Bill Cara

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PDAC 2023 Report

March 8, 2023   The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual convention has just ended. The management has reported 23,819 from 130 countries attended this year’s annual convention, close to pre-pandemic attendance levels. There were more than 1,100 exhibitors, covering for the first time, over 600,000 square feet

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Introducing Stock Market Literacy

Glendys Lopez February 15, 2023 Stock Market Literacy (SML) is an essential and comprehensive self-help education and information course for individuals looking to invest and trade in securities. Bill Cara, the author, explains that most teaching and information about the stock market is provided by writers and organizations on Wall

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Hindenburg takes down Adani, but I have reason to be doubtful.

February 2, 2023 A few days after the Hindenburg short-selling report was published (and copied here minutes later), the seven stocks in the Adani Group dropped $100 billion. The Group’s $2.5 capital raise has been suspended. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/02/adani-losses-top-100-billion-in-wake-of-hindenburg-research-report.html I have read on Reddit a posting that Hindenburg has undisputed wins where

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Why I am so hostile to banks and the Fed.

January 16, 2023 Banks are fiduciaries (guardians in a trust relationship) that have been enabled to also promote and sell all manner of financial products and services to them. With full knowledge of the client’s strengths and weaknesses, they also trade their capital against their captured client, which gives them

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The Fed’s independence is under attack.

January 15, 2023 This writer’s article presents a point of view. I have my own. https://www.ino.com/blog/2023/01/jerome-powells-declaration-of-independence/#more-58122 I also argue against the Fed being pressured by political platforms like Climate, Inclusion, and ESG. But Fed Chair Powell bringing that up is a false flag that, in essence, is his argument for

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A list of brilliant articles from Quantpedia.com.

January 10, 2023   Here is a treasure trove of educational articles from Quantpedia. Enjoy.   https://quantpedia.com/quantum-computing-as-the-means-to-algorithmic-trading/   https://quantpedia.com/stock-returns-vs-inflation-expectations/   https://quantpedia.com/100-years-of-historical-market-cycles/   https://quantpedia.com/a-balanced-portfolio-and-trend-following-during-different-market-states/   https://quantpedia.com/factors-performance-during-various-market-cycles/   https://quantpedia.com/defining-market-cycles-out-of-sample/   A plug for Quantpedia.com: https://quantpedia.com/pricing/

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My Vision for 2023

January 1, 2023 More decisions are made this year-end holiday weekend than at any other time. Every decision is based on a vision of the future. Tonight, I’ll keep mine simple. I see that 2023 will be the year of the Gold Bull. Gold cash and futures trading reached a

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Are Analyst Consensus Ratings Helpful?

December 30, 2022 While I use analyst ratings in making decisions — at least to a small degree — I have serious doubts at every year-end. This year, in particular, has been a downer with substantial losses in the stock prices of many high-quality companies. Timing is always an issue.

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