The TSX Venture Composite, Canada’s leading small-cap index, is witnessing a collapse in investment. Total financings came in at just $301 million in July. While this is a seasonally weak period, venture capital raised in July 2021 hit $725 million. What’s more astounding is the nearly 50% collapse in financing activity from last month when […]
Inflation running wild, crashing US equities in mid-January and then again in late February appears to have spooked many speculators. As a result, we continue to witness an overall decrease in trading activity and financings in 2022 on the TSX Venture. The mentality of investors today could not be more different than this time last […]
The TSX Venture opened for trading above 1,000 for the first time since February this morning. The TSX was strong also as the TSX Cannabis Index rebounded. Back in January and February, weed stocks were white-hot. Today, oil, lithium, and even precious metals are driving the rebound. But, despite the rally in October and now […]
Many years from now, investors will talk about the bull market for gold miners that began in 2019/2020. They will reminisce about the premiums major miners paid for previously unknown juniors; and how historic stimulus and money printing took the precious metal to all-time highs. Of course, they’ll also talk about who got rich and […]