Investing in Silver: States Support Move to Metals as Dollar Weakens
Source: Diane Alter, Money Morning  (7/27/12)
"Worries that the U.S. dollar is on the cusp of a collapse have lawmakers from more than a dozen states (up from just three in the past few years) seeking approval from their state governments to either issue their own alternative currency or use gold and silver as a currency for settlement of state-related transactions." More >

MLPs Are an Energy Safe Haven
Source: Todd Bunton, Zacks Investment Research  (7/27/12)
"For investors wanting to add some defense to their portfolio while also generating solid income, MLPs can be a great addition." More >

Healthcare Reform Could Radically Change Your Benefit Plan
Source: David Zeiler, Money Morning   (7/27/12)
"Most employers (71%) said they expected to continue sponsoring health insurance plans, but many are considering major changes as more of the healthcare reform law kicks in." More >

Fascinating New Technology Trends Offer a Glimpse into a Wild Future
Source: Michael Robinson, Money Morning  (7/27/12)
"Cutting-edge high tech is moving at warp speed, with new advances coming faster than any one person can track." More >

Immunotherapies Attack Cancers and Grow Portfolios: Mara Goldstein
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report   (7/26/12)
Sometimes valuations don't match the fundamentals of a stock, according to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. Senior Biotechnology Analyst Mara Goldstein, who understands the science and its relationship to value. Goldstein recommends a handful of small-cap immunotherapy companies that were up 14–42% over the month of June; she also has one large-cap idea for more patient investors. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Goldstein makes a case for favorite companies that should continue making shareholders happy. More >

Special Report Reveals Biotech Stock Drivers: Michael Hay
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (7/26/12)
Certain predictable dates and events bring profound effects to bear on biotech stocks. Michael Hay, vice president of Sagient Research Systems, successfully applies the art and science of important catalysts to predict when biotech stocks will move up or down. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Hay discusses his strategy and names companies that will produce meaningful gains for investors. More >

Play US Energy Independence with Income-Generating MLPs: Stephen Maresca
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report   (7/26/12)
Fossil fuels have to be transported and stored. This is the classic midstream industry that resides between the producers and the marketers and that generally makes money regardless of the price of oil, natural gas or natural gas liquids (NGLs). Now, with the boom in production coming from unconventional oil and gas shales and the enhanced technologies that produce fuels in areas where it was once impossible, the demand for midstream oil and gas infrastructure is growing. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Morgan Stanley Managing Director and Master Limited Partnership (MLP) Analyst Stephen Marsesca makes his case for a handful of MLP and common stocks that will generate increasing cash flow and dividend payouts. More >

Energy Agencies: Uranium Supply 'Sufficient for Over 100 Years'
Source: Claire-Louise Isted, Platts  (7/26/12)
"The increased resource base has been achieved thanks to a 22% increase in uranium exploration and mine development expenditures between 2008 and 2010, which in 2010 totaled more than $2 billion." More >

Nuclear Expansion on Track Despite Fukushima
Source: Reuters, Eric Onstad  (7/26/12)
"Strong expansion of nuclear power as a carbon-free energy source in Asia is expected to press ahead despite the Fukushima accident in Japan that soured sentiment in some countries, a benchmark report said on Thursday." More >

The Economics of Lithium-Ion Battery Pricing
Source: GreenTech Pastures, Heather Clancy  (7/26/12)
"New research from McKinsey & Co. suggests that lithium-ion batteries need to cost about $250 per kilowatt-hour in order for automakers to design and manufacture electric vehicles that are priced competitively." More >

Is Gold Ready to Run to All-Time Highs?
Source: David Banister, Market Trend Forecast  (7/26/12)
"I fully expect gold to continue past the $1,900/oz area and run to $2,300/oz or higher in a Wave 5 rally into the summer of 2013." More >

Two Keys to Gold's Next Breakout
Source: Clif Droke, Gold & Silver Stock Report  (7/26/12)
"If history repeats, gold will, by this fall, be poised to benefit from both a relative strength increase as well as a historic long-term 'oversold' signal." More >

London's Olympic Gold Medal Worth the Most in the History of the Games
Source: Forbes, Anthony DeMarco  (7/26/12)
"The 'podium value' of the London gold medal is worth approximately $708, according to the World Gold Council. It is the highest value of any gold medal in the history of the modern games, primarily because of the record high prices for gold and silver." More >

Vertical Integration: The Big Decision for REE Players
Source: REE World Report  (7/26/12)
"For REE miners, life is not so simple as it for those who mine gold, copper, coal or iron ore. You have to go a lot further downstream—but just how far?" More >

Good News in Hard Times: More Money for Biopharma
Source: Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News  (7/26/12)
"Venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates says investments in biopharma and other healthcare startups will be included in its just-closed 14th fund totaling $2.6B." More >

Three Steps to Rare Earth Mining Success: Alex Knox
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (7/25/12)
It's a complicated business, but Alex Knox has a simple recipe for successful rare earth mining. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Alex Knox of AWK Geological Consulting discusses some exciting projects with all the right ingredients, as well as a technique that makes processing both profitable and environmentally friendly. More >

How to Find the Next Tenbagger in Peru: Maria Belen Vega and Ricardo Carrion
Source: Alec Gimurtu of The Gold Report   (7/25/12)
In a tough market for junior gold shares over the past three years, Peruvian mining stocks have outperformed the mining indexes. Peru is a booming economy with well-defined mining laws and a vocal mining protest movement that could be playing a constructive role in future development. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Maria Belen Vega and Ricardo Carrión of Kallpa Securities in Lima, Peru, analyze the protest situation and clarify the role of mining as one of the leading sectors of the economy. Junior companies they follow include mine developers, producers and a "pure Peru play" explorer; some of these companies could repeat the outsized performance of the last few years and become tenbaggers. More >

Gold Rallies with Euro
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (7/25/12)
"Gold prices have tended to rally this year in advance of events such as Fed announcements and Congressional testimony by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke, but have subsequently retreated in the absence of explicit signals that more QE would take place." More >

Gold Will Regain Its Safe-Haven Appeal
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (7/25/12)
"More and more of the people will stop being fooled by governments and their fiat currencies and move to protect whatever wealth they may have left. And the likely route for this will be by investing in gold." More >

Palladium: Nowhere But Up?
Source: Institutional Investor, Rosalyn Retkwa  (7/25/12)
"Of all the precious metals of interest to investors, palladium may be the one to watch going into the second half of 2012." More >

Potential for Stimulus Supports Gold
Source: Ira Epstein, The Linn Group  (7/25/12)
"Seasonally speaking, gold has entered the second half of the year where prices, at least on a seasonal basis, tend to have upside bias due to factors having little to do with world economies." More >

The Hidden Cost of Peak Oil
Source: Don Miller, Money Morning  (7/25/12)
"Nobody's talking about the high cost of getting the new oil out of the ground. But very soon, high extraction costs will kick crude oil prices into high gear." More >

A New Trend Stirring In Natural Gas. . .
Source: Matt Insley, Natural Resource Hunter  (7/25/12)
"Natural gas prices are up over 50% in the past few months; it shows a new trend emerging in natural gas usage." More >

New Graphite Mines Coming On-Line Soon
Source: Nick Hodge, Energy & Capital  (7/25/12)
"Prices for graphite were some of the last to respond to the commodity supercycle." More >

Fertilizer Giant Seeks Canadian Potash Mines
Source: Bloomberg, Pratik Parija and Prabhudatta Mishra  (7/25/12)
"The price of the commodity has increased at least 13% from a year earlier as countries including China, the world's largest consumer, paid more for imports after a drought in the U.S. pushed up the cost of grains." More >