Dollar and Oil Hold Clues About the Future
Source: J.W. Jones, Options Trading Signals  (3/5/12)
"While gold has pulled back sharply, the likely move lower in the coming weeks and months will offer a strong buying opportunity for investors that are patient." More >

Gold Below $1,690/oz Could Spark Fresh Selling
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (3/5/12)
"China has lowered its official growth target from 8% annual growth to 7.5%. China was the world's biggest gold buyer in the fourth quarter of last year." More >

Sentiment Hit Hard by Big Gold Selloff
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (3/5/12)
"That the gold market can be manipulated on Comex by big forward paper sales now seems to be obvious from the major dive suffered by gold last week, when the yellow metal initially fell over $60/oz in a matter of minutes and then got pushed down further before making a relatively minor recovery." More >

Special Report from the PDAC: Experts Separate Good from Bad and Worse Juniors
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (3/5/12)
Sunday is the quiet day at the PDAC, only 10,000 delegates or so. The convention doesn't officially open until Monday—but Sunday offered investors access to an impressive slate of newsletter writers and commodities pundits. More >

Consensus $200 Oil (and That's a Lowball Figure)
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (3/5/12)
"Oil will remain constrained and subject to intense price volatility. The resulting strategy we have constructed to confront these market developments provides significant upside to investors. The further prospects, however, speak of an expanding base of new energy sources, first of all shale." More >

Looking for Solid Science in Biotech
Source: George S. Mack, The Life Sciences Report  (3/5/12)
Solid ideas in biotech come from solid research. I first spoke with analyst Carol Werther in early 1999 when I was preparing to write about Immunex, which had developed Enbrel (etanercept) for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The product had just been approved by the FDA in November 1998, and it held the distinction of being the first in a new class of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents that would treat autoimmune disorders, not just symptomatically but truly as a disease-modifying agent. Along would come others in this innovative category of anti-TNFs that now total approximately $15 billion (B) in annual sales and include the familiar names Remicade (infliximab) and Humira (adalimumab). . . More >

Volatility Bounces Bottom Awaiting Bad News or Selling to Strike!
Source: Chris Vermeulen, The Gold and Oil Guy  (3/4/12)
"When fear is just starting to ramp up gold tends to be a neutral or a little weak. But not long after investors start selling their shares of securities, we see money flow into the shiny yellow safe haven." More >

Bankers Win, Investors Lose
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (3/4/12)
"The equity issued, combined with mixed earnings results and falling commodity prices, led to MLP underperformance this week, but MLPs did fine compared with energy stocks." More >

Silver Stocks Building for Breakout in 2012: Sean Rakhimov
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (3/2/12)
Silver price volatility provides some exciting profit opportunities for investors who develop the right strategies to take advantage of the action. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Sean Rakhimov, publisher of the SilverStrategies.com website, talks about how the global forces of monetary policy and fear are expected to push investment demand for silver much higher and highlights some companies he expects to profit most from the coming silver boom. More >

Gold Far From Bubble Phase: Marc Faber
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (3/2/12)
With more than 40 years as an economist to his credit and claiming gold as the "biggest position in my life," Gloom Boom & Doom Report Publisher Marc Faber assures us that gold is nowhere near a bubble phase, but cautions that corrections of 40% are not unusual in a bull market. At the end of March, Faber will share his secrets for surviving corrections at the World MoneyShow in Vancouver. In advance of that appearance, he sat down with The Gold Report for this exclusive interview where he discusses his bias for portfolio diversification in terms of geographies as well as asset classes. More >

Gold Down on Greek Uncertainty
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (3/2/12)
The gold price fell to $1,708/oz Friday in London as stock and commodity markets also fell slightly amid ongoing uncertainty over the Greek bailout deal. More >

Will the Gold and Silver Smackdown Deter Investors?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (3/2/12)
"Although gold and silver receive more than their fair share of selling pressure, they continue to remain the best option to preserve wealth." More >

Disclosing More Detail About Fracking Chemicals Might Be Wise
Source: Rodney White, Platts  (3/2/12)
"Matthew Watson, senior energy policy manager for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the industry has made good progress in making information available about frack fluids. But it's not enough." More >

