Maritime Increases Hammerdown Gold Resource as Production Approaches
The Hammerdown gold project in Newfoundland. Credit: Maritime Resources Canadian explorer Maritime Resources (TSXV: MAE) said drilling at its Hammerdown project in Newfoundland and Labrador identified a new near-surface gold zone with “substantial” grades. The stock jumped. Hole HDGC-25-272 cut 13.9 metres grading 24.5 grams gold per tonne from 11 metres depth, including 8 metres […]
How Three Global Funds Are Adapting to the Technology Stock Landscape
Large growth stocks have led the market over the last decade, but they hit a rough patch in in 2025, dragged down by the market’s darlings. The “Magnificent Seven”—Apple AAPL, Microsoft MSFT, Alphabet GOOG, Amazon AMZN, Nvidia NVDA, Meta Platforms META, and Tesla TSLA—had driven large-growth indexes and many stock funds to new heights over […]
Barrick Faces Potential Risk in Mali: Loss of Crucial Gold Mining Permit
One of the next major hurdles in Barrick Mining Corp.’s saga in Mali will be renewing a key gold mining license, after the state temporarily took over the vast Loulo-Gounkoto complex this week. The permit for Loulo, where processing facilities are located, expires in February, shortly after the period of provisional administration is supposed to […]
US Federal Reserve Monitors Inflation, but Rate Cuts Remain on the Horizon
As widely expected, the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged at today’s meeting. The main event at today’s meeting was the release of new economic projections from FOMC participants, which sheds light on the committee’s decisions in future meetings. The previously published projections came in March 2025, before the shocking tariff developments in April. The federal-funds […]
Reasons Canadian Investors Should Anticipate Ongoing…
Canadian investors seem to have gotten a breather from US President Donald Trump’s trade wars. Still, Ashish Dewan, senior investment strategist at Vanguard Canada, says investors should brace for continued volatility and focus on attractive corners of the market, such as European equities and fixed income. Dewan sees more compelling opportunities in Europe, particularly Germany, thanks […]
Resolute Achieves Major Gold Discovery in Côte d’Ivoire
Resolute Mining (ASX: RSG) has found a significant gold deposit at its Doropo asset in northeastern Côte d’Ivoire, near the Burkina Faso border. Doropo is one of two assets the company acquired from AngloGold Ashanti (JSE: ANG, NYSE: AU) in May and holds estimated reserves of more than 100 tonnes of gold. Chief executive officer […]
Reduced Fees Enhance the Appeal of This iShares Bond ETF
iShares Core Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETF XCB provides broad exposure to investment-grade Canadian corporate bonds. The fund has slashed its fee in recent years, improving its competitive advantage. The fund tracks the FTSE Canada All Corporate Bond Index, which includes investment-grade, CAD-denominated corporate bonds with at least one year remaining until maturity. Qualifying issues […]
Top Mag Seven Stocks Worth Considering for…
After rallying hard for years, Mag Seven stocks pulled back significantly in early 2025 as investors rotated out of risk-on investments (like the high-priced Mag Seven) and into risk-off investments, like value stocks. But the group has staged a comeback in the past few weeks: As of June 10, the Mag Seven stocks as a […]
Enbridge: A Fresh Perspective Following Recent Strong Performance
Editor’s Note: This analysis was originally published as a stock note by Morningstar Equity Research. After taking a second look at Enbridge ENB, we are affirming our narrow moat rating, Medium Uncertainty Rating, and Standard Capital Allocation Rating. We are also increasing our fair value estimate to C$59 per share from C$56 after reviewing Enbridge’s […]
3 High-Performing Canadian Bond ETFs
After a solid 2024, the Canadian bond market has seen a back-and-forth start to this year. But some exchange-traded bond funds are standing out. To screen for the top-performing funds in this category, we looked for those with the best returns over the last one-, three-, and five-year periods. All names that passed the screen […]