Office of
Tommy Humphreys

John Hempton: Vancouver is not a bubble. I’ll show you a bubble (Sydney). More>>

The giant killer: Inside CP’s overthrow. More>>

Rupert Murdoch’s NYPost roasts Mark Zuckerberg. More>>

Vancouver’s PH&N among Barron’s Top 50 Hedge Funds. More>>

Eric Sprott’s biweekly call with Eric King. More>>

Ray Dalio’s World. More>>

Good piece against the gold conspiracy by Doug Casey. More >>

A bird’s eye view of the Canadian Oil Sands (50+ photos). More >>

Why history is so important to Don Coxe (37 min audio). More >>

Is FB the next BX? More >>

I had so much fun with Joe and Jay Martin making this World Resource Investment Conference tout video, coming soon to a television set near you. Watch:

Not only is it, as Joe says, “The buying opportunity of a lifetime,” we’ve got Peter Schiff, Doug Casey, Rick Rule, Frank Holmes, Brent Cook, Lawrence Roulston, Josh Brown and many more world class speakers.

Don’t miss this FREE event June 3-4, 2012.

Register here

Finance:

• At Hedge Fund Conference, Spotlight on Falcone (Dealbook)
• Sprott profit soars on investment gains (FP)
• U.S. Millionaires Told Go Away as Tax Evasion Rule Looms (Bloomberg)
• Graphic: Silicon Valley’s Banker (Dealbook)
• Ron Paul One on One (CNBC)

Metals & Energy:

• Be patient, Kinross urges frustrated shareholders (Globe and Mail)
• Rick Rule, Louis James and Marin Katusa Answer Questions (GoldReport)
• Kevin O’Leary’s ‘Cold, Hard, Truth’ on Gold Investing (FP)
• The Commodity Megatrend (Resource Investor)
• End of small-cap resource boom? Time to seek bargains (Globe)
• Mining shares suffer brunt of TSX decline (Globe and Mail)
• Global miners: Finding new ways to create value (Financial Post)
• Small Uranium Equities Tempt Major Players (Energy Report)
• Sandstorm Gold Announces Effective Date of Share Consolidation (SSL)
• Precious Metals are Buffeted by Buffett (RI)

Leadership:

• Carly Fiorina: An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg (CNBC)
• Four Things to Get Right When Starting a Company (HBR)
• How to make money online (Seth’s blog)

Finance:

• Outlook ‘incredibly positive’ for Canadian economy: RBC CEO (Globe and Mail)
• The Continuing Reign of Wilbur Ross (Dealbook)
• Billion-Dollar Traders Quit Wall Street for Hedge Funds (Bloomberg)
• Sorkin: Reflecting on Buffett, Business and Politics (Dealbook)

Metals & Energy:

• Peter Tertzakian: Does Canada need a new oil strategy? (Globe and Mail)
• Kinross Gold’s Mauritanian desert storm (Globe and Mail)
• China’s Gold Imports Jump as Country May Become Biggest User (Bloomberg)
• Lumina lifts Taca Taca copper resource by 62% (Mining Weekly)
• Franco-Nevada profit lifted by bullion price (Reuters)
• Commodities Erase 2012 Gains (Bloomberg)

Leadership:

• A Day in the Life of Steve Jobs (Forbes)

Finance:

• El-Erian: European Elections Complicate Outlook (CNBC)
• The Maturation of the Billionaire Boy-Man (NYMag)
• The Mooch Is His Own Aflac Duck (NYMag)
• Felix Salmon: How VC is Broken (Reuters)

Metals & Energy:

• It’s This Bad Because It’s a Bottom: Eric Coffin (GoldReport)
• Vancouver forgets its lifeblood is resources (Edmonton Journal)
• Diamond mines in Canada at risk (Canadian Business)
• Will graphite go the way of rare-earth? (Reuters)

James Dines Audio – Paper Money Addicts, Gold, Silver, Major Uptrends, Oil, Uranium & More tinyurl.com/76r2kcs

— King World News (@KingWorldNews) May 5, 2012

My one race horse was named ‘win or glue ‘ … Too much pressure on the colt my trainer says

— howardlindzon (@howardlindzon) May 5, 2012

Pierre Lassonde Audio – What I’m Doing With My Own Money, Gold, Miners & More tinyurl.com/82fx2te

— King World News (@KingWorldNews) May 6, 2012

Finance:

• Canadians Dominate World’s 10 Strongest Banks (Bloomberg)
• Is Gold Today’s Safest Investment? (Atlantic) (Ritholtz)
• John Arnold Is Said to Close Hedge Fund and Return Investor Money (Dealbook)
• Why there’s no shame in sitting on your butt (Sovereign Man)

Metals & Energy:

• Great junior mining newsletter writer Brent Cook on BNN’s Market Call Tonight yesterday (BNN)
• Barrick Leads Miners Spending Faster Than Earnings Rise (Bloomberg)
• N.Y. Times praises Plan Nord but raises concerns (Montreal Gazette)
• Minefinders management appointed by Esperanza (MiningWeekly)

Finance:

• Jim Rogers: The Next Economic Slowdown Is Coming And It’s Going To Be Much Worse (BI)
• Greenspan Says U.S. Stocks ‘Very Cheap,’ Likely to Rise (Bloomberg)
• El-Erian: Germany’s Neighborhood Watch (Project Syndicate)
• Wealthy Americans Queue to Give Up Their Passports (Bloomberg)

Metals & Energy:

• Bank of Canada head sees long-term commodity boom (Reuters)
• Ivanhoe Mines names new CEO, CFO (Globe and Mail)
• Canadian graphite producers prepare for boom (Globe)

Finance:

• Largest Private Companies Infographic (HighTable)
• Bankers Find It Tough to Tap Gulf Region’s Wealth (NYT)
• At Milken Conference, Status Counts (Dealbook)
• Bill Gross: Tuesday Never Comes (PIMCO)
• Pimco’s El-Erian: The Fed needs some help (CNNMoney)
• Marc Cuban: Microsoft, Dividends and Stock Buybacks (Blog Maverick)
• MDC Partners CEO’s total compensation tops $23-million for 2011 (Globe)
• Putting Toronto’s housing boom in perspective (Financial Post)
• Top 10 Wealth Report Posts of All Time – Today marks the last day of the Wealth Report (WSJ)

Metals & Energy:

• T. Boone Pickens: Natural gas has bottomed (CNNMoney)
• Cameco profit, revenue jump (Globe and Mail)
• Batista Considers Partner to Tap $1.5 Trillion Assets (Bloomberg)
• Gold Seen Advancing on Central Banks Stimulus Speculation (Bloomberg)
• Suncor beats Street, raises dividend ahead of CEO transition (Financial Post)
• Wind’s $168 Billion North Sea Boom Lures Oil Industry (Bloomberg)
• Interview with Paolo Lostritto, NBF mining equity research analyst (SWGoldReport)
• Mining Entrepreneur Dr. Keith Barron Audio (KWN)

Technology:

• Digg’s Tech Team Heads for the Washington Post, and Digg Looks for a Lifeline (AllThingsD)
• Goldman Sachs Looks to Hire Social Media Strategist (Dealbook)
• Research In Motion Shows Off BlackBerry 10 Prototype (AllThingsD)

Leadership:

• Volatility and Value (Seth’s blog)
• Turning 60: The Twelve Most Important Lessons I’ve Learned So Far (HBR)
• 7 Smart Things Donald Trump Told Me (Inc)
• Peter Thiel’s 3 Rules for Starting A Business (Inc)

After Hours:

• 7 Min Video: Life and Times of Rupert Murdoch (Guardian)