Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Vivien first became involved with the stock market in 2006, when she started working for RBC Dominion Securities, the Royal Bank of Canada’s full-service brokerage firm. It was at RBC DS that Vivien gained an understanding of commodity investing and became intrigued with how the markets move in direct correlation with the economy.
In 2007, Vivien graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Arts specializing in English Literature. She later enrolled in the Writing and Communications program at Simon Fraser University. Vivien volunteered with the Investing News Network in the spring of 2010, and interned for Momentum Magazine in Vancouver. In the fall of 2010, Vivien began working for the Investing News Network in an official capacity as an assistant editor, where she is constantly learning more about the commodity markets. In the summer of 2011, Vivien was awarded a Certificate in Editing from Simon Fraser University.
The recent volatility in the gold market has investors taking a second look at their strategies. In this interview with The Gold Report, Frank Holmes and Brian Hicks of U.S. Global Investors discuss their criteria for their investment decisions, the factors they think will affect the gold sector and how ETFs are distorting the gold equities market.
Interest rates will be low for a long time, predicts Commodity Capital Global Mining Fund Manager Tobias Tretter. Despite predictions of a gold bubble bursting, Tretter says in this interview with The Gold Report that the gold bull run will continue. In fact, Tretter still sees tremendous opportunity in a number of junior gold companies that have been largely ignored by the market.
Timmins Gold (TSX:TMM) reported results from the ongoing drill program at the San Francisco mine located in Sonora, Mexico. To date, a total of 28,170 meters over 125 holes have been drilled around the San Francisco pit.
On Tuesday’s Mad Dash with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, the discussion of gold’s Monday plunge had Cramer warning investors that the gold market is frozen and they should be wary of gold royalty trusts.
The Globe and Mail reported that rapidly falling gold prices will mean bad news for industry players already battling cost overruns, asset writedowns and project cancellations.
West Point Resources, a private exploration company based in Canada, has filed its preliminary prospectus with SEDAR in connection with a proposed initial public offering.
Cosigo Resources (TSXV:CSG) released an update for its Colombian Machado Project. Cosigo has been granted a forestry reserve subtraction by the Colombian Ministry of Environment. The granting of the subtraction enables the company to move forward in preparation for its 9,973 initial drilling program at the Machado Project.
Foundation Resources (TSXV:FDN) and Sheltered Oak Resources (TSXV:OAK) announced the approval of the acquisition of Oak by Foundation via a three cornered amalgamation.
Aurizon Mines’ (TSX:ARZ) Board of Directors commented on the unanimous recommendation that shareholders reject the unsolicited offer put forward by Alamos Gold.
