Silver Prices: Metals Rise on Hopes of QE3
Source: Diane Alter, Money Morning  (7/20/12)
"While another round of monetary easing would be a negative for the U.S. dollar, it would be a distinct positive for gold and silver. In addition, loose monetary policies and waning confidence in global paper money continues to draw investors toward metals." More >

Put On Your Seatbelts, It's About to Get Bumpy!
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (7/20/12)
"Copper has significantly underperformed equity markets and is likely leading the next move down." More >

Will Oil Prices be the Next Manipulation Scandal?
Source: Ben Gersten, Money Morning  (7/20/12)
"Now that the Libor manipulation scandal has been revealed, it looks like oil prices could be the focus of the next search for misreporting." More >

Fewer Approvals and Filings Sully FDA Offensive
Source: Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News  (7/20/12)
"Despite declines in the first half of 2012, FDA remains on track to roughly replicate its performance for all last year, when 30 new drugs won approvals." More >

Biotech 'Diamonds-in-the-Rough' Promise Huge Potential Returns: Rahul Jasuja
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report   (7/19/12)
Rahul Jasuja, managing director and senior biotechnology analyst with Noble Financial Capital Markets, doesn't shy away from the smallest micro-cap companies. He relishes the potential upside in finding undervalued drug developers with technology platforms that are, frankly, difficult for most investors to understand. The micro-cap companies he covers must demonstrate scientific rigor and have management capable of executing corporate and clinical goals. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Jasuja shares some of his favorite names, which he believes can return major multiples back to investors. More >

How Gold Will Be Made Acceptable by the Powers That Be
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (7/19/12)
"If the fiat money system suffers any more body blows from debt crises and the like, gold will be deemed a very necessary strategic asset for banks." More >

Spot Uranium Sleeping Beauties Before the Market Wakes Up: Jeb Handwerger
Source: Peter Byrne of The Energy Report   (7/19/12)
Pundits may have closed the book on the so-called nuclear renaissance, but the story is far from over. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger names the "sleeping beauties" quietly proving their worth. A new generation of nuclear energy must be part of a diversified happy ending, Handwerger says, but by that time, merger and acquisition activity may have already rewarded the investors who believed in a brighter future. Read on. More >

Mongolia Gov't Coalition Fans Fears of Resource Nationalism
Source: Reuters, Michael Kohn  (7/19/12)
"The coalition will include minority parties such as the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and Mongolian National Democratic Party, which both want to limit foreign investment in the booming mining sector." More >

You Don't Want to Miss This Opportunity
Source: Frank Holmes, Money Morning  (7/19/12)
"Looking at the results of metals and natural resources during the first half of 2012, only four commodities on our periodic table pulled off a positive return. Wheat grew the most, rising 13%, followed by single-digit rises from corn, gold and copper." More >

Why Your Health Care Is So Darn Expensive
Source: Alex Daley and Doug Hornig, Casey Research  (7/19/12)
"At that point, it isn't lifestyle changes that are keeping us alive—it's machines and doctors and medicines doing a lot of the heavy lifting in order to grant us those precious extra days." More >

Mergers Show How Affordable Care Act Will Deliver Profits
Source: Don Miller, Money Morning  (7/19/12)
"The two largest managed care firms, UnitedHealth Group Inc. and WellPoint, are now big players in Medicare Advantage and Medicaid, according to The Huffington Post. And with the impending influx from the Affordable Care Act, they plan to get even bigger." More >

Navigating the Vanadium Market: Sex Appeal Versus Lasting Attraction
Source: Sara Patterson, Mineweb  (7/19/12)
"Vanadium is finding a new niche in storing and distributing electrical energy through the use of vanadium flow batteries, having previously been used almost entirely in steelmaking." More >

Gold Producers in the Catbird Seat: Jay Taylor
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (7/18/12)
Calling gold the ultimate money, Jay Taylor, editor and publisher of Jay Taylor's Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks, watches the real price of gold with a gimlet eye. These days, he pays particular attention to producers, noting that this is not a good time to be an explorer that needs to raise capital to put holes in the ground without the certainty of finding gold. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Taylor shares promising names in each of the four categories in his model portfolio. More >

Buy Gold Now: Five ETFs to Consider
Source: The Globe and Mail, Don Vialoux  (7/18/12)
"Seasonal influences for gold and gold stocks are starting slightly earlier than usual this year." More >

Gold 'Saddled with Uncertainty' Over QE
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (7/18/12)
"Gold prices ticked lower Wednesday morning in London as markets continued to digest yesterday's testimony to Congress by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke." More >

Surge in Biotech Deals to Unlock Big Investor Profits
Source: Reuters, Paritosh Bansal, Soyoung Kim and Sam Forgione  (7/18/12)
"Large investors in U.S. biotech companies are likely to capture serious windfall profits as deal activity picks up in the sector." More >

Why Gas Prices Are Heading Higher
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (7/18/12)
"On the way down, gasoline price declines were exceeding the reduction in oil prices. Now, we have the opposite trend." More >

Continuing Commodities Super Cycle Not All About China Any More
Source: Geoff Candy, Mineweb  (7/18/12)
"Analysts feel the commodities super cycle is not behind us, but global population growth will see the center move from China to other areas of the developing world." More >

'All of the Above' Energy Policy Includes Cow Dung
Source: Derek Sands, Platts  (7/18/12)
"Republicans in Congress have been blunt in their assessment of the Obama administration's renewable energy policies: They are a pile of manure. But manure could be just the solution to some of the country's energy woes." More >

UAE Nuclear Plant Gets Construction Green Light
Source: Associated Press, Adam Schreck  (7/18/12)
"The license from the UAE's Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation will make the country the first in more than two and a half decades to embark on construction of its first nuclear power plant." More >

Why the World Is Coming for America's Oil
Source: Forbes, Christopher Helman  (7/18/12)
"Soaring oil output from the Bakken Shale fields, coupled with increased deepwater output primarily from the Gulf of Mexico, has pushed up U.S. domestic oil production by 12% since 2008." More >

Seasonal Recycling in Gold
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (7/18/12)
"The gold price tends to display a seasonal pattern—rising in spring, slipping or flat-lining in summer, only to rise once more in the fall and then winter." More >

Can Gold's Luster Be Restored This Summer?
Source: Cliff Droke, Gold & Silver Stock Report  (7/18/12)
"Gold’s best opportunity for a turnaround might not occur until later this year after the vaunted four-year 'presidential cycle' peaks." More >

Nemaska Lithium to Build Valleyfield Refinery
Source: The Montreal Gazette  (7/18/12)
"The site is served by ample rail and road connections and Valleyfield Port on the Seaway, and also has natural gas. Potential users of the lithium hydroxide-carbonate and byproducts are located nearby." More >

Personalized Medicine: Challenges Lie Ahead
Source: John Sterling, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News  (7/18/12)
"'The beautiful thing about personalized medicine is we're going to mitigate the technical risk dramatically. . .But until we solve the business model question, we have a significant challenge.'–Dr. David Nelson." More >