Examining the Case for (and Against) Gold
Source: Clif Droke  (10/20/12)
"Analysts and investors are divided as to what was the impetus behind the late-summer rally for gold." More >

Goldman Sachs' Ian Preston Surveys the Gold ETF vs Equity Battleground
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (10/19/12)
Gold equities are in competition with gold ETFs for shareholder dollars. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Goldman Sachs Managing Director Ian Preston discusses the steps gold companies must take to pull investors back from the ETF space and shares Goldman Sachs' outlook for the gold price over the next year or so. More >

Dip in Gold Prices Nothing to Fear; Long-Term Outlook Bullish
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (10/19/12)
"Central banks all over the world appear willing to keep pumping more money into their economies, which will exert plenty of upward pressure on gold prices in the months ahead." More >

Correction in Gold and Silver Stocks Nearing End
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (10/19/12)
"We are 19 days into the gold correction and we see some stealth signs of strength and signs of the correction nearing its end." More >

Inflation, Deflation, Gold and Central Banking
Source: Seeking Alpha, Paul Nathan  (10/19/12)
"Now that the Fed has decided to increase the money supply for the foreseeable future, investors are placing their bets on the policy's success or failure." More >

Coming Soon: $2,000/oz Gold, $40/oz Silver?
Source: Forbes, Tom Aspray  (10/19/12)
"The technical outlook suggests that we should see an end to the correction in the next few weeks. So it's important to have a buying strategy in place." More >

Gold's Fall Blamed on Speculative Sellers
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (10/19/12)
"Heading into the weekend, the gold price in dollars looks set for its second successive weekly fall, the first time this has happened since May." More >

Platinum Price May Outperform Gold and Silver as SA Strike Intensifies
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (10/19/12)
"Once major hedge funds and large banks enter the arena. . .watch out for an explosive move. Now is the time to look for platinum projects in mining-friendly jurisdictions." More >

Stock Bull Topping
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (10/19/12)
"Few things, if any, are more important for stock investors to understand than the bull-bear cycles." More >

Q3 Biotech Venture Investing Makes a Boisterous Leap
Source: FierceBiotech, John Carroll  (10/19/12)
"Using the figures provided by Thomson Reuters, the quarterly report concluded that total life sciences venture deals topped $1.7B in 181 deals in the third quarter—a bit more than a quarter of all investments tracked during the period." More >

What Moves Biotech Stocks? Ed Arce Has Answers.
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report   (10/18/12)
Biotech stocks move on material news, which means clinical data, regulatory progress, new partnerships and big contracts with new customers. Analyst Ed Arce of MLV & Co. holds to these principles as he shares compelling biotech names in this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report. More >

Jeb Handwerger: Uranium Stocks Are at Two-Year Lows, Pounce Now and Ride the Upswing
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (10/18/12)
Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades editor, says coal and natural gas lobbyists are kicking the uranium industry while it's down in the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear accident. It's still stormy out there, but the sector may prove be the pot at the end of the rainbow for contrarian investors. In this interview with The Energy Report, Jeb Handwerger challenges investors to take a calculated risk on a sector with major potential. More >

We're a Lot Less Together in the Oil World than We Used to Be, According to the IEA Outlook
Source: Margaret McQuaile, Platts  (10/18/12)
"Interdependence has been a consistent theme in oil for many years, the idea being that even a small supply disruption in one part of the globe can have an impact thousands of miles away. Say goodbye to that notion." More >

The Oil of Iraqi Kurdistan: A Power Showdown
Source: Jen Alic, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (10/18/12)
"For the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Northern Iraq, it's all about control. Oil majors like ExxonMobil, Chevron and Total are willing to sign deals with the KRG at risk of losing big contracts with Baghdad." More >

Exxon's Biggest Canada Deal Signals Shale Rush
Source: Bloomberg, Joe Carroll and Rebecca Penty  (10/18/12)
"The Duvernay shale, which is soaked in natural gas as well as petroleum liquids such as propane and ethane, which fetch higher prices, may rival the mammoth Eagle Ford formation in south Texas." More >

Play Housing and Agriculture with Energy
Source: Frank Holmes, Frank Talk  (10/18/12)
"Companies involved in oil refining, exploration and production, drilling and infrastructure stand to gain, as well as companies involved in food, forest and paper products. These are essential ingredients for the billions of people on the planet." More >

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Brent Cook and Quinton Hennigh Use Geology to Find Winners
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (10/17/12)
In today's fast-paced market, investors sometimes forget that mining is an intricate and time-consuming science experiment. Investors who can stomach the risk and the wait are generally the ones who profit the most. Brent Cook, editor of Exploration Insights newsletter, and Quinton Hennigh, a geologist and contributor to the newsletter, believe that investments in prospect generators have yielded some of their best investments, plodding along slowly to unearth some often spectacular projects. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Cook and Hennigh discuss why prospect generators are worth the wait. More >

Gold: Inflation Hedge or Something More?
Source: Sam Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (10/17/12)
"If one is worried about slowing growth, currency depreciation, political and financial certainty, unemployment and war, buy gold." More >

The Golden Age
Source: Guiseppe Borelli, Primary Trend  (10/17/12)
"I continue to see a lot more upside potential for gold over the next four to six months, and the same can be said for silver as reduced demand from industrial users increases the pressure on financial investors to keep an already stressed supply surplus down." More >

Your Gold and Silver Questions Answered
Source: Byron King, The Daily Reckoning  (10/17/12)
"Yes, there were up and down periods for gold and silver, so timing matters to some extent. But, generally, it's been good if you think long term." More >

Afghan Gold Being Chased by Ex-Special Forces Entrepreneurs
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (10/17/12)
"U.S. studies, drawing heavily on previous Soviet geological findings, had come up with Afghan mineral resources which could be worth in excess of $1 trillion and include copper, iron ore, gold, huge deposits of lithium, rare earths and others." More >

Euro-Gold Hits Six-Week Low
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (10/17/12)
"Gold recovered from an early dip in London Wednesday morning, rising back to $1,750/oz as European stock markets also rose and the single currency hit its best level in more than a month." More >

HSBC Expects $1,900/oz Gold by Year-End, Ups 2013 Forecast
Source: Kitco News, Allen Sykora  (10/17/12)
"HSBC upped its average forecast for 2013 to $1,850/oz from $1,770, listing a potential range of $1,550 to near $2,000. It also upped its 2014 forecast to $1,775 from $1,750." More >

Fat Cells Help Tumors Grow
Source: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News  (10/17/12)
"Understanding the major mechanisms through which obesity drives cancer risk is important to coming up with therapeutic strategies on how to break these links, says Dr. Mikhail Kolonin." More >

Mining Industry Outlook 'Vastly Improved' in October: CEO Survey
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (10/17/12)
"A survey of 125 mining executives internationally reveals that the outlook for the mining industry 'has vastly improved' in the last four months, says Andrew Pollard, president of Vancouver's Mining Recruitment Group Ltd." More >