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Alamos Gold reports a solid 2nd quarter

Alamos Gold Inc. (AGI)(AGI.TO) is presently my largest Goldminer investment with a 6.97% portfolio-weighted position. Yesterday’s reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 pleased me as they were solid. “Our overall performance through the first half of 2021 has been solid, led by another strong quarter at

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Are capital markets on the road to perdition?

Is Doug Casey making a good point that the pandemic craze is covering up a banking crisis?   I have known of Doug Casey since he started in the business of writing financial books and commenting on capital markets in 1979. His publicist at the time was a friend of

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The wealth creation process

There is n number of ways to create wealth, but the process is always the same. I will discuss that process here because, in recent years, in the new digital age, although it’s not for me to say why; I believe that many young people have a distorted view of

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Be wary of the narrative

Oiler bull phase topped out (late June) before the Oil futures (July 6) The chart below shows the Oiler stocks (as represented by the XOP etf in blue) clearly advanced much faster than the Crude Oil prices (in the thin black line) from around April 21 until late June when

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US-listed Chinese stocks are headed for trouble

By my count, there are 242 China-headquartered companies that are NYSE or Nasdaq listed and raising capital in the US. Companies from all other countries comply with the full disclosure requirements including releasing their audit papers to the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, but that is not being done by China-headquartered

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Change in plans re portfolio structure and trading

The broad market is changing in a way that makes me uncomfortable. Typically when that happens, I exit. I almost did that near the end of May but then went back in and suffered my only loss in 15 months — a bad one — that requires a change of

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My position on Crypto

Because of the global interest level in what is called the Crypto market, which has extended to some of my clients and to many participants here at billcara.com, I decided it best to state my personal position. My position on Crypto has changed over the past month or so. In

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The single source best investment advice: Peter Lynch

Peter Lynch managed the legendary Fidelity Magellan Fund where he achieved annualized returns of nearly 30%. He is the author of several best-selling investing books. Although he retired in 1990, Peter’s words are immortal.   Along with the late Ian Notley (a market technician), I never received better investing advice.

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What I look for in a quality company

At the end of the day, there is no single factor that assures me that a company is of high quality. I look at the whole picture, realizing that a company does not change much in a period of say two years during which, if I hold the stock, I

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Do the pattern traders have it right?

Bill Cara  May 5, 2021 8:31 am Over the years, I have met my share of traders who swear by patterns as indicators that aid their decision-making. There are many who believe in the Elliott Wave, the moving average crossovers, the head-and-shoulders, the Point-and-Figure, cup-and-handle, and double and triple tops

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