This Week on StockHouse April 30 to May 4

The first-quarter earnings flood was influential in pulling stock indices back and forth this week. Better-than-expected earnings and upbeat economic data have supported record highs for the Dow and the S&P500, while inflation worries stymied progress on the TSX composite.

In this week’s Publisher’s Notebook http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19657

Darin Diehl interviewed Sprott Asset Management Market Strategist Kevin Bambrough, the author of a report on climate change, about how knowledge about climate change can aid investors, specifically those interested in uranium.

The StockHouse Top Five, by Sean Mason and Keri Korteling is a list of lists that reveals what’s hot on StockHouse. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19665

The rapidly consolidating metal mining sector sparked Resource Report writer Melissa Pistelli to look into some junior companies that are poised for a takeover http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19651.

Micro-cap Monday’s Danny Deadlock noted that a small diamond explorer has some big-name investors http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19653.

Don Rodgers sorted through the mailbag to answer questions from readers about their favourite stocks http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19659 in his Trading Discipline column.

The Macro View of the Micro Space http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19660 by Institutional Research Partners advised readers to look for companies with earnings from off-shore businesses.

The Bio Check authors Leon Hammerling and J. Paul looked at some of the regulatory issues that could impede profits for the biotechnology industry. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19662

Steven Saville, meanwhile, looked at the case for owning gold bullion instead of gold stocks in his weekly column. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19663

After he finally got off the plane last week, Luke Burgess wrote some notes from his visit to the Chicago Natural Resources Conference. One of the big stories to emerge from the conference is that Mexico is hot for mining companies. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19669

After the Dow Jones Transport Index hit a new high, Don Vialoux took the opportunity to examine what investors should do with their transport stocks and the DJTA ETF. http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/article.asp?edtID=19670

Small-cap stocks are an important part of many members’ portfolios. Financially Fit outlined the importance of the Russell 2000 (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19675 ).

Investors must have options for the tax treatment of their mutual fund investments, said STANDUP Advice columnist John J. De Goey, and there’s a new firm that does that. (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19677 )

And, Totally Technology talks about the power of rights holders in the war against copyright piracy. (http://www.stockhouse.ca/shfn/editorial.asp?edtID=19678)