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Invest unsecured Personal line of credit?

I have 3 unsecured PLOC. First one is $45K at Prime + 0.5%, second one is $35K at Prime + 1.5%, third one is $50K at relatively high interest rate.

What are your thoughts on investing the $45K at Prime + 0.5% (making up 4.95% interest per year).

Would you invest all? Some? A combination of the 45K and 35K? What investment strategy would you use? (eg. Dividends or growth ETFs? etc.)

Aside the unsecured LOCs, would you also consider getting a portfolio line of credit? (Current portfolio is about $330K in liquid financial assets invested. Zero debt.).

I’m thinking through using loans/margin to front load investments and take advantage of the long term compounding effect.

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u/moneybuddies — 22 hours ago

Investment on a borrowed money

Hi,

I'm renewing my mortgage and I can get up to $150,000 at a rate of 3.9%.

I was wondering if I should accept that and invest that money.

I've maxed out my TFSA so I can't take advantage of tax free investment and my tax would be around 30%.

What's your thoughts on investing that money in a mix of dividend and growth stock like VDY, or some bank and VFV?

I feel like the rate is very safe and I can hold on to it even if the market goes down temporarily.

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u/SignificantFun6427 — 1 day ago
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ThreeD Capital (CSE: IDK / OTCQX: IDKFF) - Up 100% YTD, First Time Above the 200MA in Years, and the Last Time This Happened It Ran 300%

Forget the past price - look at the present setup. Technical breakout + deep value + dense 2026 catalyst stack. Use a stop loss below recent lows.

THE TECHNICAL SETUP 

IDK is up approximately 100% year-to-date.

More importantly: this is the first time in years that IDK has crossed and held above its 200-day moving average.

The last time this exact technical structure set up - stock crossing and holding the 200MA - it ran approximately 300% before pulling back.

Why does this matter?

In micro-cap and thinly traded stocks, the 200-day MA cross is the signal that forces algorithmic screeners, technical traders and momentum funds to look at a name for the first time. The fundamentals already existed. The technical breakout is what brings new eyeballs to a tight float. When that happens, price response is disproportionate.

Trade management: Use a stop loss below recent lows. Let the setup play out or cut it cleanly.

Right now you have four things converging simultaneously - which in micro-cap land is rare:

✅ Deep discount to NAV (~67–70%) - the value floor
✅ Dense 2026 catalyst stack - the fundamental trigger
✅ First 200-day MA crossover in years - the technical ignition
✅ Tight float - the amplifier

WHAT IS THREED CAPITAL?

ThreeD Capital Inc. (CSE: IDK, OTCQX: IDKFF) is a publicly listed Canadian permanent capital vehicle - think of it as an actively managed VC "ETF" you can buy in any brokerage account.

Instead of LPs, lockups and 2/20 fees, it's a single ticker giving you exposure to a 51-company portfolio:

  • 37 disruptive technology holdings (AI infrastructure, quantum computing, brain-computer interfaces, blockchain payments, smart-city software)
  • 14 junior resource holdings (primarily gold exploration and development)

Currently priced as if the underlying portfolio is worth almost nothing.

THE CORE ANOMALY: BUYING $0.27 OF ASSETS FOR ~$0.08

  • Reported NAV: $0.27 per share (as of December 31, 2025)
  • Current market price: approximately $0.08–$0.115 CAD
  • That is a 67–70% discount to NAV — you get close to 3× NAV coverage on every share you buy

The balance sheet backing this is auditable: total assets of ~$25.9M CAD consisting of cash, investments and digital assets.

And NAV is arguably conservative:

  • Many private holdings are carried at cost or last financing round - not at any optimistic forward multiple
  • The large TDN royalty position (279,413,283 TDN royalties, each fixed at $1 USD by TODAQ Holdings) is not included in reported NAV at all

WHO IS RUNNING THIS

The founder, Chairman and CEO is Sheldon Inwentash - CPA, honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Toronto.

Track record:

  • Built Pinetree Capital from $0.10 to $26.00 per share - a 26,000% return at peak — managing a 393-company portfolio with aggregate market cap exceeding $1 billion
  • Three exits above $550M each: Queenston Mining (~$550M), Aurelian Resources (~$1.2B to Kinross Gold), Gold Eagle Mines (~$1.5B to Goldcorp)
  • Co-founded NexGen Energy (now multi-billion dollar uranium company)
  • Co-founded New Found Gold - one of Canada's most significant gold discoveries of the last decade

He is not a passive allocator. He takes active board-level roles, helps recruit management, introduces strategic partners and leads follow-on rounds.

