The mining cycle has passed its peak and many small stocks are battling, a conference has been told. But the bosses of these five firms say they’re forging on. The long-term story for miners is regarded as a bullish one, with the fundamentals for gold looking strong and the energy transition likely to see metals … [Read more…]
Emerging companies can be exciting, if risky, prospects for investors. Market Matters reckons these three are intriguing and potentially lucrative picks. Today we hear from the team behind Shaw and Partners’ James Gerrish at the very different online advice platform Market Matters. Alongside co-founder former Macquarie and Goldman Sachs macro-analyst Shawn Hickman, Gerrish is the … [Read more…]
‘Orphan’ drug status is offering these ASX pharma stocks a chance to turn a healthy profit – and give hope to those suffering rare conditions. Rare or “orphan” diseases affect a small number of people globally, defined as less than 200,000 in the US and 10,000 in Australia. Normally these conditions would be uneconomical to … [Read more…]
A report has mapped out four possible future climate scenarios, and offered tips on how investors can chart a course through uncertain times. The authors, GIC and Ortec Finance and Cambridge Econometrics, said that without drastic and immediate carbon emission cuts, the window to achieve the Paris Agreement target was closing fast. For the latest … [Read more…]
US President Joe Biden has lumped crypto traders in with ‘wealthy tax cheats’ in a spray at the G7. But other candidates have a very different view. A few years ago, that thought might even have been unfathomable. Not that it’s all good news coming from the Democratic side of the aisle and from US … [Read more…]
Challenger Exploration is nearing a maiden mineral estimate at its El Guayabo gold-copper project, which is separated by a tenement boundary from the huge Cangrejos gold project. In fact, El Guayabo is essentially the other half of Cangrejos project, where earlier this week Lumina Gold announced $US300 million metals streaming agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals … [Read more…]
Research in Australia has confirmed anecdotal evidence that cannabis gives long-lasting relief for many suffers of chronic pain and insomnia. A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) last week touts “significant improvements” in quality of life for people with those conditions, with the positive effects being “largely sustained” over time. … [Read more…]
The crypto market is looking a little stagnant. Maybe investors and traders are remaining cautious about the wobbly macroeconomic landscape. Perhaps investors and traders are remaining cautious about the macroeconomic landscape in the US of A right now. Either that, or the memecoin froth is reaching exhaustion and the market’s feeling jaded. (For the record, … [Read more…]
Australian explorers and miners are joining the growing mob trying to pouch rare earths and critical metals in resource-rich Canada. Here’s why. According to S&P Global, Canada’s exploration budgets hit a decade high in 2022, increasing 29 per cent year-over-year to $2.68 billion – double the 16 per cent global average growth and outpacing budgets … [Read more…]
While the market nervously ponders the US debt ceiling issue, the EU has offered a ray of light, pushing ahead with clear crypto regulations legislation. Meanwhile, the EU is pushing ahead with its clear crypto regulations legislation. Known as MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation), the proposed set of rules has been widely well received by … [Read more…]