AstraZeneca's Big Drug Deal
Source: Diallah Haidar, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (4/23/12)
"The acquisition will give the company access to a number of promising drugs, including a developing treatment for gout, a condition that causes joint inflammation." More >

Coal Industry Stock Review
Source: Zacks Equity Research  (4/23/12)
"High-quality, ultra-low-sulfur-dioxide coal is in huge global demand due to stringent government regulations on emissions standards." More >

Earnings Incoming, Strap In
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (4/22/12)
"MLP performance was varied this week, but the large caps did very well, so the MLP index was up 1.8%, slowly gaining on the S&P 500." More >

How to Speculate Your Way to Success: Doug Casey
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report  (4/20/12)
So far, 2012 has been a banner year for the stock market, which recently closed the books on its best first quarter in 14 years. But Casey Research Chairman Doug Casey insists that time is running out on the ticking time bombs. Next week when Casey Research's spring summit gets underway, Casey will open the first general session addressing the question of whether the inevitable is now imminent. In another exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Casey tells us that he foresees extreme volatility "as the titanic forces of inflation and deflation fight with each other" and a forced shift to speculation to either protect or build wealth. More >

Gold Needs to Reclaim $1,700/oz for Renewed Buying
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (4/20/12)
"We would expect liquidation selling of gold below $1,600/oz. We do not see fresh buying emerge until we can reclaim the $1,700/oz level." More >

China's Commodities Drag
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (4/20/12)
"The bottom line is irrational China fears have indeed been a drag on commodities in recent months." More >

Gold and Silver Miners Put Real Money Where Their Mouths Are
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (4/20/12)
"While it may appear to be all doom and gloom in the mining stocks, the companies themselves are signaling better days ahead." More >

Select Biotech Winners in Advance of ASCO Conference
Source: Ian Cooper, Wealth Daily  (4/20/12)
"Any time a company is expected to present healthy data at ASCO, the speculation over FDA approval, buyout, and game-changing findings can jet stock prices going into the conference." More >

Electrifying Biotechnology: A Shot at Shocking Profits
Source: Patrick Cox, Penny Sleuth  (4/20/12)
"The discovery of reversible electroporation revolutionized biotechnology research. Cracking open a cell's pores allows researchers to get stuff into cells they weren't able to before." More >

Gilead Sciences' Hepatitis Drug in Spotlight
Source: Minyanville, Brett Chase  (4/20/12)
"Both medical and investor communities will scrutinize results from an experimental, next-generation treatment for the liver-destroying virus hepatitis C." More >

Get Your Natural Gas Shopping List Ready: Eric Nuttall
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (4/19/12)
Natural gas is cheap, but it's going to get cheaper. Eric Nuttall, lead portfolio manager of the Sprott Energy Fund, expects the bottom to fall out of the natural gas market as soon as this summer. But he's not all doom and gloom. In fact, he argues that natural gas is about to give investors the buying opportunity of the decade. In addition, Nuttall forecasts spectacular growth for oil-weighted juniors. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, he urges investors to get their shopping lists ready for a massive sale in natural gas names. More >

Deep Value Found in Small Medtech: Jason Mills
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (4/19/12)
Medical device companies need to demonstrate four qualities to be good investment ideas, according to Senior Medical Devices Analyst and Managing Director Jason Mills of Canaccord Genuity. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Mills shares his precise criteria and pinpoints specific growth names that are trading at value levels. More >

Mining Welcomes Canada's Planned 'One Project, One-Review' Permitting Process
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (4/19/12)
"The Harper government's plan to streamline major project review at the federal level, while leaving smaller project permitting to provincial regulators is garnering support from the Canadian mining and energy industries." More >

QE3 and the Looming Danger of Currency Wars
Source: MarketWatch, Michael Casey  (4/19/12)
"If Fed officials' assurances of continued support for the U.S. recovery have released feel-good endorphins among wishful thinkers on Wall Street, their subtle admissions that QE3 is not off the table may equally have sent central bankers of emerging market countries into a cold sweat." More >

What's Up with Dr. Copper?
Source: ZeroHedge  (4/19/12)
"Copper will need to reverse from the current levels and investors will need to embrace that risk." More >

A Return to the Gold Standard or Gold Behind Currencies, Part 4
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (4/19/12)
"Gold is money when nothing else is, particularly at the government level. If a national currency collapses, the gold in the nation's central bank does not." More >

Gold Performance Improves Despite Headwinds
Source: Mining Weekly, Henry Lazenby  (4/19/12)
"Gold ended Q112 8.6% higher in London, at $1,662.50/oz; the World Gold Council described the quarter as being 'eventful' and, despite increased volatility in capital markets, the metal achieved rising prices in all major currencies, with yen investors benefiting most." More >

Gold Continues to Look Bearish
Source: Ira Epstein  (4/19/12)
"All the problems that will ultimately drive gold higher are there, but timing is important and right now the trend is down. Until the trend turns up, treat the market as short-term bearish." More >

Nixon, Gold and Oil
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (4/19/12)
"For the very first time in our history, all money, all currencies, are now fiat. The U.S. dollar used to be gold backed and it was the rock all the world's currencies were anchored to." More >

Five Ways to Play Heart Health
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (4/19/12)
You almost never hear an analyst say his sector is trading at a significant discount across all market caps. But when I interviewed Senior Analyst and Managing Director Jason Mills of Canaccord Genuity for The Life Sciences Report, that was his evaluation of the cardiovascular space in medtech. A negative environment can certainly create opportunity, and Mills says specific medtech stocks are trading at "trough levels" not seen since the technology meltdown of 2001–2002. More >

Gold:Platinum Ratio Suggests Much Higher Gold Prices Are Coming Soon
Source: Hubert Moolman   (4/18/12)
"The gold:platinum ratio supports significantly higher gold prices over the coming months." More >

More Central Bankers Find Gold Attractive
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (4/18/12)
"The majority of reserve managers at the world's central banks consider gold a more attractive investment than last year, while they are wary of euro exposure, according to a new survey by Central Banking Publications." More >

Cambodia, Once Secret, Is Now Open for Business: Richard Stanger
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (4/18/12)
Resource investors are always looking for the next untapped region and Richard Stanger thinks he has found it. President and founder of the Cambodian Association of Mining and Exploration Companies, Stanger has been working to get the word out about Cambodia, a growing, stable country with the right geology for some big discoveries. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Stanger gives an insider's view of the secrets to investing in Cambodia and explains why he's expecting a land rush. More >

Nuclear Energy Accidents May Become a Thing of the Past
Source: Forbes, Ken Silverstein  (4/18/12)
"Thorium proponents suggest that molten salt reactors that burn such fuels won't meltdown because, unlike today's high-pressured units, they are low pressured." More >

Is It (Finally) Time to Buy the Solar Industry?
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (4/18/12)
"High oil prices haven't yet turned solar stocks around, so what catalyst will finally move solar power off of its lows?" More >