GAIA Academy
Crafting Portfolios Tailored to Investor Preferences with Generative AI
Apr 16, 2026
Investors often face challenges aligning portfolios with specific preferences or regulatory constraints, such as avoiding commodities. Can machine learning offer a solution? Using Graphical Models, we frame this as an inference problem to replicate a desired fund within set constraints. Our approach achieves a high correlation with the target portfolio, allowing cost-effective replication.…
Nickel Exposure: Look Beyond the Benchmark
Jan 23, 2026
Deep-sea battery-grade nickel from TMC is coming, but Class 1 nickel is trading by a different set of rules. Explore our AI-powered overview of the global nickel market, examining the drivers behind nickel’s underperformance relative to other metals.
Initiation Report: BYN.V
Jan 14, 2026
Banyan Gold Corp. (TSXV: BYN, OTCQB: BYAGF) is a Canadian-based gold exploration company focused on advancing its projects in the Yukon Territory. As an exploration-stage entity, Banyan does not generate cash flows from operations and relies primarily on equity financings to fund its activities. The company is characterized by its significant land position in a prospective gold region, a…
ESG, Liquidity, and the Case of the Mining Sector
Aug 21, 2025
Dive into a sharp new paper by Yi Shen, Xiaolu Tan, and Nan Zhang (CUHK & GaiaMine): "From Market-Wide Moderation to Industry-Specific Mediation: ESG, Liquidity, and the Case of the Mining Sector”, tackling a fundamental question: does good ESG performance lead to higher returns or does it come at a financial cost?
Price Sensitivity of Above-Ground Stocks
Aug 14, 2025
Silver behaves more like a semi-rigid commodity than a fluid one—stocked but not elastic, visible but not mobile—implying that price volatility, especially during demand spikes or supply disruptions, is structurally amplified. Disclaimer: This paper is authored by the Silver Institute, which has kindly agreed to share it on our Gaia Terminal.
Silver’s Strategic Edge
Aug 6, 2025
Silver is re-emerging as a dual-purpose asset of strategic relevance—both a safe haven in times of geopolitical and financial instability, and a critical industrial metal underpinning the global energy transition. Disclaimer: This paper is authored by the Silver Institute, which has kindly agreed to share it on our Gaia Terminal.
Portfolio Optimisation with ESG Overlay
Dec 18, 2024
The goal of this online course is to educate learners about the fundamentals of optimisation and ESG investing. It will provide also an overview of past research on portfolio optimisation with an ESG overlay with application case in the mining industry.