The Medical Device Tax? No Big Deal.
Source: Medical Device +Diagnostics Industry, Brian Buntz  (3/29/12)
"There is a lot of price pressure in the medical device sector, acknowledged Pivot Medical's Julian Nikolchev at the Bay Area Biomedical Device Conference. 'But we have more than enough leeway.'" More >

Great Values Among Battered Medical Technology Stocks
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (3/29/12)
No industry in the healthcare sector has been shrouded with more pessimism than medical technology. It would be easy to check off all the boxes on your list of gloomy headwinds, dust off your hands and find another story for your investible dollars. Starting in 2013 the medical device tax is slated to empty $20 billion (B) from the pockets of medtechs over 10 years, and there seems to be no respite from FDA's prolonged approval times and ever-increasing demands for additional data. Combine these annoyances with a recession hangover, and you've got a classic case of malaise. Senior Medical Technology Analyst Junaid Husain of Minneapolis-based investment bank Dougherty & Company told me all the news isn't bad, however. In fact, if you know what you're looking for, there are real actionable ideas on the table.. . More >

Fatal Flaws and Opportunities in Gold Investing: Brent Cook
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (3/28/12)
Brent Cook, editor of Exploration Insights, describes the past 15 years of change in gold, copper and iron. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he shares what he sees as the fatal flaws and opportunities in this complex industry, details the most important factors he looks for before investing, and names companies he believes have the right stuff. More >

Platinum and Palladium: The Other Precious Metals
Source: Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning  (3/28/12)
"Even gold and silver investors need to diversify, and there's a small window of opportunity to get in on platinum and palladium before prices really start to take off." More >

Current Gold and Oil Trading Patterns Unfolding
Source: Chris Vermeulen, TheGoldAndOilGuy  (3/28/12)
"The four-hour chart is one timeframe most traders overlook, but I find it to be the best one for spotting day trades, momentum trades and swing trades, which pack a powerful, quick punch." More >

US Interest Rates Support Gold Prices
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (3/28/12)
"Wholesale market gold prices dropped to below $1,680/oz Wednesday morning, 1% down on their high for the week, after failing a day earlier to break the $1,700/oz barrier." More >

Rick Rule's New Strategy for Profiting from Volatility
Source: Special to The Gold Report  (3/28/12)
Global Resource Investments Founder and Chairman Rick Rule is worried about the impact trillions of dollars of manufactured liquidity will have on global markets. In this summary of his recent web broadcast for The Gold Report, he outlines his new strategy for staying above water for the volatile 3–12 months he sees on the economic radar screen. More >

Will Monetary Policy and Inflation Continue to Support Gold?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (3/28/12)
"Although gold and silver prices have fluctuated during the past decade, the general trend has been higher. Using CPM Group's support levels of $1,400/oz and $1,500/oz for gold, it appears that the precious metal has more upside than downside." More >

The [Recovery] Has No Clothes
Source: Eric Sprott and David Baker  (3/28/12)
"'The prevalence of paper trading in the silver market is what makes the drastic price declines possible by allowing non-physical holders to sell massive size into a relatively small market.'" More >

Rare Earth Metals Growth Drivers: Siddharth Rajeev
Source: JT Long of The Critical Metals Report  (3/27/12)
With so many moving variables in the rare earth space, how can investors evaluate investment opportunities? Siddharth Rajeev of Fundamental Research Corp. finds his top prospects by zeroing in on a specific material and tracking its growth drivers. Rajeev argues that critical materials used in viable new technologies will see increasing demand. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, he explains how lithium-ion battery development and the forthcoming WTO ruling effect his outlook for graphite and niobium. More >

Energy Metals Bonanza: Chris Berry
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (3/27/12)
It's a great time to be invested in energy metals, says Chris Berry, president and founder of House Mountain Partners. The current worldwide desire for a higher quality of life is a trend that will continue, argues Berry. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Berry highlights the amount of research and development underway in the tech and energy sectors and why it spells a bullish message for lithium, graphite and uranium. More >

