To Achieve a Successful Gold Standard, You Don't Need Gold Coins
Source: Forbes, Nathan Lewis  (8/2/12)
"When most people think of 'gold-based currencies,' they think of gold coins. But, actually, gold coins themselves are probably the least important part." More >

In Junior-IPO-Land, Money Favors Old Hands
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (8/2/12)
"What the shape of June and July IPOs illustrate more than anything else is that pedigree counts now more than ever." More >

What Happens to Greece's Gold when Greece Exits the Eurozone?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (8/2/12)
"When Greece required a generous bailout from EU creditors, we were led to believe that part of the collateral, to be forfeited on default, was the 111 tonnes of gold owned by Greece. It is this gold that is in danger of being lost to the nation now." More >

Make Money in Gold with Prospect-Generator and Royalty Companies: Adrian Day
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (8/1/12)
Adrian Day, principal of Adrian Day Asset Management, which manages portfolios for high-net-worth clients, believes that it is time for the gold pendulum to swing away from the excessive pessimism in the market and finds that now is an exceptional time to buy gold equities. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Day explains why gold is ready to rebound and why prospect-generator and royalty companies are king. More >

What Moves Gold Stocks?: Jocelyn August
Source: George S. Mack of The Gold Report   (8/1/12)
Gold and precious metals stocks are certainly affected by the price of the underlying commodity, but the most important catalysts that move prices revolve around resource assessments and production schedules. Sagient Research Senior Analyst Jocelyn August watches her companies like a hawk and records detailed data on how stocks move when certain events are made public. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, August shares her thoughts about a select group of stocks and what events might move these shares over the next quarter. More >

Gold Tied to Central Bank Moves
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/1/12)
"'Investors [are] continuing to favor the U.S. dollar over bullion as the key safe-haven trade,' says a note from ANZ Bank." More >

Rare Earths and Graphite—The Critical Factors for Success: Gareth Hatch
Source: JT Long of The Critical Metals Report  (7/31/12)
Comparisons are useful in evaluating a company, but in the rare earth market, it's not as simple as a spreadsheet. With so many variables in the mix, no two projects are exactly alike, and each has its relative strengths and weaknesses. But out of hundreds of juniors digging for rare earths and graphite, how can investors evaluate who is likely to be among the handful to finally sell their minerals to end users? In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Technology Metals Research Founding Principal Gareth Hatch examines the supply chain to identify advanced companies with good odds for success. He also shares some telling metrics that help show how companies measure up to their peers. More >

Have You Overlooked This Piece of the US Economic Puzzle?
Source: David Galland, Casey Research  (7/31/12)
"In some ways, gaining an understanding of the U.S. economy and its current trajectory is as simple as recognizing a few fundamental facts." More >

World's Gold Deposits Are Drying Up
Source: Mining.com, Michael Allan McCrae  (7/31/12)
"Of the 439 mines or deposits over 1 Moz, only 189 are in production and have an owner with over $1.8B market capitalization. The remainder are owned by juniors, private companies or government-sponsored enterprises." More >

Gold and Silver Await the Starting Gun
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (7/31/12)
"This week is another political week in that we have meetings across the board involving the ECB and the Federal Reserve followed by the job numbers on Friday. All of these have an effect on the investment community in that investment funds tend to stay on the sidelines until the direction of the markets becomes clear." More >

Most-Accurate Gold Forecasters Split over Gold's Next Step
Source: Bloomberg, Debarati Roy  (7/31/12)
"The only three analysts to correctly predict gold's biggest quarterly slump in four years are now split, reflecting investors' diverging views on the probability of central banks doing more to shore up growth." More >

Junior Miners Still Giving the Street Something to Talk About: Philip Ker
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (7/30/12)
Which junior miners are giving the Street something to talk about? Some shining examples of promising companies with good balance sheets do exist despite what seems like a market dominated by bad news. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Philip Ker, an analyst with Vancouver-based Union Securities, shares the good news his latest site visits have revealed about projects in Nevada and Mexico. More >

Some Smaller Gold and Silver Miners Pay Decent Dividends, Too
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (7/30/12)
"There aren't many precious metal producers issuing dividends, but there is a good handful, and they are serious about sharing profits." More >

Gold Investors Waiting for Signal
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (7/30/12)
"Prices for gold bullion fell below $1,620/oz during Monday morning's London session, slightly below last week's close, while stocks gained and U.S. Treasuries fell, with markets focused on key monetary policy decisions due later in the week." More >

Gold ETFs Turn Higher on ECB Pledge as Central Banks Meet
Source: ETF Trends  (7/30/12)
"Silver ETP holdings have been on a modest upward trend since early July, indicating some investors view the recent silver price range as a good entry point." More >

Silver Prices Ready for QE3
Source: Jonathan Yates, Money Morning  (7/30/12)
"Just look at what silver prices did after Bernanke announced QE2. From August 2010 to August 2011, silver prices gained 141% to hit more than $43/oz." More >

Challenging the Paradigms of Investing
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (7/30/12)
"For all the hype over recent tech IPOs, did you know that investors have lost more money in Groupon and Facebook than the entire assets in all of the gold funds?" More >

The Federal Reserve, Gold, Oil, & the Dollar's Demise
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (7/29/12)
"Over the longer term, a weak dollar is positive for precious metals and other hard assets." More >

Harry Dent's Formula for Surviving the Great Bust Ahead
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (7/27/12)
With a perfect storm brewing on the horizon, investors should be building their cash cache and running for cover, warns Harry Dent, author of The Great Crash Ahead. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Dent explains how central bank stimulus programs are fighting a futile battle because a huge army of aging baby boomers has reached the stage in their economic lifecycles when they curb spending. How is Dent preparing for the gathering storm? Read on. . . More >

Gold Set for Gain on Week
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (7/27/12)
"Spot market gold bullion hit a five-week high at $1,625/oz during Friday morning's London trading, on course for a weekly gain that would see the pattern of alternating up and down weeks stretched to week number 11." More >

Hong Kong's Largest Gold Bullion Vault Signals Rising Asian Wealth
Source: Chanyaporn Chanjaroen, Mineweb   (7/27/12)
"Hong Kong's largest gold-storage facility, which can hold about 22% of the bullion now in Fort Knox, will open in September to meet rising demand from banks and the wealthy." More >

Will the Market’s Direction Determine the Presidency?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (7/27/12)
"Despite the S&P’s wild ride, the market is significantly higher than when Obama took the oath. Does this ensure a victory for the 2012 election?" More >

Investing in Silver: States Support Move to Metals as Dollar Weakens
Source: Diane Alter, Money Morning  (7/27/12)
"While still a long way off from becoming mainstream, trading dollars for coins has won over more and more Americans who have never seen the national debt climb so high." More >

Gold Pares Gain After GDP Data but Remains Higher After Technical Momentum
Source: Kitco News, Allen Sykora  (7/27/12)
"Traders have been keying off major U.S. economic reports for some time now as they try to gauge whether data will mean any more monetary easing from the Federal Open Market Committee." More >

On the Hunt for a Tenbagger Gold Miner
Source: Brisbane Times, Richard Hemming  (7/27/12)
"There are some tenbagger gold miners out there, says one of Australia's best fund managers, if you know where to dig." More >