QE3 Is Here, Where Next for Gold?
Source: Sam Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (10/1/12)
"We believe this will push gold above its record highs set in 2011 and are confident of the yellow metal's upside." More >

Ivory Coast Says It May Negotiate Gold Tax Rate
Source: Reuters, Joe Bavier  (10/1/12)
"Ivory Coast is open to discussing with miners the rate of a proposed windfall tax on gold profits but will not back away from the levy meant to capitalize on soaring world prices for the metal, the country's mines minister said on Monday." More >

Indonesia Digs Hole for Itself with New Mining Laws
Source: Reuters, Fergus Jensen and Neil Chatterjee  (10/1/12)
"The most dramatic effect of the new rules has been on mineral exports, which surged as companies fought to beat a May 6 export tax deadline and plunged thereafter." More >

Nevada: The Next American Gold Rush
Source: Visual Capitalist  (10/1/12)
"Gold is now what's drawing miners to the Silver State." More >

Investing in Oil: Five Questions to Ask the Management
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (10/1/12)
"Most of these answers can be found in the middle of the Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) in quarterly financial statements." More >

Better Lucky than Good
Source: Severine Kirchner, Penny Sleuth  (10/1/12)
"It took serendipity, a groundbreaking discovery and 25 years of hard work, but RNAi-based therapies are finally moving from concept to reality." More >

New 'Protein Chips' Could Save Your Life Someday and Make You a Bundle
Source: Michael Robinson, Money Morning   (10/1/12)
"I believe the Intel-Stanford platform could have a wide impact throughout medicine. Already, the team wants to use the system to design better flu vaccines, which would affect millions in the U.S. alone." More >

Commodity Stocks: Improving Returns with No Extra Volatility
Source: Frank Holmes, Frank Talk  (10/1/12)
"When looking at measures such as correlation, performance and risk, two indexes can have very different effects on a portfolio's results." More >

Last Call for Cheap Gold
Source: Brittany Stepniak, Wealth Daily  (9/30/12)
"While the investment climate remains challenged in South Africa due to concerns for future political stability, gold investors with physical coins and bullion are guaranteed to see some enormous returns in the aftermath of the strikes." More >

There is Nothing the Shorts Can Do About Higher Oil Prices
Source: Kent Moors, Oil & Energy Investor  (9/30/12)
"After another pricing pullback of almost 10% last week, crude oil prices rebounded on the back of an unlikely source." More >

Gold Stocks or Apple: Which Holds a Place in Your Portfolio?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (9/28/12)
"Would you choose gold because of the macroeconomic factors supporting the rise of the precious metal or do you put your money on Apple because of its overwhelming popularity?" More >

Play Rising Silver Prices with These ETFs
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (9/28/12)
"Silver ETFs outperformed gold ETFs, despite investors usually preferring the yellow metal." More >

John Stephenson's Predictions for Avoiding an Economic Crash
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (9/28/12)
While the markets have been on edge for the past year or so and have left most investors bewildered as to what to do next, portfolio manager and author John Stephenson thinks that the course is set for higher gold prices. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Stephenson explains why he thinks we will avoid a worldwide economic crash and how the continuing QEs and foreign government bailouts will push more investors into the gold and mining share markets as gold moves above $2,000/ounce. He also talks about some of his favorite gold mining names that should be good vehicles to profit from this move. More >

The Intermarket Explanation for Coming Gold Bubble
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (9/28/12)
"While some of the newly created money and debt will find its way into gold, the biggest inflows into gold will come from other markets and particularly bonds." More >

Gold in Euros Sets New High as Crisis Escalates
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (9/28/12)
"Gold prices hovered near seven-month highs, above $1,780/oz, for most of Friday morning's London trading, while stocks failed to hold early gains after analysts interpreted Spain's budget as 'laying the groundwork' for a formal bailout." More >

Gold Prices Heading for $2,000/oz This Year
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (9/28/12)
"The stage is now set for gold prices to gain some traction and challenge its all-time high." More >

Three Top Resource Stock Picks from Geologist Brent Cook
Source: The Globe and Mail  (9/28/12)
"A global rush toward currency debasement suggests precious metal prices are more likely to rise than fall over the foreseeable future. Cook highlights three top picks, including Lydian International." More >

A Good ETF to Play Silver Miners
Source: Scott Wright, Zeal Intelligence  (9/28/12)
"There's a product that has come to market recently that does offer investors some semblance of sector-level performance for silver stocks: the Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL)." More >

First Tidal Power in U.S. Starts Flowing to the Grid
Source: IEEE Spectrum, Dave Levitan  (9/28/12)
"The Ocean Renewable Power Company announced that its TidGen tidal turbines have started providing power to a utility grid owned by Bangor Hydro Electric Company, the first time that any offshore power generation facility has fed electricity back to a utility grid in the U.S." More >

Illumina Aims at Roche for Tests Seen Worth $25B
Source: Bloomberg, Michelle Fay Cortez  (9/28/12)
"Illumina Inc. bought BlueGnome Ltd. for an undisclosed sum, its first foray into the diagnostics market. Life Technologies Corp. is also after small diagnostic businesses, most recently Navigenics Inc., which it acquired in July." More >

Three Mega Forces of the Energy Trade
Source: Kevin Cook, Zacks Investment Research  (9/27/12)
"There are very few sure things in markets and investing. So I don't say this lightly: The price of a barrel of crude oil will average over $125/bbl this decade." More >

What is Energy Efficiency Doing to Power Demand?
Source: Kathy Larsen, Platts  (9/27/12)
"Macquarie Equities Research said in a client note several days ago that energy efficiency measures really do seem to be having an impact on electricity demand, and the effect is likely to continue." More >

Can Stem Cells Regenerate Your Portfolio? Stephen Dunn Says Yes
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (9/27/12)
Once the subject of intense political debate, stem cell therapies may soon be a therapeutic mainstay of healthcare. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, LifeTech Capital's President and Senior Managing Director of Research Stephen Dunn explores the history of stem cell therapy and discusses companies that are reviving this "old" technique for profit. More >

The Case of the Missing 200 Million Barrels of Oil: Marshall Adkins
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (9/27/12)
Supply threats in the Middle East have governments around the world hoarding oil, largely in secret. But it didn't get past Raymond James Director for Energy Research Marshall Adkins, who noticed the 200 million-barrel discrepancy between what was pumped and reported global oil reserves. Where did the missing oil go, and why don't prices reflect this substantial surplus? More importantly, what happens once the reality of an oversupply sets in?—A tough six months, Adkins expects. Read on to find out where you can hide when prices plummet. More >

South African Mine Strikes to Have Limited Impact on Gold Prices
Source: Kitco News, Alex Létourneau  (9/27/12)
"Gold prices are likely to receive only limited support from the labor unrest in South Africa, as the yellow metal's price is being underpinned by other factors, metals analysts said Thursday." More >