Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest: Trading Gold for Oil
Source: Mickey Fulp, Mercenary Geologist  (2/13/12)
"Buying oil with gold is not a viable economic, monetary or political strategy for China or India." More >

Sideways Trading for Gold and the HUI Index
Source: Vin Maru, TVD Gold Trader  (2/13/12)
"Unlike gold, the HUI index has not broken above the negative trend line just yet, so for the moment mining shares are still underperforming the gold price." More >

Of Jobs, Debts and Budgets
Source: Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd  (2/12/12)
"November 2011 was a bad month for consumers: Revolving debt went up more than 8% and this dubious accomplishment was accompanied by the biggest month-to-month growth in overall consumer debt since 2001." More >

Gold Seasonality: Can We Profit From It?
Source: Sam Kirtley, SK Options Trading  (2/11/12)
"Investing or trading based on seasonal patterns alone is a little unwise, considering the fragile state of the global economy and the variation that can occur within the model." More >

OPEC Cuts Call on Crude to 30.04 MMbl/d
Source: Platts, Margaret McQuaile, Richard Swann, Jacinta Moran, Kate Dourian  (2/11/12)
"In its latest monthly oil market report, OPEC trimmed its forecast of the call on OPEC crude for 2012 as a whole to 30.04 MMb/d from the 30.15 MMb/d projected a month ago." More >

The Gospel of Gold According to Peter: Peter Grandich
Source: Brian Sylvester of The Gold Report   (2/10/12)
Peter Grandich believes that we're in the midst of a stealth gold bull market. Grandich, editor and publisher of The Grandich Letter, recently penned the book Confessions of a Wall Street Whiz Kid, the moniker "Good Morning America" gave to him after he predicted the Black Monday stock market crash in 1987. He's now predicting gold to top $2,350/oz in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report. More >

Platform Technologies Promise Big Payoffs: Juan Sanchez
Source: George S. Mack of The Life Sciences Report  (2/10/12)
Platform technologies promise big payoffs because they offer the prospect of nearly unlimited assets that might be developed to combat disease, but they make investors very nervous because of their propensity to burn cash in a hurry. In this exclusive interview with The Life Sciences Report, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Vice President and Senior Analyst Juan Sanchez makes his case for a few companies that could produce numerous products from their technology-rich pipelines. More >

Profit in the Investment Ecosystem: Catherine Austin Fitts
Source: Karen Roche of The Gold Report  (2/10/12)
When money managers refer to total return funds, they're generally talking about investments that promise to deliver returns that beat the prevailing rate of interest while preserving capital. Investment advisor and Solari Report Publisher Catherine Austin Fitts takes the totality concept to a whole new level by focusing on net positive total returns. As she explains in this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, she hunts for companies that offer value not only to stockholders but for society. More >

How Bull Markets Evolve into Bubbles
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold   (2/10/12)
"Gold stocks have made little net progress in the last four years while gold has nearly doubled." More >

Profit from Volatility in Gold and Silver Prices
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (2/10/12)
"One must not be discouraged or give up during volatile selloffs like 2008, 2010 or 2011, and run to cash. One must use short-term volatility to one’s advantage and go against the latest fad." More >

Critical Rare Earths Face Looming Shortage
Source: Philip Burgert, Resource Investor  (2/10/12)
"The most optimistic of projections suggests a shortage of 20,000 tons of critical rare earth metals is likely to develop by 2015, a review of the sector's status concluded at the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference." More >

Winners and Losers: All Quiet on MLP Front
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (2/10/12)
"MLPs had a slightly positive week, compared with a slightly negative week for stocks and gold and a mixed week for oil and natural gas." More >

What's Next for Potash Producers: Jaret Anderson
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (2/9/12)
Major potash stocks are beginning to raise eyebrows with impressive profit margins. But as this developing market expands, industry giants will face competition from greenfield and brownfield projects in the works. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mackie Research Capital Analyst Jaret Anderson debriefs us on some fascinating development stories that are poised to change where and how the most successful potash producers operate. More >

China's Rebalancing Should Be Good for Gold Demand
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/9/12)
"The rapid growth of Chinese gold demand suggests that many of those who can afford it choose to use some of their savings to buy gold; indeed, many have chosen to store some savings as gold." More >

In the Bullring with Gold
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (2/8/12)
"To goldbugs, two more years of near-zero short-term interest rates means negative real interest rates are here to stay, and this has historically been a strong driver for higher gold prices." More >

Gold Prices Driven Higher by Europe and China: Greg Weldon and Grant Williams
Source: JT Long of The Gold Report   (2/8/12)
Preserving wealth in a volatile political and financial world is a job for gold. Greg Weldon, publisher of Weldon's Money Monitor newsletter and Grant Williams, a portfolio advisor at Vulpes Investment Management in Singapore, will share their insights at the Cambridge House California Investment Conference Feb. 11–12. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, they answer the question: How low and high can gold go? More >

Stop Imagining Possibilities; Start Seizing MLP Profits
Source: James Baldwin, Money Morning  (2/8/12)
"The midstream sector of the energy supply chain is the best and easiest way to make money in energy today." More >

Where a Nation's Gold—and Your Gold—Should Be Held
Source: Julian Phillips, Gold Forecaster  (2/8/12)
"Governments feel free to impose restraints on other people's assets within their jurisdiction." More >

Gold Steady as Dollar Hits Two-Month Low
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (2/8/12)
"Wholesale market prices for gold bullion held steady just below $1,750/oz Wednesday morning in London, a 2.2% gain on yesterday's low, after rallying Tuesday following comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke." More >

Iran Is Now a Full-Blown Crisis; Stage Set for $200 Oil
Source: Kent Moors, Money Morning  (2/8/12)
"As the brinksmanship intensifies, so will the price of crude oil. Tehran, in this dangerous game of international chicken, really only has one card to play—the Strait of Hormuz." More >

Aviation and Military Biofuels: New Thinking on Finance, Fuels
Source: Biofuels Digest, Jim Lane  (2/8/12)
"The U.S. Navy and international airlines struggle to foster sustainable, affordable aviation biofuels. New thinking in finance may finally clear the runways for takeoff." More >

MLP Ex-Dividend Dates Ex-amined
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (2/8/12)
"It's hard to tell how efficiently the market accounts for distribution ex-dates because a lot of market noise can happen between close on the prior day to the opening print on the ex-date." More >

Gold Stars in Greek Drama
Source: Ira Epstein, The Linn Group  (2/8/12)
"Currently, gold is trading off events created by the ongoing Greece financial drama. Behind the scenes, there's the possibility of quantitative easing programs coming back into play, not only here in the U.S., but abroad as well." More >

A New Reason Gold Stocks Will Soar
Source: Jeff Clark, Casey Research  (2/8/12)
"An increasingly desperate clamor for exposure to gold could light a short fuse for our market sector. It's not here yet, but when the rush starts, it will be both breathtaking and life-changing." More >

Graphite and Rare Earth Metals for the 21st Century: Jack Lifton
Source: The Critical Metals Report Editors  (2/7/12)
The list of once-obscure metals and minerals that are becoming "strategic" seems to be growing daily. However, population growth and rising living standards in developing countries are driving demand for most raw materials. In this exclusive interview with The Critical Metals Report, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security Senior Fellow Jack Lifton explains how increasing demand and harder-to-mine deposits are raising prices on these essential materials. More >