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

November 17, 2009 (as at 12:12am PDT)

  Today Yesterday One Week Ago One Month Ago One Year Ago Yearly High All Time High
Dow Jones Index 10418.60 10406.96 10270.47 9712.73 8829.04 10434.24 14198.09
S&P 500 1107.10 1109.30 1093.48 1036.19 896.24 1113.69 1576.09
TSX 11598.84 11512.26 11407.68 10910.75 9270.62 11648.54 15154.76
NASDAQ 2202.9 2197.9 2167.9 2045.1 1535.6 2205.3 4701.6
JVX 1383.02 1377.94 1359.90 1291.41 766.35 1381.12 3372.00
               
Gold 1134.75 1130.00 1104.00 1040.00 814.50 1130.00 1130.00
Silver 18.415 18.400 17.380 16.255 10.209 18.45 40.00
Oil 79.75 79.53 77.03 77.00 54.43 82.00 145.66
Natural Gas 4.918 4.991 4.798 5.045 6.510 6.978 13.69
Copper 3.1320 3.1285 2.9995 2.9555 1.6495 3.1525 4.26
Uranium 44.00 45.50 45.50 49.50 55.00 64.50 148.00
Zinc 1.03 0.99 0.98 1.03 0.55 1.05 1.92
Lead 1.08 1.03 1.04 1.07 0.50 1.11 1.79
Aluminum 0.92 0.88 0.89 0.89 0.81 1.21 1.37
The CRB Index 277.45 276.74 269.12 270.38 242.20 285.18 473.97
The Canadian Dollar 0.9502 0.9536 0.9511 0.9368 0.8068 0.9797 1.1034
The Euro 1.4861 1.4947 1.4934 1.4871 1.2800 1.5061 1.6018