What Powers China
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (3/2/12)
"What does it take keep the world’s largest consumer of energy powered? National Geographic photographer Toby Smith spent two years deep inside of China in search of this answer, and found a country that relies on much more than coal for its energy." More >

Nuclear Power Is on an Upswing: Jeb Handwerger
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (3/1/12)
Despite the Fukushima setback of last March, nuclear power is not a dinosaur industry of the past, according to Jeb Handwerger, editor of Gold Stock Trades. In fact, he believes the world is reawakening to the need for nuclear power generation, which demands increasing amounts of uranium. The big-percentage returns on uranium will come from the near term U.S. domestic producers and junior exploration companies in the Athabasca Basin, and in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Handwerger shares his favorite names that could return huge multiples. More >

The Dawn of the Natural Gas Era: Stephen Taylor
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report  (3/1/12)
New oil harvesting technologies first perfected in the Bakken are opening up production around the world. Stephen Taylor, portfolio manager of The Taylor Fund and founder of Taylor Asset Management, is excited about the prospects for several New Zealand-based efforts. He's also optimistic about the dawning of a new age for natural gas as the chemical sector steps in to prop up slumping prices in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report. More >

Being Selective in Biotech: Carol Werther
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (3/1/12)
In an industry steeped in complex research and speculative drug development, successful biotech investing requires real sophistication. Senior Biotechnology Analyst Carol Werther of Boston-based Summer Street Research Partners brings her experience to bear on the trinity of unmet needs, reimbursement and what physicians are willing to support with their prescription pads. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Werther shares her high-percentage picks that present opportunities for significant returns. More >

Will It Ever Correct?
Source: Toby Connor, Gold Scents  (3/1/12)
"Analysts have been trying to pick a top in this market for weeks. All the while I've been begging investors not to sell short." More >

Platinum Closing the Gap on Gold
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (3/1/12)
"Platinum appears to be rapidly overhauling gold as its fundamentals improve as industry picks up coupled with African mine troubles and it looks set to re-establish its price premium in the very near future." More >

A Visit to Tasman Metals' Norra Kärr Project
Source: Gareth Hatch, Resource Investor  (3/1/12)
"If successful, this project would be a new approach to the problem of balance—namely the fact that in order to get at the 'good stuff,' such as the CREOs, you also need to deal with a potential surplus of non-CREOs." More >

Quality Gold Juniors Poised to Soar: Lawrence Roulston
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report   (2/29/12)
After a tough 2011, the junior resource market is turning and things are definitely looking up, Resource Opportunities Publisher Lawrence Roulston tells us in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. The mood of investors in the resource sector has turned positive, and based on the sentiment and interest shown at recent investment conferences, the smart money is looking for deals that have real upside potential. Roulston tells us about several he feels are poised for significant action as the market heats up. More >

One Financial Advisor's Secrets for Making and Protecting Gains: Danielle Park
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (2/29/12)
Never one to follow the conventional wisdom, author Danielle Park, president and portfolio manager with Venable Park Investment Counselors, sees more dark days ahead before the market moves into an inevitable secular bull phase. At the end of March, this investing pragmatist will share her secrets for protecting wealth at the World MoneyShow in Vancouver. In advance of that appearance, she sat down with The Gold Report for this exclusive interview. More >

Gold Falls 3% Following Bernanke Comments
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/29/12)
"Wholesale market gold bullion prices dropped 3.2% to $1,727/oz in less than an hour Wednesday afternoon in London, after U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke appeared before Congress." More >

Gas Prices Spike: Ease Pump Price Pain with Winning Stocks
Source: Patrick Vail, Money Morning  (2/29/12)
"The average price for U.S. gas has climbed more than 10% in just the past two months. This suggests a trajectory that could produce a spike of $0.60/gallon or more by May." More >

Hydrokinetic Power Is the Next Wave in Cheap Energy
Source: Keith Fitz-Gerald, Money Morning  (2/29/12)
"In an era of cheap capital, emerging technology companies could provide investors the biggest bang for the buck. The key is finding a market that already has billions of dollars in pent up demand—like cheap energy." More >