Crude Supply and Retail Price Not Related: AP
Source: John Kingston, Platts  (3/27/12)
"The conclusion of the AP article is very clear: U.S. production of oil has no impact on the price of retail gasoline in the U.S." More >

Is the US Dollar Headed for a Major Fall?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (3/27/12)
"The use of the international monetary system as a war machine (aka the SWIFT system) has surprised and angered BRIC nations, who are meeting next week to work out ways to prevent the U.S. from exercising such power." More >

Emerging Gold Juniors and Explorers Should Recover in 2012: Jeff Berwick
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (3/26/12)
Jeff Berwick, chief editor and founder of The Dollar Vigilante and avowed anarchist, holds precious metals for safety and holds their equities for profits. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he counsels geopolitical diversity and paying close attention to precious metal stocks. More >

Gold Gains as Fed Chairman Points to Continued Stimulus
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (3/26/12)
"Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy still needs 'continued accommodative polices' despite recent signs of improvement." More >

Gold and China: Where the Bulls and Bears Square Off
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (3/26/12)
"Gold and China are two areas that have been caught in the bear trap this week, but we believe the gold and China bulls still have room to run." More >

Stealth Bottom Coming in Gold Stocks
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (3/26/12)
"The miners are not only extremely oversold but recent price action suggests a bottoming process is beginning." More >

The Supreme Court, the Affordable Care Act, and the Economy
Source: Tara Clarke, Money Morning  (3/26/12)
"The biggest issue is whether or not Congress has the constitutional power to require nearly every American to obtain health insurance or risk paying a penalty." More >

How Utilities Are Boosting Natural Gas Prospects
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (3/26/12)
"Low current prices are allowing electricity managers to plan multiyear cost projections. That, in turn, is propelling the intensified replacement of aging capacity with new gas-fueled plants." More >

Nuclear Back on Track After Fukushima 'Speed Bump'
Source: Bloomberg, Yuriy Humber, Sangim Han and Shinhye Kang   (3/26/12)
"Twelve months after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, industry players say it is almost back to business as usual." More >

Oil ETFs with a Twist
Source: ETF Daily News, Daniela Pylypczak  (3/26/12)
"There are a number of other lesser known options that deliver unique ways to bet on energy prices." More >

Big Returns Come from Small-Cap Medical Technology
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (3/26/12)
A decade ago medtech was in its heyday. Baby boomers were already feeling the discomforts of osteoarthritis and other age-related diseases, and they wanted to be active longer. Device and instrument developers could innovate and get products through the FDA and market them in the U.S. where dynamic pricing power would expand margins and bottom lines. Newer technologies such as minimally invasive surgical procedures were fueling more orthopedic surgeries, because smaller wounds mean lower rates of infection, less discomfort and quicker rehab. The winds of recovery following the dot-com bust were about to carry smaller health-related stocks higher. . . More >

Poll: Americans Support Hydraulic Fracturing by More than 2-1 Margin
Source: JD Krohn, Energy In Depth  (3/25/12)
"Nationwide, Americans strongly support more energy development and believe consumers will ultimately benefit." More >

Can Bernanke Break the Dollar Rally?
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (3/24/12)
"Bernanke has steered the Titanic straight into the iceberg and there's no turning back." More >

Early-Stage Investing Opportunities: James West and Tobias Tretter
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (3/23/12)
The Midas Letter Opportunity Fund, a new niche fund, focuses on early-stage micro-cap miners in the junior resource sector. This sector has been an underperformer in recent months despite high gold prices. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, the fund's founders, Tobias Tretter, the managing director of Commodity Capital AG, and James West, publisher of The Midas Letter, explain why they are bullish on micro-cap miners even in the face of improving economic numbers that may stall gold's rise and name some juniors they expect to shine. More >