Medtech Stock Update: Public Policy Forces Restructuring, M&A Activity
Source: Zacks Equity Research  (9/10/13)
"The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), particularly the medical device excise tax, has taken a heavy toll on the medtech sector, hurting pricing decisions of the companies and subjecting them to tremendous margin pressure." More >

Zinc Faces Structural Deficit as Demand Outstrips Supply: Glencore
Source: Andy Blamey, Platts  (9/10/13)
"According to Glencore's presentation, a 5% increase in demand equates to around 600,000 mt of new zinc mine capacity needed every year; by 2016 nearly 2 million mt of new annual production will required." More >

What Western Supply and Asian Demand Mean for Gold: Brien Lundin
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (9/9/13)
The global rally for gold underway since late June will soon translate to juniors, says Brien Lundin, CEO of Jefferson Financial and the publisher/editor of Gold Newsletter. With so many undervalued companies in safe North American jurisdictions, he sees no reason to add sovereign risk to a portfolio. In this interview with The Gold Report, Lundin details which companies he follows and why, highlighting one area where major discoveries are "lined up like pearls on a string." More >

Will Gold Follow Its Seasonal Pattern This Year?
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (9/9/13)
"Historically, September has been gold's best month of the year. Looking at more than four decades of monthly returns, the precious metal has seen its biggest increase this month, averaging 2.3%." More >

Searching for the Clean Coal Holy Grail
Source: Jim Pierobon, The Energy Collective  (9/9/13)
"For all the attention, and the public and private dollars flowing into "clean coal" power and carbon capture initiatives, the results thus far have yet to identify potential solutions that meet stringent economic and environmental criteria with science proven by vigorous scientific tests." More >

America's Energy Revolution
Source: Frank Holmes, Frank Talk  (9/6/13)
"From the depths of reserves to the richness of the energy, an incredible transformation is taking place." More >

Digging Below the Surface of Neurotechnology: Casey Lynch
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (9/5/13)
Neuroscience is about as complex as it gets. The central nervous system contains the brain and spinal cord, where hundreds of billions of neurons are located—and that doesn't include the peripheral nervous system. Casey Lynch, managing director of NeuroInsights, works to make sense of both the disease processes affecting the nervous system and potential therapies that could help patients and enrich investors. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Lynch brings some clarity to the complexity, and speaks frankly about the wild goose that some Alzheimer's disease investigators have been chasing. More >

Medical Conference Schedule Sept. 2013 through March 2014
Source: Michael King, JP Morgan  (9/5/13)
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Scientific Conferences Create Buzz and Move Biotech Stocks: Michael King
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (9/5/13)
It's that time again. From Labor Day through the New Year, analysts jet off to conferences across the U.S. and Europe to hear data they've been waiting on for years. Michael King, managing director and senior biotechnology analyst at JMP Securities, has been at this game for almost two decades, and he has a firm grip on how data releases about molecules and their targets will affect the biotech stocks in his coverage. In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, King also names four growth companies making important advances in hematologic cancers. Just in time. More >

Three Ways to Profit from MLP Funds: Hinds Howard
Source: Tom Armistead of The Energy Report  (9/5/13)
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) started to enter the limelight in 2011, but the best may be yet to come. Low interest rates are acting as a tailwind in the space, and the sector experienced its best performance in Q1/13. Hinds Howard, chief investment officer of Guzman Investment Strategies and author of the MLP HINDSight blog, tells The Energy Report about the unprecedented growth MLP funds are enjoying. He names the top performers, reveals the pros and cons of this complex investment vehicle and shares his secrets for wringing the most value out of it. More >

Prepare for the Chinese Energy Juggernaut
Source: Robert Rapier, The Energy Collective  (9/5/13)
"Over the past decade, China has become the world's largest energy consumer, as well as the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide." More >

Five Ways to Play Gold and Silver
Source: Byron King, Daily Reckoning  (9/5/13)
"The past two years have not been kind to our favorite precious metals." More >

The Impending Shakeout in the Rare Earth Sector: Who Will Survive?
Source: Gareth Hatch, Technology Metals Research  (9/5/13)
"Though there are exceptions, in general the supply chain doesn't care which REE projects will successfully come to fruition, only that enough come to fruition such that their ability to secure REE metals, oxides and other compounds from sources outside of China, at a reasonable price, is realized." More >

Breakthrough Therapy Designation Speeds Up Drug Approvals
Source: Patricia Dimond, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News  (9/4/13)
"The FDA's new development path is specifically designed for experimental agents that produce large and unprecedented treatment effects in early clinical trials. If a drug is designated a breakthrough therapy, the FDA says it will expedite the development and review of the drug." More >