ThreeD Capital is the distilled version of a playbook that has already generated multiple billion-dollar outcomes.

THE PORTFOLIO: WHAT YOU ACTUALLY OWN

Tech Holdings (the six at inflection points):

🧠 AIML Innovations (CSE: AIML) - AI-powered ECG platform targeting 300M ECGs/year globally. SickKids pilot running, AWS proof-of-concept complete, US sales launch initiated February 2026. Upcoming: Health Canada + FDA clearance enabling paid roll-outs across hospitals and OEMs. This platform is trained to predict cardiac events before they happen.

💸 TODAQ / TAPP (private) - Internet-native payment rails for AI agents and digital content. ~90% cheaper than credit card networks. Oracle Cloud rollout of 10,000 video titles on TAPP rails scheduled Q2 2026. The 279M TDN royalty position at $1 USD each sits entirely outside reported NAV.

🤖 HyperCycle (private) - AI infrastructure with a $1.1B Seoul AI Hub JV anchoring its ecosystem. MOSAIC local AI OS launching — marketed as a system that builds a "synthetic brain" from a user's own data. ThreeD is a founding investor.

⚛️ Dynex (private) - Room-temperature quantum computing. Apollo chip reportedly outperforms D-Wave at ~100× speed with ~90% cost reduction. QaaS (Quantum-as-a-Service) model for recurring revenue. Apollo-10000 moving from reference chip to commercial production in 2026. D-Wave has had a multi-billion dollar market cap — Dynex is accessible only through IDK, inside a sub-$10M CAP vehicle.

🎧 Neurable (private) - Brain-computer interface OS. Validated by US Air Force, US Army and Mayo Clinic. ~$150K MRR, $15M DoD pipeline. Commercial partnerships: HP HyperX, Master & Dynamic, Renpho and Audeze. Revenue trajectory: ~$2M (2024) → $132M (2027E) if deals close.

🏙️ InfinitiiAI (CSE: IAI) - Smart-city / water-infrastructure SaaS. $2.69M CAD revenue FY2025, 96% renewal rate, ten consecutive quarters of growth, 80+ clients including Los Angeles, Toronto and Seattle.

Resource Holdings:

⛏️ Forte Minerals (CSE: CUAU) - 16.31× value creation since 2022 IPO. 19,000 hectares across five properties in Peru. Flagship Alto Ruri: historical 131m @ 2.55 g/t Au, ~15km from Barrick's Pierina Mine. Active drill program underway.

🥇 Sun Valley Minerals (private) - Gold-silver in Uruguay. Initial trenching: 49.4m @ 2.05 g/t Au. 5,000m drill program in progress.

2026: DENSE CATALYST YEAR

Multiple portfolio companies hitting concrete milestones in the same calendar year:

  • TODAQ: Oracle Cloud rollout of 10,000 live video titles on TAPP rails - Q2 2026
  • Dynex: Apollo-10000 commercial production
  • Neurable: 3+ commercialisation deals expected to close, supporting the $2M → $132M revenue ramp
  • AIML: Health Canada + FDA clearance progression and US sales network build-out
  • HyperCycle: MOSAIC local AI OS launch
  • Forte Minerals: Alto Ruri drill results

Any single one of these events could lift NAV. When NAV growth combines with discount compression - those two forces are multiplicative on equity returns.

INSIDER BEHAVIOUR + TIGHT FLOAT

  • Management has been buying shares in the open market at the same ~$0.08 price available to retail. Insiders have full knowledge of the pipeline, board discussions, and near-term catalysts - and they are choosing to increase exposure at these levels.
  • Tight float: A material portion of shares is held by insiders and long-term holders. When new buying pressure arrives, there are fewer "escape valves." Micro-cap history shows this leads to outsized price moves.
  • Transparency initiative: ThreeD launched a YouTube channel in early 2026 with direct CEO interviews for AIML, Neurable, HyperCycle, TODAQ and others - directly attacking the "black box discount" that keeps most closed-end funds permanently cheap.

WHY DOES THE DISCOUNT EXIST?

  • Sub-$10M CAD market cap - screens out most institutions
  • 51-company portfolio with several private, technical names - complexity = neglect
  • CSE + OTCQX listing = outside mainstream US/TSX radar
  • Closed-end fund stigma - generic skepticism that may be over-applied here

None of these are fundamental problems. They are structural inefficiencies that patient investors can exploit before catalysts close the gap.

