In this episode of Trader’s Lens, Brent Cook of ExplorationInsights.com gives us tips on understanding geochemical anomalies, economic discoveries and seeking out good advice from mining and exploration experts.  

In this episode of Trader’s Lens, Tyler Bollhorn of Stockscores.com gives us tips on how to get an edge on market by using some uncommon sense, the difference between a good company and a good stock and how to roll with punches when it comes to trading as a business.

In this episode of Trader’s Lens we get some great perspective from Danielle Park, author of  the blog JugglingDynamite.com, on the current global economic conditions, how to look for value in uncertain markets, the Facebook IPO saga and the importance of reading quality vs. quantity. Check out our other Trader’s Lens interviews here.

Facebook Going Public – Learning Objective: To learn what an IPO is and why a company goes ‘public’ There seemed a time in the business news not too long ago where all you would hear about was the debut of Facebook in the stock market.  Now that Facebook has officially started trading and media outlets […]

Summer is officially here and with it are a few major league offers that Canadian online discount brokerages have going.  It seems like this month, the four big promos are from Virtual Brokers, Questrade, Scotia iTrade and Disnat Direct. We’ve also got a special discount brokerage deal offering from Jitneytrade now officially launched! It seems […]

Site: http://www.getsmarteraboutmoney.ca  Technical Analysis Tools: no Fundamental Analysis Tools: no Markets Covered:  Canada Notes: Get Smarter About Money is a collection of really well-written and easy to understand resources on personal finance, including many sections and resources related to investing.  Although this is not a tool for stock-specific research, it is a very handy website to […]

In this latest edition of Trader’s Lens Jim Letourneau of The Big Picture Speculator talks to us about commodity cycles, and what to look out for when timing an entry into the markets

Jay Martin of Cambridge House International reflects on the success of the 2012 World Resource Investment Conference held in Vancouver, where they’re headed to next and gives insight into why it’s important for investors to attend.

My first full time job, a Marketing Assistant at an HR firm, came right after university and with it came the realization that not only would I have to pay income taxes but also that some of what little I earned had to be saved. After all I’d heard the story of the ant and […]

This month’s discount brokerage deals and promotions from Canadian online discount brokerages still includes some substantial offerings, such as the Disnat Active 5 offer and the Scotia iTrade 100 free trades offer. Some new promos this month include the ‘one free trade’ offer from Scotia iTrade to download and try their mobile trading app (for […]

Learning Objective: To understand that investments are driven by beliefs. Introduction Over the past month, one of the most dominating news stories in financial markets has been the debut of Facebook as a publicly traded stock.  There are so many great investor lessons about the world of investing and finance that this historic event can […]

Questrade Pricing Change: Here’s one for the “you don’t see this from a financial institution every day”.  We reported a recent announcement from Questrade in which they stated that they would be implementing a minimum activity threshold of one trade a month starting in July 2012 for those account holders with less than $5000 in […]

Site: http://www.optionseducation.org/en.html Technical Analysis Tools: no Fundamental Analysis Tools: yes Markets Covered: US, Canada Notes: The Options Industry Council has recently redesigned their website and has done an amazing job, providing excellent user experience and quality, reliable information.  With tools and resources including an Options Calculator, Virtual Trading System and Position Simulator, you can test […]

Questrade just made the following announcement via email: Inactivity fee As of July 10th, 2012, an inactivity fee of $9.95 per month is charged to clients with under $5,000 in combined equity for any month in which the client does not complete one commissionable trade. Clients are exempt from this fee if the account is […]

Here are the latest Canadian online discount broker deals and promotions. This month Disnat Direct still holds the front of the pack with their monster  “Active 5” deal.  Scotia iTrade also has an interesting commission rebate of up to 100 trades (with a max value of $999) with a transfer of $25,000.  National Bank still […]

SparxTrading.com attended the Small-Cap Conference Series held in Vancouver on April 10th. We went for a status update on the small-cap (short for small market capitalization – check out Investopedia’s definition here) companies but what we got was so much more. Guest speakers Ryan Irvine of KeyStone Financial Publishing Corp., Theodor Tonca of Vancouver Value […]

Patrick Ceresna of Learn to Trade Global & Optionsource.net talks to us at the Vancouver stop of Montreal Exchange Options Education Day about ETFs, their benefits and managing their risks.

SparxTrading.com talks to Jason Ayres of  Learn to Trade Global & Optionsource.net at the Montreal Exchange Options Education Day about options trading and risk management. Check it out!

Options Education Day is an annual series of events organized and hosted by the Montreal Exchange (part of the TMX Group) as part of their goal to better educate retail investors about options and derivatives products.  While options and derivative products are more complex than your average stock, there has been an enormous growth in […]