Investment bankers like GMP Capital Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. moved into pot in a big way after mining deals dried up during the commodity slump that followed the financial crisis.
Germany’s states are upping pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel to keep coal-fired power for as long as 30 years as the nation approaches a deadline for setting an exit date from the fossil fuel.
Bullion has lost out in a paradigm shift where gold’s no longer viewed as the traditional refuge when investors are in a risk-off mood, but that won’t last.
