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

August 25, 2008 (as at 8:21am PDT)

  Today Yesterday One Week Ago One Month Ago One Year Ago All Time Highor Low
Dow Jones Index 11494.70 11628.06 11659.90 11378.02 13357.74 14198.09
S&P 500 1268.28 1292.20 1298.20 1267.38 1473.99 1576.09
TSX 13303.99 13447.29 13096.70 13592.91 13660.48 15154.76
NASDAQ 2364.8 2414.7 2452.5 2325.6 2596.4 4701.6
JVX 1940.05 1951.63 1937.33 2224.14 2647.81 3372.00
             
Gold 830.00 824.00 787.00 912.00 672.00 1011.25
Silver 13.565 13.590 12.870 17.841 12.230 40.00
Oil 114.98 114.59 113.94 124.08 74.27 145.66
Natural Gas 7.957 8.359 8.198 9.119 5.635 13.69
Copper 3.4595 3.5385 3.3145 3.6615 3.3480 4.26
Uranium 64.50 64.50 64.50 64.00 90.00 148.00
Zinc 0.83 0.85 0.76 0.84 1.39 1.92
Lead 0.85 0.86 0.76 0.98 0.55 1.79
Aluminum 1.27 1.29 1.26 1.34   1.37
The CRB Index 395.27 394.80 382.30 416.40 308.76 473.97
The Canadian Dollar 0.9529 0.9548 0.9482 0.9879 0.9491 1.1034
The Euro 1.4783 1.4789 1.4768 1.5779 1.3614 1.6018
 

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