Welcome to Rod Blake.com, the internet website for investment advisor Rod Blake of Canaccord Capital Corporation and Canaccord Capital Corporation (USA), Inc. This site highlights the investment services and insight of Rod Blake and it is intended for use by Rods clients or prospective clients only in those jurisdictions where he is currently licensed and is not meant as a solicitation for new business in any jurisdiction where he not licensed.

Because of Rods background and location ins Vancouver, British Columbia, this site may contain information on Canadian or foreign securities with a bias to mining, both precious and base metals, diamond, industrial minerals, oil & natural gas, but may also contain information on biomedical, industrial, commercial, and cyclical companies.

This site may also contain articles of interest or research commentaries on ideas or companies that Rod may feel of benefit to his clients.

We hope your time spent here with us will be informative, enjoyable and ultimately profitable.

Our mission is to enhance your investment experience by providing the highest level of attention to detail and service available in the financial community, and to maximize the value of your portfolio through a dedication to investigation, research and innovative ideas.

Investment ideas, trading ideas or strategies? Contact us. We can help.

Market Trends

June 6, 2009 (as at 12:27am PDT)

  Today Yesterday One Week Ago One Month Ago One Year Ago All Time Highor Low
Dow Jones Index 8791.55 8770.92 8763.13 8168.12 12638.32 14198.09
S&P 500 945.43 944.89 940.09 872.81 1400.38 1576.09
TSX 10659.31 10714.11 10569.29 9324.83 14714.73 15154.76
NASDAQ 1854.5 1862.4 1849.4 1717.3 2522.7 4701.6
JVX 1152.21 1148.32 1137.99 1008.98 2657.00 3372.00
             
Gold 950.00 947.50 962.00 883.25 885.75 1011.25
Silver 14.870 15.493 15.388 12.325 16.865 40.00
Oil 72.69 73.48 68.44 51.12 127.35 145.66
Natural Gas 3.875 3.933 3.868 3.373 101.47 13.69
Copper 2.3750 2.4450 2.2840 2.0475 3.5585 4.26
Uranium 50.00 50.00 49.50 42.00 60.00 148.00
Zinc 0.78 0.74 0.71 0.64 0.90 1.92
Lead 0.83 0.80 0.76 0.65 0.89 1.79
Aluminum 0.77 0.75 0.71 0.66   1.37
The CRB Index 262.55 266.17 257.92 222.39 422.17 473.97
The Canadian Dollar 0.8943 0.9079 0.9095 0.8145 1.0063 1.1034
The Euro 1.4015 1.4125 1.4134 1.3323 1.5552 1.6018