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Market historian Bob Hoye from ChartsandMarkets.com is looking for a dismal low in crude somewhere around late December or early January. Meanwhile, he soon expects the onset of a post-bubble contraction which should prime gold stocks for good times. In a fascinating interview with Jim Goddard, he explains his outlook which is based on historical, seasonal and technical work.

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In his Tuesday Discovery Watch broadcast, John Kaiser sees trouble ahead for pot stocks while a seasonal buying opportunity is opening up for junior mining stocks.

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Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK CIN Index couldn't muster more than about 5 points to the upside before falling, rolling over, and continuing its correction. The Index fell 26.9 points to close the week at 1106.85 for a 2.4% decline, amounting to a stinging two-week loss of 4%.

In his November 14th Discovery Watch broadcast, John Kaiser reports that insiders have been buying Serengeti Resources (Mixed; SIR) stock in the public market after the stock started to tumble Tuesday. According to recent insider filings, that appears to be the case with four insiders buying a combined total of 564,000 shares between 25 and 35 cents on November 13th.

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Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK Canadian Insider Index continued its prior rally climbing 20 points higher to 1170, before giving up those gains and more. The Index closed at 1133.74 for a loss of 18.21 points or 1.6%. Though it's worth noting part of the decline can be attributed to the heavy 18% loss by Index constituent Bombardier (BBD).

Vancouver, November 9, 2018 - INK Research (INK) announces changes to the INK Canadian Insider Index as a result of the rules-based semi-annual review. These changes will be effective at the close on Friday, November 16, 2018.

ADDITIONS (Name and Symbol)

Aimia Inc. (AIM)
Alaris Royalty Corp. (AD)
American Hotel Income Properties REIT LP (HOT.UN)
Barrick Gold Corporation (ABX)
Cineplex Inc. (CGX)
Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated (CLR)
Dundee Precious Metals Inc. (DPM)
Element Fleet Management Corp. (EFN)
Gibson Energy Inc. (GEI)
MTY Food Group Inc. (MTY)
North American Construction Group Ltd. (NOA)
Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. (WDO)

DELETIONS

Coral Gold shareholders may be keeping a close eye on drilling activity at the Renaissance Gold (REN) Ecru project which is located just to the north east of the Barrick Gold (Sunny; ABX) Robertson project. As John Kaiser explains in his November 7th Discovery Watch broadcast, Renaissance has optioned up to 70% of the project to Australia-listed S2 Resources which has a drilling program underway now that includes deep target holes.

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Insiders can help make sense of short selling data when it is released in the middle and at the end of every month. There are three general scenarios that can arise. First, if a stock is seeing both short covering and insider buying, we have two positive pieces of information leading to a bullish consensus.

Today marks the return of our Sound Bites feature where we will be highlighting distinct commentary and opinions from Howe Street radio and possibly some other sources. To kick things off, we look at recent exploration activity in the Spences Bridge Gold Belt which John Kaiser of Kaiser Research reviewed in his November 1st Discovery Watch.

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Westhaven Ventures (Sunny; WHN) stock soared after it announced on October 17th that it had drilled 17.77 metres of 24.50 g/t gold at its Shovelnose project located in the Spences Bridge Gold Belt of south central British Columbia. That followed an earlier promising hole that was reported on October 2nd. According to Kaiser: