President Obama's Debt Deal More Fizz Than Bang
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (8/1/11)
"Coming hard on the heels of this announcement, stock futures rose and U.S. Treasuries futures slipped lower as both gold and silver lost ground." More >

Gold Prices Take Debt Deal in Stride
Source: The Street, Alix Steel  (8/1/11)
"Gold prices dropped slightly as a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling heads to Congress." More >

How the Debt-Ceiling Debacle Will Spark a Short-Term Drop in Gold Prices
Source: Peter Krauth, Money Morning  (8/1/11)
"Don't be surprised to see investors sell gold and use the proceeds to pile into U.S. Treasuries." More >

Libya Holding Huge Gold Reserves
Source: BBC, Andrew Walker  (8/1/11)
"IMF data shows Libyan gold reserves worth more than $6B at current prices." More >

Banner Year for Silver
Source: Proactive Investors Australia, Anthony David  (8/1/11)
"Silver prices are reflecting the reactions of investors who are concerned about U.S. and EU debt and QE3." More >

Loan-Against-Gold Market Booming in India
Source: ANI  (8/1/11)
"The availability of gold in Indian households and low odds of consumers defaulting on loans has the country's loan-against-gold market growing." More >

Push to Lift Uranium Mining Ban in NSW
Source: Mineweb, Ross Louthean  (8/1/11)
"The change to a conservative government has resulted in a strong push to lift a 16-year ban on uranium exploration and mining. More >

Indonesia Offers Nine CBM Blocks, One Oil and Gas Block
Source: Platts  (8/1/11)
"The Indonesian government has invited bids for nine coal-bed methane blocks and one oil and gas block." More >

China's Metal Monopoly Won't Last
Source: Bloomberg, Tobin Harshaw  (8/1/11)
"Rare-earth metals are the global economy's equivalent of folkloric pixies—tiny, elusive and vaguely considered to have all manner of miraculous powers. Are we at risk of an 'element gap' with China? Unlikely." More >

Energy Programs Prepare for Debt Deal Pain
Source: Politico, Darren Goode and Darren Samuelsohn  (8/1/11)
"There's concern that energy research and development will face the scalpel." More >

Oil Breaks to Be Tax Targets for New Committee
Source: Bloomberg, Richard Rubin  (8/1/11)
"The next deficit-reduction talks to raise taxes for oil companies will face opposition from Republicans who have the procedural power to stop them." More >

Wind Energy: Will Rare Earth Elements Be Available?
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, David R. Wilburn  (8/1/11)
"How will the wind energy industry's growth impact future demand for selected raw materials?" More >

Jay Taylor: The Death of the Dollar
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (7/29/11)
All fiat currencies fail, says Jay Taylor, editor of the Gold, Energy & Tech Stocks newsletter. That's why he calls gold and silver the only true currencies. While some junior mining stocks have lagged behind high-flying bullion, Taylor tells The Gold Report in this exclusive interview why they will continue to be the cornerstone of his portfolio. More >

A Thousand Pictures Is Worth One Word
Source: Jeff Clark, Big Gold  (7/29/11)
"The temptations allowed under a fiat monetary system caught up with these governments, and their currencies went poof! So what's the one word for the 'thousand pictures' below? Worthless." More >

Indian Temple Trove a Testament to Gold's Long-Term Value
Source: Cliff Droke  (7/29/11)
"There is a vast difference between billions of dollars worth of gold from centuries gone by and hundreds of billions of dollars today's hedge fund managers oversee." More >

Are Support and Resistance Levels in Precious Metals Holding?
Source: Eric McWhinnie  (7/29/11)
"Although precious metals have pulled back recently, they still remain near key price targets." More >

Gold, Silver Unaffected by Debt Crisis
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (7/29/11)
" In this fog of spin, smoke, and mirrors, it is important for subscribers to know what really is driving the gold and silver prices." More >

Devil's Advocate
Source: Toby Connor, GoldScents  (7/29/11)
"Until the dollar breaks below the May bottom, I think we need to be very careful in assuming that gold is going straight up." More >

Countdown to Default
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (7/29/11)
"Dollars continued to pour out of Washington into foreign-reserve accounts overseas." More >

Humboldt Gold: A Trend Waiting to Happen?
Source: Gold Investing News, Michelle Smith  (7/29/11)
"There is little reason for most people to know or care about Pershing. That is unless they are or want to be gold investors." More >

Silver to Rise but Tarnished by May's Rout
Source: Reuters, Jan Harvey  (7/29/11)
"Silver prices look set for further gains after rallying more than 15% this month on gold's coat-tails." More >

Gold Market Report
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (7/29/11)
"Stocks and commodities fell following the decision to cancel a vote on proposals to cut the U.S. deficit." More >

Rising Rare Earth Prices Cripple Japan's June Imports
Source: International Business Times  (7/29/11)
"Japanese imports of rare earths from China fall as a rise in prices make it unaffordable to many Japanese hi-tech companies." More >

China Still Strangling Rare Earths Market
Source: New York Times, Manuel Quinones  (7/29/11)
"China's export quota is really closer to around 20,000 tons and global demand is predicted to be much higher." More >

Josh Young: Forget Commodity Prices; Invest in Undervalued Companies
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (7/28/11)
Oil and gas prices may go up or down, but that doesn't bother Josh Young, portfolio manager and founder of Young Capital Management. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, he tells us why his key to finding potential winners in the oil and gas (O&G) business is based on finding stocks with attractive assets trading at a large discount to their intrinsic values rather than particular commodity prices. More >