Platinum: Good as Gold
Source: The Street, Jeff Reeves  (7/21/11)
"Gold prices just can't quit, but don't overlook other surging hard assets." More >

Crowd Behavior Moves Gold and Silver. . .Not the News!
Source: David Banister, Market Trend Forecast  (7/21/11)
"Learn to ignore economic indicators, headlines and talking heads." More >

China Denies Manipulating REE Prices
Source: MarketWatch, Owen Fletcher  (7/21/11)
"It's a 'misunderstanding' that the rise in prices is caused by the government." More >

REE Discovery Good News for Fluorescents
Source: Lighting News, Ben Cronin  (7/21/11)
"Japan's ocean-floor discovery could have large implications for the lighting industry's supply chain." More >

Is Gold Taking a Stairway to Heavenly Prices?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (7/20/11)
"It's easy to see how gold reached a new all-time high, but let's look at its flight on a technical level." More >

Stephen Taylor: Research Chinese Investments Carefully
Source: George Mack of The Gold Report  (7/20/11)
Growth is where you find it. Taylor Asset Management founder and CEO Stephen Taylor is an active global investor who loves Latin America, China and certain event-driven natural resource plays that he expects will provide big growth to investors who have made a bet on his Taylor International Fund. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Stephen shares his best ideas—ideas that have multi-bagger potential. More >

You're Next
Source: David and Eric Coffin, HRA Advisories  (7/20/11)
"The bond vigilantes are making the rounds again." More >

Selling Gold? Go Ahead.
Source: Paul Tustain, BullionVault  (7/20/11)
"Don't mistake selling gold for taking a profit; our money is shedding purchasing power month by month."
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The Coming Correction in Gold and Silver
Source: J.W. Jones, Options Trading Signals   (7/20/11)
"Headline and market risk are exceedingly high; proceed with caution!"
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Portfolio Diversification Myths
Source: Nick Barisheff, BMG Bullion   (7/20/11)
"With pension funds facing record shortfalls, restructuring assets and including precious metals bullion is crucial." More >

Making the U.S. Dollar Safer: Return on Your Money
Source: Axel Merk, Merk Funds  (7/20/11)
"In order to withhold a downgrade to the U.S. credit rating, the U.S. must show that it is not 'maxed out.'" More >

Gold Retreats as Focus Returns to Equities
Source: The Street, Chao Deng  (7/20/11)
"Gold prices pulled back as investors shifted their focus from global debt concerns to potential upside in equities." More >

Industry Secures Lithium and Rare Earth Supply
Source: Lithium Investing News, Dave Brown  (7/20/11)
"Companies have been actively engaged lately in obtaining partners to source critical reserves." More >

WTO Ruling Not End of Road for China
Source: China Daily, Mei Xinyu  (7/20/11)
"China is certain to appeal, but it has to provide convincing evidence. . ." More >

Rare Surprise
Source: World, Daniel Devine  (7/19/11)
"Experts equate REE extraction from 20,000 ft. underwater to mining the moon." More >

Rick Mills: Juniors Plan Today for Tomorrow's REE Demand
Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report  (7/19/11)
The West isn't ready for an avalanche of rare earth elements—yet. But when the time comes, the junior miners that have mastered the art of location, mineralogy and metallurgy will be there to fill the demand gap. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Ahead of the Herd Editor Rick Mills points to some promising players in the light and heavy rare earth space.
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Jack Lifton: A Global Perspective on Critical Metals
Source: Jack Lifton for The Critical Metals Report   (7/19/11)
"The best investments in the critical metals space," according to Technology Metals Research Founding Principal Jack Lifton, "are available in a form that small investors can buy or trade." In this Critical Metals Report exclusive, written on a plane high above Asia, Jack provides a truly global overview of the metals economy, zeroing in on the chief metals-related issues to emerge in the first decade of the 21st century. More >

Strong Correlation Between AUD and Gold
Source: Money Management, Milana Pokrajac  (7/19/11)
"When the price of gold bullion has risen, so too has the Australian dollar." More >

Gold Bulls and Bears Clash as Price Hits New Peak
Source: The Telegraph, Ian Cowie  (7/19/11)
"Are record peak prices part of a sustainable revaluation or a bubble about to burst? More >

Can Copper and Gold Rally in Tandem?
Source: Reuters, Clyde Russell  (7/19/11)
"Buying gold is a bet the economy is stuffed; buying copper is a bet for China's soft landing. Can both views be right?" More >

Gold Sector Wage Talks Stall
Source: SAPA  (7/19/11)
"Chamber of Mines is 'not budging' from last week's offer." More >

Goldman Stumbles, Takes On More Commodity Risk
Source: Reuters, Barani Krishnan  (7/19/11)
"The reverse led fixed-income, currency and commodity revenues to slump 53% to the lowest level since 2008." More >

China's Gold-Rich Region Grows
Source: Xinhua  (7/19/11)
"Gold output in China's northwest Xinjiang Uygur region increased steadily the past seven years." More >

India's Smaller Towns to Drive Jewelry Demand
Source: Commodity Online  (7/19/11)
"Around two-thirds of the new retail outlets over the medium term will be in Tier-II and Tier-III towns." More >

Precious Metals Ready for Big-Time Run
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (7/19/11)
"Global stock markets are in the early stage of a technical breakdown."
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