Streetwise Articles
For Signs of Stability, Look to the Price of Gold
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning (8/29/11)
"The key indicator that markets are stabilizing will be when gold prices come down in regular increments."
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What Could Lie Ahead for the S&P 500 & Gold
Source: J.W. Jones and Chris Vermeulen (8/29/11)
"Is this just a correction that pushes stocks higher by the end of the year, or is this the beginning of something far worse?"
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Valuation Gap Makes Gold Miners Attractive
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors (8/29/11)
". . .but not all miners are created equal. The Five M's of mining investment are: Market cap, Management, Money, Minerals and Mine life cycle."
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Gold Base-Building Could Take Time
Source: Kitco (8/29/11)
"Comex December gold futures are weaker Monday as the market continues volatile action following last week's sharp downside correction."
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India's Silver Exports Surge
Source: Commodity Online (8/29/11)
"The export of silver jewelry from India has jumped by a whopping 63% year-over-year in July."
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Gold Stocks Inch Closer to Major Breakout
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold (8/29/11)
"The table is set. The fundamentals for this sector are outstanding."
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Indonesia Could Face More Strikes
Source: Reuters, Neil Chatterjee and Olivia Rondonuwu (8/29/11)
"Gold mine workers push for a greater share of profits in a booming economy that has drawn foreign investors partly for its low labor costs."
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S.Africa to Block Streets for Malema Hearing
Source: Reuters, Jon Herskovitz (8/29/11)
"Malema's call to nationalize mines has unnerved investors, but South Africa's Youth League sees him as a future leader of the continent's biggest economy."
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Gold Coins: The Mystery of the Double Eagle
Source: Bloomberg, Susan Berfield (8/29/11)
"How did a Philadelphia family get hold of $40M in gold coins, and why has the Secret Service been chasing them for 70 years?"
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Rare Earth Market Trends
Source: Rare Earth Investing News, Michael Montgomery (8/29/11)
"Very little has changed in the REE market this year. Tight export quotas have only prolonged the supply-side tightness for the elements, pushing prices higher still."
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The Perils of Moving from Oil to Synthetic Fuel for Vehicles
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning (8/29/11)
"What's happening in Uzbekistan right now has great relevance for the rest of usespecially when it comes to how we power our vehicles."
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Unleashing Energy and Jobs
Source: Houston Chronicle, Barry Russell (8/29/11)
"Forget what you thought you knew about the oil and gas industry. In the U.S., it's the independents that are doing the heavy lifting."
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Alberta Makes Concessions to Oil-Sand Producers in Parks Plan
Source: Dow Jones, Edward Welsch (8/29/11)
"Final version of the conservation plan for the oil-sands region achieves 'balance between the environment, development and the community aspect of living and working in Alberta.'"
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Fillon Says France Wants Nuclear Crisis Management Center
Source: Bloomberg, Tara Patel (8/29/11)
"France's nuclear authority is overseeing safety audits of the country's reactors and uranium treatment facilities to determine whether they can withstand floods, earthquakes and loss of power and cooling.â€
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Solar May Produce Most of World's Power by 2060, IEA Says
Source: Bloomberg, Ben Stills (8/29/11)
"The scenario suggests investors able to pick the industry's winners may reap significant returns as the global economy shifts away from fossil fuels."
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Offshore Wind Power Shows Solid Growth
Source: reve (8/29/11)
"In Europe, 11 offshore wind farms worth some €8.5B and with a total capacity of 2,844 MW are currently under construction in European waters."
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The Bear Market Rally Has Begun
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents (8/29/11)
"The further you stretch the stock market the more violent and persistent the snap back tends to be once the turn occurs."
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Car Bodies and Windows As Solar Energy Panels to Recharge Lithium Batteries?
Source: Green Prophet, Maurice Picow (8/29/11)
"Using the sun to recharge electric car batteries appears to be an excellent idea, but the technology involved in making this idea become reality is still in the works."
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AVC's "Purple Gold" Attractive Prospect
Source: John Seelmeyer, Northern Nevada Business Weekly (8/29/11)
"AVC to receive up to $1 million in fresh capital."
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Deep Correction Due? Part II
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster (8/28/11)
"The rise of gold and silver prices is about the fall of paper money."
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The Silver Tide Is About to Rise
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading (8/26/11)
"Silver has now been through a correction and consolidation phase and is all set for the next leg up."
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Chen Lin: Betting on Gold and Silver Stocks
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report (8/26/11)
Chen Lin stumbled into investing. While working on a doctorate at Princeton, he turned $5,411 in his wife's retirement account into $1.5 million. In his newsletter, What is Chen Buying? What is Chen Selling?, Lin shares the fruits of his analytical aptitude. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Lin reveals his latest finds in undervalued gold miners, and why he has high hopes for silver, too.
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Roman-Age Gold Mines Revived with Crisis-Era Prices
Source: Bloomberg, Manuel Baigorri (8/26/11)
"As gold futures more than doubled in the past three years, Spain's Asturias region has drawn projects for fields first developed for the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago."
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QE3 or Not, Gold Supported by Dire Outlook
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault (8/26/11)
"Bernanke used the Jackson Hole speech last year to signal the start of QE2, buying $600B of U.S. treasuries in a bid to reflate risk assets."
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Buy the Miners: It's Like Getting Gold for $1,100/oz.
Source: Breakout, Matt Nesto (8/26/11)
"The value discrepancy between physical gold and mining stocks is not a new problem, but one that fund managers expect will soon change."
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