Monday, May 31, 2010

TSE- Volume Leaders

VOLUME LEADERS
Symbol Name Last Trade Change Volume Related Info
GSL.TO GREYSTAR RES J 5.45 11:46AM EST Up 1.69 (44.95%) 1,766,636 Reports, More
TZT.TO TRANZEO WIRELESS TECH INC. 0.95 11:37AM EST Up 0.15 (18.75%) 1,423,300 Reports, More
XIU.TO iSHARES SP TSX 60 INDEX FUND 17.31 11:45AM EST Up 0.06 (0.35%) 1,098,079 More
KRY.TO CRYSTALLEX J 0.74 11:45AM EST Up 0.07 (10.45%) 1,086,839 Reports, More
ELR.TO EASTERN PLATINUM LIMITED 1.19 11:46AM EST Up 0.01 (0.85%) 992,289 Reports, More
RY.TO ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 55.17 11:46AM EST Down 0.22 (0.40%) 939,341 Reports, More
CHD.TO CHARIOT RESOURCES LIMITED 0.64 11:05AM EST Up 0.01 (1.59%) 786,500 Reports, More
LUN.TO LUNDIN MINING CORP. 4.08 11:44AM EST Up 0.16 (4.08%) 759,676 Reports, More
ATH.TO ATHABASCA OIL SANDS CORP 10.78 11:45AM EST Up 0.55 (5.38%) 744,606 More
BBD-B.TO BOMBARDIER INC., CL. B, SV 4.86 11:46AM EST Down 0.03 (0.61%) 689,192 Reports, More
MFC.TO MANULIFE FIN 17.69 11:46AM EST Up 0.11 (0.63%) 592,519 Reports, More
WTN.TO WESTERN COAL CORP 5.33 11:46AM EST Up 0.09 (1.72%) 566,328 Reports, More
PDN.TO PALADIN ENERGY LTD. 3.43 11:46AM EST Up 0.07 (2.08%) 520,834 Reports, More
AER.TO GROUPE AEROPLAN INC. 9.55 11:43AM EST Up 0.07 (0.74%) 473,209 Reports, More
CUM.TO COPPER MOUNTAIN MINING CORP 2.70 11:45AM EST Up 0.23 (9.31%) 419,680 Reports, More
BNS.TO BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 48.25 11:45AM EST Up 0.23 (0.48%) 418,016 Reports, More
HOU.TO HORIZON BETAPRO NYMEX CRDE OIL 6.43 11:44AM EST Up 0.03 (0.47%) 415,544 More
YRI.TO YAMANA GOLD INC 11.32 11:46AM EST Up 0.01 (0.09%) 404,391 Reports, More
CMK.TO CLINE MINING CORP 1.66 11:37AM EST Up 0.03 (1.84%) 396,836 Reports, More
VEN.TO VENTANA GOLD CORP. 10.22 11:46AM EST Down 0.13 (1.26%) 390,815 Reports, More
ABX.TO BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION 44.15 11:46AM EST Down 0.10 (0.23%) 366,107 Reports, More
CLL.TO CONNACHER OIL 1.48 11:44AM EST Down 0.01 (0.67%) 359,881 Reports, More
SU.TO SUNCOR ENERGY INC. 32.27 11:46AM EST Up 0.19 (0.59%) 351,367 Reports, More
YLO-UN.TO YELLOW PAGES INCOME FUND 6.32 11:45AM EST Up 0.06 (0.96%) 338,127 Reports, More
UUU.TO URANIUM ONE INC. 2.24 11:45AM EST Up 0.07 (3.23%) 330,436 Reports, More

