Are We at Gold "In Extremis"?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (2/16/12)
"Gold brings interbank/international liquidity to clogged credit markets, acting as a guarantee of repayment and allowing for the lowering of interest rates on interbank/international loans. This role supports the paper money system." More >

Gold Stocks Basing After Bottom
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold
  (2/16/12)
"We expect 2012 to be a transition year in which precious metals reemerge while the broad market peters out at resistance." More >

Euro Crisis Still Supporting Gold
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/15/12)
"The euro fell sharply against the dollar Wednesday lunchtime, after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble expressed concern over whether Greece can be given its second bailout." More >

Gold, Silver Heading Up: Roger Wiegand
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (2/15/12)
Roger Wiegand, editor of Trader Tracks, says cycles will bring gold and silver higher in the first half of 2012: gold up to $2,050/oz and silver up to $44/oz or even $50/oz. He sees plenty of opportunities for volatility given the political and economic situation in the U.S. and the EU. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Wiegand reveals names of mining companies poised to profit. More >

Takeovers the Path to Golden Returns: Sascha Opel
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (2/15/12)
Sascha Opel, publisher of one of Germany's most popular commodity newsletters, looks at the economy with rose-colored glasses. He sees the end of the Euro crisis and sees Asian growth as the engine pulling the world out of its economic malaise. He finds the path to golden returns in gold and silver companies likely to be taken over and in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he's not afraid to name likely targets. More >

Pandas and Pipelines: China Yields Big Deals and Bigger Promises
Source: Joel Chury, Vantage Wire  (2/15/12)
"Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper returns from China with two giant pandas in tow and $3B worth of signed agreements. The Northern Gateway pipeline will most likely tie China to Alberta's oil sands." More >

Why Energy Investing Is Worth the Effort
Source: James Baldwin, Money Morning  (2/15/12)
"Even if you only have a small amount of money to invest, you can fight inflation's assault on your wallet by investing in the most profitable sector of all time." More >

The Lesson of Half-Hearted QE
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (2/15/12)
"Keeping banks on life support, as the Japanese experience shows, will mean extending and expanding QE indefinitely." More >

A Financial Perspective on Graphite
Source: Jessica Roberts, Industrial Minerals  (2/15/12)
"Graphite is gaining momentum, but understanding, education and interest are all low. Go, go, go, because graphite is going to be a race." More >

Rare Earth Metals Demand Is Unstoppable: Jeb Handwerger
Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report  (2/14/12)
Not long after the New Year dawned, Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger noted certain rare earths emerging from their 2011 slumber to produce impressive gains. It's not yet March, but the good news keeps coming. Despite dire predictions that demand is drying up, Handwerger tells The Critical Metals Report in this exclusive interview that the world remains at risk of supply shortfalls. It's not strictly a rare earths story, either. Read on to see what he has to say about the nascent niobium space. More >

Oil Prices Make for Profitable ETF Trades: Roger Wiegand
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report   (2/14/12)
Today's retail investors have more options than ever before, but there is a shortage of practical information on how to manipulate different investment products, be they ETFs, options or equities. Enter Roger Wiegand, editor of Trader Tracks. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Wiegand discusses his methods for energy investment and how to set tailor-made time and price windows to realize solid gains. More >

Gold's Demise!
Source: Guiseppi Borelli, The Unpunctured Cycle  (2/14/12)
"I view gold not as some smoky fantasy involving riches beyond my wildest dreams, but as a way to protect myself and my family from a future fraught with peril." More >

Why I'm Taking Gold Double Eagles on My Next Trip to Utah
Source: Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning  (2/14/12)
"Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may think he has everything under control, but the truth is the monetary ground is literally shifting beneath our feet. That's why his loose monetary policy has some U.S. states looking to get into the gold coin business." More >

US Coal Has Major Export Potential
Source: Darren Epps, Platts  (2/14/12)
"A more diversified mix of metallurgical and thermal coal, as opposed to the singular focus on met coal in previous years, along with burgeoning industries in China, Japan, India and South America, are propelling the U.S. from a swing supplier to a strategic partner with world markets." More >

Why Not Thorium?
Source: Marin Katusa, Casey Research  (2/14/12)
"As proponents of the underdog fuel will happily tell you, thorium is more abundant than uranium, is not fissile on its own (which means reactions can be stopped when necessary), produces waste products that are less radioactive and generates more energy per ton." More >

2012: A Political Year for Gold
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (2/13/12)
"Physical gold and silver will be the outright winners in this era of currency debasement." More >

Where a Nation's Gold and Your Gold Should Be Held
Source: Julian Phillips, The Gold Forecaster  (2/13/12)
"There are reputable vault companies in Switzerland that are entirely Swiss-based and so can offer the sort of security that their clients want. This is where foreign gold investors are the most secure." More >

Dollar Weakness Creating Gold Demand after Greek Deal
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/13/12)
"Spot market gold prices touched $1,733/oz as stock markets, commodities and the euro all rallied following Greece's vote in favor of new austerity measures." More >

Stock Market Repeating Itself: Michael Ballanger
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (2/13/12)
The resource markets have weathered some death defying ups and downs lately. But Michael Ballanger, senior investment advisor with Toronto-based Union Securities, is looking for a renewed period of growth in the TSX Venture Composite Index. Is it too soon to see such a heady rebound? In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Ballanger makes his case for history repeating itself. More >

The Great Energy Reversal
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (2/13/12)
"The U.S. could finally become completely self-sufficient in its energy policy. But it does require that we change the way we approach investing in the energy market." More >

Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest: Trading Gold for Oil
Source: Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Geologist  (2/13/12)
"Buying oil with gold is not a viable economic, monetary or political strategy for China or India." More >

Sideways Trading for Gold and the HUI Index
Source: Vin Maru, TVD Gold Trader  (2/13/12)
"Unlike gold, the HUI index has not broken above the negative trend line just yet, so for the moment mining shares are still underperforming the gold price." More >

Of Jobs, Debts and Budgets
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (2/12/12)
"November 2011 was a bad month for consumers: Revolving debt went up more than 8% and this dubious accomplishment was accompanied by the biggest month-to-month growth in overall consumer debt since 2001." More >

Gold Seasonality: Can We Profit From It?
Source: Sam Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (2/11/12)
"Investing or trading based on seasonal patterns alone is a little unwise, considering the fragile state of the global economy and the variation that can occur within the model." More >

OPEC Cuts Call on Crude to 30.04 MMbl/d
Source: Platts, Margaret McQuaile, Richard Swann, Jacinta Moran, Kate Dourian  (2/11/12)
"In its latest monthly oil market report, OPEC trimmed its forecast of the call on OPEC crude for 2012 as a whole to 30.04 MMb/d from the 30.15 MMb/d projected a month ago." More >