Speculative investors: educate yourselves!

Some investors (and some might argue that this is being generous in the context) rely upon “momentum” and the “advice” of posters on stock discussion forums. Take recent activity in Snow Lake Resources (LITM.OQ) stock, which has seen dramatic swings in both directions in the past few trading sessions.

Short selling manipulators

In comments to our Reliq Health Technologies (RHT.V) – Thoughts on the Q2 FY2022 financials article published March 2, 2022, we warned readers about “White Diamond Research”, whose scurrilous actions negatively impacted the shares of RHT.V last week. We also published an initial response prepared by RHT.V Investor Relations.

A zero-sum game: The GameStop Story

A great deal of attention has been garnered of late by the dramatic rise and volatility of GameStop. The facts of the situation have been amply covered elsewhere, and the story has attracted wide attention owing to the successes achieved by some retail investors at the expense of heavily committed institutional short sellers.

Understanding stock shorting prognostications

A prominent American stock shorter continues to air his belief that Canadian bank stocks will drop at least twenty percent in the next little while.  Sure, if markets generally head south, that may come to pass.  But that is like saying it is going to snow in Antarctica. 

Too bad for the retail investor

Financial industry regulators purport to be looking out for retail investors.  The problem is that the system is rigged against the very people most in need of protection.

Think about “anonymous” buyers and sellers, who may in fact be acting contrary to the best interests of an issuer client within their very own shop. 

themoneynarrative tips and pointers #10 (short selling)

Investors have so many thousands of choices as to where to invest their money.  The number and range of investment products, covering all sectors and economies, can make it difficult to decide.  But decide you must.