Small-Cap Ideas with Double-Digit Growth Potential: Frederick "Rick" Wise
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (4/5/12)
You can own large medtech and diversified medical supply companies for low volatility and incremental upside in a trending economy (yawn. . .), but small- and mid-cap companies offer the real double-digit growth possibilities. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Analyst and Managing Director Frederick "Rick" Wise of Leerink Swann shares small-cap ideas that could wake up investors' portfolios. More >

Oil Distribution Hiccups Will Be Resolved: Alistair Toward
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (4/5/12)
North America's oil and gas landscape is a crisscrossed map of distribution bottlenecks and price discrepancies. Nonetheless, opportunities abound for investors who know where to look, says PI Financial Analyst Alistair Toward, who expects a probable buildout in oil and gas "plumbing" to resolve North America's current distribution woes. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Toward discusses companies that are benefiting from low natural gas prices, naming several light and heavy oil producers on his radar. Even in troubled markets, he argues, investors should not stop searching for the Next Big Thing. More >

Where (and When) to Place Your Investment Bets?
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (4/5/12)
"If you arrange to buy gold on the 13th and silver on the 15th of each month, or on Tuesday for either metal if buying weekly, your cumulative gains stand a statistically greater probability of being slightly higher." More >

Call This Financial Repression? Really?
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (4/5/12)
"Our current freedom to buy gold is very new, along with the wealth of alternatives, both domestic and foreign, open to anyone daring to take control of their money instead of lending it to government or paying a pension fund manager to do the same." More >

Into the Green: Lithium
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (4/5/12)
"With the rechargeable battery industry and consumer electronics driving demand, forecasters believe lithium's price could as much as double in value in the near future." More >

E&P MLP Acquisition Boom Continues
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (4/5/12)
"I expect MLP M&A activity to continue to be high, as well-capitalized explorers and producers will have the ability to pick up properties." More >

Beautiful Music from Small Medtech
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (4/5/12)
I was already aware that the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) produced the world's greatest musicians, but I didn't know that great sellside analysts were also minted there. Managing Director Frederick "Rick" Wise of New York City-based Leerink Swann is a proud MSM graduate, and he likes to say that he took the "classical route" to Wall Street. "I believe music was great preparation for being an analyst," he says. "I've been deciphering symbols and interpreting them and conveying the bottom line to people on a stage." More >

Junior Miners Building for a Rebound: Jordan Roy-Byrne
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (4/4/12)
The turnaround in precious metals prices and mining shares has been slower in coming than most analysts and investors have expected. This has certainly not deterred Jordan Roy-Byrne, publisher of The Daily Gold Premium, from searching for and uncovering some of the situations he expects to provide winning returns. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Roy-Byrne discusses a couple of new gold and silver names with near-term production in the works. More >

The Federal Reserve Did It Again to Gold Prices
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (4/4/12)
"Once again, the markets made large moves based on the Fed's word of mouth, this time to the downside." More >

Is It Safe to Start Buying Gold Stocks Yet?
Source: David Banister, Technical Traders  (4/4/12)
"Should gold hold the $1,620/oz area and rebound past $1,691/oz, you will see gold stocks take off." More >

Emerging Trends in Critical Metals: Richard Karn
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Critical Metals Report  (4/3/12)
While markets do not always reward every deserving company, quality deposits carry an intrinsic value. That's why Richard Karn, managing editor of The Emerging Trends Report, advises investors to "buy the resource" over the stock. In this exclusive Critical Metals Report interview, Karn shares some companies with deposits worth their salt. More >

Big Picture, Small Cap Investing: Jim Letourneau
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (4/3/12)
Examining the macro-economic environment is how Jim Letourneau, publisher of the Big Picture Speculator, likes to begin his stock-picking process. However, his understanding goes beyond headline news to reveal surprising investment themes with profit potential. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Letourneau talks about the hype and commodity investment cycles and where to dig for blue-sky stocks. More >

Why Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Talk Down Oil Prices
Source: The Daily Reckoning, Dan Denning  (4/3/12)
"The sooner energy consumers realize that the oil reserves are a scarce and depleting resource being carefully managed by producers like Saudi Arabia, the sooner energy consumers will look for different sources of energy. The Saudis don't want oil users looking for other suppliers." More >

Antibody Offers Hope Against Cancers
Source: San Francisco Chronicle, Victoria Colliver  (4/3/12)
"In a potential breakthrough for cancer research, Stanford immunologists discovered they can shrink or even get rid of a wide range of human cancers by treating them with a single antibody." More >

Game Changer for Gold and Stocks
Source: Neil Charnock, GoldOz  (4/3/12)
"Non central banks are buying gold as well as the central banks. This is in preparation for a upcoming total acceptance of gold as a first-tier asset for reserve ratios." More >

Will Gold be Part of the Emerging World's Future Monetary System?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (4/3/12)
"With the emerging world starting to build an alternative system to that of the Western world, the times ahead are likely to be turbulent, uncertain and volatile. It's in this climate that gold acts as an anchor, a stabilizer and helps to keep the flow of international money going." More >

Alternative Energy Stock Outlook
Source: Zacks Equity Research  (4/3/12)
"Going forward, we expect to see a paradigm shift from a market hoisted by growing governmental/institutional support to one of stable growth." More >

The Decline and Fall of the US Dollar
Source: Julian Phillips, The Gold Forecaster  (4/2/12)
"Gold will always remain international money completely free of national markings. It is the one 'currency' that can be exchanged that is trusted between enemies." More >

Avoid These Energy Sector Investment Traps
Source: Marin Katusa, Casey Research  (4/2/12)
"Successful investing is based on comparing good information about hundreds of companies and selecting those that stand out. But comparisons only work when each candidate can be examined across a standard set of parameters." More >

Australian Gold Offers Good Protection: Richard Karn
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (4/2/12)
Richard Karn, managing editor of The Emerging Trends Report, has been in Australia investigating precious and specialty metal projects for over two years. He likes what he sees. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he reveals that in an environment where the U.S. dollar continues to lose its purchasing power, Australia and its gold offer good protection against what he sees as a "global pandemic of corruption." More >

Australian Gold Offers Good Protection: Richard Karn
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (4/2/12)
Richard Karn, managing editor of The Emerging Trends Report, has been in Australia investigating precious and specialty metal projects for over two years. He likes what he sees. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he reveals that in an environment where the U.S. dollar continues to lose its purchasing power, Australia and its gold offer good protection against what he sees as a "global pandemic of corruption." More >

China to Officially Launch Rare Earth Association April 8 in Beijing
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich  (4/2/12)
"More than 100 Chinese rare earths exploration, mining and processing companies have reportedly been invited by the central government to attend the official launch of China's rare earth association." More >

Technology Improves Neural Imaging, Human Brain Research
Source: Laboratory Equipment  (4/2/12)
"A new cost-effective neural imaging system allows researchers to make much more complex maps of the brain with just one camera and one imaging system." More >

Genetic Sensor Boosts Biofuel Production
Source: Technology Review, Susan Young  (4/2/12)
"A genetic sensor enables bacteria to adjust their gene expression in response to varying levels of key intermediates for making biodiesel. As a result, the microbes produced three times as much fuel." More >

With or Without "Obamacare," Healthcare Stocks Are Headed Higher
Source: Don Miller, Money Morning  (4/2/12)
"With the bill's fate up in the air, major players will have to devise new strategies for either outcome." More >