Investors Add Nearly $3B to Gold ETFs in September
Source: ETF Trends, John Spence  (9/25/12)
"SPDR Gold Shares has seen net inflows of $2.1B in September, while iShares Gold Trust has gathered $615M, according to ETF flow data from IndexUniverse." More >

Citi Raises Gold Price Forecasts for 2012–13
Source: Reuters, Naveen Arul  (9/25/12)
"The bank increased its 2012 price forecasts for gold, silver and platinum by about 2%, 5% and 1.5%, respectively, while it cut its earlier forecast for palladium prices by about 1.7%." More >

Two Key Rules for Avoiding Stock Bubbles
Source: Dan Steinhart, Casey Research  (9/25/12)
"Sky-high stock prices can't persist without sky-high profit margins." More >

How Gold and Silver Act as Safe Havens in Today's Troubled World
Source: The Market Oracle, Jeff Lewis  (9/25/12)
"Physical gold and silver investments can take up a core position in an investment portfolio because they offer an easy way to have some wealth stashed out of dollar-denominated assets." More >

An In-Depth Analysis of Trading Gold Relative to US Real Interest Rates
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (9/24/12)
"Lower real rates could imply higher inflationary expectations in the future, therefore gold is bought as a hedge against this possible inflation." More >

Speculators Continue to Buy Precious Metals Futures, Options
Source: Kitco, Debbie Carlson  (9/24/12)
"For the week ended Sept. 18, speculators in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly commitment of traders report saw their net-long positions in precious metals rise in both the legacy and disaggregated reports." More >

A Catalyst, a Correction and the Real 'Next Leg-Up' for Gold
Source: Geoff Candy, Mineweb  (9/24/12)
"Over the longer term, the fact that real interest rates are likely to remain negative for an extended period bodes well for gold, especially given the inflation concerns that come with QE3." More >

Investor Gold Buying to Resume, Fed Doubling Its Balance Sheet Again
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (9/24/12)
"A leading precious metals consultancy, Thomson Reuters GFMS, has forecast that investors will buy record amounts of gold in the remainder of 2012." More >

Creating Currency Is a Blank Check for Miners: Leonard Melman
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (9/24/12)
Worldwide monetary creation today has implications for the watchful investor in gold and silver. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Leonard Melman, publisher and editor of The Melman Report, explains why, and shows who will be well positioned to benefit from current economic stimulus strategies. More >

Drill Baby Drill—the Secret to Prospect Generation: Duane and Morgan Poliquin
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (9/21/12)
Prospect generators Duane and Morgan Poliquin of Almaden Minerals Ltd. have a business model that works: Find a prospect. Drill early and cheaply. Attract partners to help pay for development through investments, options or joint ventures. Rinse and repeat. Read the details in this exclusive Gold Report interview. More >

All Signs Now Point to Gold
Source: Frank Holmes, Money Morning  (9/21/12)
"Rising money supply, declining purchasing power and annual deficits are giving the all-clear to include gold in your portfolio." More >

Survey Participants Look for Higher Gold Prices Next Week
Source: Kitco, Debbie Carlson  (9/21/12)
"The big move in gold prices this week after the bond-buying announcement by the ECB and hopes for more stimulus from the Fed next week has most participants in the weekly Kitco News Gold Survey suggesting values for the yellow metal could rise again." More >

Why the 'Golden Cross' Is a Big Deal
Source: Diane Alter, Money Morning  (9/21/12)
"Investing in gold and silver already offered staggering profit potential, and the opportunities just got even brighter. Gold this week reached a 'golden cross' and silver is perched to traverse one in a matter a days, following successive weeks of bullish trends in both precious metals' markets." More >

Gold-Silver Ratio Declining As US Dollar Collapses
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (9/21/12)
"Silver has been outperforming gold over the past 10 weeks as investors are hoarding poor man's gold to hedge against worldwide quantitative easing." More >

Gold Miner ETFs Outperforming Gold at Last
Source: NASDAQ, Ana Kostioukova  (9/20/12)
"The price of gold versus gold equity has been artificially high over the past few quarters and is now leveling back to a more 'normal' ratio." More >

Can Dividends Cure Gold Equity Hangovers?: David Christensen
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (9/19/12)
A market hangover may be causing suffering among gold mining equities, but some cash-rich companies still beguile investors with record-breaking dividends. Dividend distributions are up by about one-third year-over-year from many major mining companies, according to David Christensen, chief executive and president of ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited. The Gold Report spoke with Christensen at the Denver Gold Forum in this exclusive interview. More >

John Mauldin's Prescription for Avoiding Economic Catastrophe
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report   (9/19/12)
Best-selling author John Mauldin of Mauldin Economics says the EU is only left with choices that range from bad to disastrous. Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats will have to hold hands and walk off the cliff together to solve U.S. economic problems. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Mauldin expands on his comments at the Casey Conference, "Navigating the Politicized Economy." Read more about the consequences of those choices and necessary compromises—and how he would reform the U.S. tax code. More >

Investing in Gold After QE3
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (9/19/12)
"Investors should get used to pricier gold. While some dips could appear due to occasional profit-taking, its long-term bull run continues." More >

Project Funding in the Mining Sector
Source: Vin Maru, TDV Golden Trader  (9/19/12)
"We are now seeing investment funding and credit becoming available to mining companies from the private sector." More >

The Fed's Balance Sheet Puts Gold and Silver on the Warpath
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (9/19/12)
"The central bank's third attempt to print prosperity has spurred a new round of balance sheet analysis and gold price targets." More >

When You Should Stop Buying Gold
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (9/18/12)
"Ron Rimbus argues to give up one's gold when governments give up on fiat currencies—but not a moment sooner." More >

Brock Salier Unlocks the Secrets of Gold Miner Valuations
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (9/17/12)
What does high grading have to do with the disconnect between high gold prices and low valuations among junior and mid-cap producers? In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Brock Salier, a mining analyst with GMP Securities Europe LLP in London, explains high grading and provides insights into the future of gold mining in Africa, from high-grade underground assets to low-grade near-surface discoveries. More >

Central Bank Policy 'Hugely Bullish' for Commodities
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (9/17/12)
"Despite recent euro strength however, the cost of buying gold in euros remained within 2% of its spot market all-time high during Monday morning's trading." More >

Gold Futures Struggle for Direction Post-Fed Glow
Source: MarketWatch, Claudia Assis and Sara Sjolin  (9/17/12)
"Gold futures weaved in and out of the red Monday, looking for a firmer direction after they rallied strongly last week on the Federal Reserve's latest bond-buying plan." More >

Mali's Gold Industry Resists Turmoil
Source: Reuters, Joe Penney  (9/17/12)
"The chaos that erupted in the months since the military staged a coup d'etat has left the country's twin economic engines, the cotton and gold industries, essentially untouched, in contrast to the vast economic damage caused by coups and conflicts in West African neighbors like Guinea and Ivory Coast." More >