RISKS - BE HONEST

  • Illiquid stock - slippage can be high in both directions
  • Private valuation risk - a portion of NAV is in illiquid private co's
  • 2026 catalyst execution risk - delays in regulatory approvals, technical milestones or drill results would hurt sentiment
  • Manager concentration - this is a "back the jockey" bet
  • Macro / sector cycles - quantum, AI and junior mining are all sentiment-driven

Size accordingly. Use a stop loss below recent lows. This is speculative micro-cap territory.

TLDR

ThreeD Capital (IDK / IDKFF): up ~100% YTD, just crossed its 200-day MA for the first time in years (last time this happened: +300%), trading at ~0.3× its own NAV — run by the manager who built a 26,000% return at Pinetree - with a portfolio that includes an AI platform that predicts heart attacks, potentially the fastest quantum computer in the world, military-validated brain-computer interfaces, and AI payment rails 90% cheaper than VISA - all hitting commercial milestones simultaneously in 2026.

Stop loss below recent lows. Micro-cap, illiquid, speculative. The asymmetry is real. DYOR.

Compiled from ThreeD Capital's March 2026 research materials, public filings & YouTube channel. Not financial advice.

u/-Authorised- — 1 day ago

Wanting to invest more into dividends and interested to see what you guys say to invest into so I can do some research. I'm 26, 27 in July wanting to set my self up for a good future where I can travel and not living paycheck to paycheck

I have a widespread portfolio some penny stocks some dividends already and alot in the mining and energy sectors. My goal by the end of the year is to have 3-4 k invested im sat at 2k atm. Happy to hear you guys out.

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u/CanadianGhost420 — 1 day ago

Outlook for the Canadian energy sector in the next 6-12 months?

How much room do you think oil has to move with the ongoing closure of the Gulf? I'm bullish on XEG, I'm up 11% since the beginning of April, and I can certainly see it continuing to climb in the next 6 months with all the uncertainty around the war with Iran.

What are some clean energy alternatives like wind, solar, and nuclear that could see significant adoption in the next year or so? I invested heavily in CSIQ when I first started 3 years ago and just lost a ton of money, are there any viable alternatives?

Carney's electrification announcement should pose well for grid infrastructure and transmission companies. I'm looking at HPS.A and FTT, any other players to be aware of?

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u/BLX15 — 1 day ago

Why has Nutrien not performed better over the last several years considering....

I curious on peoples thoughts on Nutrien. This is one stock I would have expected to moon over the last few years. The globe has seen major supply disruptions in fertilizer and potash from the war in Ukraine, sanctions on Russia and more recently major disruptions in fertilizer supplies out of the Middle East.

You would think nations across the globe would be begging to do business with a major supplier of fertilizers from a stable predictable nation like Canada.

What am I missing...are they dealing with supply constraints? Can they not keep up with demand? What's the deal Nutrien?

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u/phoenixfail — 1 day ago

Save in USD?

Tbill and savings rate for near cash vehicles is higher in US. Other than the cost of buying USD and risk of currency fluctuations, why wouldn't you put some liquid savings in US market?

Example: ZST in CDN yeild about 2.5%, BIL in USD yeild about 3.5%, trading fees/fund expenses excluded.

Similar for holding VFV vs VOO, and quite a few other funds; but perhaps a smaller difference than above. Just curious what other Canadian investors do.

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u/beautiful_wierd — 1 day ago

Does anyone subscribe to news agencies that have a good investment section? looking for recommendations.

I have been subscribed to the globe and mail canada for a while, i decided to try the $4 a month promo they kept advertising. I actually really like their investment section but pretty much everything else is lackluster but the biggest issue is you can't cancel online ( which honestly, should be ilegal, if you can sign up online you should be able to cancel online).

So I am looking for any suggestions from anyone that is subscribed to any other news agency and can recommend it for their investment section.

I appreciate any help.

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u/canadevil — 1 day ago

VDY

Why VDY is the best for steady growth during uncertain outcome for war . VDY have a dividend this gives certainty when the war is happening . No matter how the market responds you get a dividend .

High exposure to canadian oil and gas sector , this will give steady growth oil and gas if the war drags on. If the war ends it has high exposure to precious metals . And The banks which will steadily compound regardless of if there is war or not. Thought and opinion VDY to hold during duration of Iran war and after ? ZEO is also a good option but it will drop like a rock if Hormuz opens .

