International Women’s Day Globex Mining (GMX) & Chibougamau Independent (CBG) My grand-mom, who died in the 80s, was fiercely independent. She always told me never to expect anything for free. In many ways, my mom…

Zimbabwe: Is it changing? Salazar Resources (SRL) Most people focus on getting rid of the bad guys, say, Saddam Hussein or Muammar Gaddafi. They forget to imagine what the situation would be like once the…

Do’s and Don’ts of Investing in Mining Fireweed Zinc (FWZ) In the last ten years, gold has gone up 41%. In the same time, GDX (ETF of gold mining companies) has fallen 55%, and GDXJ…

Capitalism & Morality Primero Mining (P), etc. Capitalism & Morality is a yearly seminar that I have run for the last eight years and is held in Vancouver (Canada). It brings in among the best…

Japan: the Future of Humanity Irving Resources (IRV) Major media publish regular reports about the Japanese refusing to have sex, and the large number of people in their forties who are still virgins. The “vagaries”…

Spread of Fanaticism Rapier Gold (RPR) and Alabama Graphite (CSPG) Recently, I had a conversation with Maurice Jackson about how fanaticism is spreading rapidly in South Asia. Iran and India have been hugely misunderstood by…

The Grim Realities of India Tax-loss Selling Morgan Stanley recently came out with a report claiming that India would grow at the rate of 10% for the next 10 years. How did they reach this…

Democracy: The Worst System NewCastle Gold (NCA) The weed of democracy has spread around the world. I can think of no society that has improved socially or culturally after it accepted democracy. As democracy matures,…

Marc Faber, Freedom of Speech & Capitalism Nevsun Resources (NSU), etc. What would the world be like today had Europeans never colonized Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and South Asia? Most of…

Canada’s Increasing Political Risks FPX Nickel (FPX.V) Parliamentary democracy offers an extremely dangerous possibility that someone without much support can rise to the very top layer of the government. Mostly what one has to do…