Three Key Metrics to Identify a Superstar Investment
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Mining Report  (4/15/14)
Etienne Moshevich, editor of Alphastox.com, looks at three things before he decides to get excited about a company: people, projects and structure. In this interview with The Mining Report, Moshevich explains his ground-up approach to evaluating junior resource companies and names the names that are set to rake in the profits. More >

When the Major Equity Market Bubble Crashes, Michael Berry Will Take Refuge in These Gold Stocks
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (4/14/14)
An overinflated equities market could be good news for metals and mining stocks. In this interview with The Gold Report, Morning Notes Publisher Michael Berry shares two scenarios that could follow an imminent crash and four gold companies that could be perfectly positioned to take advantage of a reset credit market. More >

Gold Moving on Ukraine Crisis Escalation
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (4/14/14)
"New Ukrainian tensions have seen the gold price rise in trading today as the West remains nervous about further escalation and the possible imposition of more rigorous economic sanctions." More >

Puerto Rico's Tax Benefits—More than 'The Better Florida'
Source: Editors, The Gold Report  (4/9/14)
Puerto Rico promises to do for Americans what Singapore and Hong Kong have done for bankers and businessmen from London. In this interview with The Gold Report, three experts with in-depth knowledge of the pros and cons of living and investing in Puerto Rico share what it is like on the ground for investors. InternationalMan.com Senior Editor Nick Giambruno and Casey Research Chief Technology Investor and Puerto Rico resident Alex Daley join Sterne Agee's Managing Director of Equity Research Todd Hagerman in clearing up some of the confusion about this "misunderstood" island and why the tax benefits for Americans make it "The Better Florida." More >

Are You Prepared for a Bull Market that Will Shock Even the Most Ardent Goldbugs?
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (4/9/14)
Jay Taylor understands why investors in gold and gold equities are consumed with caution. But the publisher and editor of J. Taylor's Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks and host of the radio show "Turning Hard Times into Good Times" urges them not to lose sight of the big picture. The big, bull-market picture. Gold juniors with cash and good projects are trading at tiny fractions of their worth. But not for long. In this interview with The Gold Report, Taylor argues that we are on the cusp of a bull market for the ages and suggests eight junior candidates for mind-blowing multiples. More >

Gold: Unearthing the World's Supply
Source: Visual Capitalist  (4/8/14)
"Within the earth's crust, there is only 1 gram of gold for every 550,000 pounds of earth." More >

Ted Dixon: What Gold Stock Insider Trading Tells Us
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (4/7/14)
Despite the recent big gains in gold stocks, company insiders and institutional investors are still 2.5 times more likely to be buyers than sellers. According to Ted Dixon, cofounder and CEO of INK Research, this shows that those in the know are still quite bullish, despite the pullback in March. In this interview with The Gold Report, Dixon names the top insider buyers by dollar amount and by volume, and explains how investors should interpret this data. More >

What's Abuzz About Gold?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (4/7/14)
"A key driver in gold prices is the real interest rate environment—the real rate of return taking into account the level of inflation." More >

Looking for 1,000% Gains? Resource Investor Oliver Gross Has Some Junior Mining Names for You
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (4/2/14)
The bottom is in, declares Oliver Gross of Der Rohstoff-Anleger (The Resource Investor), and the bulls are ready to charge. In this interview with The Gold Report, Gross says that the woefully undervalued juniors will exploit their leverage advantage, with best-in-class companies gaining as much as 500% to 1,000%—or more. And he lists more than a dozen gold, silver and copper companies most likely to soar. More >

Stephan Bogner and the Rise of a Euro-Sino-Russian Superpower
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Mining Report  (4/1/14)
Stephan Bogner, mining analyst with Rockstone Research and CEO of Elementum International, views the crisis in Crimea as the beginning of a larger global power shift east of the Atlantic. In this interview with The Mining Report, Bogner details what these shifting power dynamics will mean for the commodities market. And take heed—gold and silver may continue to make gains, but uranium, potash and rare earths are the true wave of the future. More >

Robert Cohen's Three Drivers for the Gold Price in 2014
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (3/31/14)
Like the rest of the market, Dynamic Funds is being choosy as it shifts cautiously from bullion to equities, in what Vice President and Portfolio Manager Robert Cohen describes as "baby steps." In this interview with The Gold Report, Cohen explains his method of analyzing miners and discusses companies that offer good prospects. More >

Jeff Killeen: A Picky Player's Guide to a Cautiously Optimistic Mining Market
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (3/26/14)
The price of gold may be enjoying a double-digit increase so far this year and some equities may even have doubled their value, but Jeff Killeen of CIBC World Markets says it's not time to jump into metals with both feet. Be selective, he counsels. In this interview with The Gold Report, Killeen shares the higher-quality names that have prospects for development. More >

CPM Yearbook Says Interest in Gold Equities Reviving as Bear Market Wanes
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (3/26/14)
"While CPM does not expect the gold price to drop significantly from current levels, nor anticipates sharp increases in prices over 2014 and 2015, it does expect that gold equities would be expected to turn higher before the price of gold." More >

