Gold Nears 10% Monthly Gain
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (7/31/13)
"The relationship between the gold price and real U.S. interest rates, adjusted for inflation, is less clear." More >

Jocelyn August: Top Five Catalysts for Small-Cap Energy Equities
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (7/30/13)
Catalysts are a little like earthquakes: They shake things up. These announcements of drill results, production starts and resource estimates can influence stock prices, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. In this interview with The Energy Report, Jocelyn August, senior analyst and product manager for Sagient Research's CatalystTracker, explains which catalysts have the biggest effect on small- and large-cap companies and identifies upcoming events that could move the needle in the oil and gas and uranium spaces. More >

Chris Berry: Rare Earth Stocks Show Signs of Life, but Will the Uptrend Stick?
Source: Alec Gimurtu of The Metals Report  (7/30/13)
Prices for rare earths and some rare earth mining stocks are showing positive price action following China's crackdown on illegal mines. But is this the beginning of a sustained recovery, or just a temporary blip on the screen? House Mountain Partners founder Chris Berry explores these questions in this interview with The Metals Report and shares his macroeconomic outlook. As Berry reminds us, V-shaped recoveries are preferred, but rare. That means investors must cultivate patience and courage. More >

Ron Struthers: Are Gold Equities on the Cusp of an Upswing?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (7/29/13)
It is like a carrot on a stick for small-cap mining investors: the promise that we have finally hit bottom and prices will rise again for gold and mining stocks. That time is almost here, according to Ron Struthers, the publisher and editor of Struthers' Resource Stock Report. In this interview with The Gold Report, Struthers discusses how a run on bullion banks has played with the gold price and which indicator is telling him things are about to move. If Struthers' forecast is right, the gold market could be on the cusp of one of its best corrections yet.
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Now Is the Time to Build New Mines, But It Ain't That Easy
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (7/29/13)
"Financial analysis suggest now is the ideal to start work on mega mining projects before price cycles turn up again, but this is easier said than done." More >

Profit from Palladium's Bullish Trend
Source: Sean Brodrick, ETF Daily News  (7/29/13)
"I call palladium the Rodney Dangerfield of metals because it 'gets no respect, I tell ya, no respect at all.'" More >

Is It Time to Start to Talk About Geothermal Again?
Source: Jason Hamlin, Gold Stock Bull  (7/29/13)
"Geothermal is a renewable energy source that is expected to grow fivefold in the next seven years and produces more than double the energy of solar and wind combined." More >

How to Invest in LNG: A 3-Step Strategy
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (7/26/13)
"Greg Coleman outlines his three-stage plan for grabbing a chunk of the profits from the massive ramp-up coming in LNG." More >

Meet High Risk and High Reward, Biotech's Profit Partners: Bert Hazlett
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (7/25/13)
Small-cap biotech investing carries real risk. Startup companies tend to have only a few ideas in development, which leaves ample room for setbacks—even room for disaster. Robert "Bert" Hazlett, senior biotechnology research analyst with ROTH Capital Partners, doesn't mind taking such risks, but tempers them with a diversification strategy designed to minimize the impact of potential hiccups and blowups. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report,
Hazlett expands on his strategy and mentions four companies with experienced management teams and high hopes for huge returns.
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Mesoblast Ltd. Targets Success in the Degenerative Disc Space
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (7/25/13)
The biggest challenge in the treatment of degenerative disc disease lies in the inhospitable nature of the intervertebral space, where the blood flow and nutrients necessary to cell survival are in short supply. Mesoblast Ltd. has developed a cell therapy that addresses that challenge, triggering the regenerative qualities of surrounding cells to promote healing. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Mesoblast Founder, CEO and Managing Director Silviu Itescu describes the science that promises relief to millions of back pain sufferers. More >

BioRestorative Therapies Inc. Develops Plug-and-Play Therapy for Bulging/Herniated Disc Disease
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (7/25/13)

Millions of people suffer back pain caused by herniated and bulging disc disease. When conventional medical therapies fail they often resort to surgery for relief, a costly and time-consuming solution for both patients and the medical system. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Mark Weinreb, president, CEO and chairman of BioRestorative Therapies Inc., describes how his company's cell therapy process could keep disc disease treatment out of the operating theater.

Is Cell Therapy the 'Future of Medicine'?: Jason Kolbert
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (7/25/13)
The pricey evolutionary tradeoff for walking on two legs is the curse of lower back pain. Jason Kolbert of the Maxim Group understands the power of stem cells as disease-modifying therapies for degenerative disc disease of the spine, a leading-edge, multibillion-dollar indication. Kolbert explores the opportunities that cell therapies offer investors in this interview with The Life Sciences Report, and puts a personal spin on their regenerative promise. More >

Capture Upside in Undervalued, Underfollowed Energy Stocks: Peter Epstein
Source: Rita Sapunor of The Energy Report  (7/25/13)
Big gains are rarely found by jumping on the bandwagon. Peter Epstein, independent analyst and founder of MockingJay Inc., argues that market darlings won't reward latecomers; that's why he spends his time finding undervalued, underfollowed junior resource companies. In this interview with The Energy Report, Epstein shares his resource stock diamonds in the rough, including a uranium name commercializing a groundbreaking technology and a graphite company beating its competitors to market. More >

