Suppressing Gold
Source: Guiseppi Borelli, The Unpunctured Cycle  (2/17/12)
"Someone is capping gold, but this is a bull market with both the primary and secondary trends headed higher. Under such conditions, stay long and buy dips where liquidity allows." More >

Study: 'No Evidence of Groundwater Contamination' from Fracking
Source: Shannon Brushe, Energy InDepth  (2/17/12)
"A new study from the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin has found 'no evidence' of hydraulic fracturing leading to groundwater contamination, as well as a marked trend of negative, ill-researched media coverage on the topic." More >

Infectious Disease Technologies Could Open Investment Opportunities in 2012: Stephen Dunn
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (2/16/12)
Investors have avoided infectious disease companies like the plague, but LifeTech Capital President and Senior Managing Director of Research Stephen Dunn doesn't agree, and he has staked out some ideas in this space that could make you financially better off. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Dunn explains the rationale and delivers the names of bug-fighting companies that use the newest technologies to overcome old barriers to success. More >

Biofuels Carry Upside for Early Investors: Jim Lane
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (2/16/12)
The biofuel sector, already an $80 billion a year industry, is still in its infancy. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Biofuels Digest Publisher Jim Lane discusses the exponential growth slated for this once-obscure energy source, and how its market resembles the traditional oil and gas industry in many ways. While biofuels are not for the faint of heart, as Lane cautions, investors who do their homework can get in early on companies that offer incredible upside potential. More >

Will Gold Cleanse the World from Dirty Fiat Currencies?
Source: Eric McWhinnie, Wall St. Cheat Sheet  (2/16/12)
"Despite a temporary boost in the dollar this month, gold and silver continue to receive support from extremely loose global monetary policies." More >

Are We at Gold "In Extremis"?
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (2/16/12)
"Gold brings interbank/international liquidity to clogged credit markets, acting as a guarantee of repayment and allowing for the lowering of interest rates on interbank/international loans. This role supports the paper money system." More >

Gold Stocks Basing After Bottom
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold
  (2/16/12)
"We expect 2012 to be a transition year in which precious metals reemerge while the broad market peters out at resistance." More >

Euro Crisis Still Supporting Gold
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/15/12)
"The euro fell sharply against the dollar Wednesday lunchtime, after German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble expressed concern over whether Greece can be given its second bailout." More >

Gold, Silver Heading Up: Roger Wiegand
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (2/15/12)
Roger Wiegand, editor of Trader Tracks, says cycles will bring gold and silver higher in the first half of 2012: gold up to $2,050/oz and silver up to $44/oz or even $50/oz. He sees plenty of opportunities for volatility given the political and economic situation in the U.S. and the EU. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Wiegand reveals names of mining companies poised to profit. More >

Takeovers the Path to Golden Returns: Sascha Opel
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report  (2/15/12)
Sascha Opel, publisher of one of Germany's most popular commodity newsletters, looks at the economy with rose-colored glasses. He sees the end of the Euro crisis and sees Asian growth as the engine pulling the world out of its economic malaise. He finds the path to golden returns in gold and silver companies likely to be taken over and in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, he's not afraid to name likely targets. More >

Pandas and Pipelines: China Yields Big Deals and Bigger Promises
Source: Joel Chury, Vantage Wire  (2/15/12)
"Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper returns from China with two giant pandas in tow and $3B worth of signed agreements. The Northern Gateway pipeline will most likely tie China to Alberta's oil sands." More >

Why Energy Investing Is Worth the Effort
Source: James Baldwin, Money Morning  (2/15/12)
"Even if you only have a small amount of money to invest, you can fight inflation's assault on your wallet by investing in the most profitable sector of all time." More >

The Lesson of Half-Hearted QE
Source: Adrian Ash, Bullion Vault  (2/15/12)
"Keeping banks on life support, as the Japanese experience shows, will mean extending and expanding QE indefinitely." More >

A Financial Perspective on Graphite
Source: Jessica Roberts, Industrial Minerals  (2/15/12)
"Graphite is gaining momentum, but understanding, education and interest are all low. Go, go, go, because graphite is going to be a race." More >

Rare Earth Metals Demand Is Unstoppable: Jeb Handwerger
Source: Sally Lowder of The Critical Metals Report  (2/14/12)
Not long after the New Year dawned, Gold Stock Trades Editor Jeb Handwerger noted certain rare earths emerging from their 2011 slumber to produce impressive gains. It's not yet March, but the good news keeps coming. Despite dire predictions that demand is drying up, Handwerger tells The Critical Metals Report in this exclusive interview that the world remains at risk of supply shortfalls. It's not strictly a rare earths story, either. Read on to see what he has to say about the nascent niobium space. More >

Oil Prices Make for Profitable ETF Trades: Roger Wiegand
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Energy Report   (2/14/12)
Today's retail investors have more options than ever before, but there is a shortage of practical information on how to manipulate different investment products, be they ETFs, options or equities. Enter Roger Wiegand, editor of Trader Tracks. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Wiegand discusses his methods for energy investment and how to set tailor-made time and price windows to realize solid gains. More >

Gold's Demise!
Source: Guiseppi Borelli, The Unpunctured Cycle  (2/14/12)
"I view gold not as some smoky fantasy involving riches beyond my wildest dreams, but as a way to protect myself and my family from a future fraught with peril." More >

Why I'm Taking Gold Double Eagles on My Next Trip to Utah
Source: Martin Hutchinson, Money Morning  (2/14/12)
"Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may think he has everything under control, but the truth is the monetary ground is literally shifting beneath our feet. That's why his loose monetary policy has some U.S. states looking to get into the gold coin business." More >

US Coal Has Major Export Potential
Source: Darren Epps, Platts  (2/14/12)
"A more diversified mix of metallurgical and thermal coal, as opposed to the singular focus on met coal in previous years, along with burgeoning industries in China, Japan, India and South America, are propelling the U.S. from a swing supplier to a strategic partner with world markets." More >

Why Not Thorium?
Source: Marin Katusa, Casey Research  (2/14/12)
"As proponents of the underdog fuel will happily tell you, thorium is more abundant than uranium, is not fissile on its own (which means reactions can be stopped when necessary), produces waste products that are less radioactive and generates more energy per ton." More >

2012: A Political Year for Gold
Source: Bob Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (2/13/12)
"Physical gold and silver will be the outright winners in this era of currency debasement." More >

Where a Nation's Gold and Your Gold Should Be Held
Source: Julian Phillips, The Gold Forecaster  (2/13/12)
"There are reputable vault companies in Switzerland that are entirely Swiss-based and so can offer the sort of security that their clients want. This is where foreign gold investors are the most secure." More >

Dollar Weakness Creating Gold Demand after Greek Deal
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/13/12)
"Spot market gold prices touched $1,733/oz as stock markets, commodities and the euro all rallied following Greece's vote in favor of new austerity measures." More >

Stock Market Repeating Itself: Michael Ballanger
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (2/13/12)
The resource markets have weathered some death defying ups and downs lately. But Michael Ballanger, senior investment advisor with Toronto-based Union Securities, is looking for a renewed period of growth in the TSX Venture Composite Index. Is it too soon to see such a heady rebound? In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Ballanger makes his case for history repeating itself. More >

The Great Energy Reversal
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (2/13/12)
"The U.S. could finally become completely self-sufficient in its energy policy. But it does require that we change the way we approach investing in the energy market." More >