Dundee Precious Metals Acquires Adriatic in $1.25 Billion Agreement
Vares project. Early works. (Image courtesy of Adriatic Metals.) Canada’s Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) is acquiring UK-based Adriatic Metals (LON: ADT1) in a cash-and-stock deal worth $1.25 billion, marking the latest in a wave of foreign takeovers targeting British companies. The deal gives Dundee control of Adriatic’s flagship Vareš silver-zinc mine in central Bosnia, […]
BMO Expands Lower Fee Initiative for Allocation ETFs
The fight for the low-cost crown continues in Canada. On June 2, BMO Global Asset Management filed a material change report that detailed a reduction to management fees on its balanced ETF series. This cut might be small in absolute terms—investors would save the equivalent of $3 per $10,000 invested—but it represents a push from […]
VERSES Announces Conversion of Analog to Genius Enterprise
VERSES AI Inc. and Analog have announced an expansion of their collaboration following a successful smart cities mobility pilot. Utilizing VERSES’ Genius engine, the pilot improved fleet efficiency, resulting in a 32% increase in completed rides. This collaboration will focus on deploying Genius for various Smart City challenges, such as energy management and logistics. Genius […]
Here’s What Consumer Spending Might Look Like This Summer
Here’s how consumer spending could look this summer 00:00:04.812 Speaker A We’re coming up on the official start to summer, and new data from Bank of America is signaling a potential slowdown in consumer activity. Seasonally adjusted credit and debit card spending per household declined by 0.7% in May from the prior month. The firm […]
6 Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Worth Purchasing Right Now
During periods of heightened market volatility, stock investors often lean toward the relative certainty of dividend yields. Companies with long histories of paying dividends—known as “dividend aristocrats”—can offer even greater comfort. The dividend aristocrats underlying the iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF CDZ are established Canadian companies that have raised their cash dividends every […]
Brazil’s Oil and Gas M&A Activity Slows in Q1 2025
Brazil’s oil & gas M&As dry up in 1Q25 M&A’s in Brazil’s oil and gas sector declined in the first quarter of 2025, according to KPMG. There was only one transaction during the period, compared with four in the first three months of the previous year. The deal was the sale by Prumo Logística of […]
Nintendo Switch 2 Sales Surge, Yet Tariff Challenges Remain
Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published as a stock note by Morningstar Equity Research. Key Morningstar Metrics for Nintendo Fair Value Estimate: JPY 12,000Morningstar Rating: ★★★Morningstar Economic Moat Rating: WideMorningstar Uncertainty Rating: Medium Nintendo Stock Update Why it matters: Nintendo 7974 sold more than 20% of its 15 million console shipments target for fiscal […]
This High-Yield Stock: A Great Buy, Currently Undervalued by 36%
Scotts Miracle-Gro SMG isn’t for the faint of heart. This small-cap stock is trading 75% below its all-time high. The company’s balance sheet is marred by high leverage, and management’s near-term focus has hurt long-term results. Yet we think this stock is a buy today for a few reasons. For starters, this narrow-moat company should […]
Patriot Battery Metals Confirms High-Grade Pollucite as Primary Caesium Host Mineral at Vega and Rigel Zones
Patriot Battery Metals, High-Grade Pollucite Confirmed as Main Caesium Host Mineral at the Vega and Rigel Zones Sydney, Australia – Patriot Battery Metals Inc. (TSX: PMET, ASX: PMT, OTCQX: PMETF, FSE: R9GA) is excited to share an update regarding its exploration activities focused on caesium— a strategic and high-demand metal—discovered within the CV13 spodumene pegmatite […]
Perpetua Resources Secures $400 Million Equity Financing for Stibnite Project in Idaho
Perpetua Resources (NASDAQ, TSX: PPTA) has entered into an agreement with National Bank of Canada and BMO Capital Markets to purchase, on behalf of themselves and a syndicate of underwriters, approximately 22.73 million common shares of the company for $13.20 per share for $300 million. Separately, Paulson & Co. has agreed to purchase an additional […]