December 21, 2011 - Investorideas.com Newswire-Investorideas.com, a leader in sector research for independent investors issues a trading alert for TSX trading leaders for December 20, 2011. The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index bounced back 177.18 (1.54%) at 11,716.88.

Lake Shore Gold Corp. (TSX:LSG) shares moved up 0.10 (8.70%) to close at C$1.25 with more than 15.81 million shares traded, bouncing back from its 52-week low made earlier in the session as gold prices moved above$1,600 an ounce on weak dollar after strong home starts data and German business confidence.

Semafo Inc. (TSX: SMF) shares rose 0.39 (6.28%) to C$6.60 on volume of 8.50 million shares following a bump up in gold prices. SEMAFO Inc. is a Canada-based mining company with gold production and exploration activities in West Africa.

December 20, 2011 - Investorideas.com, a leader in sector research for independent investors issues a trading alert for TSX trading leaders for December 19, 2011. The Standard & Poor's/TSX Composite Index fell 95.68 (-0.82%) to close the day at 11,539.70.

 Eldorado Gold Corporation (TSX:ELD) was the biggest traded stock on the TSX and fell 1.93 (-12.54%) to close at C$13.46 with more than 11.38 million shares traded after the company announced an acquisition of European Goldfields Ltd. for C$2.5 billion (US$2.4 billion) in a cash and shares deal.

POINT ROBERTS, December 20, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for independent investors, reports on top percentage gainers on the NASDAQ for Monday December 19th. Nasdaq closed at 2,523.14.

 Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. (NASDAQ: WINN) soared 70.17% to $9.24 in Monday's trading session after BI-LO, LLC and Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. announced that the companies will merge to create an organization, which is expected to have around 690 grocery stores and 63,000 employees. As per the terms of the agreement, BI-LO will acquire all the outstanding shares of Winn-Dixie stock. Winn-Dixie shareholders will receive $9.50 in cash per share of Winn-Dixie common stock, representing a premium of approximately 75% over the closing price of Winn-Dixie stock on December 16, 2011.

Home At Last

We are finally returned to New Jersey after a long trip to the West Coast and then Asia. Much has occurred since we last wrote from Asia. To top it all off we had our beautiful granddaughters, Lucy and Grace stay with us over this past weekend. Lucy is 4 (going on 13) and Gracie is 5 months. It is amazing how much one forgets about their child rearing days.

It was a busy and wonderful weekend.

Written by Michael A. Berry, Ph.D. - [ Discovery Investing Web Site ]