Gold and Silver Regaining Footing as Treasuries Make Bearish Reversal
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (8/6/12)
"The long-range upward trajectory of precious metals, particularly gold, is continuing higher and has considerably higher to go." More >

Five Ways to Invest in Gold
Source: MetroWest Daily News  (8/6/12)
"A recent survey shows that nearly half of U.S. investors don't believe they're knowledgeable enough about the precious metal to make a decision about adding gold to their portfolios. The World Gold Council highlights these five options to get investors started." More >

Likelihood 'Remains High' for Central Bank Stimulus
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/6/12)
"Precious metals prices held on to most of their gains from Friday's rally, which coincided with a stock market rally following better-than expected U.S. non-farm jobs data, as well as news that Spain may seek a bailout." More >

South Africa Tops Gold Grade List
Source: Christy Filen, Mineweb  (8/6/12)
"After more than a century of gold mining in the country, South Africa is featured in the number one spot in terms of gold grades, with Canada close on its heels, in a report drawn up by Natural Resource Holdings' Roy Sebag." More >

Fed Hits 'Kill' Switch on Liquidity
Source: Clif Droke  (8/5/12)
"Gold, as the ultimate safe haven at both ends of the long-wave, will eventually prove its merit as a store of value in deflation. Before we arrive at that critical juncture, however, there will undoubtedly be phases of volatility along the way that temporarily obstruct gold's forward progress." More >

Precious Metals Short-Term Outlook Is Bullish
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (8/5/12)
"We believe that gold and gold stocks are primed to head higher in the coming weeks." More >

Frontier Markets Harbor High-Reward Investment Opportunities: Carlos Andres
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (8/3/12)
Select frontier markets, once eyed skeptically as fraught with danger, are now some of the most robust economies in the world. But the shares of companies exploring and producing in these markets often continue to lag based on long-held fears that are no longer valid. How does an investor decipher that fine line between real and perceived? Carlos Andres, the chief analyst and managing editor of the Frontier Research Report and the Global Resource Investor, makes his living informing retail investors about risks in the junior resource space. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Andres discusses how to capitalize on the narrowing gap between real and perceived risks in South America and beyond. More >

Is Gold Mining Healthy?
Source: Scott Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (8/3/12)
"In 2011, gold-mine production came in at an all-time record high. And in 2012 experts anticipate production to be even higher. But is the gold-mining industry truly healthy?" More >

To Achieve a Successful Gold Standard, You Don't Need Gold Coins
Source: Forbes, Nathan Lewis  (8/2/12)
"When most people think of 'gold-based currencies,' they think of gold coins. But, actually, gold coins themselves are probably the least important part." More >

In Junior-IPO-Land, Money Favors Old Hands
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (8/2/12)
"What the shape of June and July IPOs illustrate more than anything else is that pedigree counts now more than ever." More >

What Happens to Greece's Gold when Greece Exits the Eurozone?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (8/2/12)
"When Greece required a generous bailout from EU creditors, we were led to believe that part of the collateral, to be forfeited on default, was the 111 tonnes of gold owned by Greece. It is this gold that is in danger of being lost to the nation now." More >

Make Money in Gold with Prospect-Generator and Royalty Companies: Adrian Day
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (8/1/12)
Adrian Day, principal of Adrian Day Asset Management, which manages portfolios for high-net-worth clients, believes that it is time for the gold pendulum to swing away from the excessive pessimism in the market and finds that now is an exceptional time to buy gold equities. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Day explains why gold is ready to rebound and why prospect-generator and royalty companies are king. More >

What Moves Gold Stocks?: Jocelyn August
Source: George S. Mack of The Gold Report   (8/1/12)
Gold and precious metals stocks are certainly affected by the price of the underlying commodity, but the most important catalysts that move prices revolve around resource assessments and production schedules. Sagient Research Senior Analyst Jocelyn August watches her companies like a hawk and records detailed data on how stocks move when certain events are made public. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, August shares her thoughts about a select group of stocks and what events might move these shares over the next quarter. More >

Gold Tied to Central Bank Moves
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (8/1/12)
"'Investors [are] continuing to favor the U.S. dollar over bullion as the key safe-haven trade,' says a note from ANZ Bank." More >

Have You Overlooked This Piece of the US Economic Puzzle?
Source: David Galland, Casey Research  (7/31/12)
"In some ways, gaining an understanding of the U.S. economy and its current trajectory is as simple as recognizing a few fundamental facts." More >

World's Gold Deposits Are Drying Up
Source: Mining.com, Michael Allan McCrae  (7/31/12)
"Of the 439 mines or deposits over 1 Moz, only 189 are in production and have an owner with over $1.8B market capitalization. The remainder are owned by juniors, private companies or government-sponsored enterprises." More >

Gold and Silver Await the Starting Gun
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (7/31/12)
"This week is another political week in that we have meetings across the board involving the ECB and the Federal Reserve followed by the job numbers on Friday. All of these have an effect on the investment community in that investment funds tend to stay on the sidelines until the direction of the markets becomes clear." More >

Most-Accurate Gold Forecasters Split over Gold's Next Step
Source: Bloomberg, Debarati Roy  (7/31/12)
"The only three analysts to correctly predict gold's biggest quarterly slump in four years are now split, reflecting investors' diverging views on the probability of central banks doing more to shore up growth." More >

Junior Miners Still Giving the Street Something to Talk About: Philip Ker
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (7/30/12)
Which junior miners are giving the Street something to talk about? Some shining examples of promising companies with good balance sheets do exist despite what seems like a market dominated by bad news. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Philip Ker, an analyst with Vancouver-based Union Securities, shares the good news his latest site visits have revealed about projects in Nevada and Mexico. More >

Some Smaller Gold and Silver Miners Pay Decent Dividends, Too
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (7/30/12)
"There aren't many precious metal producers issuing dividends, but there is a good handful, and they are serious about sharing profits." More >

Gold Investors Waiting for Signal
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (7/30/12)
"Prices for gold bullion fell below $1,620/oz during Monday morning's London session, slightly below last week's close, while stocks gained and U.S. Treasuries fell, with markets focused on key monetary policy decisions due later in the week." More >

Gold ETFs Turn Higher on ECB Pledge as Central Banks Meet
Source: ETF Trends  (7/30/12)
"Silver ETP holdings have been on a modest upward trend since early July, indicating some investors view the recent silver price range as a good entry point." More >

Silver Prices Ready for QE3
Source: Jonathan Yates, Money Morning  (7/30/12)
"Just look at what silver prices did after Bernanke announced QE2. From August 2010 to August 2011, silver prices gained 141% to hit more than $43/oz." More >

Challenging the Paradigms of Investing
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (7/30/12)
"For all the hype over recent tech IPOs, did you know that investors have lost more money in Groupon and Facebook than the entire assets in all of the gold funds?" More >

The Federal Reserve, Gold, Oil, & the Dollar's Demise
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (7/29/12)
"Over the longer term, a weak dollar is positive for precious metals and other hard assets." More >