Michael O'Brian: Gold Isn't All That Glitters
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (11/9/11)
Michael O'Brian has learned to apply some philosophies as an avid art collector to his successful investment career: an investor should always be in it for the long term. O'Brian's principles have led him to look beyond gold to copper and some special projects for long-term gains. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, O'Brian, president of private investment firm Nairbo Investments, talks about why he's just as likely to sink his resources into a copper project as he is into gold. More >

The Euro Mess Brings Out the Best in Gold
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (11/9/11)
"Over the past 20 years, central banks were net sellers of gold holdings, but recently turned into net buyers as concerns about paper money and massive global debt plague the market." More >

When Will Gold Stocks Reach Bubble Phase?
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (11/9/11)
"The gold stocks are slowly moving closer and closer to a major breakout, which would likely produce a multi-year acceleration that would set the stage for the birth of a bubble." More >

Should I Buy Physical Gold or Gold Shares? Part V
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (11/9/11)
"Precious metal shares can only be exchanged in a few developed world markets, with a far more limited liquidity. It is this difference that will always make gold and silver behave far better than the shares themselves." More >

The Gold Investor's Biggest Risk
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (11/9/11)
"Your biggest risk is political. As bankrupt governments get increasingly desperate for revenue, any monetary asset held domestically could be a target. It is absolutely essential that every investor diversify themselves politically." More >

3 Drivers, 2 Months, 1 Gold Rally?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (11/9/11)
"With three drivers happening over the next two months: 1) negative real interest rates propelling investors to seek gold for its perceived "safe haven" qualities, 2) the Love Trade in full bloom, and 3) central banks increasing their holdings in the yellow metal, gold is one commodity that could benefit." More >

Gold Seeing Benefit from Safe-Haven Demand
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (11/9/11)
"The world's largest gold ETF has seen a net inflow over the past week." More >

John Kaiser: Rare Earth Companies Poised for Comeback
Source: JT Long of The Critical Metals Report  (11/8/11)
The companies in a race to produce critical heavy rare earth elements by 2016 are already way ahead of their smaller competitors. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Kaiser Research Online editor John Kaiser handicaps the players on the end-user, producer and investor side—believe it or not, China may have the largest stake in developing sources outside its borders. More >

Richard Maybury: The War that Will Kill the Dollar
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (11/7/11)
A war-mongering U.S. government could be less than 18 months away from decimating the last 5% of value left in the dollar, says Richard Maybury, the author of the U.S. & World Early Warning Report. Until some new exchange-traded-fund-like basket of natural resources provides a store of value, this "juris naturalist" has some advice about how to protect your wealth during the coming collapse. More >

What Uncle Sam Doesn't Want You To Know
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (11/7/11)
"Is it really so preposterous to believe the United States and Europe would conspire to keep pole position in the global financial system?" More >

Gold Gains amid Berlusconi Confusion
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (11/7/11)
"'Gold is responding to the general market mood that the European crisis will develop much worse before it gets better.'" More >

How to Trade This Headline Driven Stock Market
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (11/7/11)
"Until we see a breakout in either direction, we could see price action inhabit the 1,220-1,290 price range for several weeks before we get any more clarity of future direction." More >

Gold Rally. . .But Which Gold Stocks?
Source: Hubert Moolman  (11/7/11)
"My current research, however, favors South African (SA) gold stocks over other gold stocks for this next rally." More >

Gold Market Update; Greek Economy in Ruins
Source: Clive Maund  (11/6/11)
"World leaders are cornered and only have one card left to play in the intractable global debt crisis fiasco, which is to continue to procrastinate with full-on Quantitative Easing." More >

Silver Market Update
Source: Clive Maund  (11/6/11)
"Silver did what was expected of it last week, by reacting back to support in the $33.50 area." More >

Vikas Ranjan: Junior Gold Equities to Watch
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (11/4/11)
Junior gold explorers from British Columbia to Colombia are poised to pounce. And they are not your ordinary explorers. The Ubika Gold 50 Index has uncovered one explorer that also produces; another has a "fully earned option" with Goldcorp. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Vikas Ranjan, managing director and principal, Ubika Research, reveals why these companies make a compelling case for success. More >

How Long Will Gold Miners Lag Bullion Prices?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (11/4/11)
"Gold miners believe that gold prices will rise, and it shows by the dividend policies taking place in the industry." More >

Economic Insights from a Lord of Finance
Source: David Galland, Casey Research   (11/4/11)
"The only way to resolve the sort of problems we're facing is through growth, and if you don't get growth, then the policy makers will continue to debase the currency." More >

One Man's Mission: Building the World's Safest Bank
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (11/4/11)
"Eric Sprott, the billionaire resource investment guru, is buying 51% of Ontario currency trader Continental Currency Exchange Corp., with the aim of making it into a financial institution that, refreshingly, will not make loans."
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Confusion on Rare Earths: Setting It Straight
Source: Jon Hykawy, Resource Investor  (11/4/11)
"While some of the hype may be over, some of the air may have been let out of the stock bubble in rare earths, we note that the industry itself is just beginning to grow." More >

Gold Hovers as Dollar's Dominance Wavers
Source: Ben Traynor, Bullion Vault  (11/4/11)
"A chaotic session on Thursday brought gains for all four precious metals; gold was range-bound around $1,758/oz." More >

Michael Berry: Questions to Ask Every Mining Company
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (11/2/11)
Could a few simple questions help you find winners in the mining space? Dr. Michael Berry, publisher of Morning Notes, thinks so. Berry has taken years of experience picking resource stocks and boiled it down to key questions he asks of every company. He has refined his Discovery Investing philosophy into the Discovery Investing Scoreboard software, which debuts for investors in January at the Cambridge House Symposium in Vancouver. Berry turns his high-powered analysis toward the European debt crisis and what it means for gold in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. More >

The EU Flunks The Test
Source: Giuseppe L. Borrelli  (11/2/11)
"The question now becomes is the real market the one that rallied for more than two weeks or the one that turned down yesterday?" More >

Jeb Handwerger: Rare Earths, No Easy Substitutes
Source: Jeb Handwerger for The Critical Metals Report  (11/1/11)
Light, strong rare earth elements (REEs) revolutionized the digital era and changed the face of our everyday lives. Even as shortages loom and companies scramble to find low-cost solutions, these critical materials cannot be easily replaced, nor can opportunities in this sector be dismissed. In this special for The Critical Metals Report, Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger calls attention to mainstream media's shortcomings in its REE sector coverage and profiles one company already making headlines. More >

Costless, Limitless, Meaningless Money, Part I
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (10/31/11)
"No credit event, no CDS payments and no scramble to find out who's carrying the can." More >