Financing and Liquidity Crisis Hit Venture Capital Markets

venture capital is drying up in Canada

Venture capital is a tough racket. When liquidity dries up, valuations plummet, investors panic, and small and micro-cap stocks can go to zero. Moreover, they are often the first asset class to fall in a recession as investors shun their inherent risk. One look at the amount of capital raised on Canada’s TSX Venture Exchange, […]

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TSX Venture Update: Trading Volumes Hit Record Lows

TSX Venture liquidity dries up

The TSX Venture has averaged about 27 million shares traded per day in the past ten trading days. However, on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, trading volumes fell to less than 20 million total shares traded, according to TMX data. To my knowledge, 15.8 million shares traded on May 25th is the lowest volume […]

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Outlook On Small and Micro-Cap Stocks in North America | Pinnacle Digest PODCAST

growth stocks under pressure on TSX Venture

Industry veterans Aaron Hoddinott and Alexander Smith of Pinnacle Digest talk about the current state of the TSX Venture, CSE, Russell 2000, and growth stocks in general. With these indices in technical bear markets, the guys give their take on where they think equities may be headed. Speculators at heart, Aaron and Alex share some […]

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On The Gold Trail in Colombia

Colombia gold deals continue to raise capital abroad

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Mining Stocks Winning it for Top 10…Except Current Leader

We are already midway through this month’s Stock Challenge! So far, of the 336 Challengers, only 100 are in positive territory. The market has not been very friendly during these first couple of weeks in May — particularly for micro-caps. The Stock Challenge Index itself has spent most of May below sea level but is […]

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Canadian Small-Cap Market Proves Resilient in 2020

Canadian Small-Cap Market Proves Resilient in 2020

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Dire Times for Canada’s Junior Miners

coro mining exploring in Chile

Most mining companies are traveling down a long road that just seems to get longer… After a striking rebound from unthinkable lows in January of 2016, mining stocks are back in a bear market. With the price of many precious metals, including gold and silver, continuing to correct or stagnate, investors have simply moved on […]

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