Thrive, Survive or Die: Barry Allan on Stress-Testing Junior Gold Miners
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (9/4/13)
Analysts at Mackie Research Capital crunched the data to stress test which junior miners would thrive, survive or die at $1,000/oz gold and $18/oz silver. In this interview with The Gold Report, Barry Allan, director and vice chairman of Mackie's mining group, delves into details on some of those companies and offers hope that the sector, instead of going to hell in a handbasket, is actually rebounding.
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Peruvian Precious Metals Repeating a Winning Formula
Source: Alec Gimurtu of The Gold Report   (9/4/13)
The management team that took Prodigy Gold from a $25 million market cap junior to a $340 million buyout in less than three years is back with a new company that it believes is tailor made for applying its formula for success. In this interview with The Gold Report, CEO Brian Maher and VP of Corporate Development Kimberly Ann discuss their latest project, how they are "managing through change" and what differentiates them in an industry of over-promoting and under-delivering juniors. Clear communication is part of the formula, but there is more than talk when it comes to advancing a great project in South America's largest gold producing region. More >

Dave Forest: How to Play the Looming Platinum Supply Crisis
Source: Kevin Michael Grace of The Metals Report  (9/3/13)
South Africa, platinum mining giant, is about to fall off the investment map, says Dave Forest of Pierce Points. Until the country sorts out its labor politics, there is a real need to establish alternative sources of platinum group metals, vanadium and manganese. In other words, while it's a bad time to be a miner in South Africa, it's a good time to hold in-ground reserves. In this interview with The Metals Report, Forest names deposits in the Americas and elsewhere in Africa with the potential to meet global platinum needs. But he's choosing carefully, because even in times of scarcity, Forest argues, it just won't do to develop anything other than the best, most economic mining projects. More >

Bruce Edgelow: Optimistic Banker Sees 'Encouraging Time in the Basins'
Source: Tom Armistead of The Energy Report  (9/3/13)
Bruce Edgelow is optimistic. The energy group vice president for ATB Financial says technological advances have opened new exploitation opportunities for the Canadian oil and gas market and have improved the industry's ability to monitor and respond to leaks, spills and other system issues. Selective access to capital and consolidation has presented challenges for producers, but it's an encouraging time in the basins, Edgelow says. In this interview with The Energy Report, he discusses the players he likes and why. More >

As Syria Erupts, Here's What Oil Traders Fear the Most
Source: Kent Moors, Oil and Energy Investor  (9/3/13)
"While any geo-military event like the one about to play out will increase volatility in oil prices, a power vacuum in the Middle East would strike at the core of a trader's basic fear—an interruption in supply." More >

A Bombed Out Gold Market Is Bottoming
Source: Mary Anne and Pamela Aden, The Aden Forecast  (8/30/13)
"The June lows look like a classic bottom." More >

Biotech Investor Realism with Andrew Fein
Source: Peter Byrne of The Life Sciences Report  (8/29/13)
Expert healthcare company watcher Andrew Fein of H.C. Wainwright & Co. knows how the sausage is made in the stock analyst factory. And he doesn't pull any punches: In this interview with The Life Sciences Report, Fein dishes out praise for sticking to sellside fundamentals and suggests skimming off bloggers who have yet to earn their analytical chops. He rounds out the menu by naming biotech companies with the potential to rise to the top of the simmering biotech market. More >

Micro-Cap Oil Stocks that Hit the Jackpot: Phil Juskowicz
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (8/29/13)
If you want the most bang for your buck, quality E&P micro caps are the way to go. At least that's the opinion of Analyst Phil Juskowicz of Casimir Capital, an early follower of the company that ended up discovering the Barnett Shale. In this interview with The Energy Report, Juskowicz explains his investment rationale and talks about several of his favorite micro caps, including one that went shopping at an asset bankruptcy sale and absolutely cleaned up. More >

Follow the Beta Plays with Junior Silver Miners: PureFunds' Andrew Chanin
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (8/28/13)
PureFunds has a simple strategy: Be first in the market with innovative exchange-traded funds. Andrew Chanin, PureFunds' co-founder and COO, describes the firm's ISE Junior Silver ETF and the factors that make a "leveraged play to the actual spot price of the metal." In this interview with The Gold Report, Chanin goes on to list some of the names included in the fund and explains how they contribute to its success.
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Anthony Mariano: Calling Next-Generation REE Investors
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Metals Report  (8/27/13)
If you thought you had rare earth element mining all figured out, think again. Dr. Anthony Mariano and his son, Anthony Jr., work as geological consultants to many rare earth companies, and say even they have more to learn. But if you're looking for a sector that will nurture your inner nerd, rare earth elements may be the play for you. In this interview with The Metals Report, geek out with the Marianos as they talk rare earths and igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. More >

The Low-Cost, High-Yield Strategy Making Oil Investors Money: Josh Young
Source: Peter Byrne of The Energy Report  (8/27/13)
Sometimes success is about making the most of what you've already got. The same holds true for North America's shale plays: Companies are saving development dollars by reworking old wells. When it's done right, the rates of return are astounding. That's why Young Capital Management founder Josh Young is investing in redevelopment plays. In this interview with The Energy Report, Young explains redrilling economics and highlights off-the-radar shale basins outperforming those in the limelight. More >