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 >

Why Graphite Is One of the Few Spaces Where Savvy Investors Can Make Money
Source: Alex Cowie, Money Morning  (6/11/12)
"The number of graphite stocks tripled in the space of a year. Some huge gains are being made by jumping on the stories at the very start." More >

How to Invest Your Mother's Money
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (6/11/12)
"Risk is smaller with companies that expect to see large increases in production over the next few years. Why? Because even if gold flounders for a while, they will still grow into bigger companies." More >

Monday Precious Metals and Equity Prices Are Marked Up!
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (6/10/12)
"In recent months, I have been talking about how stocks, commodities and the dollar could rise together. While is sounds crazy, we just may start seeing that happen sooner rather than later." More >

Op Ed: Let Industry Take the Lead on REE Supply Risk
Source: MetalMiner, Lisa Reisman   (6/10/12)
"Here's why policy-making for strategic metals and materials, rare earths or whatever terminology you want to use belongs outside of Washington, D.C." More >

Gold Miners Starting to Shine
Source: MarketWatch, Mike Paulenoff  (6/8/12)
"Since early May 2012, the ratio between the GLD and the GDX has contracted significantly, reflecting a reversal in relative performance that shows that the GLD is underperforming the miners." More >

Byron King: Companies Must Pay Dividends to Make Top-10 Gold List
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (6/8/12)
The world still needs gold and other natural resources, but we may need a new investment model to sustain them, says Byron King, writer and editor for Agora Financial's Outstanding Investments and Energy & Scarcity Investor newsletters and contributor to the Daily Resource Hunter. Despite ongoing market volatility, he names several midtier and small-cap gold equities for investors with a "reasonable" tolerance for risk. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, King also shares his perspective on the practical and political future of gold mining in South Africa. More >

Gold Falls Following 'Bernanke Curve Ball'
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (6/8/12)
"'Gold bulls were very disappointed by Bernanke's testimony yesterday,' says Lynette Tan, investment analyst at Phillip Futures in Singapore." More >

India a Major Force in Gold Outlook
Source: The Street  (6/8/12)
"The value of the Indian rupee has fallen so much against the dollar that gold is now making new highs in India." More >

Gold Bullion to Go: A New Way to Buy Physical Gold
Source: Forbes, Abram Brown  (6/8/12)
"GBI is essentially an exchange for gold, silver, platinum and palladium. It says it wants to hack away at the hefty premium investors often pay above spot prices. This can amount to between 5% and 10% for gold." More >

Continued Volatility Expected in Gold Price
Source: Investment Europe, Sharps Pixley  (6/8/12)
"Monetary and political policies are the key drivers of volatility in the near-term gold price." More >

Strong-Dollar Fallacy
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (6/8/12)
"No commodity is more responsive to the U.S. dollar's fortunes than gold. The sharp dollar surge in May drove a full-blown capitulation in gold stocks and to a lesser extent in the metal itself. Capital is already returning after that rare selling-exhaustion event, laying the groundwork for a major new upleg." More >

IMF Eying Spain's Gold: Trader Rog
Source: Roger Wiegand, Trader Tracks  (6/8/12)
"Bernanke's plan will probably work for the shorter view, but his Achilles Heel, and he knows it, is a massive loss of confidence in the world's bond markets." More >

Gold and Silver Update: Looking Ahead
Source: Peter Degraaf  (6/7/12)
"Fundamentals are supporting the current bull market in the metals, as central banks are adding to the money supply at double-digit rates. The technical indicators, along with seasonal indicators, are pointing to a resumption of the bull market." More >

Is the Table Set for a Mania in Precious Metals?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (6/7/12)
"A mania in gold and gold stocks is the likely result of the absolute balloon in government debt, deficit spending and money printing." More >

Gold's Second-Half Performance Dependent on QE
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (6/7/12)
"We expect politicians and central bankers to turn to quantitative easing as their 'get out of jail' card and this will propel gold to the $2,000/oz level before the end of the year." More >

The End of Cheap Everything: Ron Hera
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (6/6/12)
For his money—and the portfolio he offers investors is also his own—Ron Hera, founder of Hera Research, wants uniquely good companies. In an exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Hera shares why he is bullish on gold, finds silver volatile but worth investment and encourages new investors to dig a little to find hidden possibilities. More >

Bear Channel Broken for Gold
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (6/6/12)
"U.S. dollar gold prices climbed to a one-month high at $1,640/oz ahead of Wednesday's U.S. session, a gain of more than 7% from May's low, while stocks, commodities and the euro also ticked higher and major government bond prices fell." More >

Adrian Day: Gold Liquidation Phase Winding Down
Source: Kitco, Allen Sykora  (6/6/12)
"Money Manager Adrian Day figures the liquidation phase in gold has about run its course and the metal may be about to get a boost from looser monetary policies around the world." More >

Gold Bugs Defy Bear-Market Threat with Soros Buying
Source: Bloomberg, Nicholas Larkin and Debarati Roy  (6/6/12)
"Billionaire George Soros bought more in the first quarter and hedge-fund manager John Paulson held on to the biggest stake in the SPDR Gold Trust, the largest exchange-traded product backed by bullion, Securities and Exchange Commission filings show." More >

On Jelly Donuts and Gold
Source: Eric Fry, The Daily Reckoning  (6/6/12)
"Gold is not merely a great thing to own amidst extreme circumstances. It can also be a great thing to own amidst merely marginal circumstances, for example, if you happen to be living during the tail end of one of the most powerful, world-dominating economic expansions in human history. . .rather than at the beginning of it." More >

Gold Standard, Gold Futures and Perception Management
Source: James West, The Midas Letter  (6/6/12)
"Gold is the buy for the long term. Gut-wrenching plunges in the price should be expected and ignored, except perhaps to buy more on such dips." More >

Gold: A Modest Proposal
Source: Paul Tustain, BullionVault  (6/6/12)
"For the time being, London remains the world center for professional bullion trading, thanks to its time-zone advantage and its unique infrastructure and expertise. Gold bullion turnover in the London market averages more than $240B per day." More >

Beware of False Claims About Rare Earth Metals: Bob Wolf
Source: Alec Gimurtu, The Critical Metals Report  (6/5/12)
Bob Wolf, Alliance LLC vice president, doesn't believe everything he reads. Manufacturers claim they can swap out rare earth elements for cheaper, more accessible materials, while some miners insist they can fill every gap in the rare earth supply chain. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Wolf explains why rare earth elements are irreplaceable in many applications and outlines the patenting and permitting hurdles that producers must overcome to realize mine-to-magnet production. More >