Looking for Innovative Small-Cap Biotech Companies: George Zavoico
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (3/22/12)
High-quality science underlies successful drug development companies, even those that turn one company's discarded junk into biotech treasure. That's an example of one compelling investment strategy being employed by Senior Analyst and Managing Director George Zavoico of MLV & Co. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Zavoico lays out a number of solid ideas predicated on good science that growth seekers can leverage for real gains. More >

Gold Swerves to Avoid the Cross of Death
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (3/22/12)
"As investors, maybe we need to consider the possibility of an extended period of consolidation with not much more to look forward to than range-trading and sideways movement." More >

Why Gold Can Go the Distance
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (3/22/12)
"Historically, negative real interest rates (where the inflationary rate is greater than the current interest rate) combined with global stimulative money supply efforts have been an especially powerful combination for gold prices." More >

Mining and Metals Outlook
Source: Zacks Equity Research  (3/22/12)
"Armed with healthy balance sheets, reduced economic uncertainty and a pent-up demand for new projects, we expect companies in the industry to accelerate deal activity with a re-focus on consolidation." More >

Chinese Potash Contracts Give Market Hope
Source: Resource Investing News, James Wellstead  (3/22/12)
"China's activity in the potash sector has brought mixed reactions to the potash market in early 2012. But with the first week of spring upon the Northern Hemisphere, the promise of record grain prices has kept sentiments high as farmers begin entering the market." More >

A Scientist Finds Treasure Researching Oncology Drugs
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (3/22/12)
I love finding out how people move from point A to point B in their careers. It was an incremental process for George Zavoico, who is today a senior equity analyst at New York City-based MLV & Co., a boutique investment bank focusing on the small cap space. Armed with his doctorate in physiology, Zavoico loves the research model, in both science and finance, and he wants to get as close as possible to the drugs and their targets inside the companies he covers. His current small company niche seems to suit his trained curiosity just perfectly. "I find that I can approach the science, the investigators and the academic researchers developing innovative drugs mainly through smaller-cap companies," he told me in a telephone conversation. . . More >

Uranium Stocks Bounce Back on Nuclear Renaissance
Source: Jason Simpkins, Money Morning  (3/21/12)
"Already up as much as 30% from 2011 lows, rising demand for nuclear energy and a dearth of uranium supplies will soon conspire to push companies back to their pre-Fukushima levels." More >

The Gold Sector Is On Sale: Michael Fowler
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report Interviewed on 3/14/12   (3/21/12)
Michael Fowler, senior mining analyst with Loewen, Ondaatje, McCutcheon sees small- and mid-cap junior producers and developers as the "sweet spot" in the gold equities space, and provides a basket of names to consider in each space. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, he also shares his views on the irresponsibility of the "new paradigm" of large-scale financings now in vogue. More >

Have Gold and Silver Entered a Bear Market?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (3/21/12)
"Traders are trying to translate the short-term strength of the dollar to a weakness in gold. Their influence is short term." More >

How to Profit from the Energy Efficiency Boom
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (3/21/12)
"Companies in this segment could be key components in a time of high energy prices, helping to stretch supplies in all forms of energy." More >

Why the US Desperately Needs an East–West Oil Pipeline
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (3/21/12)
"In the debate over rising gas prices, one largely overlooked issue is the lack of U.S. oil pipeline distribution to the East Coast, where refineries that must import higher-priced Brent crude are being shut down." More >

US Navy Sails 1,200 Miles on Algae Biofuel
Source: TG Daily, Pete Danko  (3/21/12)
"The U.S. Navy Frigate fleet ship USS Ford sailed from its homeport in Everett, Wash., down to San Diego using 25,000 gallons of the company's Soladiesel blended in even proportions with F-76 military diesel." More >

How to Trade Gold with ETFs and Options
Source: Larry Spears, Money Morning  (3/21/12)
"For trading purposes, you can find some pretty good proxies for gold futures that require substantially less cash up front and carry significantly lower risk." More >

The Bullish Case for Large-Cap Oil Stocks: Fadel Gheit
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report  (3/20/12)
With oil prices near record highs, who are the big winners in this energy bull market? Fadel Gheit, managing director and senior analyst of Oppenheimer & Co. has large-cap explorers and producers on his radar. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Wall Street veteran Gheit shares his top picks for diversification, income and even growth. More >

Winning the Rare Earth Economic War: Luisa Moreno
Source: JT Long of The Critical Metals Report  (3/20/12)
China's sudden cuts to rare earth export quotas and domestic production marked the beginning of a Rare Earth Economic War, proposes Jacob Securities' Senior Mining and Metals Analyst Luisa Moreno. The good news is that partnerships between end-users and mining companies may just be the secret weapon to level the playing field for critical metals producers operating beyond China's borders. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Moreno points to the companies that are closest to delivering high-quality goods for the benefit of manufacturers and investors alike. More >

Perils and Profits in Offshore Drilling
Source: Michel Massaad, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (3/20/12)
"While presenting the industry with its biggest challenges, deepwater exploration and development yield the greatest potential rewards and healthy profit margins to the oil service companies involved." More >

Iran Says Gold Is Money
Source: Louis James, Casey Research  (3/20/12)
"As long as the sanctions remain in force and the Iranian government has limited access to international currency markets, gold will remain an obvious way to settle transactions." More >

A Massive Spike in the Price of Silver Is Imminent
Source: Hubert Moolman  (3/20/12)
"I expect that significant value will soon be diverted from the general stock market to silver and gold, causing prices to rally significantly, until these metals also become overvalued." More >

The German Renewable Revolution
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (3/19/12)
"Germany's decision is already being called the biggest restructuring of the national energy landscape since the end of World War II. The government will initiate a campaign valued at more than $260B to harness wind and solar power." More >

Gold Mining in West Africa Promises Growth: Mark Lackey
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (3/19/12)
Mark Lackey, chief investment strategist with Pope & Company, sees particular promise among small-cap gold equities in West Africa. Burkina Faso and Mali offer good topography and stable, democratically elected governments with little interest in economic nationalism. Given Lackey's view that gold will float between $1,600 and $1,800/ounce this year, he says in this exclusive Gold Report interview that now might be a good time for investors to look to Africa for upside potential. More >

Europe's QE3 Will Boost Gold and Silver
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (3/19/12)
"Eventually, investors will realize that the monetary metals can do well in both a deflationary risk-off environment as well as an inflationary risk-on environment and the trend will turn significantly higher as it has for the past decade." More >

Precious Metals Are Decoupling from the Stock Market
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (3/19/12)
"The S&P 500 is nearing resistance and the precious metals sector is testing its December low. A successful retest of the low in many markets (juniors, metals, silver stocks) should be a signal that the market has confirmed its bottom." More >

Oil Bull Market Is No Place For MLP ETF Investors
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (3/19/12)
"When oil prices are surging, MLPs do not benefit as much as some of their peers. This is because the oil tends to flow through the pipelines no matter the price of the commodity." More >

Good as Gold!
Source: Guiseppi Borelli, The Unpunctured Cycle  (3/19/12)
"Everyone is afraid of gold right now and the media is doing its best to stoke that fire, but now is the time to buy." More >

PetroDollars: The EU and Canada Making Peace over Oil Sands
Source: Gary Park, Platts   (3/19/12)
"Amid a regulatory and political tangle in the U.S. over the Keystone XL pipeline and heated opposition in Canada to the Northern Gateway pipeline—both crucial to industry hopes of opening new markets for oil sands crude—Canada proclaimed victory in Europe." More >