U.S. Global Investors' Secret: 'Keep Calm and Invest On'
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (7/24/13)
As an investor, you probably get a lot of advice and don't know which to follow: There are conflicting reports, Fed announcements, figures that tell only half the story. In this interview with The Gold Report, Ralph Aldis, senior mining analyst with U.S. Global Investors, helps investors parse these many information streams, explains what seasonal gold pricing patterns could mean for investors and offers a stable of junior equities that could provide greater leverage to a gold price recovery. More >

Why Gold Mining Stocks Are a Buy Now
Source: Gary Gately, Money Morning  (7/24/13)
"You have to choose carefully when picking gold mining stocks or ETFs to buy." More >

Could Small Modular Reactors Goose Uranium Prices?
Source: Tom Armistead of The Energy Report  (7/23/13)
Nuclear power is the best option for clean base-load power generation, according to Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger. As proof, he points to signs that even environmentalists are beginning to favor it. Meanwhile, uranium stocks are rising and large nuclear construction programs overseas should keep upward pressure on them. But as Handwerger explains in this interview with The Energy Report, the future of nuclear power generation may lie with small modular reactors, and the U.S. is leading their development. More >

Ron Struthers: Have Flake Graphite Prices Bottomed?
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Metals Report  (7/23/13)
After a spike in flake graphite in 2011, have prices finally reached bottom? Ron Struthers, the publisher and editor of Struthers' Resource Stock Report, believes so. In this interview with The Metals Report, Struthers talks about how market psychology and fundamentals may play out in the graphite and rare earths spaces as new mines inch toward production. More >

Is the Next Big Oil Discovery in Resource-Rich Australia?
Source: John C. K. Daly, Oilprice.com  (7/23/13)
"According to a U.S. government report, resource-rich Australia could be home to as much as 10 times the existing known gas reserves, higher than its existing oil reserves." More >

Three Qualities That Separate Junior Gold Winners from Losers: Eric Coffin
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Gold Report   (7/22/13)
Gold juniors need to get back to the basics, says Eric Coffin, and it is going to take large discoveries to get the market excited again. In this interview with The Gold Report, the publisher of Hard Rock Analyst explains how the new economics of gold production require investors to concentrate on companies with three specific qualities, and names companies and the regions that could generate breakout projects. More >

Strong Contrarian Buy Signal on Gold Stocks
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (7/19/13)
"One should consider the gold stocks a venture capital type of investment." More >

Raghuram 'Ram' Selvaraju on the Best Biotech Ideas of 2013
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report   (7/18/13)
Small-cap, oncology-focused biotechs with novel technologies have always been bestsellers for investors. Subplots have emerged along the way, but Aegis Capital Corp.'s Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Equity Research Raghuram "Ram" Selvaraju maintains that these companies continue to drive the biotech story forward. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Selvaraju reflects on the state of the industry and shares reams of information on specific ideas for investors. More >

Stock Picking in the US Shale Basins: Neal Dingmann
Source: Tom Armistead of The Energy Report  (7/18/13)
As an oil analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, it's a given that Neal Dingmann has his eye on energy stocks come rain or shine. But whether you're bullish or bearish on U.S. shale development, it's wise to know which stocks are poised to deliver shareholder value. In this interview with The Energy Report, Dingmann tiptoes through North America's major shale plays (including an interesting hybrid) and points out the cream of the crop. More >

Opportunity Ahead in the Energy Supercycle?
Source: Frank Holmes, Frank Talk  (7/18/13)
"We see severe price declines as possible buying opportunities during this ongoing commodity supercycle." More >

'Mexico Mike' Kachanovsky Believes the Best Cure for Low Prices Is Low Prices
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (7/17/13)
Even though precious metals stocks are going through a nasty and unpleasant interval, Mike Kachanovsky, founder and partner of smartinvestment.ca, looks at the market through a bullish lens. Shrewd accumulators are buying all the gold and silver juniors they can. When prices recover, investors will realize that mining stocks have been driven down to generational lows and money will rapidly flow back into the juniors. In this interview with The Gold Report, Kachanovsky details actions smaller juniors can take to survive the downturn and discusses companies with the resources to stay afloat until the markets rebound. More >

A Short Seller's Investment Guide to Obama's Climate Change Initiatives
Source: Tom Armistead of The Energy Report  (7/16/13)
"Regulation" is a dirty word among many investors, but for speculators like Rodney Stevens, portfolio manager at Wolverton Securities Ltd. and author of The Disciplined Speculator newsletter, state-mandated emissions caps and renewable energy goals present an extraordinary opportunity for growth. In this interview with The Energy Report, Stevens makes a bullish case for solar stocks and offers several names for traders playing offense or defense. Whatever your strategy, Stevens says get the heck out of bonds and into equities. More >