Cheap Gold Stocks
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (6/15/12)
"While it is very challenging psychologically to buy in deeply out-of-favor sectors, the panic-like gold stock bargains out there today are simply amazing." More >

The Right Formula for Markets
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (6/15/12)
"Formula 1's fine-tuning of regulations to respect the risks and rewards of racing is the formula government policies should strive for when regulating businesses. Instead, excessive regulations are acting as speed bumps." More >

The Shape and Future of Indian Gold Demand - Part II
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (6/15/12)
"Indian demand for gold will be driven, as it was the last decade, by savings and real income levels and not by price." More >

Platinum Outperforming Other Metals, Lifted By South African Supply Concerns
Source: Kitco News, Allen Sykora  (6/14/12)
"Some analysts have suggested platinum group metals could be among the metals that outperform if sentiment for industrial commodities were not getting dinged by the European debt crisis." More >

Are Gold and Silver Your Hedges Against Centrally Planned Economies?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Street  (6/14/12)
"With the global solvency crisis far from being over, gold and silver still have huge potential as more central bank intervening is sure to come." More >

Gold Stocks Are Beating Gold, and You Can Thank Lower Oil
Source: Barron's, Brendan Conway  (6/14/12)
"A drop in the price of oil, a major cost for miners, may be the reason it finally happened." More >

Euro Debt Crisis is Good for Gold and Silver: Sprott Money Manager Charles Oliver
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (6/13/12)
Charles Oliver, a senior portfolio manager for Sprott Asset Management, is keeping the faith that gold and silver stocks will eventually appreciate this year as Europe and the U.S. continue to print money. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Oliver says that an indicator that juniors are about to take off could be an improvement in certain bellwether mid-cap stocks. More >

Everything You Need to Know About Junior Mining Stocks
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (6/13/12)
"The truth is you need to approach the junior mining sector with a game plan, an investment 'tool kit' if you will, to help you to cast aside the dogs and focus on the 'diamonds in the rough.'" More >

Do Asian Central Banks Have Enough Gold?
Source: Reuters, Rhona O'Connell  (6/13/12)
"The Bank for International Settlements noted in its June 2012 Quarterly Review that 'central bank balance sheets in emerging Asia expanded rapidly over the past decade because of the unprecedented rise in foreign reserve assets.'" More >

Gold Jumps Again but Rangebound Below $1,640/oz
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (6/13/12)
"Buying commodities such as gold 'at current lows' has 'always been profitable' over the last 18 months, said Kevin Norrish, managing director of commodities research at Barclays." More >

Blaming the Machines for Gold
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (6/13/12)
"If London's market-making bullion banks feel they can't hang a story on what's driving the price tick-by-tick, few journalists or private investors will spot the 'true' cause either. So save your energy." More >

It's Time to 'Buy Low' on Rare Earth Stocks: Byron King
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (6/12/12)
Resource developers, especially in the rare earths space, are suffering from the market's obsession with immediate results, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investmentsand Energy & Scarcity Investor newsletters and contributor to the Daily Resource Hunter. Nonetheless, he argues, large-scale demand for high-tech metals remains. The question is, which developers can weather the storm? Read more in this exclusive Critical Metals Report interview. More >

Are You Brave Enough to Buy Low?
Source: Louis James, International Speculator  (6/12/12)
"People brave enough to buy when others are not interested know the secret of how to 'buy low and sell high.' They are the true contrarians." More >

Molycorp-Neo Material Merger Now Complete
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (6/12/12)
"Molycorp says the now completed acquisition of Neo Material Technologies is a game changer that will open up new and exciting rare earths product opportunities." More >

Buy Gold to Bet on Bernanke and QE, Not to Hedge Euro-Crisis Risk
Source: Forbes, Agustino Fontevecchia  (6/12/12)
"If the Federal Reserve engages in a third round of quantitative easing, or any other form of balance sheet expansion, one could imagine a scenario where gold and risk assets will benefit at the expense of the U.S. dollar." More >

Probing for Gold Porphyrys in Colombia
Source: Stockhouse, Peter Kennedy  (6/12/12)
"A raft of gold discoveries has put the spotlight on the Middle Cauca Belt in west central Colombia, attracting the attention of major mining sector players." More >

Why Gold Prices Are Ready to Rally
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (6/12/12)
"Gold prices could be ready to make major moves in very short periods—too big and fast for speculators. Without the speculators, long-term gold investors who can withstand short-term volatility will get back in the market to protect against weakening fiat currencies." More >

Ten-Point Model for Picking Mining Winners: Dr. Michael Berry
Source: Chris Marchese of The Gold Report  (6/11/12)
If this is a bottom, Dr. Michael Berry sees it as the ideal time to pick up bargains in the mining sector. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, the Federal Reserve Board expert gives his diagnosis for what ails the markets and names the companies from Alaska to Brazil that could survive the financial plague wiping out equities all over the world. More >

Silver Offers a Golden Opportunity
Source: Hubert Moolman  (6/11/12)
"The fundamentals for silver and gold are very strong, and with all the massive bailouts, which are increasing debt levels, they are just getting stronger. Until a significant portion of these debts is repaid or defaulted on, it would be foolish to talk about a top in precious metals." More >

Producers for Growth, Juniors for Speculation
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (6/11/12)
"While juniors, midtiers and large producers will usually bottom around the same time, they each outperform at different times." More >

Reserves in the Ground Make Gold Stocks Incredibly Cheap: Coxe
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb   (6/11/12)
"As the entire banking system in the Eurozone remains at risk from Eurozone crisis, BMO Global Strategist Don Coxe doesn't 'see a way of getting out of this without bringing gold back in somehow.'" More >

Gold Falls Back as It Tracks Dollar
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (6/11/12)
"If an event in Europe causes the U.S. dollar to weaken, gold is likely to rise. If it causes the U.S. dollar to strengthen, gold will likely fall." More >

Gold-Investment Demand in China to Advance 10%, ICBC Says
Source: Bloomberg  (6/11/12)
"Gold-investment demand in China may gain more than 10% this year as buyers seek a haven from Europe's debt crisis and the prospect of weakening currencies, according to the country's largest bullion bank." More >

Speculative Buyers Mostly Return to Precious Metals
Source: Kitco, Debbie Carlson  (6/11/12)
"After cutting bullish exposure to New York precious metals futures and options markets in May, speculators have mostly returned to buy back precious metals, according to U.S. government data released Friday." More >

Rare Earth Minerals: An End to China's Monopoly Is in Sight
Source: Forbes, Paul Martyn  (6/11/12)
"North America is finally waking up to the consequences of a continued Chinese monopoly and has quietly invested significant money and resources into mining rare earth elements domestically." More >