining niobium as the primary ore. Two of these are in Brazil, which produces about 90% of world output, and the third is an underground mine in the Province of Québec. Niobium’s two primary uses are in the steel industry and as a super-alloy. [more]
Market Insights
Top Ten Portfolio Keeping Pace With S&P/TSX
Our Top Ten Portfolio slipped slightly over the past two weeks by 0.5% while the S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 0.6%. We are increasingly nervous about a possible near-term correction even though the market has entered its strongest seasonality period. Investors should be alert for tax-loss selling situations, where increased selling for window-dressing purposes could result in sharply lower prices for “loser” stocks. This often provides an ideal entry point for astute buyers. [more]