Play Rising Silver Prices with These ETFs
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (9/28/12)
"Silver ETFs outperformed gold ETFs, despite investors usually preferring the yellow metal." More >

John Stephenson's Predictions for Avoiding an Economic Crash
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (9/28/12)
While the markets have been on edge for the past year or so and have left most investors bewildered as to what to do next, portfolio manager and author John Stephenson thinks that the course is set for higher gold prices. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Stephenson explains why he thinks we will avoid a worldwide economic crash and how the continuing QEs and foreign government bailouts will push more investors into the gold and mining share markets as gold moves above $2,000/ounce. He also talks about some of his favorite gold mining names that should be good vehicles to profit from this move. More >

The Intermarket Explanation for Coming Gold Bubble
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (9/28/12)
"While some of the newly created money and debt will find its way into gold, the biggest inflows into gold will come from other markets and particularly bonds." More >

Gold in Euros Sets New High as Crisis Escalates
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (9/28/12)
"Gold prices hovered near seven-month highs, above $1,780/oz, for most of Friday morning's London trading, while stocks failed to hold early gains after analysts interpreted Spain's budget as 'laying the groundwork' for a formal bailout." More >

Gold Prices Heading for $2,000/oz This Year
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (9/28/12)
"The stage is now set for gold prices to gain some traction and challenge its all-time high." More >

Three Top Resource Stock Picks from Geologist Brent Cook
Source: The Globe and Mail  (9/28/12)
"A global rush toward currency debasement suggests precious metal prices are more likely to rise than fall over the foreseeable future. Cook highlights three top picks, including Lydian International." More >

A Good ETF to Play Silver Miners
Source: Scott Wright, Zeal Intelligence  (9/28/12)
"There's a product that has come to market recently that does offer investors some semblance of sector-level performance for silver stocks: the Global X Silver Miners ETF (SIL)." More >

First Tidal Power in U.S. Starts Flowing to the Grid
Source: IEEE Spectrum, Dave Levitan  (9/28/12)
"The Ocean Renewable Power Company announced that its TidGen tidal turbines have started providing power to a utility grid owned by Bangor Hydro Electric Company, the first time that any offshore power generation facility has fed electricity back to a utility grid in the U.S." More >

Illumina Aims at Roche for Tests Seen Worth $25B
Source: Bloomberg, Michelle Fay Cortez  (9/28/12)
"Illumina Inc. bought BlueGnome Ltd. for an undisclosed sum, its first foray into the diagnostics market. Life Technologies Corp. is also after small diagnostic businesses, most recently Navigenics Inc., which it acquired in July." More >

Three Mega Forces of the Energy Trade
Source: Kevin Cook, Zacks Investment Research  (9/27/12)
"There are very few sure things in markets and investing. So I don't say this lightly: The price of a barrel of crude oil will average over $125/bbl this decade." More >

What is Energy Efficiency Doing to Power Demand?
Source: Kathy Larsen, Platts  (9/27/12)
"Macquarie Equities Research said in a client note several days ago that energy efficiency measures really do seem to be having an impact on electricity demand, and the effect is likely to continue." More >

Can Stem Cells Regenerate Your Portfolio? Stephen Dunn Says Yes
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (9/27/12)
Once the subject of intense political debate, stem cell therapies may soon be a therapeutic mainstay of healthcare. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, LifeTech Capital's President and Senior Managing Director of Research Stephen Dunn explores the history of stem cell therapy and discusses companies that are reviving this "old" technique for profit. More >

The Case of the Missing 200 Million Barrels of Oil: Marshall Adkins
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (9/27/12)
Supply threats in the Middle East have governments around the world hoarding oil, largely in secret. But it didn't get past Raymond James Director for Energy Research Marshall Adkins, who noticed the 200 million-barrel discrepancy between what was pumped and reported global oil reserves. Where did the missing oil go, and why don't prices reflect this substantial surplus? More importantly, what happens once the reality of an oversupply sets in?—A tough six months, Adkins expects. Read on to find out where you can hide when prices plummet. More >

South African Mine Strikes to Have Limited Impact on Gold Prices
Source: Kitco News, Alex Létourneau  (9/27/12)
"Gold prices are likely to receive only limited support from the labor unrest in South Africa, as the yellow metal's price is being underpinned by other factors, metals analysts said Thursday." More >

Silk-Based Electronics Dissolve on Cue for Vanishing Medical Implants
Source: Scientific American, Katherine Harmon  (9/27/12)
"A flexible device that is just nanometers thick can fight post-surgical infections or even capture images—until its work is done, when it vanishes." More >

Steve Cochrane Finds Value in Far-Flung Locales
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (9/26/12)
There's a point in a country's emergence where the perceived risk by investors doesn't correspond with the real risk, says Steve Cochrane, an investment adviser with Macquarie Private Wealth Inc. When that divergence occurs, it's the best opportunity to invest. Cochrane sees such a divergence right now in Cambodia, a land with vast untapped resources. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he talks about how investors can profit from Cambodia's entrance onto the world economic stage, as well as promising companies in far-flung locales. More >

Gold Will Break Previous High in Near Term: Brien Lundin
Source: JT Long and Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (9/26/12)
Brien Lundin expects money printing by the Federal Reserve to raise gold above its $1,920/oz high, and as editor and publisher of Gold Newsletter, he considers it his job to show people how to profit. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Lundin explains why he believes it is time to be aggressive in equity positions and names companies that could benefit the most from the coming leg up. More >

Silver Prices: Much More to This Rise Than a QE3 Rally
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (9/26/12)
"Here's why the silver bull party is still going strong. . ." More >

How Gold Has Measured Currency Performance Since 1971, When It Became a 'Barbarous Relic'
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (9/26/12)
"Currency market changes leave room for gold and silver to act as that measure of value, as currencies fall against them." More >

Advice from Bank Analysts: Buy the Dips in Gold and Silver
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (9/26/12)
"Gold dipped beneath $1,760/oz for the third time this week in London on Wednesday morning, gaining against the euro and sterling as those currencies fell faster and rising back towards last week's new all-time high versus the Swiss franc." More >

Can Shale Oil & Gas Bring the US Energy Independence?
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (9/26/12)
"The short answer is no, says Credit Suiss." More >

Unfreezing Arctic Oil
Source: Breaking News, Christopher Swann  (9/26/12)
"Don't write off the Arctic as a boon for oil companies just yet." More >

Orbite to Milk Fly Ash for Rare Earth
Source: Kip Keen, Mineweb  (9/26/12)
"Orbite Aluminae takes aim at fly ash with a process that can extract aluminum and rare earths from atypical sources--economically." More >

China Crackdown to Support Rare Earths Prices
Source: Reuters, Eric Onstad  (9/26/12)
"A crackdown on small, inefficient rare earth producers in China is likely to further restrict supply from the world's biggest producer of the minerals and support weak prices." More >

The Great Graphite Supply Shakeup: Simon Moores
Source: Alec Gimurtu of The Critical Metals Report  (9/25/12)
Investors who remember the lithium boom (and bust) a few years ago may be twice shy to enter a space with big upside potential tied to electric vehicles. But the parallels between graphite and lithium are superficial, insists Simon Moores, analyst with Industrial Minerals. Graphite, unlike lithium, supplies layers of demand, with reliable end-users in the steel industry. Meanwhile, China's production lull is making way for market entrants. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Moores profiles graphite miners around the world competing for the market's attention. More >