Riders on the Gold and Silver Storm
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (12/23/11)
"Those of us who are buyers and believers in the long-term continuing secular rise in resource equities are going through a time of testing." More >

Canadian Juniors Are Playing For Results
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (12/23/11)
"Juniors, not majors, own the world's future mines and juniors are the ones most adept at finding these future mines. They already own what the world's larger mining companies need to replace reserves and grow their asset bases." More >

2012: The Dow's Annus Horribilis and Gold
Source: Hubert Moolman  (12/23/11)
"The Dow's inflated value, relative to the value of gold, was brought about by this debt-based monetary system." More >

Why Gold, Why Now!
Source: Giuseppe L. Borrelli  (12/23/11)
"In spite of the momentary flashes of economic growth, the world economy continues to decline as deflationary pressures gradually increase. This is one of the reasons gold has floundered of late; that combined with the fact that it had rallied close to 50% by the time it reached the September high." More >

Why We Remain Bullish on Small Mining Shares
Source: Gene Arensberg, Resource Investor  (12/22/11)
"'The little guys' have had little to be joyous about in 2011. That, of course, is definitely a reason for vulture speculators like me to be filled with jollity." More >

The Currency of the Elite in the Great Financial Crisis
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (12/22/11)
"'Elements of inflation, reduced living standards and totalitarianism are already present to a greater or lesser extent,' says Paul Mylchreest in his Thunder Road December report." More >

Silver Investors Prefer to Wait It Out
Source: Shivom Seth, Mineweb   (12/22/11)
"After hitting record highs in May this year, silver prices have since fallen significantly and a number of analysts remain fairly bearish." More >

Gold Does Not Offer Comfort in Liquidity Crunch
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (12/21/11)
"Despite rallying for most of this week (until the ECB announcement), the dollar price of gold bullion remains 5.6% down on the start of last week. Gold gives you comfort against currency risks, inflation, sovereign debt problems, but not against a liquidity crunch." More >

Investing vs. Speculating in Gold and Silver Stocks
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (12/21/11)
"You cannot just sit in your juniors and think that they will be up 50-fold by the end of this bull market. After all, you should know by now that most juniors will fall and even fail in this historic bull market." More >

What Are ECB Actions and Utility Stocks Saying About Gold?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (12/21/11)
"As the financial markets around the globe continue to deteriorate and send investors running toward defensive stocks, central banks around the world will face increasing pressure to offer even more quantitative easing. Such a move will add more fuel to gold's 11-year bull market." More >

Gold and Silver on the Verge of a Big Move
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldandOilGuy  (12/21/11)
"The question everyone keeps asking is: When can I buy gold and silver? With what is unfolding across the pond and the bullish outlook for the U.S. dollar index, the next move is a coin toss. I do feel a large move brewing in the marketplace, so I am preparing for fireworks in the first quarter of 2012." More >

Striking Portfolio Balance with Gold Stocks
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (12/20/11)
"Gold stocks have historically ranked among some of the most volatile asset classes. Despite this volatility, investors can use gold stocks to enhance returns without adding risk to the portfolio." More >

Permanent Crisis: The First Five Years
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (12/20/11)
"So 2012 will mark the fifth anniversary of the global financial crisis. There's little reason to think it's reached its end yet." More >

Are You Tempted to Sell or Eager to Buy?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (12/20/11)
"My advice is to spend a little more time watching the drivers for gold and a little less time worrying about the price. Until those things change, look for an entrance, not an exit." More >

Where Have All the Gold Bulls Gone?
Source: Jason Hamlin, GoldStockBull Investment Strategies  (12/20/11)
"While tax-loss selling amidst thin trading could create additional downward pressure to close out the year, I look for a sharp rebound in precious metals to start the new year and think we will most likely see $2,000 gold during the first quarter." More >

Emerging Juniors Continue to Show Good Progress: Dale Mah
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report   (12/19/11)
This year has been difficult and confusing for many investors in the resource sector. Despite that, many junior companies with credible projects have continued to show good progress toward future production. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Dale Mah, equity research analyst with Mackie Research Capital, talks about the general market environment, discusses his selection criteria and shares some of his favorite picks for the coming year. More >

Physical Demand Will Determine Support for Gold
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (12/19/11)
"Wholesale market gold bullion prices rose to $1,607/oz Monday lunchtime in London, 0.5% up from last Friday's close, while European stocks and commodities were broadly flat and government bond prices eased." More >

Are Investors Taking Advantage of Lower Gold Prices?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (12/19/11)
"Many investors viewed the pullback in precious metals last week as a another buying opportunity in the gold bull market." More >

M&A Opportunities Abound: Michael Gray and Shawn Campbell
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (12/16/11)
Junior explorers may be underperforming the gold price this year, but Macquarie Capital Markets Equity Analyst Michael Gray is finding opportunities for mergers and acquisitions within the precious metals space. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Gray and Research Associate Shawn Campbell talk about the technical aspects that are making a number of juniors attractive targets. More >

Physical Demand Huge as Gold Touches $1,600/oz, but Bears in Driver's Seat
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (12/16/11)
"'The problems in Europe have not been solved; buying will come back and we will see higher prices because of a lack of confidence in the financial system.'" More >

Stock Market Report: For What It's Worth!
Source: Guiseppe Borelli, The Unpunctured Cycle  (12/16/11)
"You have significant problems in Europe, the U.S., Japan and China. All the excesses of the past are coming due. It's due in Europe today, due in Japan tomorrow and due in the U.S. the next day." More >

Bargain Time in Gold and Silver
Source: Jeb Handwerger  (12/15/11)
"Precious metals and the miners are underperforming the U.S. dollar and long term treasuries and have made a bearish technical turn momentarily. However, our gold and silver selections are pulling back in a volatile correction and may soon be reaching support levels as silver and the miners test their 2011 low and gold pulls back to its July 2011 breakout after making record gains in both 2009 and 2010." More >

200-Day Average Highly Significant for Gold as Liquidation & Caution Drive New 7-Week Low
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (12/14/11)
"Dollar investors saw the price to buy gold dip below $1,624/oz, down over 5% from last weekend, as copper prices sank to a 2-week low and silver prices fell to their lowest point in 10 weeks, dropping through the $30/oz-level first seen in November 2010." More >

Gold Also Glitters During Deflations
Source: American Institute for Economic Research  (12/14/11)
"AIER analysis: Gold's purchasing power increased by an average of 31% across 15 deflationary periods." More >

The ABCs of Re-hypothecation in Gold and Securities Markets
Source: Kevin Brekke, Casey Research  (12/14/11)
"Re-hypothecation is when a broker reuses customer-pledged collateral to back the broker's own trades and borrowings. Using the same collateral to support two separate borrowing transactions is obviously a risky tactic." More >