VOLUME LEADERS
Symbol Name Last Trade Change Volume Related Info
BMK.V MACDONALD MINES EXPL LTD. 0.225 11:46AM EST Up 0.065 (40.63%) 4,318,040 Reports, More
MTB.V Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. 0.21 11:46AM EST Down 0.02 (8.70%) 2,712,500 More
DEC.V DECADE RESOURCES LTD. 0.50 11:46AM EST Up 0.085 (20.48%) 2,366,125 Reports, More
PIE.V PRIMARY PETROLEUM CORPORATION 0.40 11:46AM EST Up 0.035 (9.59%) 1,701,072 Reports, More
KWG.V KWG RESOURCES INC. 0.135 11:36AM EST Up 0.005 (3.85%) 1,649,090 Reports, More
PMI.V PETROMANAS ENERGY INC. 0.48 11:46AM EST Up 0.03 (6.67%) 1,368,619 More
NGG.V New Guinea Gold Corporation 0.115 11:18AM EST Up 0.01 (9.52%) 1,353,400 Reports, More
SPQ.V Spider Resources Inc. 0.13 11:44AM EST Down 0.005 (3.70%) 1,278,200 Reports, More
MEK.V METALS CREEK RESOURCES CORP. 0.18 11:45AM EST Up 0.03 (20.00%) 1,102,500 Reports, More
EAG.V EAGLE HILL EXPLORATION CORPORAT 0.235 11:45AM EST Up 0.025 (11.90%) 751,000 Reports, More
GWG.V GREAT WESTERN MINERALS GROUP LT 0.19 11:45AM EST Up 0.01 (5.56%) 735,850 Reports, More
PDQ.V PETRODORADO ENERGY LTD 0.365 10:50AM EST Up 0.01 (2.82%) 684,380 More
GAP.V PHARMAGAP INC. 0.17 11:45AM EST Up 0.005 (3.03%) 664,400 Reports, More
SRA.V SIERRA GEOTHERMAL POWER CORP. 0.195 11:40AM EST Up 0.015 (8.33%) 584,000 Reports, More
GBB.V GOLD BULLION DEVELOPMENT CORP. 0.425 11:46AM EST Up 0.005 (1.19%) 561,250 More
AGQ.V ARIAN SILVER CORP. 0.12 11:39AM EST Down 0.005 (4.00%) 520,000 Reports, More
MVD.V MEGA VIEW DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT 0.10 10:16AM EST Down 0.03 (23.08%) 500,000 Reports, More
ALE.V ALANGE ENERGY CORP. 0.425 11:46AM EST Down 0.005 (1.16%) 483,180 Reports, More
CYU.V COLUMBIA YUKON EXPLORATIONS INC 0.17 10:50AM EST 0.00 (0.00%) 482,500 Reports, More
CAN.V CANACO RES INC. 0.77 11:46AM EST Up 0.03 (4.05%) 480,290 Reports, More
OCP.V OCEAN PARK VENTURES CORP. 0.42 11:04AM EST Down 0.08 (16.00%) 458,500 More
SXL.V Slam Exploration Ltd. 0.115 11:45AM EST Up 0.01 (9.52%) 458,400 Reports, More
ROZ-WT.V RODINIA OIL CORP 0.25 9:37AM EST Up 0.01 (4.17%) 450,000 More
ROA.V ROADRUNNER OIL & GAS INC. 0.155 11:45AM EST Down 0.015 (8.82%) 425,300 More
ABE.V ABITEX RESOURCES INC. 0.15 11:26AM EST Up 0.02 (15.38%) 368,000 Reports, More

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Silver As An Investment?

Emotions play a very important role in our lives. Being human, it is the one thing that separates us from machine.

Machines capable of true emotions is the stuff of fantasy. For years, man has tried to create machines with artificial intelligence capable of exhibiting real human emotions.

None have succeeded.

But so much of our lives are run by machines created without emotion. This was clearly evident when the Dow dropped close to 1000 points in less than a few minutes, spurred by a chain reaction of computer glitches and human emotional events.

So while there is no such robot that can exhibit real emotions, there is a metal that can. We call it the human metal.

