How Will Precious Metals React to the EU Bailout Plan?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (10/31/11)
"Gold and silver are hedges against the debt-ridden world that we live in. As investors lose confidence in governments and countries, precious metal prices will continue to rise." More >

The New Steel Silk Road
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (10/31/11)
"Given the fact that Eurasia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa comprise most of the world's population will The New Steel Silk Road be the building block for a truly developed global economy?" More >

Argentina Rule Change Casts a Dark Shadow over the Mining Industry
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (10/31/11)
"The environment now has an air of uncertainty about it, the lack of a level playing field will deter many investors and encourage them to look and invest in what are perceived to be mining friendly jurisdictions." More >

David Goguen: Four Latin American Junior Takeover Targets Identified
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (10/31/11)
Junior gold explorers are in a predicament; despite record gold bullion prices, stock valuations are suffering. Many of them, even those on the heels of exciting discoveries, are faced with either rounding up the cash and teams needed to build out mines themselves or turning the projects over to companies with the money and infrastructure already in place. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, David Goguen, director of institutional sales at PI Financial in Vancouver, discusses the merger and acquisition landscape. More >

Gold Plunges after Yen Move
Source: Ben Traynor, Bullion Vault  (10/31/11)
"'Given that this week's improvement merely erases the deterioration of the previous week, the speculative market still appears to be cautious about gold's short-term prospects'" More >

Chris Martenson: Peak Oil Could Limit Economic Growth
Source: Chris Martenson for The Energy Report  (10/31/11)
Exponential debt increases coupled with limited natural resources mean that we are in a predicament. This is the message The Crash Course Author Chris Martenson delivered at the Casey Research/Sprott Inc. summit, "When Money Dies." As an economic researcher, Chris considers the "Three E's" that shape our future: Economy, Energy and the Environment. In the below presentation, "Unfixable," Chris explains to Energy Report readers why these indicators suggest a global economic slowdown. Read on. More >

Kevin Puil: Exotic Congo Holds Hidden Values
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (10/28/11)
Investments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo often get dinged with an "exotic locale" discount, but the jurisdiction is much less risky than even a few years ago. Kevin Puil, a portfolio manager with Malcolm H. Gissen & Associates and senior analyst with the Encompass Fund, recently traveled to the Congo and he liked what he saw. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Puil shares the opportunities he uncovered in this emerging mining jurisdiction. More >

Are Gold and Silver Investing Safe Havens Again?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (10/28/11)
"Although the U.S. dollar continues to receive spurts of strength, mostly due to euro weakness, investors around the world are focusing on gold and silver as real safe havens." More >

Restructuring Portfolios: Gold Shares or Gold Funds?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (10/28/11)
"Should one invest in a gold fund, or in gold shares directly? Are you a passenger or a driver?" More >

Why a Mega Gold Stocks Rally Is Imminent
Source: Herbert Moolman  (10/28/11)
"Like all goods, gold stocks will thrive under the ideal conditions." More >

Eurozone Triggering a Shift in Trends
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (10/28/11)
"While it is entirely possible that the S&P 500 rallies higher from here, it is without question that current market conditions are overbought in the short to intermediate terms." More >

Gold Returns to Form
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (10/28/11)
"Gold's return to form, after a period of indifferent performance, will have won it back some supporters, especially since this week's initial rally ran contrary to equities." More >

Euro Bailouts: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Source: Axel Merk, Merk Funds  (10/28/11)
"The most effective tool to bolster confidence in the Eurozone is to ensure banks are able to stomach losses on their sovereign debt holdings." More >

Do Bullish Investors Have an Ace in the Hole?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (10/27/11)
"You may not be able to count cards at the blackjack table, but counting historical trends of the stock market and discovering inflection points are not only legal strategies, they are essential to successful investing." More >

John Hathaway: Bullish on Gold and Gold Equities
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (10/26/11)
The end of 2011 is a golden opportunity to participate in an anticipated upside for mining equities, says Tocqueville Asset Management Senior Managing Director John Hathaway. We caught up to him at the Casey Research/Sprott Inc. Summit "When Money Dies" for this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. Hathaway predicted that once investors realize higher gold prices will stick, they will take a chance on the big upside waiting in the junior and senior space. More >

Relative Strength Analysis Is Important for Gold Stocks
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (10/26/11)
"There are hundreds of gold and silver stocks and they won't always trend in the same direction—you need to be a stock picker in this sector if you want to earn the best returns." More >

A Guide to Econ Reports This Week
Source: Dirk van Dijk, Zacks Investment Research  (10/26/11)
"Despite earlier fears that we were falling back into a double dip, it now looks like growth will come in much better than the very anemic 1.3% rate of the second quarter." More >

Gold Moving Opposite to Stocks Again
Source: Ben Traynor, Bullion Vault  (10/26/11)
"The rally marks the first time in several weeks that gold has traded inversely to equities." More >

Jonathan Lee: Graphite and Vanadium to Benefit from Battery Market Growth
Source: Zig Lambo of The Critical Metals Report  (10/25/11)
Graphite and vanadium may be relatively obscure materials, but these commodities could get a jolt from developing battery technology. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Jonathan Lee of Byron Capital Markets explains how graphite and vanadium play critical roles in rapidly growing battery markets, as well as in the steel industry, which is experiencing healthy growth. Both vanadium and graphite have limited production sources in North America, and the companies he discusses look poised for major supplier status. More >

Jeff Wright: $1,900 Gold Average Predicted
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (10/24/11)
With investors and hedge fund managers taking flight toward cash and larger-cap equities, and the European sovereign debt crisis still hanging fire, the market is in for a bumpy ride, but in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Jeff Wright, an analyst with Global Hunter Securities, foresees upward trends for gold. More >

Eurozone Wags the Gold and Silver Dog
Source: J.W. Jones, Options Trading Signals  (10/24/11)
"Both metals would be under pressure if the U.S. dollar started to surge." More >

How to Trade Gold and Oil Prices This Coming Week
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (10/24/11)
"The recent light volume rallies that have taken place in gold, oil and equities have been generating mixed signals for technical analysts." More >

Gold Climbs as Europe Says "We're Not There Yet"
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (10/24/11)
"Gold gained as markets digested the news from the first of this week's two European Union summits." More >

Silver Summit Report: Three Investment Approaches to the Volatile Metal
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report   (10/21/11)
For this special report from the Cambridge House Silver Summit in Spokane, Washington, The Gold Report caught up with three silver investing experts: James Turk, chairman of GoldMoney; Andrew Kaip, vice president of Precious Metals & Mining at BMO Capital Markets; and Ian McAvity, a writer at Deliberations on World Markets. While the three didn't all agree on why silver acts the way it does, they all said that it belongs in some form in a diversified portfolio—but only for those who can handle volatility. More >

Did the BOE Just Confirm the Long-Term Picture for Precious Metals?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (10/21/11)
"Although precious metals look poised for more long-term gains, the short-term picture is cloudy." More >