Will Gold and Silver Fall All the Way with the Euro?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (5/28/12)
"What we've seen lately is gold and silver prices moving with (and often faster, both ways) than the euro, but the link remains solid." More >

M&A Likely to Grow with Deal Premiums and Multiples
Source: Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotech News  (5/28/12)
"The bad news for the IPO market should be good news for biopharma M&A this year. Big companies are increasingly willing to pay a big price for a larger presence, notably specialty pharma and diagnostics." More >

'Arise and Walk!'—A Miracle Cure in the Works
Source: Severine Kirchner, Daily Reckoning  (5/28/12)
"Stem cell therapies are on the threshold of making truly miraculous cures an everyday event." More >

Special Report: Richard Russell Calls a Bear Signal
Source: The Gold Report Editors  (5/27/12)
In an early alert to subscribers on May 27, Dow Theory Letters Newsletter Writer Richard Russell announced that his analysis of the April to May activity on the Dow Jones Industrials showed the continuation of a primary bear market that started on October 9, 2007. "We are now dealing with the latter part of the primary bear market... subscribers should now follow a course of utmost caution," he said. "As for gold, I think it will be under pressure for a while, but before this bear market is over, gold will embark on a major bull move. The current correction in gold will test every gold bug's nerves," he said. Look for further bull vs. bear market analysis throughout the week. More >

Gold and Silver Stocks Are in Deep Value Territory: Alka Singh
Source: George S. Mack of The Gold Report  (5/25/12)
Gold and silver began a correction nine months ago, but shares of the mines that produce these valuable metals have suffered in a much more exaggerated fashion. Mine2Capital Co-Founder and Partner Alka Singh has prospected for ideas that she believes will maximize shareholder value when the markets turn upward in the relatively near future. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Singh delivers her best junior ideas, and she also sweetens the story with a handful of more liquid names that she recommends in a fear-driven and uncertain environment. More >

Central Banks Boost Gold Holdings Yet Again
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (5/25/12)
"Gold may have fallen out of central bank favor for a few decades, but central banks are realizing that it should be a significant part of a country's foreign reserve base as fiat currencies lose their intrinsic value." More >

What This Global "Texas Standoff" Means for Oil Price
Source: Kent Moors, Oil & Energy Investor  (5/25/12)
"The rising tension between Tehran, on the one hand, and Washington and Brussels, on the other, is still the single most serious geopolitical element impacting the global oil market today." More >

Is Natural Gas a Deflation Catalyst?
Source: Jared Levy, Zacks Investment Research  (5/25/12)
"While a conversion to natural gas has been difficult in the past, we may have the perfect storm of price, technology and politics to propel this initiative to wide adoption." More >

ASCO Abstracts 2012
Source: Market Technology Stock Newsletter  (5/25/12)
"The ASCO abstracts came out last week and a review of the massive data dump has revealed a few nuggets." More >

Investing in the Eagle Ford Shale Oil Play
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (5/25/12)
"Eagle Ford production will continue to rise—production is forecast to jump to 1.2 Mboe/d in 2015—with a surge in drilling permits." More >

Make Friends with Companion Diagnostics to Bolster Your Biotech Portfolio: Stephen Brozak
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (5/24/12)
Hitting just the right target and engineering cells to perform certain tasks will unlock the deep secrets of biology and change the entire paradigm of medicine, says WBB Securities President and Managing Partner Stephen Brozak. He is not picking the ultimate winners just yet, but he is playing stem cell and personalized medicine developers as a diversified portfolio, knowing that successes will overpower the also-rans. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Brozak shares names from his list of finalists. More >

Uranium Is a Deep-Value Sector: Alka Singh
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (5/24/12)

Having just founded her own research company, Mine2Capital, Alka Singh has her sights set on the uranium sector, where she sees deep values in a beaten-down industry. With two major catalysts likely to boost spot prices, M&A activity afoot, new mines coming into production and new companies coming to market, well-positioned investors stand to benefit from what just may be a coming boom. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Singh shares what she sees on the horizon. More >

New Facilities Spotlight Next-Generation Biofuels
Source: Reuters, Matt Daily  (5/24/12)
"Advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on-line." More >

Silver Prices: An Option Trading Strategy That Tells You When to Buy
Source: Larry Spears, Money Morning  (5/24/12)
"In today's volatile market, picking the right time to buy silver is something of a guessing game. But if you are familiar with options, you can let them be your guide in learning precisely when to buy." More >

Australian Graphite Explorers Kicking Goals
Source: Australian Journal of Mining, Mike Foley  (5/24/12)
"Activity is heating up amongst Australia's graphite explorers, fueling speculation that graphite might just be a boom mineral in the making." More >

Science Is the Center of GOP/Obama's Latest Uranium Mining Battle
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (5/24/12)
"The House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop said federal agencies 'grossly overestimated' the impacts of uranium mining to justify a 20-year ban on new uranium development on 1M acres in northern Arizona." More >

Britain's Energy Plan Will Add to Nuclear Capacity
Source: New York Times, Stephen Castle  (5/23/12)
"Britain's proposals would guarantee prices for low-carbon electricity and pay producers for backup supplies when renewable sources like wind power fail to meet demand. More >

First, Do Good When Mining for Gold: Benoit La Salle
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (5/23/12)
Benoit La Salle is the founder, president and CEO of SEMAFO, a mining company that rates its work in sustainability and community building as high as it does its gold production. In an exclusive interview with The Gold Report, La Salle tells investors why they should be looking at both gold and West Africa right now; which company report is most important (hint: it's no longer the annual report); and what a company's most critical asset is, no matter its project. More >

Will 'Peak Gold' Exploration Continue to Grow?: USGS' Micheal George
Source: Alec Gimurtu of The Gold Report   (5/23/12)
The Gold Report, the Survey's Mineral Commodities Specialist Micheal George pinpoints where the gold is coming from and what trends can be expected in the coming years. More >

Gold Tests $1,550/oz as Stocks Sink
Source: Adrian Ash, BullionVault  (5/23/12)
"Gold is acting more as a risky asset and everything is tumbling ahead of the Eurozone finance ministers meeting, where nothing good is really expected." More >

It's Like Having a 'Fountain of Youth' in a Bottle
Source: Michael A. Robinson, Money Morning  (5/23/12)
"Scientists have tweaked a benign virus so that it can extend the lifespan of mammals by up to 24%. And if taken at the right time, this modified virus could extend the average life expectancy for an American to roughly 98 years from the current 78.5." More >

Hedge Funds Reevaluate Gold's Potential
Source: Cliff Droke  (5/23/12)
"Although the gold price made a series of higher peaks in the month of February, the relative strength indicator for gold told a completely different story." More >

Toxic Euro Corroding Gold
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (5/23/12)
"The euro is becoming so toxic, even incorruptible gold looks at risk of being corroded by the Esperanto Experiment." More >

What Does the Oil Price Mean for Gold?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (5/23/12)
"Provided the currencies they do accept in payment for their oil are globally used, oil producers will be content to take currencies other than the U.S. dollar." More >

Dumb Money Buying Facebook, Smart Money Accumulating Undervalued Gold Miners
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (5/23/12)
"There is a growing body of evidence that gold has formed a potential double bottom around $1,525/oz. This area in the low $1,500s represents a strong area of support." More >