Bill Cara

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Tools for the Independent Investor

After a 50-plus year lifetime of independent investing, I can honestly say that I have been there and done that. I personally designed the electronic brokerage system that soon became the #1-rated system in Canada, beating out the platforms of all the major banks and brokers, and was #1 for

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Cara Community GSM: Go Gold Silver & Gold 12-28-2020

Go Gold Silver & Gold (TSX: GGD) (OTC: GLGDF) updated 12-28-2020 All figures in USD and as of 30 Sept 2020. Market Cap: $443.8 Million          Share Price: USD 1.68     CAD 1.95 Shares outstanding: 264,166,788 Cash:     $52.7 Mil Debt:     Lists $12.27 Mil total liabilities and no Long-term Debt. Current

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Cara Community GSM: Osisko Gold Royalties 12-2020

Osisko Gold Royalties (NYSE: OR) (TSX: OR.TO) reviewed 12-12-2020 Market Cap:       $1.87 Billion (USD)          Share Price:        $11.26 (USD) Shares outstanding: 166,307,784 Cash: $160.7 M (CAD) Debt: $372.0 M (CAD) Current operations: Gold & silver royalty streams. Insider holdings: 1.67%                  Institutional:  288 hold approx. 80% Website: osiskogr.com https://osiskogr.com/app/uploads/2020/11/OR-Q3-2020-Results_final.pdf CEO: Sandeep Singh

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Cara Community GSM: Wesdome Gold 12-2020

Wesdome Gold (WDO.TO) (OTC: WDOFF) reviewed 12-12-2020 Market Cap:       $1.41 Billion (USD)          Share Price:        $8.00 Shares outstanding: 142,969,000 (FD) Cash on hand:    $73.5 M (CAD) as of 30 Sept 2020. Long-Term Debt: Nil.  Total Liabilities: $99.0 M (CAD). Current operations: Yes: 3 properties in Tier-1 jurisdictions Ontario and Quebec.

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Seeking Alpha data is not entirely reliable

I will never forget an incident that happened in my first month of work at Dominion Securities (now RBC DS) in Jan 1981. I was a newbie on a three-month training pre-licensing program. One day the licensed broker I was working with had gone to lunch and a big client of

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A discussion of ‘value’ stocks

If it were up to me — and it’s not — there would be much less promotion of value stocks because a value stock at one point becomes a momentum stock another time. In any case, CNBC’s Kelly Evans blogged about it today: https://link.cnbc.com/public/22324981 To keep investing simple, I look for

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Cara Community GSM: Equinox Gold 12-2020

Equinox Gold (NYSE: EQX) (EQX.TO) reviewed 12-04-2020 Market Cap:       $2.436 Billion (USD)        Share Price:        $10.10 (USD) Shares outstanding: 241,249,679; Diluted: 244,066,116 Cash:     $310.7 M (USD) as of 30 Sept 2020 Debt:     $232.4 M (USD) as of 30 Sept 2020 Credit facility: $400 Million ($180 Million drawn). Current operations:

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Cara Community GSM: Pretium Resources 12-04-2020

Pretium Resources (NYSE: PVG) (TSX: PVG) updated 12-04-2020 Market Cap:       $2.10 Billion                        Share Price:        $11.23   Shares outstanding: 186,853,654 Cash: $175 M (USD) as of 30 Sept 2020 Debt: $368.06 M (USD) as of 30 Sept 2020 Current operations: Yes. Insider holdings: 1.64%                  Institutional:  259 holders at approx. 78% of the

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The Cognitive Dissonance of Goldminer Investors

Over the past decade, there is indisputable proof with respect to Gold mining that: Vastly improved technology has cut mining costs to a great extent One of the largest operating costs, which is Oil, is priced considerably lower The Gold price is substantially higher and strengthening while the US Dollar,

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