Euro News Is 'Shot in the Arm' for Gold Prices
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (6/29/12)
"Gold Prices rallied ahead of Friday's U.S. trading, while commodities and the Euro also gained following news of an 'important' agreement at the E.U. summit in Brussels." More >

John Embry on Gold, Silver, Currencies and Commodities
Source: Ron Hera, Hera Research  (6/29/12)
"I view gold and silver as monetary metals. The mainstream news media conflates gold and silver with industrial commodities, but they're really a competitor to the currency system. Gold is the antithesis of paper money." More >

Higher Gold Prices Triggered by Europe
Source: Diane Alter, Money Morning  (6/29/12)
"Of late, gold has been trading more like a 'risk on' asset instead of its historic safe-haven holding, as Friday's movement mimicked." More >

Cashing In on Underwater Mining
Source: Ben Gersten, Resource Investor  (6/29/12)
"Underwater mining companies hope to extract copper, nickel, ore, silver, zinc and even rare earth metals." More >

Gold: Safe Haven or Risky Investment?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (6/28/12)
"Gold is an important financial asset that lacks counterparty and downgrade risk, making it the ideal safe haven. Some of the world's largest and most powerful organizations have already realized this." More >

Follow the Majors to Find Investment Prospects: Brent Cook
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (6/27/12)
Taking part in the Cambridge World Resource Investment Conference, geologist and minerals maven Brent Cook, who also serves as Exploration Insights president, CEO, publisher and author, said he found more investors there looking for reasons to sell than to buy. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he suggests that those who postpone buying decisions for too long risk missing the boat on some real "gems." Finding gems in the garbage takes serious due diligence; he advises investors to evaluate potential juniors the same way the majors do when they're hunting for companies whose assets will help replenish their dwindling reserves. More >

Central Banks Still Adding to Reserves
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (6/27/12)
"Daniel Brebner, head of metals research at Deutsche Bank, expects 'very steady buying by central banks' to continue, which 'should help gold prices from weakening too much.'" More >

While Banks Crumble, the Next Leg Up for Gold Prices Draws Near
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (6/27/12)
"In a surprise twist that only a few years ago would have been considered preposterous, the Basel Committee for Bank Supervision is entertaining whether gold should qualify as a full-fledged Tier 1 capital asset." More >

Strategist Nenner: Charts Indicate Gold Will Soar to $2,500/oz
Source: Money News, Dan Weil  (6/27/12)
"The bull market for gold will ultimately resume and push the precious metal to $2,500/oz, says independent strategist Charles Nenner." More >

The Gold Series: Mining and Supply
Source: Visual Capitalist  (6/27/12)
"There are three distinct streams that make up supply: official sales, recycled gold and mine production." More >

Gold, Silver and the 'Black Hole of Deflation,' Part 2
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (6/27/12)
"Gold and silver performed their age-old role of broadly 'measuring' and holding 'value' during these tempestuous times, and will do so in the future." More >

Why We Are Certain that Gold Producers Will Soar
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (6/27/12)
"Gold stocks do respond when gold goes higher and gold is going higher because of completely unsustainable fiscal and monetary actions of governments all around the world." More >

Do the Charts Say Gold Is Ready to Take Off?
Source: Ira Epstein, The Linn Group  (6/27/12)
"Seasonally speaking, gold leaves the current 'weak' seasonal time frame it's now in and begins to gather strength into year-end." More >

Here Comes the Hyper-Inflationary Bailout Endgame
Source: James West, Midas Letter  (6/27/12)
"The fact that the only option is to fabricate money in one way shape or form is fundamentally positive for gold, but unfortunately, due to the high degree of government-sponsored manipulation in precious metals markets, a rising gold price cannot be expected until the apparatus that supports such market interference is somehow defeated." More >

Gold Miners' Low Correlation to Gold: Are They Cheap Enough Yet?
Source: Seeking Alpha, Richard Bloch  (6/27/12)
"It's not exactly a well-kept secret that shares of gold mining stocks haven't kept pace with the price of gold. But it's just kind of odd that so many of the miners share some similar pricing characteristics." More >

Gold Prices: Begging for QE3
Source: Money Morning Staff  (6/26/12)
"In the last round of easy-money moves back in January, gold rallied as high as 15%. Since then, gold has dropped numerous times from a lack of additional news of more easing." More >

The Black Hole of Deflation
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (6/26/12)
"The failure of the political system to achieve these goals over such a long period of time is causing a fundamental loss of confidence in the financial and monetary systems of the developed world." More >

Platinum Demand to Substantially Outstrip Supply in 2012
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (6/26/12)
"Contrary to investor perceptions, fabrication demand for platinum, palladium and rhodium is expected to grow at a stronger pace in 2012, says commodities consultant CPM Group." More >

Precious Metals: Keep It Simple
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (6/26/12)
"People often feel the need to complicate things by overtrading and overthinking the situation. My advice for the next three months is patience. My advice for the next three years is precious metals." More >

An Ending Made for Gold
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (6/26/12)
"In the ongoing Euro-crisis, we won't know the details of how Europe will clean up its debt mess for a while, but we're pretty confident the story ends well for gold." More >

Gold Coin Sales from National Mints Fall in Q1/12
Source: Reuters  (6/26/12)
"Demand for gold coins fell in key markets in the early part of this year as the strong demand for small investment products that helped send bullion prices to record highs in 2011 tailed off." More >

Shouldn't Gold Be Spiking Right Now?
Source: The Globe and Mail, Tim Kiladze  (6/26/12)
"If the precious metal is such a safe haven, why hasn't it shot up as the European debt crisis unravels?" More >

Platinum Outlook Remains Volatile: Erica Rannestad
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (6/25/12)
A third round of quantitative easing won't help support platinum and palladium prices, according to Erica Rannestad, platinum group metals specialist with CPM Group in New York. So, what will drive the platinum group metals, which have been suffering from lags in demand and increasing interest from short sellers? Rannestad discusses the outlook for these specialized metals in this exclusive Gold Report interview, including what they have in common with gold. More >

Gold in Sideways Range Ahead of European Summit
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (6/25/12)
"Gold bullion prices dropped below $1570/oz, though they remain broadly in line with where they ended last week, with markets focused on this week's European leaders' summit." More >

Gold-Stock Valuations
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (6/25/12)
"It is not fundamentals that have been plaguing gold stocks, but psychology. But fear paves the way for massive uplegs as sentiment slowly swings to the opposite extreme." More >