Lara Exploration Ltd. (LRA:TSX.V, 0.54) is a diversified prospect generator, mostly with copper and copper-gold projects in Brazil and Peru. It aims to generate royalties from properties it generators, whether by staking or in some cases acquiring. Its main assets incl...
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April 30, 2020
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Money manager Adrian Day looks at business development companies. Business development companies (BDCs) have been hit particularly hard, on concerns that small businesses to which they lend will not be able to repay loans. That concern is legitimate. The sto...
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March 25, 2020
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Ares Capital Corp. (ARCC:NASDAQ, 18.85) is in a strong position to sustain its returns, currently earning over 11% on investments. The company is one of highest quality BDCs, with the added benefit of scale. It has strong dividend coverage, and room to increase leverag...
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September 4, 2019
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There may come a time, sooner than you think, when the world economy simply cannot operate to its full potential without bitcoin, Facebook’s proposed Libra or some other large-scale digital currency. Consider what’s happening in the U...
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July 24, 2019
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The correction in gold ended with the drop to the $1,460/ounce area. We see these spikes up of higher highs. It is like the gold market is a pressure cooker, trying to explode upward, and soon it will. Ridgestone Mining Inc. (RMI:TSX.V) New, well-structured de...
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April 13, 2020
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The U.S. manufacturing sector contracted for the fifth straight month in December, with the monthly reading from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) hitting its weakest point in more than 10 years. The purchasing manager’s index (PMI) fell to 47.2,...
Frank Holmes
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January 8, 2020
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We are entering into a new gold and gold mining bull market. I expect this will go down as the biggest gold bull market in history, with record paper currency printing. It is coming off the bottom of the worst mining bear market in history. This long-term chart of the B...
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June 11, 2020
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Newmont Goldcorp Corp. (NEM:NYSE, $39.30) has underperformed this year, largely due to concerns surrounding the acquisition of Goldcorp, which closed in April. Many Newmont shareholders believe the company overpaid for bad assets. Not all Goldcorp's assets are "bad," o...
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August 27, 2019
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Midland Exploration Inc. (MD:TSX.V, 1.30) reported an early-stage copper-gold-molybdenum discovery in James Bay based on grab samples taken just prior to the end of the exploration season. Now, following soil testing and an IP geophysical survey at the 100%-owned Mythr...
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March 14, 2019
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Loews Corp. (L:NYSE, 33.70) reported a profit in the last quarter, driven by earnings at CNA Insurance and Boardwalk Pipelines, as well as investment income at the parent level. But investment income will likely disappear for the next quarter or so, while Diamond Offshor...
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April 3, 2020
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