Silver - The Human Metal

Nothing demonstrates the mood swings of today's markets better than the price of silver.

Call it silver's split personality: It's both a precious metal investors turn to for safety and an industrial metal that gets dragged down on signs of economic weakness.

When gold moves, silver moves. When base metals moves, silver moves as well. Silver is a metal that can move with both gold, and copper.

So while investors turn to precious metals on concerns of Europe's debt crisis, the growing concerns over a potential slowdown in China has caused the price of silver to go in both directions. A tug of war, if you will.

That makes silver tough to predict. One week it's flirting with the high price of gold, while the next it's lured away by copper, zinc and lead. Silver's behaviour reminds me of my ex -- seeing wild mood swings from one day to the next. But there is one big difference between the two: I can make money with silver.

And there is no better time to do this than the present.

While silver has been volatile, the price is expected to continue rising due to flat supply, rising industrial demand in China, a North American recovery, as well as continued strong investment demand, according to a report released Thursday by London-based metals firm GFMS Ltd.

The report shows world investment demand for silver nearly doubled in 2009 to a whopping 216 million ounces, compared with the year before. That's a value of about $3.2-billion on an average price of $14.67 per ounce in 2009. Of those investments, about 137 million ounces were from silver exchange-traded funds, a 184-per-cent year-over-year increase - the highest level in the past 20 years.

Silver bullion coins are also being snatched up at record pace. As of May 26, the American Silver Eagles sales has already reached 3.5 million. This is closing in on the all-time monthly record of 3,696,000 set in December 1986.

The demand for silver is not just growing, it's exploding.

But there's a problem.

Silver supplies are running low. Real low. Just take a look at the 2009 results:

  • Net silver supply from above-ground stocks dropped by 86 percent in 2009.
  • Scrap silver supply dropped for the third consecutive year and hit a new 13-year low of 165.7 million ounces.
  • Government silver stocks reached their lowest levels in over a decade.
All of this leads to the obvious: We need more silver. Not just the silver that we claim is in the ground. We need people to pull it out. That's why our current investment philosophies are directly geared towards the silver miners and those with the potential for some big discoveries.

Despite being a precious metal, silver has also been dramatically affected by industrial demand - not to mention the possibility of price manipulation (see The Silver Conspiracy). So while the price of silver should move with gold, it has been hampered by industrial demand.

Silver has tracked copper prices many times over the past year, during which time economic growth was substantially hindered. But as economies around the world recover and grow in 2010, demand for industrial use silver will, too.

Signs of industrial demand are already picking up strongly. According to GFMS' executive chairman Philip Klapwijk, this expected growth in industrial demand for silver may lead the white metal to outperform gold in 2010...and have silver reach $20 an ounce "in the next couple of months."

You can see why our stance on silver and silver plays remains strong. The key to investing is diversification. This year, our key is to diversify into different precious metals plays.

Can't Hide the Truth

Let's be real. The US dollar has recently shown its strength. But that's only because the Euro is on the verge of destruction.
Contrary to popular belief, the US dollar will remain strong in the long run. However, it will only remain strong against other world currencies - not gold and silver.

We already know that the European Union is in trouble and is printing money to salvage what they can. Citizens in those countries are already scrambling to buy gold and silver coins to protect themselves from their own currency.

But the EU is not the only one in trouble. This problem still exists in the US.

Back in our December 6, 2009 issue, "The Impressive News Release," the US national debt sat at just over $12 trillion. That's roughly $111,045 of debt per US taxpayer.

Today, it has already surpassed $13 trillion. The debt load per US taxpayer is now $118,058 - and growing.

That's an astounding $1 trillion of borrowed money in six months.
And it happened right under your nose.


The Greece crisis was one thing, but you may not realise that many of the US states are in even worst shape.

Surprised?

Don't worry, we're sure Uncle Sam will bail these guys out. This will ultimately lead to more printed money...and higher gold and silver prices.

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