With oil prices off 50% or so from the $80 to $100 per barrel range, investors are hunting for bargains across the energy sector. Production, pipeline, and service related stocks are obvious choices, but there are hundreds and hundreds to choose from. Separating winners from losers can be a tricky task. As a backdrop, the majority of “experts” now predict oil prices...

Tomorrow’s production has got to come from somewhere; so what is a reasonable price for gold that’s still in the ground? My goal is not to provide the answer, but simply highlight a metric that can help you sift through the rubble that is the Canadian Venture Exchange. “Price-per-ounce” can be used to value and compare gold exploration stocks quickly....

Since highlighting Claude Resources (TSE: CRJ) (OTCMKTS: CLGRF) on October 11, 2015 here and then again here (can you tell that i have a thing for Claude?), the stock is up a modest 50%. But after crushing buy and hold investors for the past years 4 years, it feels as though new money is just beginning to flow back in. And why shouldn’t new money be jumping...

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Many bargain hunters are beginning to pull the trigger on metals, mining and exploration stocks. Arguably, as a whole, this sector has never been cheaper. At the quality end of the spectrum, stocks like Goldcorp (NYSE: GG) and Pan American Silver (NASDAQ: PAAS) are selling at decade lows. Each of those are currently paying investors 3-5% annually to hold, while...

Geologically speaking, Ecuador is positioned perfectly along South America’s western border between Colombia and Peru— two destinations with lots of gold in the ground! Both geologists and artisanal miners have known Ecuador to be gold-rich, but its mining laws made doing business there prohibitively expensive. As a result, Ecuador’s mining industry has stagnated...

Harris & Harris Group (NASDAQ: TINY) is a publicly traded venture capital fund that builds transformative companies from disruptive science. –that’s the stated objective anyway Let’s face it, venture stage investments are risky, not every swing is going to be a home run. Over the years Harris & Harris has struck out many times; but to be fair, swinging...