Why the 'Golden Cross' Is a Big Deal
Source: Diane Alter, Money Morning  (9/21/12)
"Investing in gold and silver already offered staggering profit potential, and the opportunities just got even brighter. Gold this week reached a 'golden cross' and silver is perched to traverse one in a matter a days, following successive weeks of bullish trends in both precious metals' markets." More >

Gold-Silver Ratio Declining As US Dollar Collapses
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (9/21/12)
"Silver has been outperforming gold over the past 10 weeks as investors are hoarding poor man's gold to hedge against worldwide quantitative easing." More >

Gold Miner ETFs Outperforming Gold at Last
Source: NASDAQ, Ana Kostioukova  (9/20/12)
"The price of gold versus gold equity has been artificially high over the past few quarters and is now leveling back to a more 'normal' ratio." More >

Can Dividends Cure Gold Equity Hangovers?: David Christensen
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (9/19/12)
A market hangover may be causing suffering among gold mining equities, but some cash-rich companies still beguile investors with record-breaking dividends. Dividend distributions are up by about one-third year-over-year from many major mining companies, according to David Christensen, chief executive and president of ASA Gold and Precious Metals Limited. The Gold Report spoke with Christensen at the Denver Gold Forum in this exclusive interview. More >

John Mauldin's Prescription for Avoiding Economic Catastrophe
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report   (9/19/12)
Best-selling author John Mauldin of Mauldin Economics says the EU is only left with choices that range from bad to disastrous. Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats will have to hold hands and walk off the cliff together to solve U.S. economic problems. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Mauldin expands on his comments at the Casey Conference, "Navigating the Politicized Economy." Read more about the consequences of those choices and necessary compromises—and how he would reform the U.S. tax code. More >

Investing in Gold After QE3
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (9/19/12)
"Investors should get used to pricier gold. While some dips could appear due to occasional profit-taking, its long-term bull run continues." More >

Project Funding in the Mining Sector
Source: Vin Maru, TDV Golden Trader  (9/19/12)
"We are now seeing investment funding and credit becoming available to mining companies from the private sector." More >

The Fed's Balance Sheet Puts Gold and Silver on the Warpath
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (9/19/12)
"The central bank's third attempt to print prosperity has spurred a new round of balance sheet analysis and gold price targets." More >

When You Should Stop Buying Gold
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (9/18/12)
"Ron Rimbus argues to give up one's gold when governments give up on fiat currencies—but not a moment sooner." More >

Brock Salier Unlocks the Secrets of Gold Miner Valuations
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (9/17/12)
What does high grading have to do with the disconnect between high gold prices and low valuations among junior and mid-cap producers? In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Brock Salier, a mining analyst with GMP Securities Europe LLP in London, explains high grading and provides insights into the future of gold mining in Africa, from high-grade underground assets to low-grade near-surface discoveries. More >

Central Bank Policy 'Hugely Bullish' for Commodities
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (9/17/12)
"Despite recent euro strength however, the cost of buying gold in euros remained within 2% of its spot market all-time high during Monday morning's trading." More >

Gold Futures Struggle for Direction Post-Fed Glow
Source: MarketWatch, Claudia Assis and Sara Sjolin  (9/17/12)
"Gold futures weaved in and out of the red Monday, looking for a firmer direction after they rallied strongly last week on the Federal Reserve's latest bond-buying plan." More >

Mali's Gold Industry Resists Turmoil
Source: Reuters, Joe Penney  (9/17/12)
"The chaos that erupted in the months since the military staged a coup d'etat has left the country's twin economic engines, the cotton and gold industries, essentially untouched, in contrast to the vast economic damage caused by coups and conflicts in West African neighbors like Guinea and Ivory Coast." More >

The Next Recession Will Be Triggered by Oil
Source: Toby Connor, GoldScents  (9/17/12)
"Any move of 100% or more in energy prices within a year has historically been the straw that breaks the camel's back. More >

Five Must-Haves for Junior Mining Companies: Aleksandra Bukacheva
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (9/14/12)
Valuation disconnects among producers, rising gold price and juniors facing funding crunches are among the factors fueling a spate of M&A activity. In her first exclusive Gold Report interview, Aleksandra (Sasha) Bukacheva, a mining research analyst with Fraser Mackenzie in Toronto, shares her list of likely targets and suitors in the zinc, copper and precious metals spaces. More >

How Long Before Money Collapses?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (9/14/12)
"Gold remains in the bulk of the world's leading reserves for that rainy day when something else is needed other than the currency issued by the nation's central bank." More >

The Bottom Line on Gold, the Dollar and the Euro
Source: Louis James, Casey Research  (9/14/12)
"The euro and the dollar take turns winning and losing against each other, but both are being debased, both are losing ground in the real world and both have lost a lot of ground against gold." More >

Casey Summit: How Investors Can Protect Themselves in a Politicized Economy
Source: Karen Roche and JT Long of The Gold Report  (9/14/12)
Right on the heels of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the recent Casey Research Summit in Carlsbad, California—cosponsored by SprottGlobal—focused on a timely theme: "Navigating the Politicized Economy." The somber revelations of the summit contrasted with the buzz of the party conventions. The Gold Report sat down with Louis James, Casey Research's chief metals and mining investment strategist, Rick Rule, founder and chairman of Sprott Global Resource Investments and chairman of Sprott US Holdings, and Marin Katusa, Casey Research's chief energy investment strategist, to discuss how investors can position themselves in a politically driven economy. More >

Miners Catching Up to Metals; Huge Run Coming?
Source: ETF Daily News, John Rubino  (9/14/12)
"The big miners, represented by the gold miner ETF GDX, have outperformed gold itself since July." More >

How to Play the QE3 Rally
Source: Ben Gersten, Money Morning  (9/13/12)
"While the market probably has factored in some of QE3, the move will nonetheless add more liquidity to the market, devaluing the U.S. dollar, meaning an increase in gold and silver prices." More >

Loose Money Is Here Again (and Gold Stocks Love It!)
Source: Clif Droke  (9/13/12)
"As was the case with the previous two quantitative easing programs, gold and the gold stocks love the idea of loose money." More >

Bonanza Discoveries That Will Drive Gold Stocks: Eric Coffin
Source: Peter Byrne of The Gold Report  (9/12/12)
New deposits and economic triggers will drive gold stocks, says Eric Coffin, the editor of HRA Journal. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Coffin identifies the management characteristics of gold juniors that make money for investors. A successful gold explorer in his own right, Coffin names his picks from the Yukon to the Caribbean. More >

Platinum Hits Five-Month High on South Africa Mine Unrest
Source: Reuters, Frank Tang  (9/12/12)
"Platinum rose around 2.5% on Wednesday for its biggest one-day rally in a month, boosted by supply fears after sprawling labor unrest halted production at some mines in top platinum producer South Africa." More >

Spot the Dog: Gold Stocks Underperform All Other Sectors
Source: Sam Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (9/11/12)
"Gold stocks do not accurately or reliably track the price of gold in direction or magnitude, sometimes going in the opposite direction." More >

Gold Bugs Love It, but a New Gold Standard Is Just a Dream
Source: Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning  (9/11/12)
"It's pretty unlikely that the U.S. will ever re-adopt the gold standard, both because of the cost and because of the vested interests opposed to it." More >