Pinnacle Digest

Venture Capital

Insights into the world of venture capital: Tracking investment trends, the latest funding rounds, market cycles, and their impact on startups, venture capital, and small-caps. Discover where capital is flowing, and why it matters.

August 9, 2023

How Albemarle Became the World’s Dominant Lithium Player

The history of Albemarle and its rise to the top of the lithium sector along with its plan to process lithium from recycled batteries.

July 29, 2022

Back in Triple Digits

The equity markets performed well beyond expectation this July, with two of the contest's top performing stocks generating triple digits returns this month.

July 18, 2022

Volatility Remains but Multiple Sectors Reporting Impressive Gains

The Stock Challenge Index saw significant volatility in the first week of July, but has been on a downward spiral ever since.

December 5, 2021

Crypto’s Delicate Universe

The perceived crypto promise of transforming payments and the overall financial system is resonating with investors on a large-scale...but will it hold?

November 14, 2021

Lithium’s Production Problem

Lithium is arguably the hottest commodity today, and although investment in new sources has lagged in the past, that is now changing.

July 16, 2018

Canadian Marijuana Index and TSX Venture Capitulate

The Canadian Marijuana Index is under serious pressure and threatening to crash the TSX Venture. Retail investors are overweight marijuana stocks and now rushing for the exits...

July 16, 2018

TSX Venture Continues to Decline As U.S. Manufacturers Flee Trump’s

The TSX Venture battles headwinds from Trump's tariffs, while major U.S. manufacturers are beginning to move production overseas to avoid them.

July 10, 2018

Canadian Real Estate is Ripe for a Correction

Real estate transactions are declining in Canada, creating worry amoung some investors. Declining volumes lead to declining values in real estate and the TSX and TSX Venture.

July 9, 2018

Scythian Biosciences Corp Announces Colcanna SAS as one of the

Scythian Biosciences announces that Colombian-based Colcanna SAS, which is pending acquisition by Scythian, has received additional licences by the Ministry of Health.

July 8, 2018

Warning For Marijuana Investors

Weed stocks in Canada are entering bubble territory as institutions and beer companies pour hundreds of millions into the space.

July 1, 2018

US Trade War Is Here and the TSX Venture May

The TSX Venture falls to a new 52 week low as the Canadian government levies new tariffs against the United States, raising concerns of a global trade war.

June 16, 2018

Trump Crushes Bretton Woods

President Trump is turning America away from the Bretton Woods system. He is leaning on Saudi Arabia to increase oil production, in a bid to lower its price, while working to sign bilateral trade deals.

June 16, 2018

The Tension Between Trump & Trudeau is Creating Discord Among

New U.S. steel & aluminum tariffs, in addition to Trump's incautious approach to NAFTA, has investors concerned about the future of U.S.-Canadian trade--and the TSX Venture.

June 8, 2018

Conservative Wave Sweeping Canada as Recreational Marijuana Bill Passes

As Conservative leadership takes over Canada at the provincial level, don't expect policy to change towards recreational cannabis.

June 5, 2018

Scythian Biosciences Announces Name Change to SOL Global Investments Corp.

Scythian Biosciences is changing its name to SOL Global Investments Corp. CEO Rob Reid, states, "SOL Global Investments better reflects our strategy of identifying and developing cultivation assets, nurturing branded products and opening up ancillary opportunities outside of Canada."

June 4, 2018

Liquidity Dries up on TSX Venture

Stocks on the TSX Venture continue to see a drop off in total volume as investors await a critical vote impacting the marijuana sector. Learn about the next potential catalyst...

June 1, 2018

Pipelines and the Prime Minister Bring Canada’s Investment Climate into

While TGOD continues to raise the bar for the Canadian marijuana industry, the nationalization of the Trans Mountain pipeline--in combination with a blocked Aecon takeover--has some investors worried.

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