Last week we conducted a poll amongst members of our community. We wanted to find out the overall sentiment of our members towards the TSX Venture Exchange. Results were taken from the first 250 participants in our survey.The poll question was:With the TSX Venture down roughly 50% from its value last April, there are strong ... [more]

This is one of those stories you read, then double check to make sure you’re not reading it from a tabloid paper, then re-read it to make sure your eyes aren’t playing tricks on you. Now that I’ve done the three mentioned validations, it’s safe to say the Democrats in West Virginia are not very supportive of [more]

Fellow investor,The TSX Venture has been the worst performing stock exchange in North America for over a year now. For many companies on the TSX Venture, this is a time period filled with anxiety; much like it was in late 2008, the Venture has fallen to the hands of panic sellers. Investors are ... [more]

Nearly all of us invest in the juniors on the TSX Venture Exchange. We love the ponies. In a commodity bull-market, there isn’t any better exchange to play than the TSX Venture. When timed right, the returns on exploration stocks can be unbeatable. However, when the Dow is flirting with all-time highs, during ... [more]

As you may already know, the Vancouver real estate market is one of the most expensive on the planet. Over the last 20 years, the real estate market in Vancouver has been steadily climbing to price levels only rivaled in Hong Kong.  Large amounts of wealthy foreigners, particularly from China, have bought up Vancouver real ... [more]

www.PinnacleDigest.com Fellow investor, The next resource investing fad has arrived. Over the coming months you are going to be hearing more and more about the shrinking supply of graphite, the lack of graphite mines operating outside of China, the control China is pursuing over the graphite market (export duty and VAT implemented) and the expected demand increase over ... [more]

I like to read through Pinnacle members’ blogs for many different reasons. Member blogs provide great value to our community, unique insight into some unknown and often very attractive companies, a different perspective to investing and some are just downright entertaining. I don’t necessarily agree with every blog written, but that is what makes our community so great. If ... [more]

www.PinnacleDigest.com   Quick. What's the most important asset a junior resource company has?     If you said anything other than its management team you especially need to read this.     If there is one thing I have learnt from investing in and researching several hundred junior resource stocks and getting to know the movers and shakers in this industry, ... [more]

www.PinnacleDigest.com I found an interesting piece of data many Canadians have either overlooked or flat out just don’t know about. Canada has increased its holdings of US treasury securities by a whopping 794% since 2008. This is the biggest increase, from a percentage standpoint, of any country in the world. The next closest country to increase ... [more]

After the market took investors on a roller coaster ride in late July and early August, we asked our community how they reacted to the recent activity. We wanted to know if our community was staying in the game or if panic had sunken in and they had enough. Our survey was open to the first 500 members to ... [more]