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u/EuphoricEye2950 — 2 days ago
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Why The Hope Bay News Quietly Strengthens The Bull Case For Companies Like NREDF

The market may be underestimating what the Hope Bay redevelopment actually signals.

Agnico Eagle moving forward with a multi-billion-dollar Arctic mining project tells investors something important:

Canada still wants major mining development.

Reuters reported the project could eventually produce:

  • more than 400,000 ounces of gold annually,
  • while Bloomberg referenced expected development costs above $1.7 billion.

That is not small-cap speculation.

That’s institutional-scale capital committing to long-life resource infrastructure.

And the timing matters.

The world is entering a period where:

  • AI buildouts,
  • energy systems,
  • EV adoption,
  • robotics,
  • and defense manufacturing

all require huge amounts of metals.

Copper especially.

Which is why smaller Canadian copper explorers may become more important than they appear today.

NovаRed Mining (NREDF) is one example.

Its Wіlmac Copper-Gold Project covers:

160 square kilometers in British Columbia’s Quesnel porphyry belt.

The property already sits near proven copper infrastructure,

roughly 10 km from Hudbay’s Copper Mountain Mine.

Recent exploration data continues strengthening the technical narrative:

multiple copper anomalies,

379 ppm Cu soil values at North Lamont,

and expanding geophysical interpretation programs.

NovаRed is also trying to differentiate itself through MetаlCore,

its AI-assisted mineral targeting platform.

That creates an interesting overlap between:

AI infrastructure demand

and AI-assisted copper exploration.

When governments begin supporting mining as strategic infrastructure,

early-stage Canadian copper projects become easier for the market to understand and potentially easier to finance.

That may become one of the most important shifts happening in the sector right now.

NFA⁩

u/NanoRaccoon — 1 day ago

why is cls stock dropping today again and again

I bought at a high, a large amount. I have thought about selling with loss and going in again a day after when it drops. Also there is that chance it will go up..so I missed the chance. now my loss is over - 10% Is there a strategy when you buy at a high and it keeps dropping so you have less losses?

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u/RainPsychological595 — 2 days ago
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Lithium has been beaten up for two years. Here's why I'm still watching the space

If you've been holding lithium names through 2023 and 2024 it's been a rough ride. Prices fell off a cliff from the highs, a number of projects got shelved or pushed out, and the narrative completely flipped from "we'll never have enough lithium" to "there's a massive oversupply coming." Neither extreme was probably right, but sentiment moved hard in both directions.

Here's what I keep coming back to though. The long-term demand thesis hasn't changed. EV adoption is still growing globally, just at a pace that's been choppier in some markets than the 2022 projections suggested. Battery storage for grid applications is scaling faster than most people expected and it's a significant lithium consumer in its own right. And the supply glut narrative, while real in the short term, was always going to be a temporary condition. Projects take years to go from resource to production, and the ones that got shelved during the price downturn aren't going to flip back on quickly when prices recover.

What's changed more recently is that Chinese spot prices have shown some stabilization, which matters because China is the dominant pricing market for lithium chemicals. A few large projects have been delayed or cancelled outright, which tightens the future supply picture. Those aren't guarantees of a price recovery but they're directionally meaningful.

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u/Aggressive_Rush2357 — 2 days ago

BMO investorline problem trying to buy an ETF trading on the toronto stock exchange in USD ?

Im trying to buy and ETF trading on the toronto stock exchange in USD and im having a technical problem which doesnt allow me to place the order.

Anyone seen this before and how to solve it ?

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u/Witty_Bed7270 — 2 days ago

Bullish on $KXS

Been looking into $KXS for the past while and finally made a modest position (50 shares @ $139).

They’re an Ottawa-based software company that helps big companies run their supply chains. Covid and now tariffs / economic protectionism has accelerated importance of supply chain resilience.

Summary of their earnings (on behalf of Claude)

- Revenue up 25% year-over-year to $165.6M
- SaaS revenue up 21% (this is the recurring stuff that compounds)
- Adjusted EBITDA up 62%, with margins expanding from 25% to 32%
- ARR (annual recurring revenue) hit $447M, growing 20%
- Cash flow nearly doubled

Was up at $212 ATH and now is sitting around $142, I think it’s a slow burn but I believe in the company. Not financial advice.

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u/21SavagefromUK — 2 days ago