Streetwise Gold Articles

Infographic: What Makes Gold Great?
Source: Visual Capitalist (5/30/12)
"Wars have been fought, love expressed and political landscapes changed through gold. But what makes gold great?
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Gold Prices: Making Sense of the 'Death Cross'
Source: Keith Fitz-Gerald, Money Morning (5/30/12)
"This isn't hard to understand when you consider that the dollar and gold have an inverse relationship. If one rises, the other traditionally falls. I don't expect that to last much longer."
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One of the Finest Opportunities to Buy Gold in the Whole Bull Market: Sprotts' Embry
Source: Geoff Candy, Mineweb (5/30/12)
"For Sprott's John Embry, the current level represents a strong buying opportunity because nothing in recent months has really been 'gold unfriendly.'
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The Flock of Black Swans Facing Gold
Source: Geoff Candy, Mineweb (5/29/12)
"While the commodity spectrum as a whole peaked out around 14 months ago, the sheer number of potential black swan events on the horizon could see gold breach $2,500/oz before year-end."
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Gold’s 'Contrarian Moment'
Source: David Galland, Casey Research (5/29/12)
"Be very cautious about industrial commodities as a whole, at least until we see signs of inflation showing up in earnest, but don't miss this opportunity to use the recent correction to fill out that corner of your portfolio dedicated to gold and gold stocks."
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Strong Evidence of an Important Low in Gold Stocks
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold (5/28/12)
"There is compelling evidence that the gold shares have completed an important bottom. A rebound is underway and should continue well into June. However, until we see a successful retest of this low, we have no way to confirm if this is the start of the next cyclical bull market."
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Will Gold and Silver Fall All the Way with the Euro?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster (5/28/12)
"What we've seen lately is gold and silver prices moving with (and often faster, both ways) than the euro, but the link remains solid."
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Special Report: Richard Russell Calls a Bear Signal
Source: The Gold Report Editors (5/27/12)
In an early alert to subscribers on May 27, Dow Theory Letters Newsletter Writer Richard Russell announced that his analysis of the April to May activity on the Dow Jones Industrials showed the continuation of a primary bear market that started on October 9, 2007. "We are now dealing with the latter part of the primary bear market... subscribers should now follow a course of utmost caution," he said. "As for gold, I think it will be under pressure for a while, but before this bear market is over, gold will embark on a major bull move. The current correction in gold will test every gold bug's nerves," he said. Look for further bull vs. bear market analysis throughout the week.
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Gold and Silver Stocks Are in Deep Value Territory: Alka Singh
Source: George S. Mack of The Gold Report (5/25/12)
Gold and silver began a correction nine months ago, but shares of the mines that produce these valuable metals have suffered in a much more exaggerated fashion. Mine2Capital Co-Founder and Partner Alka Singh has prospected for ideas that she believes will maximize shareholder value when the markets turn upward in the relatively near future. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Singh delivers her best junior ideas, and she also sweetens the story with a handful of more liquid names that she recommends in a fear-driven and uncertain environment.
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Central Banks Boost Gold Holdings Yet Again
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb (5/25/12)
"Gold may have fallen out of central bank favor for a few decades, but central banks are realizing that it should be a significant part of a country's foreign reserve base as fiat currencies lose their intrinsic value."
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First, Do Good When Mining for Gold: Benoit La Salle
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (5/23/12)
Benoit La Salle is the founder, president and CEO of SEMAFO, a mining company that rates its work in sustainability and community building as high as it does its gold production. In an exclusive interview with The Gold Report, La Salle tells investors why they should be looking at both gold and West Africa right now; which company report is most important (hint: it's no longer the annual report); and what a company's most critical asset is, no matter its project.
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Will 'Peak Gold' Exploration Continue to Grow?: USGS' Micheal George
Source: Alec Gimurtu of The Gold Report (5/23/12)
Gold Tests $1,550/oz as Stocks Sink
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault (5/23/12)
"Gold is acting more as a risky asset and everything is tumbling ahead of the Eurozone finance ministers meeting, where nothing good is really expected."
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Hedge Funds Reevaluate Gold's Potential
Source: Cliff Droke (5/23/12)
"Although the gold price made a series of higher peaks in the month of February, the relative strength indicator for gold told a completely different story."
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Toxic Euro Corroding Gold
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault (5/23/12)
"The euro is becoming so toxic, even incorruptible gold looks at risk of being corroded by the Esperanto Experiment."
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What Does the Oil Price Mean for Gold?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster (5/23/12)
"Provided the currencies they do accept in payment for their oil are globally used, oil producers will be content to take currencies other than the U.S. dollar."
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Dumb Money Buying Facebook, Smart Money Accumulating Undervalued Gold Miners
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades (5/23/12)
"There is a growing body of evidence that gold has formed a potential double bottom around $1,525/oz. This area in the low $1,500s represents a strong area of support."
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Mining Stocks: Will the Downturn Last?
Source: Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning (5/22/12)
"For gold and silver miners, the outlook is bright. Their output prices should increase, while their inputs of energy and mining engineer talent will become cheaper as supply increases and energy prices remain at around current levels."
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What Is Wrong with Gold Mining Stocks?
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research (5/22/12)
"There are some potential values beginning to surface in what could be an oversold industry segment where stocks are approaching 52-week lows across the board."
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Yukon Juniors with Cash to Burn
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb (5/22/12)
"Despite a rocky junior market, exploration continues apace in the Yukon, which is set to have near-record exploration expenditures this year."
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The Real Price of Gold Holds the Card for Gold Shares
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold (5/22/12)
"The real price of gold appears to have bottomed and looks likely to trend higher in the coming months."
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Gold and Silver Long-Term Signal
Source: Chris Vermuelen and J.W. Jones, Traders' Video Playbook (5/22/12)
"The reasons why I believe gold and silver will perform well in the longer term are a bit different than what many economists and pundits are expecting."
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The People Have Spoken and Precious Metals Will Soar: Leonard Melman
Source: Zig Lambo and JT Long of The Gold Report (5/21/12)
The elections in Greece and France have shown that in democratic societies the people are the ultimate deciders of how well the best-laid economic plans will work out in the long run. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Leonard Melman, veteran precious metals analyst and publisher of The Melman Report, talks about the implications of the recent European elections on the prospects for the gold and silver markets. He also discusses some of his favorite stock picks for taking advantage of the huge rebound he sees in the metals markets later this year.
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Natural Resource-Related Stocks Show Promise: Frank Barbera
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report (5/21/12)
From gold and silver to energy and oil services, Frank Barbera, editor of The Gold Stock Technician Newsletter, sees a bright future for commodities and their equities. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Barbera cites large blue-chip and midtier mining companies, especially those now paying dividends, as favorites and suggests that investors looking to protect retirement savings invest in bond funds outside the U.S.
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This Is the Bottom for Gold: John Hathaway
Source: Louis James, Casey Research (5/21/12)
"In an interview with Louis James, John Hathaway discusses the U.S. economic outlook and why he's delighted by the current bearish sentiment toward gold."
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