Brien Lundin: East Meets West in Junior Market Rebound
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (3/24/14)
Can you hear it? Brien Lundin can. It's the sound of the junior resource market mounting a comeback. Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter, president and CEO of Jefferson Financial and the man behind the New Orleans Investment Conference, traces the rebound to Western speculators coming to the market at the same time that Asian buyers are maintaining a strong level of demand. In this interview with The Gold Report, Lundin pinpoints the fastest horses in his stable of top picks. More >

Is Gold at an Interim Top?
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (3/21/14)
"False breakouts usually mark a key turning point." More >

Michael Gray: Is Goldcorp's Bid for Osisko a Harbinger of a Gold Renaissance?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (3/19/14)
Optimism. Momentum. Buoyancy. Call it what you will, a positive current is running through the gold space. Macquarie Capital Markets' Canadian Mining Equity Research Team Head Michael Gray deconstructs some of the factors contributing to that newfound energy. Calling out merger & acquisition activity as a nascent trend, he shares with The Gold Report some of the names that could be on a senior gold producer's shopping list. More >

Jeb Handwerger: China Isn't Slowing Down, It's Buying Up (Resources, that Is)
Source: Tom Armistead of The Energy Report  (3/18/14)
Headlines about a Chinese economic slowdown may get good web traffic, but the real story is that China is buying up uranium and other resources around the world, says Gold Stock Trades writer Jeb Handwerger. Meanwhile, tensions in Russia highlight the massive country's resource dominance in natural gas, oil, uranium, platinum group metals, rare earths and nickel. Handwerger tells The Mining Report that North America is already acting to develop resources that can meet both domestic and international demand—and this global geopolitical uncertainty is an investment opportunity. More >

Feelin’ the Fire, Investors are Hot for Gold
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (3/18/14)
"When real interest rates go above the positive 2% mark, you can expect the gold price to drop." More >

Rick Rule: Which Companies Will Bring in the Green?
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (3/17/14)
Thoughts turn to green on St. Patrick's Day. Rick Rule of Sprott US Holdings believes the resources bull market is about 18 months from arriving and there could be multiple promising entry points in the market this summer. But in this interview with The Gold Report, he says that this rebound may not look like the one investors are expecting and shares tips on how to spot companies that may have pots of gold at the end of the rainbow. More >

In Need of Financial Safety? Here's Your Safe Haven
Source: Mary Anne and Pamela Aden, The Aden Forecast  (3/14/14)
"Clearly, the world has plenty of uncertainty. From Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela, emerging currency devaluations, the sluggish U.S economy, as well as the slowdown in China, the world has hot spots. With this backdrop it's easy to understand why demand continues to grow. The world wants gold." More >

Derek Macpherson: Is It a Love Affair or a Tryst?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (3/12/14)
Investors have again begun flirting with the junior mining sector. Will it lead to a love affair or is it just a tryst? Derek Macpherson, a mining analyst with M Partners, believes it is still too early to be taking on high-risk, high-leverage names. In this interview with The Gold Report, he advises investors to carefully choose low-risk companies, even in this early stage of a rising gold price environment, and names a handful that investors could fall in love with.
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Paul Adams: Investor-Friendly Australian Projects Around the World
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Mining Report  (3/11/14)
Rather than shoot for the stars, Paul Adams of DJ Carmichael argues that junior miners should focus on more modest projects best suited to maximizing shareholder value. This means projects with reasonable capex, good grades and short turnaround times. In this interview with The Mining Report, Adams suggests gold, copper, iron ore and rare earths projects that can weather the complete commodities cycle, as well as a fascinating gold-silver outlier in Peru. More >

More than 25,000 Investors and Mining Types Walked into PDAC. The Result Was. . .Realistic
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (3/10/14)
PDAC curse or blessing? Fresh from the Letter Writer Presentations track at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference,
The Gold Report
asked thought leaders to share their impressions from the annual minefest. Adrian Day Asset Management Founder Adrian Day, Exploration Insights Publisher Brent Cook, House Mountain Partners Founder Chris Berry and The Daily Gold Premium Publisher Jordan Roy-Byrne used terms such as "realistic" and "muted." Eric Coffin, editor of Hard Rock Analyst, posited that the lack of excitement might actually benefit the few companies that rose on good conference-timed news because it removed the chance of a "PDAC curse" dropping stock prices after the event. Let's see if all the voices agree. More >

Ron Struthers: The Juniors Are Forging the Path Forward
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report  (3/5/14)
Is the bear market in mining equities finally over? It looks that way, says Ron Struthers, publisher and editor of Struthers' Resource Stock Report. In this interview with The Gold Report, Struthers explains what distinguishes this recovery from past ones: TSX Venture Exchange stocks, not the majors, are leading the way. But which juniors should investors favor? Struthers names several with proven management, ample funding and good share structures. More >

Michael Ballanger: Junior Miners Rise from the Ashes
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (3/3/14)
You didn't really think that junior miners would languish forever, did you? Junior mining stocks are starting to make a careful climb from the depths after tax-loss selling in December. But some investors, beaten down as badly as mining stocks, are still hesitant. For those investors, Michael Ballanger, director of wealth management and a certified investment manager with Richardson GMP, has a win-win strategy. In this interview with The Gold Report, Ballanger talks about his investment ideas for 2014 and a less risky twist on the balanced portfolio. More >