Daily metal prices
Date Oct 10 Oct 7 Oct 6 Oct 5 Oct 4
Stock Markets/Investing
Canadian gold mutual funds
Fund name Oct. 7 Oct. 3 Change Change YTD MER* Assets*
North American stock exchange indices
Date Oct 10 Oct 7 Oct 6 Oct 5 Oct 4 High Low
TSX short positions
Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/11 (with changes from Sept. 15/11).
TSX Venture short positions
Short positions outstanding at Sept. 30/11 (with changes from Sept. 15/11).
Dividends 2010
Company Div. Pay Record
Lending rates
as of 9 a.m. ET. Aug. 23, 2010 (%)
Exchange rates
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)
Letter to the editor
As a retired Manitoba exploration geologist and physical scientist, I’ve come to the conclusion that most junior exploration companies are merely mining and milking the markets.
TSX capped by European debt fears
Concerns over the European debt crisis continued to keep North American markets from a healthy recovery as the TSX Composite Index could only claw out a meager 72 points gain over the Oct.3-7 period at 11,588.36 points. The small upward swing…
Venture manages gains in Oct 3 – 7 period
Vancouver – Tentative signs of economic calm were enough to give the TSX Venture Composite Index a gain of 5.33 points in the October 3 to 7 period, the first week in the black since August. The index remained volatile in the period…
U.S. equities stabilize in Oct. 3-7 trading week
Policy moves in Europe and better jobs data in the U.S. helped stabilize equity markets. The Bank of England launched a second round of quantitative easing with a pledge to buy 75 billion pounds (US$115 billion) of assets with new money, while…