Everything You Need to Know About Gold Prices
Source: Keith Fitz-Gerald, Money Morning  (5/11/12)
"Gold's hot. Then it's not. Now what? Where did the love for the shiny metal go?" More >

Dollar Strength 'Making It Difficult' for Gold Prices to Rally
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (5/11/12)
"Gold prices fell as low as $1,574/oz Friday morning, their lowest level since the first week of January, before recovering some ground, while dealers in major gold-buying countries report continued limited demand for precious metals." More >

Gold Takes It on the Chin. . .What's Next?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (5/11/12)
"The markets generally overreact to negative news, however, investors should keep in mind gold's normal monthly historical volatility. Throughout the past 20 years of monthly returns, the precious metal generally increased only 0.5% in May and has historically declined in June and July." More >

Do Eric Sprott and China Still Believe in Gold?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (5/11/12)
"Although gold and silver have been in a 'funk' lately, as Sprott points out, the year is not over and the reasons for holding precious metals have not changed. He also predicts that silver will be the investment of the next decade." More >

Molycorp Kicks Off Mt. Pass Concentrate Production Circuit
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (5/11/12)
"Colorado-based Molycorp initiated the start-up of its new mill, flotation separator and paste-tailing facility at its flagship Mountain Pass operation, located about 55 miles from Las Vegas." More >

Looking Under the Sea for REEs
Source: Rare Metal Blog, Robin Bromby  (5/10/12)
"The bottom-of-the-ocean-REE-riches story is back. Scientists at the University of Tokyo and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology have developed a technology that will allow undersea metals to be detected by changes in gravity." More >

Casey Research Summit Special Report: Reality Check or Checkmate?
Source: Karen Roche and JT Long of The Gold Report   (5/9/12)
One special session at the April 27–29 Casey Research Recovery Reality Check Summit wasn't on the agenda—a private panel for The Gold Report readers with three of the premier summit speakers: Global Resource Investments Founder and Chairman Rick Rule, Casey Research Senior Editor Louis James and Casey Energy Opportunities Senior Editor Marin Katusa. You won't pin them down to a timeframe, but they're looking forward to a buyer's market, as equity prices fall and volatility increases. As Rule puts it, "When the luster is off the sector, it's off all parts of the sector, so in bad markets the best companies are cheap. When the best come cheap, you have to play." More >

Sell in May and Go Away? Not this Year: Frank Holmes
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (5/9/12)
Frank Holmes, CEO and chief investment officer of U.S. Global Investors and a keynote speaker at the New York Hard Assets Conference May 14–15, explains why he believes the old expression "sell in May and go away" is not the advice to follow this year. He counsels investors to look to global stock markets and ride the global wave. More >

Asteroid Mining: The New Space Race Could be Worth Trillions
Source: Michael Robinson, Money Morning  (5/9/12)
"Here's the math that will blow your mind: A space rock the size of a museum gallery could contain resources worth $100B." More >

Why Warren Buffett Won't Invest in Gold
Source: Forbes, Steve Denning  (5/9/12)
"'If you buy an ounce of gold today,' says Buffett, 'you can go to it every day and you could coo to it and fondle it, but a hundred years from now, you'll have one ounce of gold and it won't have done anything for you in between." More >

Gold Slides Below $1,600/oz
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Matt Day  (5/9/12)
"Gold futures fell for a third consecutive session as investors turned to the U.S. dollar and shed perceived risky assets." More >

Bearish Gold Hits Four-Month Low
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (5/9/12)
"'Gold seemed to know only one direction today—down,' says Swiss precious metals group MKS." More >

Gold Rally Should Begin Soon
Source: Hubert Moolman  (5/9/12)
"The bullish expectation is still very much justified. We would need a turnaround very soon though, to continue the mega-bullish expectation." More >

Different Demands Drive the Gold Price, Part I
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (5/9/12)
"The differences in the motives for buying and selling gold have a considerable impact on the price of gold. That's what makes an understanding of these so critical." More >

Straight Talk from The Graphite Express
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (5/8/12)
In early May, the Graphite Express Conference rolled in to Toronto for a date with investors looking to punch a ticket to big returns. Twelve companies and two speakers made their pitch to roughly 300 investors at the Sheraton Center, curious to see if the graphite train would indeed pick up pace, and which companies look ready to jump aboard. More >

Junior Sector 'Primed for Consolidation'
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (5/8/12)
"Though metal prices remain high, Haywood noted, investors continue to avoid the junior market. But Haywood concluded its junior market précis reasoning increased M&A activity may be on the horizon." More >

Will A Euro Breakup Boost Gold and Silver Prices?
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (5/8/12)
"We may see a new round of Euro uncertainty this summer, which could lead to the next leg higher in precious metals." More >

It's This Bad Because It's a Bottom: Eric Coffin
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (5/7/12)
Eric Coffin, editor and publisher of the Hard Rock Analyst newsletter, has never heard so much negativity from investors. "Everybody thinks the world is coming to an end," he tells The Gold Report. As a contrarian, all the doom and gloom tells him the market is about to pull out of its tailspin. In this exclusive interview, Coffin talks about the hard-hit juniors in the Yukon and why it's an area play he still believes in. More >

The End of the Debt Supercycle Draws Near: John Mauldin
Source: Karen Roche and JT Long of The Gold Report   (5/7/12)
Are developed nations across the globe at the precipice of oblivion? Yep, says pundit John Mauldin. Fresh after the announcement of a new joint venture with Casey Research and the conclusion of his own Strategic Investment Conference in Carlsbad, Mauldin spoke to The Gold Report. He believes that investors have a small window to save their investments from the end of the debt supercycle, but they'll have to move fast. More >

Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger Tag Team Gold
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (5/7/12)
"The United States and the Federal Reserve system holds more gold than any other country in the world." More >

Keeping the Decline in Gold Stocks in Perspective
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (5/7/12)
"With the current low valuations and extreme negative sentiment combined with the strengthening real price of gold (which implies future margin increases), we have little worry that this sector will explode in the coming years." More >

Political Change Will Put Pressure on Gold and Silver Prices
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (5/7/12)
"This is going to be a rather volatile week for investors, a time to wear your hard hat and exercise patience with your trading activities." More >

Rick Rule: Gold Will Do Well as Fiat Currencies Are Debased
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (5/7/12)
"Virtually every substance vital to modern life will become enormously expensive—and profitable for investors who know how to play it." More >

Gold Is at or Very Near a Long-Term Bottom
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (5/7/12)
"As soon as Bernanke broke the dollar rally, gold lost all of its downside momentum. This has turned gold's B-wave decline into a mostly sideways consolidation for the last two months." More >

The Dollar & Gold Have Eyes on Europe
Source: JW Jones, Options Trading Signals  (5/5/12)
"I remain a gold bull in the long term. However, in the short run the dollar has the potential to outperform gold under the right circumstances." More >